A design team is looking at an interim repair for the crack on the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis until a new part can be made to replace the bridge’s damaged section, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said Friday. The team is working on a design concept that could use steel rods that would “span
Continue ReadingA design team is looking at an interim repair for the crack on the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis until a new part can be made to replace the bridge’s damaged section, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said Friday. The team is working on a design concept that could use steel rods that would “span
Continue ReadingShoppers who are vaccinated against Covid-19 can shop without masks in some Walmart, Sam’s Club and Costco locations as well as at Trader Joe’s, the companies said in separate announcements Friday. The news follows new guidance that fully vaccinated people can go without masks under most circumstances. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and
Continue ReadingNeera Tanden, the new administration’s only Cabinet nominee rebuffed by the Senate, has become a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, a White House official told CNN. A longtime health policy expert, Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A rapper whose grandparents died in a fiery attack on their home has been indicted on gun and drug charges. The indictment filed this week states Nahshon Jones, whose stage name is HoneyKomb Brazy, has been charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and being
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The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs will honor the nation’s fallen service members this Memorial Day during a virtual Statewide Memorial Day Ceremony, in line with continuing gathering limits in place in many areas due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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For Americans vaccinated against Covid-19, daily life may look increasingly different than for those who aren’t inoculated yet following Thursday’s mask guidance, experts said. “We are on the right path (for) people who are fully immunized,” National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins told CNN. “You can take your mask off indoors as well
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A Woodburn man is facing attempted murder and other charges after police say he kidnapped a teenager and hurt a second person in an incident that included a vehicle chase and exchange of gunfire with officers in Silverton.
Continue ReadingIt looks like a $26 million dollar lottery jackpot will go unclaimed in California because no one came forward with the winning ticket. The winner of the SuperLotto Plus drawing on November 14, 2020, had 180 days to claim their prize and that deadline passed on Thursday, according to lottery officials. Whoever bought the ticket
Continue ReadingWyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump led to her ouster from House Republican leadership, said Friday that her role as a member of Congress obligated her to oppose the widespread lie of fraud in the 2020 election. “This is duty, and it’s about truth, and we’ve had a collapse
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Oregon’s state health officer said Friday businesses will be asked to either enforce mask policies or check whether customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Continue ReadingA Houston police official said Friday he thinks a Bengal tiger last seen on Sunday is still in Houston and has been passed around six to eight times from person to person. “We’ve gone to a few locations here in Houston and we have not had any luck finding the tiger yet,” commander Ron Borza
Continue ReadingFormer Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez and billionaire Marc Lore have agreed to a deal to purchase the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx from owner Glen Taylor. “Glen Taylor has reached an agreement with Marc Lore & Alex Rodriguez regarding the sale and future ownership of the Wolves & Lynx,” the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — There was a pretty cool construction project at Bayside Middle School Friday, May 14. Students helped install a new basketball court and they were inspired by the memory of a friend and classmate. “See, we got the hoops right here,” said Quentin Marrazza. “And it’s
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President Joe Biden issued executive orders on Friday revoking several executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump, including a proclamation that required that visa applicants have health insurance or the means to pay for medical care, an action related to online censorship and an order to build “the Garden of American Heroes.” The 2019
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Newberry National Volcanic Monument south of Bend will open many of its sites for summer visitors next week, with limited capacity due to COVID-19, the Deschutes National Forest said Friday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Pierceson Coody has always had golf in his blood. This makes playing in his first ever PGA Tour event something he’ll never forget, regardless of the score. Pierceson says, “It couldn’t have been better. It’s so much fun to be able to see them. You
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The family of a Louisville man shot and killed in Shively last year are hopeful a recent arrest in another deadly nightclub shooting can help witnesses come forward. Torre Foree, 39, was killed outside of X-clusive nightclub on Seventh Street Road on August 31,
Continue ReadingNew York City police are searching for the person who vandalized a mosque in Brooklyn with anti-Palestinian graffiti on one of the holiest days in the Muslim faith. Muslims in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood arrived to Tayba Islamic Center early on Thursday to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, when they discovered
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story California (KCRA) — California’s water supply is critical to the state’s agriculture industry. Up to 80% of table olives come from California, and while olive trees are more drought-tolerant than other crops, that isn’t stopping Northern California olive growers from making significant changes to conserve our most precious
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