Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A new skyscraper and transit plaza will soon be near Milwaukee’s lakefront. After nine years, construction began on “The Couture” Tuesday, May 11, right across from the Summerfest grounds. It’ll be about three years before all of the high-rise is complete. One of the developers
Continue ReadingDogecoin prices rebounded Tuesday morning after Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked his nearly 54 million Twitter followers if they want his car company to “accept Doge.” Nearly 77% of the poll’s respondents said yes. But even after a nearly 10% price spike Tuesday — from about 46 cents to around 50 cents per coin— dogecoin
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People in Oregon are enrolling in health coverage at a much higher rate than this time last year. As of April 30, more than 10,100 people in Oregon have newly enrolled in health coverage through the Marketplace, an increase of 31 percent over people who enrolled during this time last year and 80 percent more than enrolled during the same period in 2019.
Continue ReadingIn three states, more than 70% of adults have already received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, federal data showed Wednesday — meaning they’ve reached the Biden administration’s new vaccination goal months ahead of the July 4 target. Those three states are New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continue ReadingTwo men accused of spraying police with chemical spray, including on Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, during the Capitol riot will stay in jail as they await trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The long-awaited ruling from Judge Thomas Hogan of the DC District Court comes in one of the most closely watched cases
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden announced additional steps toward promoting vaccine accessibility, including free rides on Uber and Lyft to vaccination sites, to help meet the administration’s goal of 70% of adults getting at least one coronavirus shot by July 4. Uber and Lyft will provide free rides to and from vaccination sites until July 4 as
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BUTTE, Montana (The Montana Standard) — There’s nothing left but piles of bricks and charred rubble where the M&M Cigar Store served as an anchor icon to Uptown Butte for 130 years. Nothing but its historic neon sign survived a fire that gutted the building on Friday, leaving
Continue ReadingBroadway will be back. Hit musicals “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “The Lion King” have announced they will return to the stage on September 14. The news was announced Tuesday on “Good Morning America” by cast members Alexandra Billings, who plays Madame Morrible in “Wicked,” Krystal Joy Brown, who plays Eliza in “Hamilton,” and L. Steven Taylor,
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South County residents are invited to apply for an open seat on the Deschutes County Planning Commission.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — KC Water is launching a floating wetland project created by three North Kansas City School District students. The launch will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the pond at 81st Street and Troost Avenue. Sixth grade students in NKC’s Students in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN ANDREAS, California (KCRA) — The Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man accused of shooting a deputy, taking a 75-year-old woman as a hostage and pointing a gun at his wife. Mark Aitulagi Lavea of Modesto, 47, had a lengthy criminal history dating back to 1989,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque police say a pedestrian was hit and killed late Sunday night on the city’s west side. Police say they were called to a hotel near I-40 and Coors Boulevard late Sunday in response to a suspect throwing rocks at cars in the
Continue ReadingFive unaccompanied migrant children, ranging from as young as 11 months to 7 years old, were encountered along the Texas-Mexico border Sunday, according to US Customs and Border Protection. A Border Patrol agent responded to a call from a Maverick County constable concerning the children, the agency said. The agent responded and located five girls
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Less than five months into the year, 11 people walking on the streets of Las Vegas have been hit by a car and killed. That includes a great-grandmother who was on her way to her granddaughter’s birthday party. It happened at Lake Mead and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — An assistant principal at a Flagler County elementary school has been reprimanded after authorizing the use of a spit sock, also called a spit hood, on a third grade student, officials told WESH 2 News. An internal professional standards investigation also determined the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Aletha Gray is asking anyone with information about her son’s murder to connect with Pittsburgh Police. Terrance Jones was her youngest child when he was shot and killed on Aug. 20, 2019. He was just 21 years old. Gray said it’s been especially troubling because
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A lot of Iowans are planning their summer vacations right now, but no one has plans like Austin Schneider and Seth Varner. The pair of college students are coming to your town this summer in their quest to visit every single incorporated town
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story AURORA, Illinois (WDJT) — Ten years to the day since Timmothy Pitzen went missing from Aurora, Illinois, a new age progressed image shows what the boy ight look like today as a teenager. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children created the new age progression image showing
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The competitive rental market is costing some prospective tenants hundreds of dollars before they even secure a new home. The rental market has gotten tighter over the last few months, and there are often five to 10 renters who want to move forward on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — An Omaha mother feels like she reliving a nightmare. She and her husband recently learned their son’s lifesaving medication is being taken away. KETV Newswatch 7 first met the family in 2018 shortly after Osama Hamad was diagnosed with a fatal genetic disease called
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