Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A 37-year-old Houston woman is being accused of buying dozens of luxury items using CARES Act money. The Justice Department indicted 37-year-old LaDonna Wiggins with bank fraud, making a false statement to a bank and money laundering. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Wiggins
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Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (The Missoulian) — The Montana Highway Patrol is investigating whether a woman was driving drunk when her young son died in a car crash in February. Brecken Beard, 10, of Florence, died Feb. 15 while riding in the front passenger seat of his mom’s white Mazda.
Continue ReadingBy now it’s well known that Facebook has a misinformation problem. The company has tried to address it in various ways, from labeling false claims to reducing its visibility in users’ feeds. But a new study from researchers at New York University finds that not all misinformation on Facebook is created equal when you factor
Continue ReadingThe winter storm that left much of the nation covered in snow and ice last month also caused gun sales to cool down a bit after heating up in January following the Capitol Hill insurrection. Gun retailers across the country still managed to sell more firearms last month than in any February since 2016, according
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States for the first time outside of a clinical trial. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Columbus, Ohio, an arena where mass vaccines are taking place, just days after it was
Continue ReadingAlamo Drafthouse, the movie theater chain beloved by fans for its boozy milkshakes, theme nights and strict no-talking rules, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Austin-based company, which owns about 40 theaters in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 and agreed to sell “substantially all its assets” to a group of lenders. Alamo put
Continue ReadingScientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the world’s largest known bioluminescent vertebrate, growing to nearly six feet in length. It was found in an area of ocean known as Chatham Rise, off the east coast of New Zealand‘s South Island,
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An air base hosting US, Iraqi and coalition forces in Iraq was targeted on Wednesday by at least 10 rockets, US coalition officials said. The Al-Asad air base was struck by grad missiles, Iraqi officials said earlier Wednesday. There are no reports of casualties or damage, and no group immediately claimed responsibility. The attack came
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at the K-12 and college levels, launching Republicans into a potentially fraught debate over a thorny social issue. Rep. Barbara Dittrich, R-Oconomowoc, introduced the “Protecting
Continue ReadingAfter losing her marketing job due to the pandemic and then gaining 40 pounds, Remi Bader, 25, began spending more time on TikTok. She built up a following by posting about clothing items not fitting her correctly and her struggle to find larger sizes in New York City stores. But in early December, Bader, who
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The continuing campaign for reparations for Black Tulsans is part of a broader effort of global proportions, panelists on a Zoom conference sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law said Tuesday. “We see reparations activity taking place throughout America, throughout the
Continue ReadingBrittany Smart has spent months tending to the Covid-19 patients who poured into Texas hospitals as the virus raged across the state — and the country. It has been devastating, the ICU nurse told CNN’s Chris Cuomo Tuesday night, speaking right after the end of another shift. Health care workers had begun to see a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Flint, Michigan (WNEM ) — After spending more than two decades behind bars, the very drug that put him there is providing Michael Thompson with a new, life-changing opportunity. Thompson launched a new career on Tuesday, March 2 in the cannabis industry. “Oh, it’s been like heaven. It’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — A personal text from your favorite entertainer would make most of us feel giddy but excitement turned to worry for a country music fan in Omaha. Linda Jones met the country music legend briefly 40 years ago. “I shook his hand, he was just
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President Joe Biden is still working through the process of replacing Neera Tanden’s failed Office of Management and Budget director nomination, as congressional Democrats ramp up pressure for Shalanda Young, a well-respected congressional staffer, according to multiple officials. With Tanden’s nomination on the ropes for more than a week, White House officials have been quietly
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Mitt Romney, Republican US senator from Utah. Romney is the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1947 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Willard Mitt Romney Father: George W. Romney, former governor of Michigan Mother: Lenore (LaFount) Romney Marriage: Ann (Davies)
Continue ReadingSen. Susan Collins, a key moderate Republican from Maine, said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior secretary, further securing a likely successful confirmation for one of President Joe Biden’s nominees. “After examining Representative Deb Haaland’s qualifications, reviewing her hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and meeting
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