Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Today is Joy Zissler’s 85th birthday. A milestone in itself, but the story of how much of a trailblazer this woman is begins in 1960. “My mother actually saw an ad in the paper that the city was going to hire a policewoman,” Zissler
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — The sensation of a hot poker going through his leg told Davenport Police Sgt. Scott Lansing he’d been hit. It wasn’t until he got to the emergency room and began to undress that he realized how close he’d come to taking more than
Continue ReadingNine months. That’s how long it took the world’s top 1,000 billionaires to recoup their fortunes after the coronavirus pandemic hit. More than a decade is how long it could take the world’s poorest to recover, according to Oxfam International’s annual inequality report. The report, released on Sunday ahead of the World Economic Forum’s virtual
Continue ReadingLess than a week into his new administration, President Joe Biden’s promise of restoring bipartisanship is going to face even more hurdles as Republicans are signaling they have little interest in taking up his first legislative priority: another massive Covid-19 relief bill. Meanwhile, the administration is just two weeks away from the beginning of an
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (Daily Nonpareil) — They call themselves the Reruns. A group of 26 retired CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs employees, 24 of them former nurses, have teamed up to help the hospital vaccinate staff. “It’s hard to be retired and sit at home, watching all the people
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DANVILLE, Virginia (Danville Register & Bee) — Rebecca Wright was trepidatious about going to her family’s Christmas Eve gathering in person. “Rebecca said she didn’t want to go, that we shouldn’t be gathering,” her husband, Ben Wright, recalled. Soon after their get-together with her parents, son and her
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WAVERLY, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — About 9 miles north of Waverly off of a dirt road sits a small church and a pastor with a big heart. Bethlehem Covenant Church’s senior pastor Dan Olson has become a source of inspiration for the church’s members to serve both
Continue ReadingNo arrests or suspects have been announced in what the Indianapolis police chief calls the city’s largest mass casualty shooting in more than a decade. Five people and an unborn child were killed early Sunday on Indianapolis’ northeast side, police said. A juvenile was also in critical condition after being shot, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — It’s easy to get the wrong idea about Gary Gates when he’s out scrounging in dumpsters, draining the leftover drops from beer cans and crushing them in his gloved hands. Occasionally, people assume he’s homeless and offer him money, said Gates, 82,
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Dominion Voting Systems has sued former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation after he pushed the “Big Lie” about election fraud on his podcast and TV appearances. Dominion is seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages. “Just as Giuliani and his allies intended, the Big Lie went viral on social media as
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign an executive order Monday aimed at boosting American manufacturing, setting in motion a process to fulfill his campaign pledge to strengthen the federal government’s Buy American rules. Similar executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump had little effect because his administration waited to formalize changes until his second to
Continue ReadingCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to lift regional stay-at-home orders in the state on Monday — allowing for gyms and restaurants to engage in limited outdoor activity, according to a letter to its members from the California Restaurant Association. The association, which shared the letter with CNN, said it had been notified of the
Continue ReadingMost people who buy things online just have to worry about their deliveries being delayed or never arriving. But some people are dealing with a different problem altogether: getting weird stuff like hair clippers, face creams and sunglasses they never even ordered at all. The Federal Trade Commission and cyber experts have been warning consumers
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Luxury chocolatier Godiva is getting out of the brick and mortar business. The company is closing or selling all 128 of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America, it announced in a statement. It plans to complete the closures and sales by the end of March. Godiva will keep its stores open across Europe, Middle East
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The reviews are in for gymnast Nia Dennis’ “Black excellence” floor routine and they’re nothing short of sensational. Dennis, a senior at UCLA, was competing against Arizona State when she executed the routine celebrating Black culture. It featured Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy, Tupac Shakur and Megan Thee Stallion. “Do the damn thing
Continue ReadingIt’s an all-out sprint to get Americans vaccinated against the deadly novel coronavirus. As you prepare to get your shot, here are 10 actions experts suggest doing — and avoiding. DO: Get your vaccine when it’s your turn. You should be able to find out when it’s your turn to be vaccinated and how to
Continue ReadingSouth Korean actress Song Yoo-jung has died at the age of 26, her agency confirmed Monday. “Actress Song Yoo-jung has left us,” Sublime Artist Agency wrote in an Instagram post. “Yoo-jung was a friend who always gave us happiness with a bright smile, and an awesome actress who acted with a passion bigger than anyone.”
Continue ReadingDwayne Johnson has his role as a “girl dad” down after showing how he fixes his 2-year-old daughter’s hair on Instagram. Despite being bald, the Rock says he “knows a thing or two about hair” in his Saturday post. “Now despite my 2-year-old looking completely TERRIFIED for her life that daddy is solely responsible for
Continue ReadingDeng Pravatoudom followed her husband’s dream all the way to Easy Street. Pravatoudom, 57, has played the lottery for two decades using a set of numbers that her husband dreamed about 20 years ago. In December, his dream became reality when his wife played those numbers and won a $60 million jackpot, Ontario Lottery and
Continue ReadingDominion Voting Systems has sued former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation after he pushed the “Big Lie” about election fraud on his podcast and TV appearances. Read the lawsuit:
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