A mother who delivered a baby girl while battling Covid-19 is honoring her intensive care unit nurse by naming her the child’s godmother. Monique Jones was 26 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was admitted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on September 4. She was put in the ICU with severe
Continue ReadingJennifer Bunce-Timmons is used to making extravagant cakes for weddings. But over the summer, she got a request that was on another level. Instead of the intricate, multi-tier cakes she typically creates, the order, from a bride’s mother, was for a five-inch version that would feed around 10 people, says Bunce-Timmons, owner of The Hudson
Continue ReadingThe final “Jeopardy!” episodes hosted by Alex Trebek air this week and on Monday he had some moving words for the audience. Trebek, who died in November at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, filmed his last episodes in October and they were originally set to run over the Christmas holiday.
Continue ReadingActress Tanya Roberts, who was reported by CNN and other media outlets to have died, citing her longtime publicist, Mike Pingel, is still alive, Pingel told CNN Monday. Pingel said he was notified Sunday evening by Roberts’ partner, Lance O’Brien, that Roberts had died. In a phone call Monday evening, O’Brien told CNN he was
Continue ReadingA second round of stimulus payments are on the way and many eligible families are expected to receive the money this month. The first payments started going out on December 29 and will continue to be sent through January 15. But anyone eligible who isn’t automatically sent the money by then will have to claim
Continue ReadingGeorgia has been on everyone’s mind this year. In November, President-elect Joe Biden became the first Democrat in 28 years to flip the state blue. And this week, Georgia again enters the political spotlight with two runoff races that will determine which party controls the US Senate. So as all eyes turn to Georgia, we
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Canton, MS (WAPT) — Canton police are investigating a shooting that killed a man, his pregnant sister and her unborn baby, and also injured a toddler. Canton police were called about 1:25 a.m. Tuesday to a home on Chestnut Alley by another person who was hiding in the
Continue ReadingIf you don’t have something nice to say, Candace Cameron Bure would rather you not say anything. The “Fuller House” star posted a family photo with her, her husband and their three adult children on her verified Instagram account over the weekend to celebrate the new year. “Happy New Year from the Bures!! Looking forward
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The test for what the Republican Party will be in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency is coming in a little over 24 hours and on the heels of Georgia Senate runoffs that will finally determine the balance of the US Senate. But the price Republicans could pay for defying Trump and certifying the results
Continue ReadingOur global coronavirus nightmare is entering its second year, and we’re hanging on the best we can. Our lives have been turned upside down, the economy is sputtering and more than 1.8 million people have died — 351,000 of them in the US, more than any other country in the world. As a nation, we’re
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County has been fighting a brutal battle against Covid-19 for weeks now. New infections have soared with about one in five residents who get tested for Covid-19 receiving positive results. In a little more than a month, the county doubled its number of infections, climbing from about 400,000 cases on November 30 to
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Desperate, deluded and dangerous, President Donald Trump drove America deeper into a political abyss on Monday night in his zeal to steal an election he lost and to destroy faith in the democracy that fairly ejected him from office. The President spewed lies, conspiracy theories and nonsensically false claims of vote fraud before an angry
Continue ReadingFetal remains were found in a wall during renovations on a home in South Carolina, the county coroner said Monday, adding it’s possible they have been there “for a long period of time.” The coroner’s office was notified Sunday about the discovery at the home in Pacolet, about 10 miles east of Spartanburg, according to
Continue Reading“Harry Potter” actress Jessie Cave has told fans her baby boy has contracted Covid-19. Cave, who played Lavender Brown in the film franchise, posted an image on Instagram on Tuesday of her child in a hospital room, alongside a laptop playing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech announcing a new lockdown in England. “I watched
Continue ReadingAfter receiving her second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, New York nurse Sandra Lindsay felt “like I’ve completed the marathon, closed the loop.” Lindsay, who works at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, knows the US remains far from the end of the pandemic. But for her, “the burden feels definitely much lighter today,” she
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Experienced prosecutors, election lawyers and some public officials have piled on calling for criminal investigations into whether President Donald Trump broke election fraud laws when he pressured Georgia officials on a phone call Saturday to “find” 11,870 votes that would reverse his loss in the state. While the path to a federal criminal case against
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The new year was meant to usher in greater certainty, with Covid-19 vaccination efforts ramping up and the US election in the rearview mirror. Instead, investors are being forced to grapple with fresh lockdowns and the uncertain outcome of Senate elections in Georgia — the result of which could have major ramifications for the US
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Haven, an ambitious health care company formed just three years ago as a partnership between Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is shutting down. “Haven will end its operations at the end of February,” said Haven spokesperson Brooke Thurston in an email to CNN Business. The news was first reported by CNBC. The
Continue ReadingThe Wisconsin pharmacist arrested last week after allegedly removing vials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from cold storage is a conspiracy theorist who believes the vaccine could harm people, police say. Pharmacist Steven Brandenburg, 46, is accused of intentionally leaving out 57 vials, prompting hospital officials to sequester most of the doses because they thought
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