By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Turkey Point nuclear power plant is making history thanks to the prolific crocodiles who make their home in the cooling canals surrounding the plant, about 25 miles south of Miami. The 2021 American crocodile nesting season set a new record with
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop and Paradise Afshar, CNN Hawaii’s mask mandate will expire March 25, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, making it the last US state to announce its face-cover requirement will be dropped. “It’s taken the entire community to get to this point — with lowered case counts and hospitalizations,” Ige said in a tweet.
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kalentek, Dennis Valera and Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A shooting over the weekend in Waterbury left one woman dead and another critically injured. Waterbury police revealed a man shot his ex-girlfriend and her friend. Police tracked the suspect to a town nearly 30 miles
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction. The move comes after government officials received pledges from chemical manufacturers to change product labels for the pesticide malathion so that
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK MORRIS Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 3-year-old child is in critical condition after being shot inside an Antioch apartment, Metro Police said on Tuesday. Officials determined that the three-year-old boy’s injuries were self-inflicted when the child removed the nine-millimeter pistol from his mother’s purse in her
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Camp Fire Central Oregon celebrates the 25th annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® with free ice skating for any person under 18 years old on March 16th at The Pavilion in Bend.
Continue ReadingBy Tasnim Ahmed and Steve Contorno, CNN The Florida Department of Health released new guidance Tuesday that says healthy children between the ages of 5 to 17 do not need to get the Covid-19 vaccine. “Based on currently available data, healthy children aged 5 to 17 may not benefit from receiving the currently available COVID-19
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Plumes of white smoke from multiple small brush fires went spiraling up from the northern end of New York City’s Central Park on Tuesday, and authorities said they were investigating the possibility that arson was to blame. Firefighters responded to a wooded section of the park at around 1:30 p.m. Video
Continue ReadingATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Dimencio Vaughn had 20 points as Rider topped Manhattan 79-67 in the Metro Atlantic Conference Tourney first round. Jose Perez led the Jaspers on Tuesday with 21 points.
Continue ReadingTimberline has seen 3 new inches since this morning and more is expected across all the Cascades overnight.
Continue ReadingBy Trason Bragg Click here for updates on this story WOODSTOCK, Georgia (WGCL) — The body of a 26-year-old woman who disappeared from a riverbank at Olde Rope Mill Park in Woodstock has been located. Authorities identified the woman to be Ciara Rose Baughn of Holly Springs. Police say they received calls from the woman’s
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder announced that their No. 2 scorer, Lu Dort, will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to address a cartilage tear in his left shoulder. The guard joins reserves Ty Jerome and Mike Muscala as Thunder players who had procedures. Dort averaged 17.2 points per
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There are 29 newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, three of them in Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 6,772, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii will lift the nation’s last statewide indoor mask mandate by March 26. Washington state’s mask mandate ends this week. Hawaii Gov. David Ige says COVID-19 rates in Hawaii are dropping and he expects the trend to continue in the coming weeks. He says Hawaii’s culture
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Happy Tuesday, Central Oregon! A winter weather advisory is in place for the eastern parts of the region. A chance of showers turns to snow showers Tuesday night, with lows in the 20s. Northwest winds will be up to 15 mph and will stay with us through the night. We will cling to a chance of
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — House Republicans in Tennessee have advanced legislation that would ban public schools from using textbooks or materials that “promote, normalize, support or address LGBT issues or lifestyles.” Critics argue the bill is similar to a measure that Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature passed Tuesday. that measure would forbid
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is winning praise from a key Senate Republican. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine praised Jackson Tuesday after meeting with her for more than an hour and a half at the Capitol. She said she likes Jackson’s “thorough, careful approach.” The
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The election administrator in Texas’ most populous county has submitted her resignation after a series of problems that plagued last week’s primary election, including about 10,000 mail ballots not being counted on the day of the election, issues with voting machines and a lack of poll
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN A southwest Missouri community is mourning a police officer who was fatally shot as he and others tried to take a suspect into custody on Tuesday. The suspect, who crashed a stolen squad car, was also killed after police returned fire. Joplin police Cpl. Benjamin Cooper, a 19-year officer, was killed
Continue ReadingCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Katie Burrows has stepped down after four seasons at her alma mater. Athletic director Mark Wharton announced the move Tuesday. Wharton said a change in leadership needed. Chattanooga went 7-23 this season. Burrows is 46-68 in her four seasons. She took over in 2018 when Women’s Basketball
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