Los Angeles County public health officials reported 148 new Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, the second day in a row that the county reported its highest number of new deaths. “A person now dies every 10 minutes in L.A. County from COVID-19,” Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said in a statement, “and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Nashville Fire is responding an explosion on Second Ave. North downtown early Friday morning. Emergency crews have closed a 10-block radius around the site of the explosion. Smoke was visible on the Nashville skyline as people in the area reported feeling a large shaking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — A local company has joined forces with the Air Force to try to save lives on the battlefield. But before they got into the business of a potentially life-saving platelet powder, they first dipped into the benefits of Olive Oil. You probably have some
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, KS (KCTV) — The Overland Park Police Department and Overland Park Police Officers Foundation helped a family in need on Christmas Eve. On Dec. 17, a thief stole a mother’s vehicle while she was preparing to take her children to school. Inside the vehicle’s trunk were
Continue ReadingAfter air travel broke a pandemic record on Wednesday, the TSA says it screened 846,520 people at airports nationwide on Thursday. The Christmas Eve figure does not signal the end of the holiday travel rush, but rather a lull before people who left town for the Friday holiday begin coming home. TSA numbers show that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Five men were shot and killed in three separate incidents in the St. Louis region on Christmas Eve. The first murder happened in St. Louis City just after 5 a.m. on South Broadway. Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — While a number of events have been postponed or canceled due to the pandemic, a few St. Louis attractions are keeping their doors open on Christmas Day. The St. Louis Aquarium and Union Station are both open on Christmas. The aquarium opened just
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Kaitlyn Bristowe, the recently crowned champion of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” and her boyfriend Jason Tartick have Covid-19, she announced on Instagram. Bristowe, an alum of “The Bachelor” franchise, shared the news alongside Tartick, who was also previously a contestant on “The Bachelorette.” “Unfortunately, this is our Christmas card this year,” Bristowe wrote. “We
Continue Reading Pope Francis used his Christmas message to say that coronavirus vaccines must be available for all, and pleaded with states to cooperate in the race to emerge from the pandemic. “Today, in this time of darkness and uncertainty during the pandemic, different lights of hope appear, like the discovery of the vaccines … they must
Continue ReadingAs a personal trainer and yoga and Pilates instructor, I like to provide a wide variety of exercises and workouts that people can do regardless of their situation, health limitations or mood. So my clients ask me this question all the time: If I feel sick, should I exercise or rest? The immediate answer is
Continue Reading The holidays may look a little different this year due to the pandemic, but they will still happen — even in space. The International Space Station will host seven crew members throughout the holiday season, the most ever for the orbiting laboratory in its 20 years of having humans living aboard. The international crew includes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fenton, MI (WNEM) — It’s Christmas Eve, a night when people of faith flock to church. But this year Wes Morris, a pastor at The Rock Church of Fenton, says, “it’s going to look different, it’s going to feel different than it has, but that’s because we’re all
Continue Reading A Black physician died of Covid-19 weeks after she described a White doctor dismissing her pain and concerns about her treatment as she lay in an Indiana hospital. Dr. Susan Moore passed away on Sunday due to complications from Covid-19, her son told the New York Times. The internist died about two weeks after she
Continue Reading Adam Finley loves his job as a mail carrier for USPS. He loves visiting with the people on his route and is always looking for ways to help the neighborhood during his more than 12-hour long shifts. So, when the schools in his Georgia community moved entirely online in the spring, Finley, or “Mr. Adam”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Millington, MI (WNEM) — Michael Atchison spent some time at the Millington Fire Department. He would wave hello to people passing by when he got the chance. “I try to be a little more optimistic instead of pessimistic,” Atchison said. In Millington, this small business owner is on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KFSM) — The Fayetteville community is honoring those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in a drive-thru candlelight event on Christmas Eve. Luminarias on Washington will be held on Washington Ave between 7th and 15th Street between 5 and 7 p.m. in Fayetteville, starting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OZARK, AR (KFSM) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline overturned and caught fire Wednesday morning near Ozark, blocking the eastbound lanes of I-40 at Exit 35. The driver of the tanker truck was killed, and now police have arrested a suspect they say caused the wreck and fled
Continue Reading Instead of eating turkey or opening presents, European Union ambassadors will spend part of Christmas Day reviewing the details of the bloc’s post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will brief the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER), formed of ambassadors from EU nations, on the agreement, which was finalized on Thursday
Continue Reading The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations. The breakthrough averts a much-feared “no-deal” scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines. “Deal is done,” read the statement from Downing Street on Thursday afternoon — swiftly
Continue Reading Over the course of its long history, the Boeing 737 has acquired more nicknames than any other commercial aircraft. Among them are Baby Boeing, Tin Mouse, Light Twin, Guppy, Bobby, Rudder Rotor, as well as a few less flattering ones, such as Fat Freddy and Dung Beetle. But none of these is as notorious as
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