More than three years after the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah was drastically shrunk in size, tribal leaders and activists are hopeful that Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland would soon recommend its restoration. Haaland is visiting the Utah monument on her first trip as the new interior secretary this week. She arrived on Wednesday
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Click here for updates on this story CLIVE, Iowa (KCCI) — Here’s proof that good people are all around us. The Clive Police Department posted a picture of a diamond ring that someone found on a trail and turned in. “Today, two kind-hearted souls were walking on the Greenbelt Trail between NW 100th Street and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Louisiana (WDSU) — An associate athletic director at LSU says her supervisors retaliated against her when she brought sexual harassment and mistreatment allegations against former football coach Les Miles to their attention. Lawyers for Sharon Lewis said Monday they intend to file a federal lawsuit that seeks $50
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The countdown begins as Palm Springs Unified School District prepares to bring elementary students back into the classroom on April 12th. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero with a look at how families are preparing. Its less than week to go before PSUSD opens their elementary schools for in-person learning. “We are ready,” said Eric Antuna,
Continue ReadingThe US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating allegations of abuse at a site sheltering unaccompanied minors in Texas, the White House said Thursday, after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott alleged the state had received tips that children inside the facility were being abused and called for it to be shut down. “The
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Investigators believe former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed five people — including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren — at a South Carolina home on Wednesday evening, a South Carolina state official confirmed to CNN Thursday. Adams, 32, was later found dead in a nearby home outside the city
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — A former Northeastern University track and field coach who worked at several universities is accused of tricking female student-athletes into sending him nude photos and cyberstalking at least one student-athlete. Steve Waithe, 28, of Chicago, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of cyberstalking
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New and previously unseen footage of Queen Elizabeth II, including home movies and recently digitized “lost” material from her tours around the world, will be shown Thursday in the UK for the first time. The footage, which also shows an “intimate” portrayal of the Queen on holiday and “off duty,” will show the monarch as
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Joel Greenberg, a key figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, is likely to strike a plea deal with federal prosecutors, his attorney and prosecutors said in court Thursday. Federal government lawyers and Greenberg’s attorney told a judge the deal was not finalized but there is an expectation that within the
Continue ReadingThe campaign arm of House Republicans is using an aggressive tactic to push online donors toward committing to monthly contributions, telling them that opting out of having the same amount automatically charged to their credit card or withdrawn from their bank each month is an act of disloyalty toward former President Donald Trump. With a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — The Nebraska Humane Society gets a lot of calls about abandoned pets, but the one it received last Friday stood out. “People don’t abandoned their pets at a groomer,” Kisha Witherspoon said. Witherspoon, an animal control officer at the humane society, responded to the
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Investigators believe former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed five people — including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren — at a South Carolina home on Wednesday evening, a South Carolina state official confirmed to CNN Thursday. Adams, 32, was later found dead in a nearby home outside the city
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Police arrested a Brooklyn, New York, resident on assault and reckless endangerment charges after he allegedly struck a 7-Eleven worker in the face multiple times while making anti-Asian statements, according to the NYPD. The alleged assault occurred at a 7-Eleven in midtown Manhattan early Saturday morning, police said. Gregory Jacques, 33, was later arrested Wednesday
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The Biden administration is keeping up the pressure on Chinese technology firms by adding more companies to a Commerce Department blacklist. Seven Chinese businesses with ties to the military were added to the so-called Entity List on Thursday in a move that restricts US firms from dealing with the companies. All seven of the listed
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Two top TV executives at CBS have left the network two months after being suspended for allegations that they created a toxic work culture which included racist and misogynistic behavior. CBS placed Peter Dunn, president of CBS television stations, and David Friend, senior vice president of news for television stations, on leave in January following
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President Joe Biden is directing his administration to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns as part of a series of actions related to gun safety. Here are key things to know: Ghost guns are self-assembled firearms, often put together with parts sold online They don’t have serial numbers Purchases of kits or individual parts do
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival will return on Thursday, January 6, 2022 through Monday, January 17, 2022. The Palm Springs International Film Festival Society announced that the Film Awards Gala will take place on January 6 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Film screenings will start on Friday, January 7 including the Opening Night
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MASON CITY, Iowa (Globe Gazette) — The photo fairly oozes with tension as you look at it. In the background, a Ford F-150 is in flames, heavy black smoke billowing into the sky. The man in a red shirt in the foreground has burnt-red hands smudged with soot.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Four Moline police officers received a Valor Award from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police on Tuesday for saving a woman from a burning building, according to a news release from the Fraternal Order of Police. Sergeant Derrick Cullison and officers Joshua McManus,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said. “There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect
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