Month: May 2021

Here’s a look at the social media network, Facebook. Facts Facebook had 2.74 billion monthly active users around the world, as of September 30, 2020. It is blocked in North Korea and China. There were 56,653 full-time employees at Facebook, as of September 30, 2020. Facebook introduced words such as “friending” to the lexicon. Timeline

Click here for updates on this story     MT. JULIET, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man is behind bars this morning after police say he pointed a high-intensity laser at a commercial aircraft in flight and a tractor trailer driver on Interstate 40. Mt. Juliet Police said 136 passengers were on board the plane when the man

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police identified a woman found dead Sunday morning off Pennington Bend Road near Opryland. Police said the victim was 44-year-old Pamela Paz, of Smyrna, who was strangled to death. Kendall Smith, Paz’s 18-year-old daughter, said the family is going through a lot right

A woman from Mali has given birth to nine babies — two more than the seven that ultrasounds had detected — according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Ultrasounds done in Mali and Morocco indicated that Halima Cisse was pregnant with seven children — but on Tuesday, she gave birth to five girls and four

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — St. Louis police officers will now face the same disciplinary process as other city employees. During a Tuesday vote, the St. Louis Civil Service Commission voted in support of repealing a measure that allowed police officers different rules for discipline. Civil Service Rule XIX,

Click here for updates on this story     FERGUSON, Missouri (KMOV) — Hundreds of pieces of mail were found in a dumpster behind a Ferguson business Monday night. The man who found them, Jonathan Tremaine Thomas, said he has no idea who did it or why. He found the mail after going to drop something off

Click here for updates on this story     HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Firefighters say spontaneous combustion is responsible for a fire at an apartment complex in Hillsboro that started Tuesday morning. At 10:30 a.m. fire crews got a report to an automatic commercial fire alarm at 305 Southeast Edgeway Drive in the Wyndhaven Apartment complex. More

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Washingtonians have avoided further COVID-19 restrictions, but they aren’t moving any closer to fully reopening either, as Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a “two-week pause” on moving between phases. It comes as COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have been on the rise, but

Click here for updates on this story     OTIS, Oregon (KPTV) — Oregonians who lost their homes during the historic wildfires debate rebuilding as timber prices continue to rise. Dezarae Lawrence says the cost to rebuild a 1,500 square foot house is about $20,000 more expensive than last year just in lumber costs. She says it’s

Click here for updates on this story     NEW HANOVER COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — More allegations of sexual misconduct involving students are coming out against a former New Hanover County Schools teacher. Three additional former students have joined the lawsuit against former Laney High School and Isaac Bear Early College High School teacher Michael Kelly.

Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two weeks after clearing homeless campsites, the city of Asheville is weighing long-term solutions to address homelessness. A plan proposed during the city council’s April 27 budget work session includes a $10 million budget to increase long-term shelter options. The funding accounts for