By Gerry May Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana (KTBS) — The woman who was fatally shot in the Willis-Knighton hospital parking lot in Bossier City had followed her accused killer after he rear-ended her car Wednesday night, police sources say. Cynthia Walker, 65, of Bossier City, was shot seven times
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A official report has concluded that Sweden’s response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and its preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient. Sweden has stood out among European nations for its comparatively hands-off response to the pandemic, emphasizing individual responsibility and choices instead of mandated government health measures.
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By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A growing number of state prison systems are outfitting guards with body-worn cameras. That’s even in environments already covered by thousands of stationary cameras. The Georgia Bureau of Prisons piloted the concept last year. It plans to outfit guards in two prisons this year and another
Continue ReadingBy Terry Bulger Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The colors are still a week away from popping at Nashville’s Radnor Lake. But today, the park showed off a new device that helps people with color deficiencies see better. If you live here you know sunny days are the best
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Blake Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — Engineers at the University of Arizona have created a new medical tech that can help detect disease and deterioration in older adults. It’s a wearable device, but it’s much smaller than a watch or a fitness tracker. The wearable medical
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president is pleading with citizens to get vaccinated as daily infections have soared to another all-time high. The Health Ministry on Friday reported 26,870 new confirmed infections in 24 hours. That’s the highest level since the start of the pandemic. It recorded 648 daily deaths
Continue ReadingCNN By Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in what
Continue ReadingCNN, WGCL By Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in
Continue ReadingCNN By Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in what
Continue ReadingBy Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in what appeared
Continue ReadingCNN By Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in what
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Belting chants and waving signs, more than 100 hotel workers stormed the streets of Waikiki Thursday, demanding their jobs back. According to Unite Here! Local 5, the union that represents these workers, a third of its 9,000 hospitality employees are out of
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca online politics producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — If Canadian senators want to participate in Senate proceedings in-person in the new Parliament, they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or take a rapid test if they have a medical exemption. The agreement was announced
Continue ReadingBy Ben Cousins, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — If Facebook Inc.’s rebrand to “Meta” was a clever ploy to distract users from ongoing crises the company is facing, it will have to try much harder, one expert says. On Thursday, Facebook Inc. rebranded itself as Meta
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN The family of Alex Murdaugh’s former housekeeper said on NBC’s “Today” on Friday they considered the Murdaughs to be extended family and hadn’t learned about the settlement awarded to them until after Murdaugh’s shooting incident made headlines. Gloria Satterfield, who spent more than two decades as the Murdaugh family housekeeper, died
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Police say a US Air Force airman found dead at his home off base on Sunday died by suicide. The deceased officer was a master sergeant who had been stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and was assigned to the 352d Cyber
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Hurwitz Click here for updates on this story CLARK COUNTY, Washington (KPTV) — The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an arson at a home in the Felida area in Clark County. It all happened just after 10:20 p.m. Tuesday night at a home in the 1700 block of Northwest 104th Street. One
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden gave Pope Francis a deeply personal challenge coin during his trip to the Vatican on Friday, marking the gift with a moment of light-heartedness that nods to a long tradition in the US military. In video footage provided by Vatican Television, the two men were
Continue ReadingCNN By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN The world’s most powerful Catholics — President Joe Biden and Pope Francis — held 90 minutes of talks Friday in a session that blended the official and personal sides of the most devout US leader in decades. After, Biden said Francis had told him he was pleased
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN For those who are ending this pre-Halloween week feeling dead from exhaustion or just dead inside, here’s this week’s TV OT. Grading the Halloween programming on every streaming service. Fight me. My husband was away on a business trip last weekend and as much as I make fun of him for
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