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By BRIANNA OWCZARZAK Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — The Saginaw Housing Commission is going to receive more than $76,000 to help families find employment and achieve financial independence. The $76,538 federal grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family Self-Sufficiency program to help coordinate
Continue ReadingBy JOYLYN BUKOVAC Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Murfreesboro family started a movement that’s catching on nationwide. They created a Facebook page called Tipping in the Boro. It’s dedicated to tipping servers hundreds of dollars. Tyler, the creator of Tipping in the Boro, said this act of kindness
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s 2nd congressional district has the dubious distinction of having the second-most structurally deficient bridges in the country. So, it struck some Iowans as strange when the district’s Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against a bill that would pour more than $100 million in federal money to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The official seal of the City of Atlanta shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn’t show is that Atlanta was rebuilt with slavery’s successor: unpaid convict labor, working in horrific conditions to break granite at the Bellwood Quarry and burn
Continue ReadingBy CAROLINE HECKER Click here for updates on this story FESTUS, Missouri (KMOV) — The Festus community came together Wednesday night to remember a young boy killed in a tragic school bus accident. Friends and a GoFundMe account identify the boy is Damon Rice, 6, of Festus. He was a first grader at Plattin Primary
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Wrkiter WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new single-family homes rose 12.4% in November, the fastest pace in seven months, with low mortgage rates continuing to fuel heightened demand. The November increase pushed the seasonally adjusted annual sales pace to 744,000 last month, the best showing since reaching 796,000 in April.
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Wrkiter WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new single-family homes rose 12.4% in November, the fastest pace in seven months, with low mortgage rates continuing to fuel heightened demand. The November increase pushed the seasonally adjusted annual sales pace to 744,000 last month, the best showing since reaching 796,000 in April.
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By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to block the mask mandate imposed by the school district for metro Las Vegas and dismissed a lawsuit filed by two students’ parents. U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey on Wednesday ruled that the parents didn’t establish a
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By The Associated Press The Atlanta Falcons will look for their first true home win of the season when they play the Detroit Lions. The Lions are 0-5 in Atlanta while the Lions are 0-6-1 on the road. At 6-8 overall, the Falcons are trying to protect their slim playoff hopes. The Lions may be
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The 2018 killing of 12-year-old Derrick Lee Jr., of Asheville, was back in the spotlight Wednesday as one man works to keep the boy’s memory alive. Jack Logan, who founded the nonprofit Put the Guns Down Young People advocated to
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy has made increasing progress as it nears the end of its first year. The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that 100 children, mostly from Central America, are
Continue ReadingBy Star Connor, Jordan Honeycutt Click here for updates on this story Pitt County, GREENVILLE (WLOS) — People who live on Brookville Drive in Greenville said they are shocked to hear that someone was spotted stealing packages off their doorsteps. “It’s a shame how people are going around taking stuff off peoples’ porches,” Antwan Thomas
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shared the first photo of their daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana, as part of their 2021 holiday card, released six months after she was born. Meghan is seen happily holding Lilibet in the air, while Harry balances their son Archie on his
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Coldplay’s Chris Martin has a major announcement. The frontman of the Grammy-winning band told BBC Radio 2 this week that there’s an end in sight when it comes to new music from the group. “Well I know I can tell you, our last proper record will come out in 2025 and
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury at the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright has returned for a fourth day of deliberations as the Christmas holiday looms. The jury weighing Kim Potter’s fate has been out 2 1/2 days, or about
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) de EE.UU. autorizó este jueves el uso de emergencia de la píldora contra el covid-19 de Merck, molnupiravir, “para el tratamiento de la enfermedad por coronavirus de leve a moderada (covid-19) en adultos con resultados positivos en las pruebas virales directas de SARS-CoV-2,
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the West to “immediately” meet Russia’s demand for security guarantees precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine and the deployment of the military alliance’s weapons there. Putin accused the West during a marathon news conference on Thursday of trying to make Ukraine “anti-Russia,
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck that may help blunt the wave of infections driven by the omicron variant. The Food and Drug Administration granted the drug emergency use Thursday for adults with early COVID-19 who face the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck that may help blunt the wave of infections driven by the omicron variant. The Food and Drug Administration granted the drug emergency use Thursday for adults with early COVID-19 who face the
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the market on track for solid gains in this holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 index added 0.5% in the early going, led by technology companies and banks. Safe-play sectors like real estate and utilities lagged behind. The Dow Jones Industrial
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