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Click here for updates on this story     PRICHARD, Alabama (WALA) — A single mom and her three kids are homeless after a devastating fire tore through their home in Prichard early Christmas morning. “It was scary. I ain’t never imagine on Christmas when children supposed to be waking up to their gifts and we supposed

Croatia has been hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, the government-owned Croatian News Agency HINA reported Tuesday, causing major damage to Petrinja, a town close to its epicenter. The quake rocked the Balkan country at 12:20 p.m. local time (6:20 a.m. ET) and its epicenter was located 44 kilometers (27 miles) southeast of the capital

Click here for updates on this story      MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Some of you, mainly northwest areas like Fond du Lac, Beaver Dam, West Bend and Fort Atkinson, have had some good snows this year but we haven’t had one that’s impacted the entire viewing area – yet. That changes tonight with a round of

Click here for updates on this story     FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christmas Honors previously announced that the traditional December laying of the wreaths at the Fort Smith National Cemetery had to be canceled. Since the announcement, alternative plans were made. In partnership with Chaffee Crossing, Christmas Honors is hosting

Click here for updates on this story     LYCOMING COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — According to state police, a woman was arrested in connection to several vandalized vehicles in Williamsport and Montoursville. The woman has been identified as Marie Lecrone, 50, of Montoursville. State police say through multiple victim reports, security video surveillance, and further investigation they

Click here for updates on this story     WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The flood gate wall on the Market Street Bridge, which connects Wilkes-Barre and Kingston, has been up since last week, and it’ll stay up through January 4, 2020. The flood gate wall was first put up because of concerns about flooding during the Christmas

A statement from a top Russian official indicates that the country’s true coronavirus death toll is more than three times higher than the country’s official statistics show. New data from the country’s statistics agency, Rosstat, shows that during the first 11 months of 2020, there was an increase of more than 229,700 more deaths in

At least 50 journalists and media workers have been killed worldwide this year, the vast majority outside countries at war, according to an annual round-up by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The review shows that journalists are increasingly being targeted and killed because of their work. Some 84% of journalists killed this year were deliberately targeted,

In March 2020, Europe’s towns, cities and airports ground to a halt as the first wave of Covid-19 sent residents indoors. In the following months, many people began working from home. But amid the chaos and uncertainty, key workers including farm staff, transport employees and postal workers continued to perform their jobs as normal, forming

Science’s biggest achievement in 2020 was undoubtedly the rapid development of effective vaccines against Covid-19 — a massive feat that should be widely celebrated and lauded with prizes in the years to come. Away from the coronavirus pandemic, however, there were discoveries in many different fields that inspired much-needed moments of awe and wonder in

Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning artist Michael Jackson. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1958 Death date: June 25, 2009 Birth place: Gary, Indiana Birth name: Michael Joseph Jackson Father: Joseph Jackson, crane operator/The Jackson 5 manager Mother: Katherine (Scruse) Jackson Marriages: Debbie Rowe (November 15, 1996-October 8, 1999, divorced); Lisa-Marie

Nearly half a million residents in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus first emerged may have been infected with Covid-19 — almost 10 times its official number of confirmed cases, according to a study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study used a sample of 34,000 people in the

The names of the three victims killed in a bowling alley shooting over the weekend were released by officials Monday. The Winnebago County, Illinois, State’s Attorney J. Hanley identified the victims as Thomas Furseth, 65, Jerome Woodfork, 69, and Dennis Steinhoff, 73. Three other people — including two minors — were injured in Saturday’s shooting.

A billionaire Chinese gaming tycoon died on Christmas Day, his company announced, with police now investigating whether the 39-year-old was poisoned. The Yoozoo company board of directors released a statement on December 26 confirming the death of founder and chairman Lin Qi. “The directors, supervisors, senior management and all employees of the company express their