Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Martin the Cat who has been missing since a bomb went off in downtown Nashville has been found! His mom, Malory, confirms to News4 that police found him in his normal spot in her closet of her apartment on 2nd Avenue North. The morning of
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has appointed Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben as chaplain of the House of Representatives — the first woman to serve in the role in either chamber, Pelosi’s office announced Thursday. “Kibben brings decades of decorated experience in the military and the ministry, as a retired Rear Admiral who served as the
Continue ReadingHere is a look back at the events of 2020. Notable US Events January 2 – In the face of warnings from the Pentagon that a hold on military aid to Ukraine could be illegal, an official from the Office of Management and Budget makes it clear that the order to keep the freeze in
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Stanley Johnson, the father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has said that he intends to obtain French citizenship — his comments coming just hours before the UK’s final transition out of the European Union. Johnson, a former Member of the European Parliament, told French radio station RTL he “will always be European” in an
Continue ReadingSamuel Little, believed to be the most prolific serial killer in American history, has died at age 80, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Wednesday. Little had been serving three consecutive life-without-parole sentences from Los Angeles County for the deaths of three women that occurred in the late 1980s. However, he had confessed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The owner of the Gramercy Hill senior living facility in Lincoln has voluntarily defaulted on its loan and plans to allow the facility to be taken over by Fannie Mae. The default, which was made official last week with a filing with
Continue ReadingA Wisconsin hospital worker is accused of intentionally removing 57 vials of Covid-19 vaccine from a refrigerator overnight last week, an action that forced the hospital to discard those vials and has spurred an investigation by police and the FBI, officials said Wednesday. The vials’ removal from refrigeration at Aurora Medical Center just north of
Continue ReadingAmericans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government’s second round of stimulus payments is being sent out, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said. The direct deposits will continue into next week, while paper checks will be mailed out beginning Wednesday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Continue ReadingJust a week after Sen. Marco Rubio was criticized for getting the coronavirus vaccine ahead of some front-line workers, the Florida Republican is back in the hot seat for his comments accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and others of manipulating public perception surrounding Covid-19. “Dr. Fauci
Continue Reading South Carolinians are fiercely proud of the state’s iconic indigo-blue flag, with its thin crescent and lush palmetto. So when a commission of historians was tasked with tweaking its design, residents of the state were quick to respond — mess with the flag, and you mess with us. Lambasted by the public, a newly proposed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Fire investigators from a national ATF team were able to gain entry Thursday morning to the Troost Avenue apartment building that burned up in a massive fire Monday night, as they work against the clock to figure out what caused the blaze that
Continue Reading People who meet their partners on dating apps often have stronger long-term relationship goals — contrary to the idea that technology encourages casual encounters rather than commitment, a new study has found. Analyzing 2018 family survey data, researchers from Switzerland’s University of Geneva (UNIGE) studied a sample of 3,235 adults who were in a relationship
Continue ReadingMinneapolis police said they would release body camera footage Thursday of a fatal shooting that happened during a traffic stop — the department’s first police-involved shooting since George Floyd died while being pinned down by officers in May. The shooting Wednesday evening involved a man suspected in a felony who Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
Continue ReadingFlorida Congresswoman-elect MarÃa Elvira Salazar said Thursday that she has tested positive for Covid-19 and will be unable to attend the congressional swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol on Sunday. Salazar, a Republican, said on Twitter she was admitted to a local hospital with heart arrhythmia, commonly known as an irregular heartbeat, on December 23,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — New Year’s Eve celebrations will be unlike anything we have seen in decades. Many cities around Southern Alabama have canceled their fireworks and festivities because of COVID. That is prompting many people to put on their own displays and sales are popping at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOLEY, Alabama (WALA) — A Foley mother is on life support after her family says she risked her life to save her two children in a house fire last Tuesday. Lelann Thompson jumped through a window that morning, able to get her kids out of the home just
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MANITOWOC, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 19-year-old from Manitowoc was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon on Dec.
Continue ReadingPeople around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2020 and welcome 2021. The Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati were the first to see in the new year — when it was still 5 a.m. on December 31 on the East Coast of the United States and 11 a.m. UTC (Coordinated
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLESTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A second grade teacher in the Gettysburg Area School District is facing charges for sexually abusing a minor. Vincent Marfia, 40, of Littlestown, was arrested by State Police Wednesday. He is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of minors and other
Continue ReadingPope Francis will not lead the Vatican’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day celebrations due to sciatic pain, the Vatican said in a statement on Thursday. This marks the first time the Pope has missed New Year’s Eve or Christmas celebrations, but not the first event he has skipped. On February 27, Pope Francis,
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