Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine … The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases because of the omicron variant.
New details emerge in case of NH girl missing for … New details are emerging in the case of Harmony Montgomery, the young New Hampshire girl who was missing for two years before it was reported to police.
Conspiracy theories paint fraudulent reality of Jan. … Millions of Americans watched the events in Washington last Jan. 6 unfold on live television. Police officers testified to the violence and mayhem. Criminal proceedings in open court detailed what happened. Yet the hoaxes, conspiracy theories and attempts to rewrite history persist, muddying the public’s understanding of what actually occurred during the most sustained attack on the seat of […]
Experts say COVID-19 cases don’t tell whole story With much of the nation’s population vaccinated and boosted and the country dealing with a new COVID-19 surge from omicron, public health officials are debating whether the nation needs to shift its thinking.
‘I love you!’: How this text message led authorities … Around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, before she was officially reported missing, a text message was sent from her phone to one of her parents saying, “I Love You!”
Nurse practitioner unlawfully prescribing drugs arrested MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Dyersburg nurse practitioner was arrested Thursday for unlawfully distributing prescription drugs from the medical clinic she owned and operated. According to a press release, Kelly McCallum, 39, unlawfully prescribed controlled substances such as oxycodone and hydrocodone at the Convenient Care Clinic. Over four years, McCallum prescribed more than two million opioid […]
Life after ‘Remain in Mexico’: A family’s struggles … Had it not been for the generosity of volunteer groups from South Texas, Honduran refugees Carolina Carranza Silva, her husband Jose Escobar, and their daughter Emily, say they would not have survived the nearly four months in 2019 that they lived in a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, after they were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program. Now the Biden administration is planning to restart MPP, forced by a court order, and asylum…
In democracy’s birthplace, pope warns of populist … ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism are threatening democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common good. Arriving in Greece, the birthplace of democracy, Francis used a speech to Greek political and cultural leaders to warn Europe at large about the […]
Alec Baldwin faces new lawsuit over shooting on ‘Rust’ … The script supervisor on the film “Rust” filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin after he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set.
Rittenhouse provoked the bloodshed in Kenosha, prosecutor … After a full day of arguments, the jurors were told to return Tuesday morning for the start of deliberations in the case that has stirred fierce debate in the U.S. over guns, vigilantism and law and order.
Workers worry over safety after bullets hit building MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department has been in its new building on Jefferson Avenue for just a few months. The bigger space has more floors and plenty of glass. But after a recent shooting, some who work there say that glass is the problem. Shortly after the building opened in July, WREG […]