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With hospitals already seeing an uptick of RSV cases nationwide, and with the flu and COVID still infecting people, many are worried we could face a challenging few weeks, especially for children.

NEW YORK (AP) — After a review of the awards campaign for the indie drama “To Leslie,” the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped of her Oscar nomination for best actress. The star-studded grassroots campaign for Riseborough had prompted skepticism from some academy voters and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89. McCullough died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts, according to his publisher, […]

If inflation wasn’t bad enough, it’s shaping up to be a year of disappointing tax refunds for many people, perhaps especially for parents.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says the Tennessee Titans are hiring San Francisco director of player personnel Ran Carthon as their new general manager, giving the NFL nine minority GMs among the league’s 32 franchises. The Titans interviewed their seventh candidate Tuesday morning in Buffalo senior director of pro scouting […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have hired San Francisco director of player personnel Ran Carthon as their general manager. The Titans announced the hiring Wednesday morning, wrapping up a search that formally started Jan. 12. Carthon will be the franchise’s first minority GM. He is tentatively scheduled to be introduced at a news […]

Mayor Eric Adams called Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill “the latest shameful, extremist culture war targeting the LGBTQ+ community.”

Paying taxes isn’t fun, but you may not want to wait to file – especially this year.

The U.S. economy added 311,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. Economists had been expecting around 225,000 jobs to be added in February and for the unemployment rate to remain at 3.4 percent. Despite the strong headline jobs gain, the report […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG)– The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday that residents who may be at high risk of being exposed to monkeypox can now get vaccinated. As of Thursday, MSDH says11 cases of monkeypox have been identified in Mississippi and they expect the number of cases to increase. More than 10,000 cases of […]

A newly introduced bill in Florida would ban using alternative pronouns for genders not assigned at birth in K-12 schools and expand the block on teaching sexual orientation topics to eighth grade.