Month: July 2019
Duchess Kate reveals Prince George received lesson from favorite tennis player Roger Federer
Karwai Tang/Getty Images(LONDON) — Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, visited Wimbledon Tuesday, but she may attending the famed tournament in the future to watch her son, Prince George, play. Duchess Kate told friends Katie Boulter [Read More…]
Alleged drunk driver hits, kills 6-year-old twin girls in Odessa, Texas: Police
kali9/iStock(ODESSA, Texas) — An alleged drunk driver was arrested in Texas after police say she plowed into two 6-year-old twin girls, killing them both. The two little girls were standing near their family by a [Read More…]
Alleged drunk driver hits, kills 6-year-old girls in Odessa, Texas: Police
kali9/iStock(ODESSA, Texas) — An alleged drunk driver was arrested in Texas after she plowed into two 6-year-old girls, killing them both, police said. The two little girls were standing near a firework stand at about [Read More…]
Unemployment rate inches up to 3.7% as 224K jobs added in June
KLH49/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 224,000 jobs to their payrolls in June, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, exceeding economists’ expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the job gains last month were [Read More…]
Starting Wisconsin’s Dairy Innovation Hub will take time
Wisconsin’s Legislature and Governor have approved more than eight million dollars in annual spending to create a Dairy Innovation Hub to research new products and processes, land and water conservation, and animal health. John Holevoet [Read More…]
Severe storms stretch from Plains into Northeast over holiday weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The threat of storms will increase from the Plains into the Northeast heading into the holiday weekend. There were five reported tornadoes in Wyoming and Colorado on Thursday, as well as [Read More…]
Severe storms stretch from Plains into Northeast over holiday weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The threat of storms will increase from the Plains into the Northeast heading into the holiday weekend. There were five reported tornadoes in Wyoming and Colorado on Thursday, as well as [Read More…]
Amazon at 25: How it’s changed our lives
Amazon(NEW YORK) — In an earlier era, Walmart sold America on one-stop shopping. Amazon, which just reached its 25th anniversary, took that idea and expanded it beyond anyone’s imagination. Twenty-five years after its launch as [Read More…]
Billionaire coal executive dies in apparent helicopter crash in the Bahamas
bauhaus1000/iStock(NEW YORK) — Billionaire coal executive Chris Cline was killed in a helicopter crash in the Bahamas on Thursday. Cline, who founded the Cline Group and later Foresight Energy and built himself into one of [Read More…]
Bright orange bikes help women break barriers in Iran
ABC News(TEHRAN, Iran) — Sara Alirezaei was riding a bright orange bike along one of Tehran’s main, tree-lined boulevards when a male flower seller noticed her labored breathing and offered a word of encouragement: “Don’t [Read More…]
Fire forces London-bound flight to make emergency landing in Boston
Jevgenij Kulikov/iStock(BOSTON) — A London-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Boston on Thursday night when a fire broke out on board, authorities said. Flames and smoke appeared to be coming from [Read More…]
Nashville police officer killed when unlicensed teen driver crashes into car
Nashville Metro Police Department(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Metro Nashville Police Department is mourning one of their own after an unlicensed teen driver slammed into an officer’s police car in an intersection, killing him instantly. John [Read More…]
Family finds relative is alive after taking wrong man off life support: Lawsuit
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — A family that was making funeral plans for a beloved relative who authorities said had died in hospice care was shocked when the man showed up at a friend’s barbecue, exposing what the [Read More…]
Black couple turns away repairman carrying large Confederate flag in truck
Courtesy Brown Family(ATLANTA) — A black couple in Georgia said they were in “disbelief” when a man responding to their Facebook post looking for someone to repair the brakes on a golf cart pulled up [Read More…]
Cut food waste and add flavor
Cutting down on food waste can mean tastier homemade foods.Here are some tips to reduce waste and add new flavors to your meals. FOOD TANK TIPS Healthy Living ~ cut food waste Continue reading Cut [Read More…]
Firefighters get premature 4th of July show after containers at fireworks store explode
MSteck101/Twitter(FORT MILL, S.C.) — Fourth of July got started a little early for one South Carolina town. Containers outside a fireworks store in Fort Mill, South Carolina, caught fire early Thursday morning, according to the [Read More…]
Surveillance video from California mall shooting released as police seek help identifying gunmen
Fedorovekb/iStock(SAN BRUNO, Calif.) — Police in California continued to search for two gunmen who opened fire in a crowded mall, injuring two teenagers, as they released surveillance video showing the chaos as shoppers ran desperately [Read More…]
1 dead, 2 injured from lightning strike in South Carolina: Officials
Jurkos/iStock(ANDREWS, S.C.) — One person was killed and two suffered minor injuries from a lightning strike in South Carolina on Thursday, officials said. The three people were under a tree at Lawshe Plantation in Georgetown [Read More…]
Heat, severe storms on tap for 4th of July
ABC News(NEW YORK) — There were 120 damaging storm reports across the country on Wednesday, including six reported tornadoes in South Dakota and Nebraska and flash flooding in Iowa and Wisconsin. More severe storms and [Read More…]
Biggest earthquake in 20 years rocks Southern California, strong aftershocks expected
USGS(LOS ANGELES) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary 6.4 magnitude rocked Southern California on Thursday morning, officials said, as they warned that strong aftershocks are expected. It was the strongest earthquake in Southern California [Read More…]