NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a third person has died from injuries after a suspicious house fire in Nashville, Tennessee. Metro Nashville police said in a statement Sunday that 44-year-old Michael Young was pronounced dead at at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Two others died Saturday at the scene of the blaze. Police said 35-year-old Angela Burgess and 60-year-old Johnny…
(Source: CNN via CNN Newsource)Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor who specialized in playing crooks and cops like Paulie Cicero in “Goodfellas” and the NYPD sergeant Phil Cerreta on “Law & Order,” has died. He was 83. In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest school district will require universal masking on school property. The requirement comes as Jefferson County moves into the highest level of COVID-19 community spread. Media outlets report that the change begins Monday and lasts until Jefferson County comes out of the red. It comes a little more than two weeks before classes resume in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump has been convicted of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The verdict was handed down on Friday after a trial in federal court in Washington. He was charged in a two-count indictment. One…
MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa and the suspected gunman is also dead. Mike Krapfl, special agent in charge of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said in a statement that police responded to reports of the shooting at the the Maquoketa Caves State Park…
(Credit: Pixabay)LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge has issued a ruling that continues to keep the state’s near-total ban on abortion from taking effect. The state’s only two clinics had asked Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry to grant the injunction. The judge’s ruling Friday says there is “a substantial likelihood” that Kentucky’s new abortion law violates the rights to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered because of fast dwindling populations in North America. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature announced the designation on Thursday for the orange-and-black butterflies. The group estimates that populations have declined between 22% and 72% over a decade. After wintering in central Mexico, the butterflies migrate north to Canada….
(Source: Getty Images)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge has sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane on Thursday for his conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of polio in nearly a decade. Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated young adult who developed paralysis. State health officials scheduled polio vaccination clinics in Rockland County as part of the response. Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, underscoring the extent to which the virus has infiltrated American society. The White House said Thursday the 79-year-old Biden is experiencing “very mild symptoms,” including a stuffy nose, fatigue and cough. He has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease. Biden is…
