(NBC News) Studies have found students can lose more than a month of academic learning over the summer break. It’s a “brain drain” parents can minimize by taking advantage of free educational activities. “Microsoft and Apple have programs so people can go and take classes over the summer and also during the year,” says Suzanne Kantra of Techlicious.com. “Today at…
(KXAN/NBC News) A Texas child care worker is facing charges after allegedly pinning a child to the floor during nap time. Mikelean Griffith, an employee at Taylor Independent School District’s Child Development Center, is accused of pinning a 2-year-old to the ground with her knee when he wouldn’t take a nap. A coworker told police what she saw May 17,…
(WMC/NBC News) An Arkansas police officer is under investigation after video surfaced showing a controversial traffic stop and arrest. The Helena-West Helana Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest Thursday showing the officer’s perspective. The video shows the officer Terry Daughtery approach a black car and ask the man inside for his license, registration and proof of insurance…
(WBRE) A Pennsylvania man is recovering from injuries he suffered when he encountered a booby trap while riding a bike on Luzerne County’s Back Mountain Trail. Dave Bass says while he was injured, he knows it could have been much, much worse. “I was stunned when it first happened. I didn’t know what to expect,” Bass said. “At the last…
“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” roars into theaters this week. NBC”s Raphael Seth has more.
(NBC News) President Trump on Thursday lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller, calling him “totally conflicted” and a “true never-Trumper.” The President’s comments came one day after Mueller made his first public statement on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible cooperation with the Trump campaign. Earlier Thursday, Trump tweeted that he had “nothing to…
(NBC News) The marriage of Disney and Star Wars has given birth to a major new attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” opens to the public Friday. The park promises to take fans beyond the movies, without traveling to a galaxy far, far away. The “Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run” ride is the centrepiece for the park,…
Join Bobby Marquez and several other country music stars at Country With Heart, a benefit for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. To learn more, please click here.
In this edition of Feel Good Friday, we remember the life and legacy of Alice Whitlow, a volunteer in Relay For Life. Alice passed away on June 1, 2016 from a very rare form of appendix cancer, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. Alice worked with Relay For Life even before she had cancer. Her kids and friends remember the impact she had on their…
