Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia's daily COVID-19 deaths top 1,000 for first time
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's daily death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time as the country faces a sustained wave of rising infections. The national coronavirus task force on Saturday ...
Oct 16, 2021
Lawsuits demand health care providers use unproven ivermectin for COVID-19 plaintiff patients
NEW YORK (AP) - Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authorit...
Oct 16, 2021
Hugh Hefner’s ex says Playboy Mansion had ghosts — and she recognized one of them
(NEXSTAR) - The Playboy Mansion was full of things that go bump in the night, according to one of Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriends - and they weren't the things you're imagining. Bridget Marquardt, a form...
Oct 16, 2021
Southwest Airlines offering ‘goodwill’ gesture to customers affected by cancellations: What does that mean?
(NEXSTAR) - Southwest says it will be extending a "gesture of goodwill" to customers affected by the cancellation of thousands of flights last weekend. "In these situations, we do our best to make thi...
Oct 16, 2021
Funeral homes adjust as more Americans choose cremations over burials
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) - Americans are dramatically shifting their funeral choices, and funeral homes say they are adapting to the changes. More than half of the country's residents are choosing cremat...
Oct 16, 2021
New skyscraper lab will test elevators high above Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - One of the world's largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs. TK Elevators' 420-foot (128 meters...
Oct 16, 2021
Biden to attend memorial service honoring US law enforcement officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend a memorial service on Saturday at the United States Capitol to honor law enforcement officers who lost their lives in t...
Oct 16, 2021
At least 90 rattlesnakes removed from underneath California woman's home
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) - A California woman's home became the set of a real-life horror movie when at least 90 rattlesnakes were found beneath her house. The woman called Sonoma County Reptile R...
Oct 16, 2021
Actor Michael Caine, 88, says he's made his last film, will retire from acting
LOS ANGELES (KSEE) - Hollywood legend Michael Caine says he's already made his final film. In an interview on BBC Radio 5's "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review," the 88-year-old actor claimed that his lat...
Oct 16, 2021
Turkey's Erdogan bids farewell to Merkel after 16 years
ISTANBUL (AP) - Angela Merkel's final visit to Turkey as German chancellor on Saturday saw two of Europe's longest serving leaders pay tribute to one another as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Oct 16, 2021