Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students' lunchboxes, telling parents it's "now hiring." Elsewhere, principals are filling in as crossing guards...
Sep 22, 2021
First day of fall is here: What you might not know about the season
(WHTM) - Schools are back in session, football is back to full force on weekends, and the temperature is slowly inching its way down our thermometers - all signs that fall has arrived. The first day o...
Sep 22, 2021
Tessa Majors case: Teen pleads guilty in murder, robbery of college student in NYC park
NEW YORK (WPIX) - A teenage boy pleaded guilty on Tuesday to murder and robbery charges in the 2019 stabbing death of Barnard College student Tessa Majors. Luchiano Lewis, who was 14 at the time, was ...
Sep 22, 2021
1 student killed, 1 hurt in drive-by shooting at Kentucky school bus stop, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A drive-by shooting at a school bus stop in Kentucky left one student dead and another hospitalized, police said. Authorities said a third child was injured by unknown means as ...
Sep 22, 2021
FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off o...
Sep 22, 2021
CDC: Salmonella outbreak from unidentified food source sickens people in 25 states
(NEXSTAR) - At least 127 people have been infected - and 18 hospitalized - amid an outbreak of salmonella across dozens of states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infectio...
Sep 22, 2021
Gabby Petito case: Divers called in Brian Laundrie search
TAMPA, Fla. (NewsNation Now) - Florida authorities continue to search for Brian Laundrie, who is wanted for questioning in the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, his girlfriend, whose bod...
Sep 22, 2021
Asteroid about 3 times size of Statue of Liberty to pass Earth on 1st day of fall
PASADENA, Calif. (WJW) - A large asteroid will reportedly zip past Earth on Wednesday afternoon during the autumnal equinox, which ushers in the fall season. The asteroid, known as "2021 NY1," is bein...
Sep 22, 2021
Week 4 CFB TV Depth Chart: Prime Time for Nebraska-Michigan State
The Huskers are playing their first night game of the season.Ranked teams are spread throughout the day. A really nice slate of midafternoon and evening games.Nebraska is at No. 20 Michigan State in p...
Sep 22, 2021
Seattle, state to buy 3 new buildings for homeless people
SEATTLE (AP) - Three new buildings in Seattle with 165 studio apartments that were supposed to be rented at market rates will instead house people leaving homelessness and people at risk of becoming h...
Sep 22, 2021