Water pressure mostly restored in Jackson, precautionary boil water notice still in effect
Ruy Barbosa Pinto/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) — Water pressure has been restored to much of Jackson, Mississippi, but a precautionary boil water notice is still in effect as crews continue to look for leaks and make repairs on the city’s troubled wat…
Buffalo residents rescue birds stuck in ice after historic winter storm
Alex McArthur/Seamus Gallivan(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Buffalo residents helped free 16 birds stuck in ice along the waterfront of LaSalle Park after a deadly blizzard swept through the region over the weekend.
Seamus Gallivan and Alex McArthur said the resc…
Keystone Pipeline back up to speed after 600,000 gallon leak
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(CUSHING, Okla.) — A damaged section of the Keystone Pipeline was reopened Thursday after weeks of repairs and clean up following a leak of 600,000 gallons of crude oil into a Kansas creek, officials said.
For the first …
How to stay calm and avoid anxiety amid flight cancellations, delays
IronHeart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — If you had plans to travel by air for Christmas or New Year’s, chances are you are among the tens of thousands of passengers whose flights have been canceled over the last week.
Since last Wednesday, more than 20,00…
FBI posts reward after abortion-related vandalism to historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
FBI/Atlanta(ATLANTA) — The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on 10 people wanted in connection with vandalizing the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary in Atlanta.
The bureau’s Atlanta field office said a member or memb…
Biden signs $1.7T government spending bill, ensuring funding for most of 2023
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden Thursday signed the omnibus spending bill into law while on vacation, extending funding for the government into next year.
Biden, on vacation in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, signed t…
Pay transparency starts in Washington Jan 1
The new year starts with some clarity on what you can expect to be paid BEFORE you apply for a job. January 1st is when Washington’s new pay transparency law takes effect, but according to job site,
House investigation finds FDA, drug firm Biogen ignored internal concerns for Alzheimer’s drug
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — A congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s review process for an Alzheimer’s treatment found that the agency “deviated” from its standard procedures to approve the Aduhelm drug…
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies at 81
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for LG SIGNATUREVivienne Westwood, the fashion designer who made punk and new wave fashion mainstream, has died. She was 81.
Westwood died Thursday “peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South Lo…
Southwest Airlines announces plan to return to ‘normal operations’ by Friday
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Southwest Airlines said it plans to return to “normal operations with minimal disruptions” Friday, after days of chaos that saw the company cancel thousands of its flights, leaving many passeng…