The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, says masks are the key to slowing the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. He says if everyone wears a mask, the pandemic might be under control within four to eight weeks. The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. is now more than 136,000. And Florida…
In continuing coverage, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, pleaded not guilty to charges she recruited girls for Epstein to sexually abuse between 1994 and 1997. Some of the girls were as young as 14. In court on Tuesday, her legal team proposed a $5 bail package to grant her release, saying she has not left the country since Epstein’s…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg plans to take part in the court’s arguments by phone while she is resting in the hospital Wednesday. She was hospitalized Tuesday for an infection caused by a gallstone. The court says she underwent non-surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis, a benign gallbladder condition. She is expected to leave the hospital in a day or…
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not be returning to the Senate. In the Alabama GOP primary, sessions lost to former Auburn University Football Coach Tommy Tuberville. Sessions held a seat in the Senate for 20 years and was trying to reclaim it after he stepped down to run the justice department under President Trump. But President Trump forced Sessions…
In continuing coverage, the first execution of a federal prisoner in the U.S. in 17 years is complete. Daniel Lewis Lee was executed by lethal injection Tuesday morning in Indiana. A witness says Lee admitted to mistakes, but claimed “I didn’t do it” until the very end. And his final words were, “you’re killing an innocent man.” Lee is a…
Mary Trump’s tell-all book about President Donald Trump is being released Tuesday. The book titled “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man” has already made it to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list. And New York’s Supreme Court lifted a temporary restraining order that prevented Mary Trump from promoting her book. Previously, the…
COVID-19 has claimed more than 135,000 American lives and more than 3.3 million people have been infected. More than 40 states are dealing with increasing infection rates, and some are rolling back their reopening plans. California is back in lockdown, with nearly all public spaces ordered to stop indoor activities and operations. This includes bars, restaurants, gyms, and places of…
The Saint Ignace Police Department is asking you to watch out for counterfeit bills that have been popping up in the area. They say the First National Bank in Saint Ignace alerted them to the problem, and several have been passed around “in the area for the past week or so.” The most obvious counterfeit was a $100 bill with…
We have an update in the case of the missing Glee Star Naya Rivera. Search teams have recovered a body at Lake Piru, the last place Rivera was seen, and have identified the body as hers. The actress disappeared last week after she rented a pontoon boat for her and her 4-year-old son. Once the boat was overdue on time, crews…
In continuing coverage, the Supreme Court voted in a 5-4 vote to approve the execution of federal prisoner Daniel Lewis Lee. Lee will be the first federal prisoner to be executed in 17 years. He is a convicted murderer who killed a family of three and then dumped their bodies in a lake. Lee was scheduled to be executed Monday…
