The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for central and eastern Virginia until 11 p.m. Monday. The watch area includes 71 counties and cities in Virginia, as well as parts of Washington, D.C., southern Maryland and northeastern North Carolina. A “watch” differs from a “warning” in that under a watch, conditions are favorable […]
A dead body was found in a creek in eastern Ohio Sunday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard and Cleveland Metroparks Police were investigating, according to News 5, after a fisherman notified law enforcement about what looked like a body in the water. Cleveland Division of Fire dispatchers said they received a call about the body […]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will announce details of the planned security reinforcement of his country’s eastern border on Monday. The plan, called Protective Shield East, envisages investments totalling the equivalent to about $2.5 billion to secure the border, which is also forms part of the European Union’s external border. Poland, a member of NATO, […]
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany made gains but failed to secure outright victories in local elections in an eastern state where the party is strong and its regional leader, one of the party’s best-known figures, was recently convicted of knowingly using a Nazi slogan in a speech. Sunday’s elections at county and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to eastern Europe next week as concerns mount about Russia’s advances in Ukraine, potential Russian interference in neighboring Moldova and pro-Moscow legislation being promoted in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, the State Department said Friday. Blinken will visit the Moldovan capital of Chişinau on […]
Dangerous severe storms will sweep across the eastern half of the U.S. this Memorial Day weekend, affecting a number of major cities from Saturday to Monday. The storms will start Saturday, with 18 million people from Texas to Iowa under a high threat of severe storms, the strongest of which will hit Oklahoma, Kansas and […]
Shoppers got a taste of summer Sunday at Eastern Market’s Flower Day, pulling wagons filled with colorful blooms under the beating sun. Temperatures hit the 80s by midday, with visitors trying to keep cool under hats and umbrellas, while sipping ice-cold lemonades. Despite the heat, the annual event saw its usual high turnout, with visitors […]
(WFRV) – After a brief hiatus, the Eastern Wisconsin Excellence in Education Awards Program has returned and it can be seen in its entirety right here. The program has partnered with Local 5 in an effort to recognize staff members at 24 school districts in northeast Wisconsin by allowing parents, students, community members, and staff […]
Poland plans to spend billions of euros on strengthening its eastern border, according to an announcement by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Tusk said he would put 10 billion zlotys ($2.5 billion) into security, above all along the NATO member’s eastern border, according to PAP news agency. “We are starting a major project to build a […]
By Dan Peleschuk DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited U.S. ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks. His unit’s U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer, which once hurled 100 shells a day at the encroaching enemy, is now often reduced to […]
Get ready for plenty of sweat and discomfort this scorching summer as high temperatures are expected to dominate the season for millions, fueled by a developing La Niña climate pattern. NOAA’s updated climate outlook for the meteorological summer period from June 1 to Aug. 31 was released on Thursday. It indicates that above-average temperatures are […]
A Nashville company wants to put a solar energy farm on 800 acres in eastern Fayette County. Silicon Ranch, which runs and operates solar farms in 15 states, has an option to purchase 797 acres in the Haley Road area adjacent to a 384-acre solar project recently proposed by Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative. That means […]