CHARLEVOIX COUNTY — Each holiday season, Meijer hosts more than 100 “Shop with a Hero” events that pair children with area law enforcement personnel and other emergency responders to shop for holiday gifts for themselves and their families. The local “Shop with a Hero” event took place on Dec. 9 at the Petoskey Meijer and […]
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Andrew Tate requests ’emergency visit’ to UK after mother suffers heart attack
Andrew Tate has said he will “request an emergency visit to London” to visit his mother in hospital after she suffered a heart attack. The kickboxer, 37, and his brother, Tristan, 35, cannot leave Romania where they live while they face charges of rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang. The duo have denied […]
Holiday drivers urged to move over, slow down for tow trucks, emergency vehicles
Dec. 19—If you see tow trucks and other emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road with their emergency lights activated, do you know what to do? Texas law requires drivers to slow down at least 20 miles per hour under the posted speed limit or, if able, to change lanes when they’re passing […]
The COVID public health emergency expires Thursday. Here’s what that means for you.
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow the federal public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic to expire, but not everyone sees it as a cause for celebration. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra had renewed the emergency for 90 days in February, signaling at the time that this would be […]
Texas Supreme Court steps in the way of woman’s fight for an emergency abortion
Just days after receiving a temporary restraining order from a lower court judge preventing the state of Texas from enforcing their abortion ban in the instance of solely her own personal emergency, Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, has been blocked by the Texas Supreme Court in her efforts to end an […]
UPenn president’s fate hangs in balance as angry board convenes for emergency meeting
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill’s job is increasingly at risk as university donors, lawmakers in both parties, alumni and Jewish groups have piled on criticism after her disastrous congressional testimony on antisemitism this week. The Penn Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on Sunday at 5 p.m., the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, where Magill’s […]
Plane bound for New England airport makes emergency landing following apparent bomb threat
Two people are under arrest after a bomb threat forced a plane bound for New England to divert to another airport.. Passengers on board captured the moment one of the people was taken into custody– apologized to everyone on board.. The man and woman were taken into custody in Jacksonville Florida. People on board say […]