Can you get your sister’s boyfriend’s father to marry you in South Carolina? Only if he is recognized by the state as an officiant. State law spells it out clearly: “ministers of the Gospel, Jewish rabbis, officers authorized to administer oaths in this state, and the chief or spiritual leader of a Native American Indian […]
In a first-of-its-kind procedure, physicians performed a successful in utero surgery to repair a rare and potentially deadly prenatal condition in a fetus. In utero surgery has been used for other conditions, but this is the first time it has been attempted to treat “vein of Galen malformation” — a rare blood vessel abnormality inside […]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities will perform DNA testing on the remains of the suicide bomber who rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle in the country’s northwest, killing five Chinese nationals and their local driver, officials said Wednesday. The attack occurred in Shangla, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where thousands of […]
A 62-year-old man suffering from end-stage renal disease has become the first living recipient of a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital announced on Thursday, March 21. The four-hour surgery, performed at the Boston hospital on March 16, marks a “major milestone in the quest to provide more readily […]
A former Chicago police officer who forced a woman to engage in a sex act in his squad car in 2019 was sentenced to a year in federal prison, prosecutors said Monday. James Sajdak, 65, pleaded guilty in November to one count of deprivation of civil rights, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District […]
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law Wednesday that will allow public officials in the state to refuse to perform marriages if doing so goes against their beliefs. The measure, HB 878, is less than half a page-long and simply states that public officials “shall not be required to solemnize a marriage.” Those who […]
Erik ten Hag praised the character of Rasmus Hojlund after the 21-year-old scored twice in the first seven minutes to help Manchester United to a 2-1 Premier League win over Luton at Kenilworth Road. After a slow beginning to his career at Old Trafford, the striker – signed from Atalanta for £72 million – has […]
Some students from Pittsburgh Public Schools got the opportunity to perform in front of thousands at PPG Paints Arena. Kids from Pittsburgh Faison and Pittsburgh Westinghouse took the stage with Lil Durk on Friday and Saturday. Videos posted by the district showed the kids performing his song “All My Life.” Lil Durk and the kids […]
Dr. Phillips High School will bring the wizarding world of Harry Potter to their theater in the next school year. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Broadway Licensing Global announces official winners of the “Wands at the Ready” competition to perform the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child high school edition. The competition received over […]
Hours before Super Bowl LVIII kicks off in Las Vegas on Sunday, Gwen Stefani (@gwenstefani) will take the virtual stage at the NFL’s TikTok Tailgate, a pregame livestream on the social media platform. The Grammy Award-winning artist and coach on NBC’s The Voice, who has 3.2 million TikTok followers, announced she’ll be performing her new […]
A section of Colorado Highway 14 is closed while emergency crews perform a high angle rescue in the Poudre Canyon Sunday afternoon. Poudre Fire Authority, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Lifeline1, Larimer County Search and Rescue and Poudre Canyon Fire are responding, PFA said in a post on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A graduate of Haslett High School is currently gracing the stage of the Boston Symphony Orchestra – and on Tuesday his talents and work with the BSO will land him on the storied stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City. Brenden Gunnell, 40, says his journey from Haslett to European […]