A video circulating on social media Wednesday afternoon purportedly shows civilians apprehending someone after the shootings that occurred outside Union Station at the end of the Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration. The caption on the post on X, formerly Twitter, read, “kc citizens tackling one of the shooters. brave people.” The user who posted the […]
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House Dems talk tackling heath care, student loan forgiveness and discrimination at annual party retreat
Rep. Jasmine Crockett believes that voters “can find more common ground with Democrats” than with House Republicans. Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives held the “House Democrats 2024 Issues Conference” at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va. last week. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were among a list of speakers […]
‘There’s so much health disinformation out there’ – nutritional scientist tackling social media myths
Health disinformation is becoming more and more widespread online, a science communicator has warned. Patrick Elliott, a PhD researcher in human nutrition at University College Dublin, said with the prevalence of harmful health information on social media, users must be equipped to distinguish fact from fiction. Elliott is one of a number of early-career researchers […]
Taste of NFL tackling food insecurity in Las Vegas-area community
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — For over 30 years, Taste of the NFL has been providing a culinary experience like no other. This year, Chef Bryan Forgione, the executive chef at Buddy V’s is excited to show his passion for cooking through some unique recipes. “This year we’re going to showcase our fresh mozzarella making and […]
Man convicted of tackling girlfriend, forcing her back into Cherokee County home, DA says
A Cherokee County man has been found guilty of kidnapping his girlfriend and holding her against her will. In March 2022, an off-duty Cobb County officer saw Cameron Burnett Long, 45, forcibly carrying a woman into an apartment in an apartment. He called 911 and reported a domestic disturbance. Investigators say that Long and his […]
Irish biker Oran O’Kelly on tackling the Everest of motorsport
Of all the attributes it takes to be successful in motorsport, being able to scrub a toilet wouldn’t exactly top the list. However, for Oran O’Kelly, a stint of volunteering for the Audi team last year saw him doing just that, rolling up his sleeves and doing the unglamorous work that needs to be done, […]
Sales tax increase, tackling crime two of Charlotte City Council’s goals for 2024
Charlotte City Council spend much of its day Tuesday discussing two of its big goals for 2024, tackling crime and transit. The council is moving forward with its goal of pursuing a one-cent sales tax increase to fund transportation and transit projects. Councilmembers focus on Charlotte crime, transit future during annual retreat At one point, […]
After much delay, Colombia is finally tackling its hippo problem
Drug baron Pablo Escobar once brought four African hippos to Colombia for his own private zoo and now they are a multi-tonne problem. Escobar, the head of the powerful Medellín cartel, was shot dead in 1993, but his hippos remain and have since become an outsize pest, disrupting the local ecosystem, destroying fields and endangering […]
How schools are tackling chronic absenteeism in the wake of COVID
While most schools in the U.S. have returned to full-time in-person learning after going remote at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lingering effects of the lockdowns still remain. Chris Lantz is part of an attendance team in Louisville, Kentucky, tasked with making up the 30 calls a week searching for chronically absent students. […]