New skills plan for Falkirk Council workers to tackle lack of trades
Joiners, plumbers and plasterers working for Falkirk Council are to learn some of each others’ skills in a bid to get council house repairs done more quickly and efficiently. It’s…
Missing grandmother may have been swallowed by sinkhole while looking for her cat
(AP) – Authorities fear a grandmother who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed up by a sinkhole that recently opened up in a western Pennsylvania village.…
Mike Bloomberg warns making RFK Jr. HHS secretary risks killing Americans, urges Senate to reject him
Billionaire and public health advocate Mike Bloomberg on Tuesday excoriated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. health secretary, over his anti-vaccine record and urged the Senate…
Warming centers and resources planned as cold weather continues
Beckley Warming Center BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Frigid temperatures are leading to planned openings for warming centers in Mercer and Raleigh Counties. The warming center in the City of Beckley has…
National News | Ballerina who killed estranged husband in ‘Black Swan murder’ gets 20 years
A former ballerina who fatally shot her husband in a case dubbed the “Black Swan murder” was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison. Ashley Benefield, 32, was not actually…
National News | FBI investigating ‘cluster of large drones’ spotted near Trump’s New Jersey golf course
A cluster of large drones spotted flying over central New Jersey — including near a military base and President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course — has sparked a federal investigation…
Sports | Israel Vazquez, three-time world champion boxer, dies from cancer at 46
Israel Vazquez, a three-time super bantamweight boxing world champion, has died from cancer at age 46. His death was announced early Tuesday morning by World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman.…
US Postal Service says it succeeded delivering election ballots after Nov. 5
Almost 99.9% of general election mail ballots were delivered to election officials within a week and 97.7% of them were delivered within three days. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service…
McDonald’s E. coli outbreak that sickened 104, killed 1 in Colorado is officially over
The U.S. government has closed its investigation into the outbreak tied to slivered onions in Quarter Pounders. DENVER — The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into…