SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Review the top stories as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday. A Sioux Falls man is accused of using a belt to hit a child. The victim had no serious injuries, but there were some marks, according to police. Clemens said. […]
Day: September 14, 2021
12 new COVID-19 deaths reported in NE Tennessee on Tuesday – WJHL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Department of Health reported 534 new COVID-19 cases, 12 new deaths, and 821 new inactive/recovered cases in Northeast Tennessee on Tuesday. New Deaths New deaths reported today by county: Carter +1, Greene +3, Sullivan +6, and Washington +2. With […]
Sevier County Sheriff’s Office sergeant hospitalized, battling COVID-19
SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — An East Tennessee officer is in the hospital battling COVID-19. Robert Stoffle is a sergeant with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office. He’s been with the department for 22 years. His wife said he’s on a ventilator and fighting the virus. […]
Gov. Mike DeWine says he would mandate masks in schools if it weren’t for legislature
COLUMBUS – Gov. Mike DeWine would instate a statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools if it weren’t for a state law passed earlier this year that allows state lawmakers to repeal health orders. “If I could put on a statewide mandate, if the health department […]
CPS delays COVID-19 testing again, while only 3.3% of students sign up for swabs – Chicago Sun
Two weeks into a new school year during which Chicago Public Schools officials said they would be “committed to testing 100% of CPS students and staff each week” for COVID-19, only 3.3% of students and less than 20% of staff have signed up for the […]
WHO director says wealthy countries giving out COVID-19 boosters shots is ‘not right’
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is once again calling for wealthy countries to postpone the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Instead, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Tuesday that richer nations should distribute extra doses to low-income countries facing […]
Wrongly convicted man who escaped death row dies of COVID-19
A man who escaped death row in Louisiana in 2012 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence for a murder he didn’t commit has died of COVID-19. Damon Thibodeaux’s death earlier this month was “so unfair,” according to a Minneapolis attorney who worked to free […]
One more person dies after contracting Covid-19 in Hartlepool, as latest figures show 41 more cases
Across the UK on Tuesday, September 14, it was announced that 26,628 more people had tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 7,282,810.
Former employee testifies Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos lost millions while exaggerating projections to investors
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In public, Elizabeth Holmes was dubbed the next Steve Jobs on the cover of Inc. magazine in 2015, but in private the blood-testing company she founded, Theranos, was hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars. On Tuesday, the government’s first witness at […]
COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress
COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for sweeping new vaccination requirements. The cases – driven by the delta variant combined with resistance […]