Steve Nedved
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Mar 22
Charlottesville schools closed over ‘racially charged’ online threat
ogolne/iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — Public schools in Charlottesville, Virginia are shutdown for the second day in a row over an online threat. The threat was “racially charged” though no further specific details about the threat have been shared by the Charlottesville School Board. An investigation involving state and federal authorities is ongoing, according to the Charlottesville …
Mar 22
If you didn’t like your tax refund this year, here’s what you should do in 2019
NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve already filed your income taxes and weren’t too excited about your refund, there is hope for next year. The tax code changed during 2018, so a lot of people were surprised this year that they didn’t receive the same amount back from the IRS that they had become accustomed to. …
Mar 22
New Zealanders wear headscarves in display of solidarity after mosque attacks
Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week’s mosque attacks. Worshipers were gunned down inside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch and then at a nearby mosque in the suburb …
Mar 22
Flooding continues in Midwest as more towns evacuated
ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 12 levees have been breached on the Missouri River in the last week as record flooding continues in the Plains and the Midwest. Thousands of people have had to evacuate, including the entire towns of Craig, Nebraska, and Elwood, Kansas. The Missouri River continues to rise north of Kansas …
Mar 22
DNA testing exonerates dead man in Florida woman’s murder 36 years later
Jack Harold Jones (L) and Ronald Henry Stewart (R) in undated photos. (Arkansas Department of Corrections/Florida Department of Corrections) (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Prosecutors in Florida are asking for a dead man’s murder conviction to be vacated after DNA testing showed he was wrongly convicted. The Broward State Attorney’s Office filed a motion to exonerate …
Mar 22
Police dashcam video shows WV officers allegedly beating 16-year-old
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(BERKELEY, W.Va.) — Authorities in West Virginia have released dash-cam video showing police officers allegedly beating a 16-year-old who crashed a car after a high-speed chase. The video, which was taken on Nov. 19, 2018 and released by the Berkeley County Prosecutor’s Office, shows the teen’s car driving ahead of the police before appearing to …
Mar 22
Illegal trafficker busted with seven sharks in pool inside home: Attorney general
wrangel/iStock(NEW YORK) — An illegal shark trafficker was caught in the jaws of law enforcement this week. The New York State Attorney General’s Office, inconjunction with the Department of Environmental Conservation, announced it arrested Joshua Seguine on possession of seven sharks wih the intent to sell. The sharks, all sandbar sharks, are a protected species …
Mar 22
Jimmie Allen gave “American Idol” his “Best Shot,” before finding success nearly a decade later
ABC/Image Group LA Jimmie Allen and Scotty McCreery toured together earlier this year on Scotty’s Seasons Change trek, but that’s far from the only thing the two chart toppers have in common. Their relationship actually goes all the way back to 2011, the year Scotty won American Idol. It turns out Jimmie was on that …
Mar 21
Flood Warning issued March 21 at 8:43PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in South Dakota… Willow Creek Near Crooks …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Iowa… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon
Mar 21
Flood Warning issued March 21 at 8:43PM MDT until March 29 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in South Dakota… Willow Creek Near Crooks …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Iowa… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon