New York City and New Jersey was slammed with heavy rain overnight and into Thursday morning, causing historic, mass flooding due to the remnants of hurricane Ida earlier. The storm hit the Northeast as a post-tropical cyclone on Wednesday after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday. The historic rain halted …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Suspect in custody after one student was killed in shooting at North Carolina high school
Authorities announced Wednesday evening that a suspect was taken into custody following a shooting at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, left one student dead. No other details were immediately released. The victim, identified by authorities as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr., was rushed to a hospital where he later died of a …
Season 3 of Netflix’s ‘You’ to debut in October
The Netflix series “You” will return for a third season in October. The streaming service shared a teaser and premiere date, Oct. 15, for Season 3 of the psychological thriller series. The teaser shows serial killer and former New York bookstore manager Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) baking a cake while pondering what to name his …
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Gregg Leakes, husband of “Real Housewives” star NeNe Leakes, passes away after battle with colon cancer
Gregg Leakes, the husband of former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes, has died from colon cancer at the age of 66. Publicist and longtime family friend Ernest Dukes confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that Gregg died peacefully in his home while surrounded by his family. Said Dukes: “Today the Leakes family is …
Common Ground Country Fair Cancels In-Person Activities Because of COVID-19
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association has announced that the Common Ground Country Fair, scheduled for Sept. 24-26, has decided to cancel their in-person activities because of concerns of COVID-19. Here’s their statement: It is with heavy hearts that we’re writing today to let you know that we have decided not to move forward …
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Drug Trafficking Operation Dismantled in Waldo County
A Belmont couple is accused of allowing an out of state drug trafficker to use their home to sell fentanyl to Waldo County residents. Maine Drug Enforcement agents in the arrest seized drugs, cash and firearms. Charged are Jere Waterman, 49, and Judy Waterman, 51, both of Belmont and Raqwan Ryant, 21, of Brooklyn, New …
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Social Security won’t be able to pay full benefits in 2034 due to COVID recession
The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that Social Security trust funds won’t be able to pay full benefits by 2034, one year earlier than previously projected, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its annual summary of Social Security’s reserves, the program’s trustees said the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Disability Fund, …
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Curfew issued in New Orleans as widespread power outages remain in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
The City of New Orleans issued a curfew beginning Tuesday due to mass power outages and significant amounts of debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The curfew went into effect Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. According to New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson, ‘there is absolutely no reason anyone should …
‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ to debut on Apple TV+ this September
Apple TV+ shared a teaser and premiere date for Jon Stewart’s new late-night series ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart,’ set to debut on the streaming service this fall. The series marks Stewart’s first hosting gig since the Comedy Central late-night show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which he hosted from 1999 to 2015. The …
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Elaine Welteroth leaving ‘The Talk’ after one season
34-year-old journalist and author Elaine Welteroth is leaving CBS’s ‘The Talk.’ Welteroth becomes the second co-host to exit ‘The Talk’ in as many weeks, following the Aug. 20 announcement that Carrie Ann Inaba would be departing the show after having taken an extended leave of absence. ‘The Talk’ now has three co-hosts at the moment: …
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