Category Archives: (1470 & 100.3 WMBD) Breaking News
Pfizer vaccine neutralizes Omicron with three shots
(Reuters) – BioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test and they could deliver an Omic...
Dec 08, 2021
Parents of Michigan teen in school shooting charged with manslaughter
(Reuters) – The parents of the Michigan teenager who authorities say fatally shot four classmates at his school earlier this week have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, local media rep...
Dec 03, 2021
As shutdown looms, U.S. lawmakers agree on funding government through Feb. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement to fund federal agencies until Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday, as t...
Dec 02, 2021
Michigan high school shooting leaves at least 3 dead – Sheriff
UPDATED 4:19 P.M. (Reuters) -A 15-year-old boy killed three fellow high school students and wounded eight other people upon opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun at a Michigan high school, and he...
Nov 30, 2021
Jury acquits U.S. teen shooter Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) – A jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday on all charges relating to his fatal shooting of two men and wounding of a third with a semi-automatic rifle during chaotic ...
Nov 19, 2021
Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending bill wins enough votes to pass in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill to bolster the social safety net and fight climate change secured enough votes to pass the U.S. House of Representatives on...
Nov 19, 2021
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
(Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of...
Nov 05, 2021
Relief for companies; Biden’s vaccine mandate to be enforced after New Year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will begin enforcing his mandate that private-sector workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly starting Jan. 4, in a reprieve to compa...
Nov 04, 2021
UPDATED: GOP Rep. Kinzinger is out while LaHood is in
UPDATE: 11:27 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly ...
Oct 29, 2021
Sheriff says Alec Baldwin’s gun fired live lead projectile
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) -Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said on Wednesday authorities have recovered a live lead projectile that was fired from the firearm used by actor Alec Baldwin in the acc...
Oct 27, 2021
