Easter services moved to funeral home after fire ravages Englewood church; ‘rekindling’ sends firefighters back to scene Saturday
The extra-alarm blaze that began Friday afternoon had fire crews returning to the scene several times overnight through Saturday morning to deal with any fallout.
chicagotribune.com88-year-old Asian woman held at gunpoint in San Francisco home invasion robbery
An 88-year-old Asian woman was held at gunpoint in a San Francisco home invasion robbery on Sunday. The San Francisco police have not identified any suspects; however, an investigation is currently underway.
news.yahoo.comHow estate planning now using a living trust can help your heirs avoid probate and taxes later
REAL ESTATE MATTERS | The added benefit of the trust is that upon any mental disability, the trust document can designate a successor trustee to handle the homeowner's affairs and upon their death, the trust document would both designate a successor trustee and a successor owner of the trust.
washingtonpost.comThe Automat: When restaurants were coin-operated
For much of the 20th century the Automat was a destination restaurant – a gleaming, coin-operated self-service eatery, whose chrome doors opened to reveal comfort foods to match Mom's cooking. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Lisa Hurwitz, director of a nostalgic new documentary about Horn & Hardart's chain of cafeterias; and with Broadway star Chita Rivera, who fondly remembers her days as a dance student, when the Automat was a home away from home.
news.yahoo.comAlbany County sheriff discusses case against Andrew Cuomo
Sheriff Greg D. Apple of Albany County, New York, spoke to the press a day after a criminal complaint was filed against former Governor Andrew Cuomo for alleged forcible touching. "The case is a very solid case," he said. Cuomo has denied the accusations. Watch the sheriff's remarks.
news.yahoo.comSlain spa workers and customers mourned by families
The exception is 44-year-old Daoyou Feng, an employee at Youngs Asian Massage near Woodstock about whom little is known. Instead those relatives are mourning her death Tuesday at the Aromatherapy Spa in Atlanta. “From what I understand, he was at the spa that day doing some work for them,” said Michels’ younger brother, John Michels of Commerce, Michigan. “He was actually looking to start his own massage spa. Family members said Yaun and her husband were first-time customers at Youngs, eager for a chance to unwind.
‘She would love this day’: Neil Bush says Barbara Bush would be ‘thrilled’ with just-announced Houston city literacy effort
HOUSTON – Neil Bush, founder and co-chair of the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, said his mom be “thrilled” seeing that an effort to combat illiteracy among children and adults was announced in Houston on Tuesday. “She’s been a passionate advocate for literacy just generally, but specifically for adult literacy. Adult literacy is critical for breaking the intergenerational cycle of low literacy and poverty in this city.”Barbara Bush died at the age of 92 in April 2018. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, along with the Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy and the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, announced the joint initiative to increase adult literacy rates in the city with the opening of the Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy. In addition to Turner, the newly-announced director of the Mayor’s Office for Adult Literacy Federico Salas-Isnardi spoke, as well as Bush, Cat Tramuto Tobin, manager at Deloitte.
Coronavirus kills husband, wife 1 minute apart
(WDIV) – Just days before Thanksgiving, a Michigan family lost both of their parents to coronavirus. Leslie and Patricia McWaters spent nearly 50 years together before dying on the same day, one minute apart. Kind of like Romeo and Juliet,” said daughter Joanna Sisk. “One wouldn’t have wanted to be without the other.”The couple was married for more than 47 years. “I can tell you this, when they passed we think Mom -- the boss -- she definitely went to his room and said, ‘Come on.
Mother in hospital, who had emergency C-section while battling COVID-19, will go home to family before Thanksgiving
TEXAX CITY, Texas – The Gutierrez family says the Coronavirus tore their family apart, but it won’t keep them apart. Crystal Gutierrez, who is currently at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, is set to go home next week just before Thanksgiving. She will still need round the clock care, but the family is grateful they will finally be together. He had to leave his job and stay home with them five months ago after his wife Crystal was hospitalized with the Coronavirus. Crystal, who was 36 weeks pregnant at the time, had to have an emergency C-section and then had to be put on life-support.
Testing local drinking water for brain-eating amoeba
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – In September, news broke that a brain-eating amoeba was responsible for the death of a 6-year-old Lake Jackson boy. RELATED: Lake Jackson residents in need of safe water as brain eating amoeba contaminates water supplyMcIntyre died September 8, just days after his trip to a Lake Jackson splash pad. According to health officials, a parasite, called naegleria fowleri, otherwise known as the brain-eating amoeba was in the water. Cities testing for brain-eating amoebaKPRC 2 Investigates has learned some other cities are now testing their water for this same amoeba, but many are not. Most districts not testing water for amoebaWe contacted 80 municipalities and cities in Harris, Montgomery, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Waller counties.
Mother jumps out of hijacked car in motion with infant to escape violent kidnapping
Hoping for a better outcome, a mother jumped out of a moving vehicle with her baby in order to escape a violent kidnapping, FOX 5 Atlanta reports. According to the report, the Aug. 18 incident began at an Exxon Gas Station in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The woman says she had bought dinner and pulled over at the gas station to eat while her 1-year-old baby slept, FOX 5 reports. Security footage from the gas station shows a man approaching the 23-year-old woman from behind while she was eating near her cars trunk. According to police, the car was traveling at 50 mph when the mother leaped from the vehicle with her baby, still in the car seat.
Kara Lawson excited for chance to coach at Duke
Kara Lawson has always wanted to coach at Duke a fact the first-time college coach hadn't shared with many people. Thats how highly I thought of the institution and the job," Lawson said on an introductory Zoom call Monday. Mom was the one who wanted me to go to Duke, Lawson said. I wanted to become a coach and learn from the best and that led me to Knoxville, Lawson said. Lawson knows one of her first tasks will be to hire assistants.
5 thoughts I had while filling out the 2020 Census
Why not take a minute to fill out your Census form, while you have some down time? If you’re computer-savvy and you want to fill out your questionnaire online, it’ll only take you 3 to 5 minutes. Click or tap here and you can still submit your form online. Nope, nope and nope. It was no big deal, I just don’t remember filling out my form last time and this surprised me for a sec.
7 things you thought wrong about maternity leave
Maybe you’re preparing for maternity leave, or maybe one of your friends is expecting a baby and wondering what to expect. So, staying home with a new baby isn't necessarily hard like work can be hard, but it's FAR from easy. And maybe even your spouse had to return to work already, so you're balancing a new baby all day. Heck, maybe we're off-base on this one and you’ll want to barricade inside your house the whole time you're on leave. And just remember, so long as you keep yourself and your new baby top of mind, nothing you do is wrong.