WEB EXTRA: Winnie the Pooh Airbnb
(CBS Newspath) — Take a look at this very special “Bearbnb” inspired by Winnie the Pooh’s adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood. Categories: Video
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WEB EXTRA: World’s largest tree wrapped in covering to protect against wildfires
(CBS Newspath) — Officials are taking preventative measures to protect trees as wildfires burn in Sequoia National Park in California. Check out how they are trying to save some of the iconic giant sequoias, including the world’s largest tree. Categories: Video
Top doctors say not so fast to Biden’s boosters-for-all plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver a coronavirus vaccine booster shot to all Americans. But while Biden had campaigned for the White House on a pledge to “follow the science,” he now finds himself ahead of it with that lofty pronouncement from Aug. 18. Some of…
Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado company is hoping to usher in a new and more environmentally friendly era of mortuary science that includes the natural organic reduction of human remains. On Sept. 7, Colorado became the second state after Washington to allow human body composting, and Oregon will allow the practice next summer. Courtesy of The Natural Funeral FB…
Longtime Hollywood actor Jane Powell dies at 92
LOS ANGELES (AP) – One of the stars of Hollywood’s golden age of musicals has died. Jane Powell was known for her operatic singing voice. A longtime friend says Powell died at her home in Connecticut of natural causes. She was 92. Powell was paired on screen with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – and danced with…
Official: Cases in largest Tennessee county slowing down
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The top health official in the only Tennessee county with an indoor mask requirement says she is cautiously optimistic that a recent coronavirus surge is slowing down, citing a drop in the number of cases and hospitalized children. Dr. Michelle Taylor is director of the Shelby County Health Department. She told reporters Thursday that officials are…
Prison reform advocate calls solitary confinement revenge
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A longtime prison reform advocate in Tennessee says he’s being held in solitary confinement as revenge for his advocacy. Alex Friedmann filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking that he be moved out of solitary, where he has been housed for 18 months. Friedman is accused of hiding loaded guns and ammunition in a new Nashville jail…
Former “Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta” star sentenced to prison
ATLANTA (AP) – On the TV show “Love & Hip Hop,” he was known as Arkansas Mo. His real name is Maurice Fayne. But soon, he will be known by a number. That’s because a federal judge in Atlanta has sentenced Fayne to 17 1/2 years in prison for conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme. Authorities…
Man sentenced to 12 years in $200 million phone-fraud scheme
SEATTLE (AP) — A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to “unlock” phones from AT&T’s network, a scheme that the company says cost it more than $200 million. Muhammad Fahd began bribing employees of an AT&T call center in Bothell, Washington, in 2012, to use their credentials to unlock phones — allowing them…
Showers And Storms Will Continue Through Tuesday
Saturday Forecast for September 18th: Heavy rain fell in Fayette, Hardeman, Mcnairy, and Chester counties this morning with a with a flash flood warning just south of the area in north Mississippi. *A flash flood watch is in effect for a good portion of the area through 12 am Sunday. A combination of moisture from what was Nicholas and a…
