As Big Ten decides to return, 42 Wisconsin players and staff have tested positive for COVID, officials say
fstop123/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(MADISON, Wisc.) — A day after the Big Ten decided to resume the football season, local officials announced University of Wisconsin, Madison has had over 40 football players and staff test positive for
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris arrested, charged with production of child pornography
Courtesy of Netflix(CHICAGO) — Cheer star Jerry Harris was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of producing child pornography, the United States District Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois announced. Harris, 21, has been
Airline CEOs plead with White House for more aid as over 30,000 face furloughs
iStock/YacobchukOlenaBY: MINA KAJI and JORDYN PHELPS, ABC News (SEATTLE) — Major U.S. airline CEOs are pleading with White House and Congressional leaders for more federal aid as more than 30,000 U.S. airline employees face furloughs in two
'The Solution Committee': Jaden Smith to host socially-conscious Snapchat series
Snapchat(LOS ANGELES) — Jaden Smith is taking on a leadership role amongst his generation when it comes to combating social injustice. Smith will host a new eight-episode series called The Solution Committee through Snapchat’s Snap Original series platform. The millennial-friendly
$80K donation to help connect Port Angeles School District students to broadband
PORT ANGELES – Efforts to get broadband services to all students in the Port Angeles School District got a financial boost. This week, the Port Angeles Education Foundation donated $80,000 dollars to the district for connectivity issues.
Inslee mistakenly gifts tainted home-grown apples to residents in apple country
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee thought it would be a nice gesture to bring some apples from his own tree when he visited eastern Washington communities ravaged by wildfire last week. Instead, he was
Andre Braugher hopes 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' will “commit” to telling honest stories about policing
Eddy Chen/NBC(LOS ANGELES) — In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andre Braugher is seeing his portrayal of police officers in a new light. For the past seven years, Braugher is known to TV viewers as beloved
Man survives wildfire by sheltering on a river rock
LYONS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man says he used a green plastic chair as a shield from a huge, deadly wildfire as he sheltered from the flames on a rock in the middle of a river.
UW student sues school for tuition reimbursement
SEATTLE (AP) — A graduate student at the University of Washington filed a lawsuit demanding tuition reimbursement after the school shifted most of its classes online for the remainder of the year. Alexander Barry wrote in the
Western wildfire smoke drifting far and wide
The smoke from dozens of wildfires in the western United States is stretching clear across the country — and even pushing into Mexico, Canada and Europe. While the dangerous plumes are forcing people inside along the West