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The World Health Organization this week confirmed the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant dubbed “deltacron” – a hybrid strain that combines both the delta and omicron variants. At a press conference Wednesday, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19, said cases have been reported in Denmark, France and the Netherlands, but noted …

Carlas Brown, the first Black woman to serve as a police officer with the Fort Worth Police Department, always had an interest in police work. She just never thought she would break barriers when she became one. “As time goes by, I realize that it is an honor to have been chosen. But I feel …

A Manhattan man is in custody on attempted murder charges after the broad daylight shooting of an NYC sanitation worker, who was apparently breaking up the assault of his own daughter. Elijah Tracy, 20, also faces assault and weapons charges for the late-morning Feb. 10 shooting at 52nd Street and Tenth Avenue in the Hell’s …

The heat continues today with high temperatures approaching the middle 90s away from the beaches. The record high temperature at Windsor Locks is 96 degrees, set back in 1925. The forecast for today inland is for high temperatures to approach 95 degrees. The record in the Bridgeport area is 88 set in 2020. The high …

Firefighters with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District have new technology that helps them navigate through burning buildings and find people twice as fast, according to the Fire Chief. The technology is called the C-Thru platform. It includes a navigation unit that attaches to the firefighter’s helmet and allows them to clearly see objects in …

Thirty percent of health-care workers have considered leaving the field after working through the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation Poll. More than half of the nearly 3,000 U.S. healthcare workers who were surveyed reported feeling burned out. About 6 in 10 said their mental health has taken a …

McHenry County health officials urged anyone who attended a Marengo business in May to quarantine due to potential exposure to COVID-19. According to the county’s health department, those who visited of Niko’s R & R Supper Club, located a 7509 S. Grant Highway in Marengo, between May 14 and May 22 should quarantine after reports …

As the school year comes to an end, it’s the start of the beginning for graduating high school seniors. Kaci Anderson, 18, is preparing to graduate from Dallas ISD’s IDEA High School, Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy. Over the last four years, she’s accomplished a lot in terms of grades and also being a leader. She …

H-E-B will hold two groundbreaking celebrations to mark the start of construction on its two flagship brand stores in Frisco and Plano.  During two events, the San Antonio-based retailer will release updates about the Frisco and Plano stores and provide additional details about the new location, H-E-B officials said. The first groundbreaking in Frisco is …

A Hurst officer shot and wounded a man who reportedly fired at the officer who was responding to a call of someone breaking car windows Wednesday afternoon. North Richland Hills officers responded shortly before 5 p.m. to a report of a man firing a gun at the Station 121 at Town Center Apartments in the …