Californians living in several key Golden State cities could incur hundreds of dollars in fines if they venture out in public without masks. Authorities in Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Monterey announced they’ll enforce California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mask mandate by citing people who don’t cover their face in public. “Our last option…… MORE
When Valeri Hedges was delivering her daughter, Adrienne, she didn’t really notice the face mask she had to wear to protect herself and the medical staff from coronavirus. She gave birth to the healthy, 6.5-pound, little girl on April 5 — a month earlier than expected. Hedges drove herself to Northern Westchester Hospital in New…… MORE
Since its origin three years ago, QAnon has festered in the darker corners of the internet. Now the group’s followers, who call themselves “believers,” have found a niche on social media and within the Republican Party. QAnon began as a single conspiracy theory. But its followers now act more like a virtual cult, largely adoring…… MORE
Adam Perry is still waiting for the day he can tap dance for eight minutes straight again. The Broadway actor and dancer tested positive for coronavirus about three months ago, but says he’s still dealing with the after effects. “It’s quite terrifying to be honest. There is nothing like the feeling of not being able…… MORE
An Oregon state trooper is on administrative leave and officials have apologized after coffee shop owners say the trooper used profanity and scoffed at the state’s mask mandate when he and other officers were asked to wear one. “Oregon State Police Troopers are not above the law and this conduct is being immediately addressed,” Travis…… MORE
An Alabama pastor has shut down his church after several staff and members tested positive for the coronavirus. Rev. Derek Allen, pastor of First Baptist Tillman’s Corner in Mobile, says the church is now going back to online services. “We shut down the church before the state even asked us,” Allen said. “We had already…… MORE
An Ohio priest who allegedly pretended to be a woman on social media to entice minor male victims has been indicted on child pornography, child exploitation and juvenile sex trafficking charges, a US attorney announced. Robert D. McWilliams, 40, is charged with sex trafficking of a minor, sexual exploitation of children and transportation of child…… MORE
A Catholic priest in Indiana has been suspended from public ministry following an incendiary church bulletin that likened protesters to “maggots and parasites.” The suspension of Father Theodore Rothrock was announced Wednesday by the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, which represents 24 Indiana counties. Rothrock was the pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Carmel. In a…… MORE
Two police officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were shot in separate incidents on Thursday that left one of them in critical condition. The officers had been responding to calls for help, according to Kansas City Police Chief Richard Smith. In one incident, police were called to a disturbance near a McDonald’s. A witness told CNN…… MORE
Richard Stitely had spent nearly 30 years on death row when the pandemic hit California’s San Quentin State Prison. Last week, Stitely, 71, was found dead in his cell, marking the first known death linked to coronavirus inside the California prison with the largest outbreak of Covid-19 in the state. More than a third of…… MORE
