(CNN) — Hasbro, known for its popular boards games such as Monopoly and Scrabble, is shifting its efforts from creating games and toys for kids to making plastic face shields for health care workers. On Saturday, the company announced its plan to partner with Cartamundi, acard and board game manufacturer, to produce 50,000 face shields […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVLA) – Police are responding to the shooting of two police officers in North Baton Rouge around 1 p.m. on Sunday. Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman Don Coppola says the two officers involved were BRPD. The two officers were taken to Our Lady of the Lake hospital.
(CNN) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised again on Sunday that Congress will deliver yet another coronavirus relief package that will provide “significant” money for state and local governments that have been stretched thin by their response to the crisis. Pelosi, in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” disputed the suggestion that Democrats […]
(CNN) — The engineers at NASA have developed a high-pressure ventilator prototype specifically tailored to help coronavirus patients, according to the agency. It’s called VITAL, or Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally. And after passing a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York earlier this week, NASA is hoping for […]
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – Several Oklahomans are facing a harsh reality of being out of work and struggling to get by. A family of five in Norman was hit with burden after burden, starting with a father of three losing his job in the oil business after more than 20 years. “We are willing to work […]
(CNN) — South Korea continued to pour water on mounting speculation about the health of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, telling CNN he is “alive and well.” “Our government position is firm,” Moon Chung-in, the top foreign policy adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told CNN. “Kim Jong Un is alive and well. He has […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Each week, the Flash Point team tackles some of the biggest topics circulating in the Sooner State and beyond. This week, Mike Turpen and Todd Lamb join moderator Kevin Ogle in a socially distant discussion on the local, national, and international impact of COVID-19.
OKLAHOMA (KFOR) – One immigration attorney says President Trump’s executive order suspending some immigration is an extension on the Department of State’s suspension of visa services amid the pandemic. Attorney Jesse Gordon says the executive order mostly affects those outside the U.S. in the process of getting a green card. There are exceptions […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A group of Oklahoma City community members are doing their part to help families who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fairview Missionary Baptist Church’s monthly Fish and Loaves Ministry Food Drive has grown more and more since the pandemic hit Oklahoma. The church, located at 1700 NE 7th St., started […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Foster care agencies are anticipating a greater need for foster parents once the pandemic is over because reports of child abuse will likely go back up. Jennifer Abney, the founder of Angels Foster Family Network, says with so many families stuck at home, people on the outside who might see signs […]
NOBLE, Okla. (KFOR) – A Noble worker says she was let go from the nursing home she was working for because she wasn’t allowed to go into quarantine. “I always went to work in a happy, good mood, always went to work smiling,” said Lilly Parks. Parks says she’s not smiling now, and she’s also […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Gov. Kevin Stitt sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to declare the COVID-19 pandemic an ‘Act of God’ so the oil and gas industry can receive aid. Stitt went on Twitter Saturday and shared a letter that he sent Trump. Stitt said he wants Trump to declare the […]
GRADY COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – The Grady County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 64-year-old man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Jack Alton went missing after he walked away from his residence in the 2300 block of County Road 1234 in Grady County sometime between 7:30 and 8 a.m. […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (CNN) — A few states this weekend are running a tricky experiment: Trying to reopen certain businesses and services amid the coronavirus pandemic, even against the advice of some health experts who say it risks dangerously spiking the number of cases. In Georgia, Tammy Noboa has seized on her state’s blessing to open […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – An Oklahoma City nonprofit handed out face masks and disinfectant to childcare providers on Saturday. Rainbow Fleet Child Care Resource and Referral were at Horace Mann Pre-K Center in Oklahoma City Saturday morning, distributing free face masks and 30 gallons of disinfectant solution to childcare providers, according to a Price Lang […]