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When Tom Tallman came back to WVIK in Rock Island last weekend to host “Jazz After Hours” for the first time, he literally was coming home. The 61-year-old Davenport native and trumpeter graduated from Davenport Central, and first got involved with WVIK (originally on the second floor of the old Augustana College biology building), during […]

Courtesy of Ali Zacharias/Teffiney Worthy(LOS ANGELES) -- Ali Zacharias said she has such a bond with her French bulldog Onyx that she went to extremes when the 1-year-old pup was snatched last month. Zacharias told "Nightline" that she was completely caught off guard when the dognapper allegedly took Onyx while Zacharias was eating lunch in downtown Los Angeles and put the bulldog in a car. But at that moment, which was caught on camera and went viral, she said she went into guardian...

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufactured by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., is an injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. "This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment option for severe frostbite," Dr. Norman Stockbridge, director of the division of cardi...

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In her 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery tells us of a particularly earnest and yearning moment in her eponymous heroine's youth: "It...

Alyssa Moran/HuluAmy Schumer’s Hulu series Life & Beth returns for season 2 on Friday, and it’s once again showing how the awkwardness of life can make poignant comedy. Schumer spoke to ABC Audio about the journey her character, Beth, takes over the 10 episodes in this sophomore season. “Seeing someone navigate going from dating to marriage, and pregnancy, is very rich territory that we were excited to explore this season,” Schumer said. The season will also dive deeper into the lives ...

David Barnes appears in a courtroom for sentencing, Feb. 13, 2024, in Moscow. (Anastasia Bagaeva/ABC News)(MOSCOW) -- On Tuesday David Barnes of Texas became the latest American to be convicted and sentenced in a Russian court on what experts say are trumped-up charges with little evidence. Svetlana Koptyaeva, Barnes ex-wife and a Russian national, accused him of sexually abusing their two sons between 2014 and 2018. Barnes denied the claims and Texas authorities found insufficient evidence t...

Joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith filed a brief Wednesday urging the Supreme Court to deny former President Donald Trumps request to stay his federal election subversion case from moving forward as Trump appeals his claim that he should be immune from prosecution. In the filing, Smith requested if the Supreme Court does intend to hear Trumps appeal that they grant the review now and go into an expedited briefing schedule that would have them issue their ruli...

Jazz musicians, writers, poets and actors came through the Narcotic Farm’s doors and left their mark on the Lexington community.