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@fox5dc
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@medillschool
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showed up to my story at a Buddhist temple accidentally dressed like a monk today and the monk thought this was the funniest thing ever so now we have 3000 photos to prove he wore it better. i love my job.
LOVE: Families & kiddos in Broadview Heights come out and do the Pledge of Allegiance together every morning while schools are shut down. Social distancing done right!
(video courtesy: Keith Gaydosh
@MilkovichSchool
)
Gov. Mike DeWine just signed the new law requiring high schoolers in Ohio to take a half-credit financial literacy course before graduation.
It'll teach them things like avoiding credit card debt, how to file taxes, how to take out a loan.
our wildest dreams come true, alhamdulilah.
welcome to the world, Zayna Shehnaz & Zarina Christine. we are just overwhelmed with love for our baby girls ♥️
free medical care, free mental health services, free medications.
25 physicians volunteering their time
the clinic at cleveland’s largest mosque is open to anyone & they’re hoping to spread the word to those to need it — whether you have insurance or not, there is no charge.
what the what.
A U.S. Customs drug dog sniffed out a shipment of cereal frosted with cocaine instead of sugar... $2.8 million worth of coke, to be exact.
Frosted cocaine flakes 🧐
pandemic Eid 2020: wearing shalwar kameez to work. if I have to be far away from my family on yet another holiday, at least I can feel close to my culture — Eid Mubarak!
NOW: Cleveland Metropolitan School District announces gift from MacKenzie Scott -- $20 million -- largest private donation district has received in decades. They didn't apply, say they're surprised and grateful.
VP elect Kamala Harris ancestral village in India is celebrating — as are those from HBCUs, Howard University and her AKA sorority sisters
Her husband Doug Emhoff aka “First Gentleman” will also be the first Jewish spouse, breaking barriers of his own.
on the phone with the doctor’s office:
“yes it’s H-O-M-A”
“h-o-n-a?”
“M as in Mary”
“oh like homa bash i love her!”
“oh.. oh yes i too also love her... “
all thanks to God, my parents, my incredible husband, and the school that kept putting me in ESL classes until 5th grade when my English was better than some of the teachers. this Emmy for writing is for you 😜
our baby girls are in bed -- but i can't wait to tell them how, for the first time in history, two WOMEN are seated behind the president of the united states during the state of the union
#SOTU
#SOTU2022
Andrew Yang says he would pass paid family leave as soon as he’s elected. Says he has 2 young kids, one who is autistic — adds that “freedom dividend” of $1000/month could help pay for childcare or allow parent to stay home
@AndrewYang
#DemDebate
New policy at all Giant grocery stores in D.C. and several in Maryland - no one under 18 after 6 p.m. without an adult, no backpacks or duffels inside.
Giant leaders say theft and violence at these locations has become unsustainable.
Here's how some shoppers feel:
“Raising Men Lawn Care” is a group of young men who mow the lawns of elderly and disabled people free of charge.
@iamrodneysmith
mowing lawns in all 50 states.
#GoodNews
we had a procedure to remove the rest of our baby today. don’t have enough words to thank the nurses who let me squeeze their hands so hard, & doctors who took such great care. thanks to chrissy & john for their vulnerability and sharing such heartache - none of us are alone.
i told my mama i needed her one min & the next min, she was on a plane. it took nearly week of flight delays, cancellations + her luggage (suitcases full of food for us) arriving 2 full days before her but she's here & i couldn't be more grateful for this blueprint on how to mom
“you’re the Governor of the state of Ohio — does it bother you that the President and his team put your citizens at risk?” -
@jaketapper
to
@GovMikeDeWine
this morning
DeWine says circumstances Trump is under now is a lesson for everyone
90% of people from my first TV job are out of news.
90% of people from my second news job are out of news.
90% of people from my third news job are out of news.
and so on, and so on. off to other industries.
how do you grow + retain talent in journalism?
the day before my 16th birthday, my dad pulled me out of class & drove us 2 hours to Oklahoma City. I had no idea what was going on until I signed the papers & learned my dad’s sweet sixteen gift to me was my becoming a US citizen ❤️
to all the police, fire, paramedics, mail carriers, pilots, flight attendants, restaurants, doctors, nurses, and everyone else who has worked the last 2 weeks when the rest of the world has seemingly been off — thank you.
interrupting your COVID-filled feed for this..
after 12 hours apart every night in their cribs, the babies reach for each others hands first thing in the morning ♥️ if anyone needs me, i am a pile of mush.
BRING YOUR PETS IN! Just got more heartbreaking video from
@ClevelandAPL
— puppy trying to drink his frozen water. He was dehydrated, owner wouldn’t take him inside. If animals are found in these conditions, they can be seized per Ohio law. East side of Cleveland.
#polarvortex
always knew we wanted three kids, spaced out maybe 2-3 years apart.
and then God was like.. hear me out, how about all 3 in 2 years 🥰😝
alhamdulilah x million for our sweet little family.
zayna decided she wants to be a bigger big sister, zarina is interested in middle child mischief & queso is just here for the treats so.. party of five, coming february 2023 ♥️
PERSONAL NEWS: my husband and I felt like didn't have enough going on with 3 kids under 2, so we're packing up our little family & heading to Washington DC for our next adventure & wonderful job opportunities ♥️
can’t believe we’ve gone from tiny little specks with beating hearts to real life babies with noses & arms & legs in the last four months. every time we see them seems so surreal. alhamdulilah for being able to have daniel by my side always, and thank God for it all ♥️
EARLY VOTING: lines are wrapped around the block on E 30th & Chester as of 9am this saturday morning in Cleveland as Ohio voters get those ballots in
#VoteEarlyDay
#vote
#Election2020
if you haven’t been touched by racism, it can be difficult to understand it.
if you haven’t been directly impacted by covid-19, it can be difficult to accept precautions.
it’s not difficult to be kind.
—
em·pa·thy
the ability to understand & share the feelings of another.
happy
#LovingDay
to my love ♥️
(celebrating the 1967 Supreme Court decision striking down all U.S state laws that banned interracial marriage — how was that only 54 years ago?!)
anytime we do a story about refugee families or children, some of the comments can be so vicious. it hurts my heart. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. why are we so concerned with skin color & country of origin, scared of who or what we don’t know?
empathize, be humane, be human.
the
@CityofCleveland
has 22 female snow plow drivers -- tonight at 5pm on
@WEWS
, I can't wait to introduce you to one of them!
Yvette been behind the wheel for 24 years and STILL does this job with a smile.
so, so thankful for all of our plow drivers and essential workers
More than 20 Muslim doctors across Northeast Ohio are volunteering their time & skills to open a free clinic inside the Islamic Center of Cleveland. They’ll provide medical care—specialized care—to anyone & everyone who is uninsured or underinsured. Tonight at 5 & 6pm on
@WEWS
a friend just texted me saying, your babies will never know a world in which a strong Indian/Black woman WASN’T in such a position of power.
it might just be the pregnancy hormones but that hit different.
NO SCHOOL: With Ohio schools closing for at least 3 weeks,
@GLScienceCtr
Great Lakes Science Center will be releasing FREE online curriculum every weekday for parents to use to teach kids STEM skills
growing up in landlocked Oklahoma, I never dreamt of a big, fancy Indian wedding. always dreamt of a small & intimate beach wedding, surrounded by family & friends. never imagined that dream would become reality on shores of Lake Erie, that I would find my beach & my love in Ohio
ordered
@pizzahut
to pick up after work without realizing they closed at 5pm & I wasn't going to get home until like 7. Worker called and said he would drop it at the house on his way home. A Christmas miracle for this hungry tired mommy 🙏🏽 god bless (and tip nicely) kind souls!
thank you so much to everyone who has reached out ♥️ i had to undergo an emergency surgery last week & am now home recovering for a little while. it was sudden & traumatic but alhamdulilah we’re doing a tiny bit better every day. can’t wait to see you back on tv, my friends.
if you had told this painfully shy little girl who used to pretend to report into a hairbrush at 6 years old she was going to be on the cover of a magazine someday.. well, she would’ve believed you, she’s always been gullible.
thank you
@ClevelandMag
for this, i am so humbled ❤️
dinner with
@bakermayfield
and his beautiful fiancée on auction now to support
@provhouseCLE
— currently at $16K with a promised match
Baker: “if there’s one thing i learned in oklahoma, because there’s not much out there, is how to have a good time”
eight years ago today, i moved here for my 4th tv news job, straight from grad school in chicago, and came to lakewood park as our first stop.
back with 2 babies, another on the way, an incredible husband and adorable dog.
thank you cleveland ♥️
ICYMI: Ohio Gov DeWine wants to get rid of state sales tax on diapers, wipes, carseats, cribs & other things needed for raising kids
Also wants to establish $2,500/child tax deduction
29 states currently charge tax on diapers (full disclosure I’m really invested in diapers ok)