Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their response times.

To close out Black History Month, Black Father Family and United Way of Roanoke Valley hosted, “A Father’s Hands: Fatherhood, Family and Faith.”

(Maxar Technologies via AP)The plight of a mammoth container ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal has highlighted still more pressure points in global trade, a year after supply chains were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship has been lodged in a single-lane stretch of the canal for nearly a week, holding up $9 billion each day in global trade. The disruption from the Suez Canal blockage is less dramatic but not insignificant. The canal carries over 10% of global trade, including 7% of the world’s oil. The Suez Canal accounts for 30% of the world’s daily shipping container freight.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – UPDATEAuthorities announced Friday morning that they have found 70-year-old William Lee. ORIGINAL STORYLynchburg police are searching for a missing senior. William Lee, 70, of Amherst, was last seen on Woodrow Street near Campbell Avenue on Thursday around 1 p.m., according to Lynchburg police. They say he was last seen wearing a baseball cap and mirrored sunglasses with a dark-colored jacket. If you see Lee, police say to call 911 immediately.