Click here for updates on this story HAZLETON, Pa. (WNEP) — Eva Sharpless marked her 109th birthday Saturday. Her family got together to host a party for the birthday girl. Eva says her secret to longevity includes never drinking or smoking and taking vitamin c every day. “I don’t smoke, don’t drink and try to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The Connecticut Audubon Society wants to ban horseshoe crab fishing in the state. The bird group said that the harvesting of the crabs is not only causing a decline in their own population, but it’s impacting the migratory birds that rely on their eggs
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KEY WEST, Florida — A weather radar in Key West exploded in a wave of hundreds of red, orange, and green dots early Monday morning. It would have been quite a storm, if the activity wasn’t almost completely due to migrating birds. The birds showed up on the radar in green and yellow. Rain was
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Kanye West is not only from Chi-Town but he rides so hard for his hometown that he and his wife Kim Kardashian West named one of their daughters “Chicago.” Which is why there was some head scratching when the rapper didn’t perform Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. It wasn’t that West wasn’t
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Just weeks after South Dakota passed a house bill that would criminalize medical providers who assist transgender minors with gender-affirming care, two Republican Ohio House Representatives are planning to propose a similar bill in their legislature. In a press conference last week, Ohio House Representatives Ron Hood and Bill Dean announced their intention to co-sponsor
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to Rush Limbaugh’s recent homophobic remarks, saying he doesn’t take “lectures on family values” from the conservative radio host and Medal of Freedom recipient. “Well, I love my husband. I’m faithful to my husband. On stage we usually just go for a hug. But I love him very
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(CNN Español) — Evo Morales regresó este domingo a Argentina tras permanecer una semana en Cuba por temas de salud, informó su oficina de prensa en un comunicado. En diálogo con la Radio Kawsachun Coca en Cochabamba, el expresidente de Bolivia dijo el domingo que “está muy bien de salud”, sin ofrecer más detalles. MIRA: Carlos Mesa
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Football fans in Germany united on Sunday to chant “Nazis out” as a single fan who made monkey noises at a black player was identified and removed from the ground during a third tier match. In the closing stages of Preussen Munster’s match against Wurzburger Kickers, Kickers’ Ghanaian defender Leroy Kwadwo stopped proceedings to point
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Let’s raise our glasses and toast to cheaper wine. The price of wine is expected to drop to its lowest levels in five years thanks, in part, to a surplus of California grapes. Combined with a decreased demand for wine, drinkers can expect to get better value for every drop they drink this year. The
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El Paso, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control are preparing for a possible outbreak of the coronavirus right here in the U.S. It is a relatively new virus and because of that, very little is known about the potentially fatal virus. Adding to the confusion – the World Health Organization announced an official name
Continue Reading (CNN) — Kawhi Leonard se convirtió este domingo en el primer ganador del Premio MVP Kobe Bryant. El premio MVP para el Juego de Estrellas de la NBA fue renombrado el sábado en homenaje a la leyenda del baloncesto. Bryant y su hija, Gianna, estaban entre las nueve personas que murieron cuando su helicóptero, que
Continue Reading For many Americans, Presidents Day has become synonymous to a day of big savings as many retailers roll out their winter clearance sales. But the third Monday of every February is a day to remember the nation’s presidents, especially the first one. In fact, the day’s official name is Washington’s Birthday after President George Washington,
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If you liked this weekend you’ll enjoy Presidents Day, the warm dry weather will continue. The chance of rain will return Friday through the weekend as the next system approaches bringing windy conditions.
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What will a second Donald Trump presidential term look like — if it happens? That was the thought in many delegates’ minds as they gathered over the weekend in the southern German city of Munich for a security conference. The official theme at the conference was “Westlessness,” an intentional gripe at the impact of Trump’s
Continue Reading KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A popular Rwandan gospel musician who in 2015 was found guilty of conspiracy to murder or harm President Paul Kagame was found dead in a police cell Monday in the capital, Kigali, authorities said. Kizito Mihigo, 38, an ethnic Tutsi survivor of the 1994 genocide that killed more than 800,000 Tutsi
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un pitbull llamado Nipsey fue víctima de su apetito cuando comió una bolsa de crack que fue arrojada al patio trasero de su dueño, dijo la policía de Detroit. Los agentes estaban ejecutando una orden de allanamiento en una propiedad vecina el miércoles cuando uno de los sospechosos enumerados en la orden arrojó
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Next month’s Tokyo Marathon has been restricted to elite athletes only following the novel coronavirus outbreak, organizers said Monday. Scheduled to take place on March 1, it is one of the biggest marathon events in the world. Over 37,000 people took to the start line of last year’s event. But after a number of cases
Continue Reading As the deadly novel coronavirus spread throughout China and the world last month, it was clear that something had gone wrong. Officials in Hubei, the province at the center of the outbreak, were blamed for downplaying — and potentially even deliberately covering up — the severity of the virus, ignoring evidence that it spread from
Continue Reading Kawhi Leonard was the first recipient of the Kobe Bryant MVP Award Sunday. The MVP award for the NBA All-Star Game was renamed Saturday to honor the basketball legend. Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were among nine people killed when their helicopter, headed to a youth basketball game, crashed on January 26. “It means a
Continue Reading The grandparents and uncle of a 12-year-old boy in Montana have been charged in connection with his death after police say they found evidence of them torturing the child. Videos found by police show a pattern of abuse that included forced exercises and physical abuse, according to court documents. James Alex Hurley had been living
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When 31-year-old engineer Edison Zhang was diagnosed with the deadly novel coronavirus, which has killed hundreds of people in his home city of Wuhan, he was actually relieved. As Zhang got increasingly sick, the worst part was waiting for a diagnosis. “At the beginning, I was scared and fearful,” he said. But once his case
Continue Reading A Disney actress died Saturday following a brain tumor, according to the Ugandan school where she was a student. Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who appeared in the 2016 Disney film “Queen of Katwe,” was 15. The movie tells the true story of Phiona Mutesi who went from living in Uganda’s slums to becoming an international chess
Continue Reading Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotional tribute to late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, three weeks after they were killed in a helicopter accident. Taking center court at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, the Oscar-winning singer belted out a stunning rendition of Donny Hathaway’s classic “For All We Know (We May Meet
Continue Reading Tokio (CNN) — Miles de personas desafiaron el clima frío el sábado para reunirse en el “Festival Desnudo” anual en la prefectura de Okayama, en la parte sur de la isla Honshu de Japón. El evento, llamado “Hadaka Matsuri” en japonés, es un festival salvaje y estridente que se celebra cada año el tercer sábado
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President Donald Trump’s campaign manager deleted a tweet featuring a dramatic photo of Air Force One at the Daytona 500 after users pointed out that the shot was from President George W. Bush’s visit to the NASCAR race in 2004, not from Trump’s visit on Sunday. Brad Parscale tweeted the 2004 photo, which shows Air
Continue Reading (CNN) — Para muchos estadounidenses, el Día de los Presidentes se ha convertido en sinónimo de un día de grandes ahorros, ya que muchos minoristas implementan sus rebajas de invierno. Pero el tercer lunes de cada febrero es un día para recordar a los presidentes de la nación, especialmente el primero. De hecho, el nombre
Continue Reading Can your grandma bust a move? J.J. Watt proved that his grandma can. The NFL superstar shared an adorable video on Instagram of him and her dancing at his wedding party Saturday night. “Grandma cuttin it up on the dance floor,” Watt captioned the video. Guests crowded around the pair as they showed off their
Continue Reading A BBC soccer pundit who suggested “young, black lads” at Championship side Derby County “need pulling down a peg or two” will no longer be employed by the broadcaster. Craig Ramage, who played for Derby in the 1980s and 90s, was speaking on the BBC’s Sportscene Podcast released Saturday. Ramage drew criticism from 22-year-old Derby
Continue Reading Progress is coming, inch by inch: Several states may pass or have already passed the CROWN Act, which would outlaw discrimination based on hair texture or style. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your
Continue Reading He has been described as the athlete to take over the mantle of track and field’s greatest star from Usain Bolt. And at the Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow, Armand Duplantis showed why fans are excited about what the 20-year-old might achieve. Last weekend in Poland, the US-born Swede cleared 6.17 meters in the pole
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