This weekend, I cleaned the floors of my home with a diluted bleach solution and developed a protocol for entering my home from the outside world that was inspired by decontamination chambers I’ve seen in TV shows. To be clear, you don’t have to put these procedures into place due to the coronavirus pandemic. The
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Click here for updates on this story Portland (KPTV) — The Oregon Zoo welcomed its first fluffy condor chick of the year at the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation this week. The zoo says condors have been laying eggs at the Jonsson Center since late January. “Each new egg is critical to the California condor’s
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Starting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic. So why now? The World Health Organization hasn’t called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Nor has the US
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President Donald Trump has been comprehensively misinforming the public about the coronavirus. Trump has littered his public remarks on the life-and-death subject with false, misleading and dubious claims. And he has been joined, on occasion, by senior members of his administration. We’ve counted 28 different ways the President and his team have been inaccurate. Here
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President Donald Trump has been comprehensively misinforming the public about the coronavirus. Trump has littered his public remarks on the life-and-death subject with false, misleading and dubious claims. And he has been joined, on occasion, by senior members of his administration. We’ve counted 28 different ways the President and his team have been inaccurate. Here
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(CNN) — Cuando las personas escuchan la palabra clamidia, generalmente piensan en infecciones de transmisión sexual. Y es cierto que las bacterias específicas que causan clamidia generalmente dependen de las interacciones con otros organismos para sobrevivir. Entonces, cuando un equipo de investigadores descubrió varias especies nuevas relacionadas con la clamidia en las profundidades del océano
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A president who lives for the roar of the crowd may soon be on his lonesome. As the coronavirus upends routines in America, it’s now clear that the upcoming presidential election will not be immune. Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden both canceled rallies planned to cap off Super Tuesday II, amid concern that
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From a distance, there is an air of jubilation. The kids wave bright balloons and wiggle to a cheery tune. This could be any schoolyard, anywhere in the world. But the cheery faces of the children and their delightful squeals are a temporary illusion. The blaring music is a shield, giving these kids a moment
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La confirmación de dos casos de coronavirus en Bolivia por parte del del Ministerio de Salud, hizo que partidos como Comunidad Ciudadana que postula a la presidencia al candidato Carlos Mesa para las próximas elecciones del 3 de mayo, anuncien que suspenden todos los actos colectivos de su campaña electoral mientras esta
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Llegar a Machu Picchu -uno de los lugares más mágicos y visitados del planeta- es de por sí excitante, pero hacerlo en un tren panorámico, con ventanas y techo de cristal, que permiten disfrutar de las fabulosas vistas, es una experiencia verdaderamente extraordinaria. En el Vistadome de PeruRail, cada detalle está pensado.
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Some businesses in an American coronavirus containment zone are planning to shut their locations for at least two weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus. That’s a tough pill to swallow for many small businesses, which notoriously operate on razor-thin margins. But they may have no choice. “Business has been so quiet,” said Sal Imburgia
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One of the largest livestock exhibitions and rodeos in the world is being shut down early amid the growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus, according to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Turner has declared a health emergency for Houston, which impacts the rodeo and a number of other events in the
Continue Reading Millions of years ago, Scotland’s Isle of Skye was a subtropical lagoon and home to a “thriving community of dinosaurs,” according to a new study. For the first time, researchers traced dinosaur footprints along the island’s northeastern coast and discovered that stegosaurs were part of this community. Researchers found two different sites containing 50 dinosaur
Continue Reading Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, fresh off a devastating series of losses on Tuesday night, announced Wednesday afternoon that he was staying in the 2020 race (bet you didn’t see that coming!) and looked forward to debating former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday night in Arizona. Sanders justified his decision to stay in the race
Continue Reading This isn’t the race Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had in mind. But while disappointing for Sanders, the fact that former Vice President Joe Biden has moved into a dominant position isn’t all that shocking, given that he’s shoring up the support of most black voters. In Tuesday night’s Mississippi contest, its majority-black electorate handed the
Continue Reading In an op-ed posted on its website Wednesday morning, the conservative publication National Review zeroes in on what President Donald Trump is doing wrong amid the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic. Here’s the key bit: “In a serious public-health crisis, the public has the right to expect the government’s chief executive to lead in a number of
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal. The justices’ order, over a dissenting vote by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, overturns a lower
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LOS ANGELES, California — In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a residential California street that’s softly aglow from street lamps. Then the agents turn onto the walkway of their target’s
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The US State Department announced Wednesday it will hold the upcoming meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) Foreign Ministers virtually, rather than in person in Pittsburgh, amid the global coronavirus pandemic. “Out of an abundance of caution, the United States has decided to host the upcoming G7 ministerial virtually by video teleconference instead of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de El Salvador envió a cuarentena este martes a un grupo de más de 30 personas que llegó procedente de España en medio de los temores mundiales por la propagación del coronavirus. Entre las personas que estarán aisladas por 30 días se encuentran 32 salvadoreños y cuatro extranjeros, informó la
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story San Diego (KSWB) — The social media app “TikTok” is on kids’ mobile devices all over the country, springing its predominantly Gen Z users into viral dance trends, comedy sketches and sometimes dangerous challenges. The Chinese video-sharing social network is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company founded in
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Click here for updates on this story San Diego (KSWB) — The social media app “TikTok” is on kids’ mobile devices all over the country, springing its predominantly Gen Z users into viral dance trends, comedy sketches and sometimes dangerous challenges. The Chinese video-sharing social network is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company founded in
Continue Reading Tesla is looking for a location to build its planned Cybertruck, and it will be thousands of miles from its only US auto assembly line in California. CEO Elon Musk disclosed via tweet late Tuesday that he is scouting locations to build the truck and that it “will be central US.” The Cybertruck is a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Honduras emitió este martes un acuerdo para estabilizar los precios de insumos médicos y medicamentos debido a la preocupación generada por la propagación del coronavirus y para prevenir el dengue. El acuerdo establece un precio máximo en todo el territorio nacional de productos como gel antibacterial y alcohol etílico.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — An investigation is underway after a man died after being hit by a Taser from a St. Louis deputy. Officers arrived at Beverly Place, north of Delmar, Tuesday evening while trying to serve a protective order for a man to leave the area. Sheriff
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (MALIK EARNEST) — The social media app “TikTok” is on kids’ mobile devices all over the country, springing its predominantly Gen Z users into viral dance trends, comedy sketches and sometimes dangerous challenges. The Chinese video-sharing social network is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company founded
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Buncombe County (WLOS) — Senior living centers and nursing homes in Western North Carolina are taking steps to protect the most vulnerable population from the threat of corona virus. That includes limiting visiting hours and making sure anyone entering the facilities answers a series of questions regarding their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Scranton (WNEP) — No family, no friends, no visitors are allowed at the Gino Merli Veteran’s Center in Scranton. That’s the newest policy because of concerns about coronavirus and the spread of the germs. “If it’s for their own protection, I’d go for it. I mean I could
Continue Reading E3, America’s biggest video game conference, has been canceled because of coronavirus concerns, its organizers announced Wednesday. “After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry…we have made the difficult decision to cancel E3 2020,” the Entertainment Software Association said in a press release. “Following increased and
Continue Reading Britain will start charging a tax on digital services in three weeks despite fierce opposition from Big Tech and the US government. The UK government said Wednesday that it’s moving ahead with a 2% tax on revenue from digital services such as search and advertising starting on April 1. The levy will apply to firms
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