GENEVA, Switzerland — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but added that it’s not too late for countries to act. By reversing course and using the charged word “pandemic” that it had previously shied away from,
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Transportation Safety Administration chief David Pekoske defended on Wednesday the agency’s practice of not paying employer shares of health coverage for part-time screening officers as the coronavirus crisis continues. At a congressional hearing, Pekoske said the agency used to provide that benefit but no longer does. “I have no intention of restoring health care coverage
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EL PASO, Texas — A veteran El Paso police officer shot and wounded a suspicious man with a gun who was wandering the grounds of Riverside High School, authorities said. The officer-involved shooting happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday near Hockney and Midway in the Lower Valley. That’s where police said they tracked a 23-year-old
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Click here for updates on this story Platte City (WDAF) — A Northland nursing home is under the microscope after multiple people reported health and safety violations at the facility. Laura Spooner is grieving the loss of her aunt, Dee Feldman. “She was a really special lady to us,” Spooner said. But she said she
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Click here for updates on this story Platte City (WDAF) — A Northland nursing home is under the microscope after multiple people reported health and safety violations at the facility. Laura Spooner is grieving the loss of her aunt, Dee Feldman. “She was a really special lady to us,” Spooner said. But she said she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Stockton (KTXL) — Stockton police released a sketch Tuesday of an intruder who sexually assaulted and brutally attacked a woman in her home. Katisa Marrujo said the afternoon of March 1, a man got into her home on West Willow Street, near North Stockton Street, and assaulted her
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Click here for updates on this story Stockton (KTXL) — Stockton police released a sketch Tuesday of an intruder who sexually assaulted and brutally attacked a woman in her home. Katisa Marrujo said the afternoon of March 1, a man got into her home on West Willow Street, near North Stockton Street, and assaulted her
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Leavenworth (WDAF) — A trailer violation lead police to enter a home leaving a Leavenworth family upset after they say the incident scared their child. Robert Ennest wants to know how a call for an illegally parked trailer turned into Leavenworth police drawing firearms and letting themselves in
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Click here for updates on this story Leavenworth (WDAF) — A trailer violation lead police to enter a home leaving a Leavenworth family upset after they say the incident scared their child. Robert Ennest wants to know how a call for an illegally parked trailer turned into Leavenworth police drawing firearms and letting themselves in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Modesto (KTXL) — A routine errand turned into a dramatic rescue in Modesto. Stoney Hughes and her partner, Daniel Ward, told FOX40 they saw a bicyclist collapse on Rosenburg Avenue weeks ago. “I work with kids that could possibly have a seizure, so it’s really scary to actually
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The discovery of planets outside of our solar system, called exoplanets, has revealed strange worlds never imagined in our corner of the universe. Now, astronomers have found an ultra-hot gas giant exoplanet where droplets of iron rain from the sky at night. The exoplanet is known as WASP-76b and it was found orbiting a star
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON, Vermont — Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign and plans to appear at Sunday debate with Biden. He told reporters in Burlington on Wednesday that he’s not quitting despite key primary losses to Joe Biden the night before. The Vermont senator’s path to the presidential nomination considerably narrowed after
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Everyone has gripes about the American health care system. But now that the US is facing a coronavirus pandemic, the flaws have far greater — and even deadly — repercussions. The issues go beyond early missteps by federal officials, such as delays in distributing testing kits. While countries around the globe are struggling to deal
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Everyone has gripes about the American health care system. But now that the US is facing a coronavirus pandemic, the flaws have far greater — and even deadly — repercussions. The issues go beyond early missteps by federal officials, such as delays in distributing testing kits. While countries around the globe are struggling to deal
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(CNN Español) — Los cinco estudiantes ecuatorianos evacuados de Wuhan, China, finalmente llegaron este lunes a su país de origen. En un comunicado del Gobierno de Ecuador publicado este miércoles, se confirmó que los estudiantes que habían sido evacuados desde Wuhan, el epicentro del brote de coronavirus, a Ucrania, donde fueron trasladados a un centro
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Four people in New Mexico have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state’s first known cases of infection, prompting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to declare a public health emergency on Wednesday and advise that all large public events be postponed to limit the spread of the virus. (You can watch
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To help visitors log out from the digital world and into the Isle of Man’s natural beauty, the island is testing out an initiative called Phoneboxes, in which visitors lock their phones away for the duration of their trip in return for old-school, analog alternatives. The items travelers receive recall a time before cellphones; the
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The revelation that an attendee at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference just outside of Washington tested positive for the virus has set off a chain reaction around Washington, as multiple Republican lawmakers who came in contact with the patient have now self-quarantined. So far, five Republican members of Congress who interacted with the infected
Continue Reading You’re going to prison. Four words that can strike fear into even the most hardened felon. But imagine how a jail sentence could affect criminals like Harvey Weinstein who never, ever, thought they would set foot inside a jail cell. “Our prisons are violent, brutal, dangerous places,” said Paul Wright, who served 17 years in
Continue Reading Meet the Mother Monster of the insect world. Her name is Kaikaia gaga (named for Lady Gaga, natch) and she’s every bit as otherworldly as the pop diva. She wears a pair of devilish horns on her head, and she’s unlike any other species in the forest. Kaikaia gaga is a newly identified species of
Continue Reading In one small suburb on the outskirts of New York City, coronavirus cases jumped from one to more than 100 in less than 10 days. Now the state’s governor is trying to catch up to the virus by setting up a containment area around New Rochelle and deploying the National Guard to assist with food
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Fiat Chrysler is temporarily closing four plants in Italy as the novel coronavirus takes its toll on the world’s eighth biggest economy. The move follows a decision by the Italian government to impose sweeping restrictions on travel and public gatherings as it tries to contain the worst outbreak of the coronavirus, or Covid-19, outside China.
Continue Reading Massachusetts’ coronavirus cases have more than doubled and the state’s governor declared a state of emergency after employees who attended a company meeting in Boston last month tested positive for the virus. The state announced 51 new presumptive positive cases Tuesday that are awaiting confirmation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
Continue Reading “The Bachelor” two-part finale ended with Peter Weber and Madison Prewett cuddled up on a couch telling Weber’s mom “it is what it is.” Weber had proposed to finalist Hannah Ann Sluss, but following a (very) brief engagement, Weber changed his mind and rekindled his relationship with Prewett. “I want so badly to be able
Continue Reading Jenna Dewan now has one of each. The actress shared on her verified Instagram account Tuesday that she has given birth to a boy. “And just like that, our hearts exploded into all of eternity and beyond,” the caption read on a photo showing her cradling her newborn. “Welcome to the world you little angel!
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las acciones estadounidenses abrieron en rojo este miércoles, después del repunte del martes, a medida que las preocupaciones sobre el brote de coronavirus vuelven a surgir. El Dow abrió 700 puntos, o 2,9%, más bajo. El S&P 500 comenzó un 2,6% más bajo. El compuesto Nasdaq cayó un 2,5%. Más adelante cayeron más:
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The Premier League has entered new territory as the game between Manchester City and Arsenal was postponed to become the first-top flight English fixture to be affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak. The match was due to be played Wednesday, but the league said that the postponement was a “precautionary measure” after Olympiacos owner Evangelos
Continue Reading Italy has imposed sweeping nationwide restrictions on travel and public life, a desperate attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak that looks set to plunge the world’s eighth largest economy into a steep recession. The measures announced late Monday include travel restrictions on 60 million residents, a ban on public events, the closure of schools, movie
Continue Reading The Joe Biden who took the stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday night to celebrate a series of victories including in the critical state of Michigan was a far cry from the exuberant comeback kid who had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat a week earlier on Super Tuesday. This Biden was more measured, more
Continue Reading What present do you buy a man who has been in a coma for more than 30 years? That’s the question the family of former France international Jean-Pierre Adams, whose life was brutally turned upside down in 1982, asks itself every year on key anniversaries. Thirty-six years ago the beefy footballer, then 34, walked into
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