Two US service members were killed on Sunday in Iraq by enemy forces, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday morning. The individuals’ names have not yet be released pending notification to next of kin. The soldiers were killed while “advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an ISIS terrorist stronghold”
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(CNN Español) — El plan de Eddy Castellanos era simple: dos semanas de vacaciones en un crucero que partiría de San Francisco, visitaría las islas de Hawai y haría una parada en el puerto mexicano de Ensenada antes de regresar al punto de partida. Pero el inversionista de origen cubano que vive en Miami dice
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The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tested positive for coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Executive Director Rick Cotton is under self-quarantine working from home, and his senior team will be tested and placed in quarantine as well, the governor said. Lindsay Kryzak, a Port Authority
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The novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, is spreading in the United States and dozens of countries around the world — sparking anxiety and questions about the respiratory disease. While scientists are working to contain the outbreak and come up with effective treatments, health experts say people can still prepare and guard against infection. ABC News spoke with health experts to
Continue Reading (CNN) – ¿Qué pasaría si todas las mujeres en México desaparecieran? Esa es la pregunta que está en el corazón de un paro nacional que comenzó este lunes y durante el cual se espera que las mujeres no vayan al trabajo ni a sus escuelas ni universidades para protestar contra los crecientes casos de feminicidios.
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Fulton County Schools held a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss the closing of all schools on Tuesday after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus. Dr. Mike Looney, Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, said the person was an itinerant teacher at Bear Creek Middle
Continue Reading (CNN) — A partir de este lunes, notarás que CNN está utilizando el término pandemia para describir el brote actual de coronavirus. No es una decisión que tomamos a la ligera. Si bien sabemos que suena alarmante, no debería causar pánico. Entonces, ¿por qué ahora? La Organización Mundial de la Salud no ha calificado el
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — “America runs on Dunkin’” is the recognizable slogan for the chain coffeehouse and donut shop. Now, Dunkin’ officials are staying committed to keeping people running, even with concerns related to the coronavirus. William Anderson stopped by Dunkin’ on Davis Street in Scranton for his
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The trial began Monday afternoon for the Las Cruces man accused of a drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl almost three years ago. Julio Gutierrez-Barrera is standing trial in connection with the shooting that killed 14-year-old Jocelyn Trujillo in July 2017. At the time of his arrest, he was 20
Continue Reading Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz donned a gas mask on March 4 while he voted on a bill that would dedicate billions of dollars to combating coronavirus as concerns rise over the spread of the disease. “Reviewing the coronavirus supplemental appropriation and preparing to go vote,” Gaetz tweeted with a picture of himself wearing a
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EL PASO, Texas — A broken water main spewed a stream approximately 50-feet into the air near an east El Paso intersection on Monday afternoon. ABC-7 viewer Nancy Garcia captured video of the ruptured main shooting like a gusher along Saul Kleinfeld at Pebble Hills. (You can watch it in the video player at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HIGH POINT, NC (WGHP) — Officers in High Point issued arrest warrants for the father of the teen who died in a crash on Sunday morning, according to a High Point Police Department news release. Roderick White Jr., 18, of High Point, was killed in the crash and
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Does money really buy happiness? It appears to, at least for a small group of German college students who participated in a study on the connection between happiness and altruism, the selfless concern for the well-being of others. The study found the act of donating money to save a life produced happiness at first, but
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Masks were the first to go. Then, hand sanitizers. Now, novel coronavirus panic buyers are snatching up … toilet paper? Retailers in the US and Canada have started limiting the number of toilet paper packs customers can buy in one trip. Some supermarkets in the UK are sold out. Grocery stores in Australia have hired
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KMOV) — Bayer told its employees Monday that an employee at the Creve Coeur site is being tested for coronavirus by the Missouri Department of Health and the campus will close until further notice. In a statement, Bayer said the company learned on Sunday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — With a reported increase in methamphetamine distribution and overdoses around the country, the Drug Enforcement Administration has announced an initiative to target major meth trafficking networks. Operation Crystal Shield will pour federal resources into choking off distribution of meth in eight major cities, including
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A man involved in a hit-and-run that killed two young girls and injured a boy was in court on Monday, March 9. The judge denied Daetwan Robinson’s defense attorney’s request to lower his bail from $500,000 to $25,000 cash. The state said, according to jail
Continue Reading ROME, Italy — Italy’s premier has extended internal travel restrictions imposed in the north to the entire country, locking down 60 million people in its fight against conavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte made the announcement at a news conference on Monday. Conte said the measure was taken in order to protect citizens, especially the most
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Global markets are plunging after the implosion of an alliance between OPEC and Russia caused the worst one-day crash in crude prices in nearly 30 years, fueling panic triggered by the escalation of the coronavirus epidemic. The S&P 500 fell about 6%. The Dow fell as many as 2,046 points. The Nasdaq Composite was down
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A majority of Americans say they are at least somewhat confident the federal government can prevent a nationwide epidemic of novel coronavirus, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, but only about half say the government has done a good job of containing its spread so far. Reviews of President Donald Trump’s handling
Continue Reading WASHIGTON, DC — Officials in the United States are reporting four more deaths of people infected with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to 26, most of them in Washington state. Health officials in Washington on Monday reported three more coronavirus deaths, all residents of a Seattle-area nursing home that has been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, MA (WBZ ) — Boston’s first recreational pot shop opened Monday in Dorchester. Security was in place to control traffic and crowds at Pure Oasis on Blue Hill Avenue, but lines were manageable when the doors open at 11 a.m. The Cannabis Control Commission gave the business
Continue Reading Oil prices have suffered their biggest fall since the day in 1991 when American forces launched air strikes on Iraqi troops following their invasion of Kuwait. Monday’s crash spooked markets that were already freaking out about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy and demand for oil. Brent crude futures, the global
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TELLER COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — Teller County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Michael O’Brien, suspected of painting swastikas in Florissant. O’Brien, 33, is accused of painting the offensive graffiti all over town. O’Brien is facing several charges including criminal mischief. “We take this very seriously. This could be very offensive
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — A plane headed to Newark, New Jersey, from Eagle, Colorado, was diverted to Denver International Airport on Sunday afternoon. United Airlines officials say more than one passenger became disruptive and had to be removed. United officials tell CBS4 the flight landed without incident. Law
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DURANGO, CO (KCNC) — Benjamin Sonntag was identified Friday as the fatality in a car-vs-bicycle accident that occurred on a dirt road southwest of Durango. Traffic investigators are looking into whether the 19-year-old Durango man whose truck collided with Sonntag was speeding. Sonntag, 39, died at the scene.
Continue Reading Washington state is holding its primary election on Tuesday as it deals with one of the largest outbreaks of reported coronavirus cases in the US. But the state has one advantage in preventing the spread of the virus on Election Day: All of its voting is done by mail, eliminating the large gatherings that take
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDGEWOOD, MD (WJZ) — A man is in custody Monday after he allegedly tried to bite part of a woman’s finger off Sunday night. Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the 900 block of Top View Drive for a report of a domestic incident at around 8:38
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DORCHESTER, MA (Web Staff ) — Boston’s first recreational pot shop opened Monday in Dorchester. Security was in place to control traffic and crowds at Pure Oasis on Blue Hill Avenue, but lines were manageable when the doors open at 11 a.m. The Cannabis Control Commission gave the
Continue Reading If you can’t get it anywhere, you can make it here. New York will be producing its own hand sanitizer, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday. The announcement came in the wake of widespread shortages caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, which have led to price-gouging both online and in stores. Cuomo made the announcement
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