Twitter is hopping on the disappearing content bandwagon. On Wednesday, the social network said it’s testing a new feature called Fleets, which are posts that disappear after 24 hours. The test, which rolled out the same day, is currently only available in Brazil. Unlike normal tweets, Fleets do not receive retweets, likes or public replies.
Continue Reading India’s top court struck down a ban on cryptocurrency trading by the country’s central bank, ending a nearly two-year legal battle to get the virtual currencies reinstated in the country. The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday overturned a 2018 ruling by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which prohibited Indian banks from dealing with
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SACRAMENTO, California — California’s governor declared a statewide emergency on Wednesday due to the threat of coronavirus, becoming the third U.S. state to do so. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration came after the state’s first fatality from the virus. Newsom announced the measure at a news conference, saying it was intended to help procure supplies
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(CNN) — “No Time To Die”, la próxima película de James Bond, está aplazando su estreno a noviembre debido a las preocupaciones sobre el impacto del coronavirus en el mercado mundial del cine. El lanzamiento de la película número 25 en la lucrativa serie Bond estaba programado para llegar a los cines en Norteamérica el
Continue Reading (CNN) — A medida que el coronavirus continúa propagándose a través de EE.UU., se les podría pedir a los empleados que trabajen desde casa. Las escuelas ya se han visto obligadas a cerrar por el virus y los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades han dicho que los empleadores deben tener estrategias
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PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself removing an ice cream container from a Texas market freezer, licking the contents and returning the container to the freezer. D’Adrien Anderson, 24, also was sentenced to an additional
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It’s health’s longest ping pong game: Eggs are bad — then good — then bad for your heart. According to a new study, the latest answer might have come from your mother or grandmother: all things in moderation. “Moderate consumption — up to one egg per day — is not associated with increased risk of
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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is making plans to run for the US Senate, telling Democratic leaders that he intends to declare his candidacy in the coming days, a reversal that improves the party’s chances for winning a majority in the Senate. Two Democratic officials familiar with the matter tell CNN that Bullock, who briefly ran
Continue Reading Taking fish oil as a dietary supplement has a history dating back centuries, but whether it really has a positive effect on our health has been a subject of heated debate. The latest volley is a new study linking regular use of fish oil supplements to a lower risk of premature death and cardiovascular disease
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Health Department and the New Mexico Department of Health now have the capacity to test for COVID-19 with tests kits provided by the federal government. The agencies announced Wednesday that the kits from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will allow them to test patients for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — In an effort to help people directly impacted by devastating tornadoes across Middle Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDOSHS) Driver Services division has deployed two mobile units to issue duplicate or photo identification licenses. All fees for duplicate or photo
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, TN (WSMV) — Two Wilson County schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year after sustaining severe damage after being struck by a tornado. West Wilson Middle School and Stoner Creek Elementary School, located on the same campus on Mount Juliet Road, were both
Continue Reading A group of gun safety bills in Virginia are headed to the governor’s desk for his signature after passing the state General Assembly in recent days, the last hurdle in a series of legislative steps needed to finalize the measures into law. The bills, part of a bundle of policies known as the “Governor’s Package”
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuando el brote del nuevo coronavirus golpeó a China a fines de diciembre y enero, el gobierno entró en modo de crisis. Ciudades muy afectadas como Wuhan, donde comenzó el brote, entraron en un bloqueo total. Millones de personas trabajaron desde casa o se pusieron en cuarentena durante semanas. Se construyeron nuevos hospitales
Continue Reading One of the women honored for her courage at the US State Department on Wednesday made a personal appeal to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to safeguard women’s rights in Afghanistan amid an uncertain future in the wake of the US-Taliban agreement. Zarifa Ghafari, the mayor of the Afghan town of Maidan Shar, directly implored
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ZACHARY, LA (WGNO) — A former Northwestern Middle School teacher, accused of sexual misconduct with a student is no longer employed by Zachary Community School District. In an email from ZCSD Superintendent, Scott Devillier, “Ellarea Silva is no longer an employee of the district.” Silva, 34, is accused
Continue Reading Amid bipartisan congressional backlash, the Education Department said Wednesday that it would delay a rule change that would slash funding for rural, low-income schools across the US. The move, which was initially supposed to take effect immediately, sent school districts scrambling — including in communities that President Donald Trump is appealing to as he campaigns
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — “Nos estamos preparando para unos Juegos Olímpicos exitosos en Tokio 2020”. Así dio a conocer Thomas Bach, el presidente del Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI), el deseo de seguir adelante con los planes de organizar la cita olímpica de este año en Japón a pesar de la amenaza del coronavirus. El COI comenzó
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WOODSTOCK, GA (WGCL) — A 15-year-old Fulton County teen who was diagnosed with coronavirus attended a class at a private school co-op before he showed symptoms of the illness, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Living Science Homeschool Study Center was not required to close its
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has replaced the country’s Prime Minister on Wednesday, saying he hoped the new PM would “do the impossible.” Ukraine’s Parliament approved Denis Shmygal as the new PM Wednesday, after accepting the resignation of Oleksiy Honcharuk at an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament. “The previous government did everything possible
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico’s largest southern city is pushing for more public art. Las Cruces lawmakers have approved a master plan for public art throughout the city, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. “Las Cruces Public Art” plan will guide how the city commissions artists to create public murals and sculptures. It also
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina — When University of South Carolina student Robert Caldaroni heard that Wendy’s worker Malcolm Coleman had lost his home, he sprung into action. He convinced his business fraternity to start a GoFundMe for Coleman, who works across the street from the business school in Columbia, according to the fundraising page. “Malcolm has
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Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday evening said that “any American can be tested” for the novel coronavirus, as the Trump administration struggled to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough. Pence said in an off-camera briefing at the White House that there
Continue Reading Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has written to his workforce promising to adopt a “non-partisan approach” in an apparent attempt to allay fears he’d been installed to do the bidding of President Donald Trump, who has long been at odds with his own intelligence community, according to excerpts of the letter obtained by
Continue Reading The New York Islanders may have lost Tuesday night against the Montreal Canadiens, but defensive player Johnny Boychuk almost lost more than that. Boychuk left the game in the third period, after a skate hit what he said felt like his eye. He immediately left the ice. Islanders’ president and general manager Lou Lamoriello told
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hinted Wednesday that she may endorse one of her party’s presidential candidates and emphasized the need for a leader who can bridge political divides and get things done. Reversing course from a spokeswoman’s statement Tuesday that the governor “is not making an endorsement,”
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UNIVERSITY CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A man wearing Joker makeup and dressed in a costume was arrested Monday night for allegedly making threats while inside a business in The Delmar Loop. Police said Jeremy Garnier, 51, of University City was charged with first degree terrorist threats. Police said witnesses told them Garnier was inside a
Continue Reading The House voted on Wednesday to pass a sweeping spending package to dedicate billions of dollars to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak as lawmakers scramble to combat the spread of the disease. The measure will next need to be taken up by the Senate. The White House is expected to back the deal. LIVE UPDATES:
Continue Reading An Alabama man convicted of killing three police officers is lending his voice to defenders of Nathaniel Woods, a co-defendant who is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the same crime despite questions about his culpability. Lawyers for Nathaniel Woods, 42, have maintained his innocence, pointing out that another defendant in the case, Kerry Spencer,
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