The US economic recovery will slow more than feared during the final three months of the year because Congress is almost certainly will not provide more federal aid, Goldman Sachs said Thursday. The Wall Street bank slashed its fourth-quarter US gross domestic product growth forecast in half to just 3% on an annualized basis because
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When electrician John Kinney walked into Gloria Scott’s home, in Woburn, Massachusetts, he quickly realized it was not going to be a quick job. Scott had called because sparks were shooting out of one of her light fixtures. Once Kinney got the lights on, he realized it was just one of many issues plaguing Scott’s
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America’s recovery from the pandemic continues to slow. That was visible again in the Labor Department’s weekly jobless claims report Thursday. Another 870,000 workers filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis last week. That was up very slightly from the previous week. Over the past weeks, initial claims have improved very
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Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — In the market for a new pet for your family? It’s getting a bit easier to adopt a new furry friend at Asheville Humane Society. The agency has reopened for in-person visits without an appointment. COVID-19 restrictions, including social distancing and wearing a mask,
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A leading member of Facebook’s Oversight Board says the panel will begin taking content appeals cases within weeks, as critics worry about the social media giant’s potential impact on the US election less than two months away. Jamal Greene, a co-chair of the Oversight Board, told CNN Business in an interview this week that “sometime
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Flint, MI (WNEM) — Hector Camacho Junior is the son of the late legendary boxer, Hector “Macho” Camacho. “I’m ready, it’s macho time. I’m here in the gym working. I just got here today from Texas. I’m here to work. It’s been two years since Camacho Junior last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Firefighters around Oregon continue to make progress on fires burning, but many are left wondering what to do next, especially those who have lost their homes. As many may remember, it was nearly two years ago that California’s deadliest wildfire, the Camp Fire,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese has declined to offer sheriff’s office assistance with crowd control at planned rallies in Portland on Saturday. In an email to Deputy Chief Chris Davis of the Portland Police Bureau, Reese acknowledge a request for the MCSO Rapid Response
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Murfreesboro, TN (WSMV) — At some point, a lot of us have experienced some of that sibling rivalry. One teen is channeling that rivalry into one ambitious project. “I’ve always been one who wanted to go above and beyond,” said 15-year-old Taylor Bell of Murfreesboro. With people fueled
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, MO (KMOV) — Ron Roark is a paraplegic veteran who relies on the ramp connected to the deck at his St. Charles home to get around. He said he hired Michael Gore with Michael’s Landscaping and paid him thousands of dollars, but he never followed through
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For Machine Gun Kelly, it was love at first sight when he met Megan Fox. The rapper/actor appeared on an episode of SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show” which aired Wednesday and talked about meeting the actress on the set of their forthcoming film “Midnight in the Switchgrass.” The couple confirmed their relationship in July, and
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TV viewers tuning in to Thursday’s UEFA Super Cup can be excused for thinking they’ve stumbled across highlights of a months-old fixture, so accustomed have they become to seeing sparse — or no — crowds in attendance. In the age of coronavirus, the sight of more than 15,000 fans in the Puskas Arena will be
Continue Reading Qantas may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet, but for aviation enthusiasts already missing the “Queen of the Skies” the Australian airline offered up something to sweeten the deal. Qantas put several bar carts that were recently removed from the 747s on sale, stocked with alcohol, first class pajamas and other goodies. “These pre-loved carts
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It won’t feel like Fall at all in the Borderland for the next several days. High pressure will continue to build and as a result, we will have to deal with near-record high temperatures through the weekend. Changes will arrive on Tuesday as a cold front dives into the area increasing winds and bringing a
Continue Reading America’s recovery from the pandemic continues to slow. That was visible again in the Labor Department’s weekly jobless claims report Thursday. Another 870,000 workers filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis. That was up very slightly from the previous week. Six months into this crisis, weekly claims are about four times
Continue Reading Barcelona star Luis Suarez has been accused of passing a rigged Italian language exam amid a potential move to Juventus, according to Italian prosecutors. Uruguayan international Suarez underwent a language test on September 17 at the University for Foreigners of Perugia where he was examined by two teachers in both oral and written production and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported eight new coronavirus-related deaths. It brings the death toll to 508 in El Paso County. Health officials identified the victims as: 1 woman in her 20s1 man in his 70s1 woman in her 70s1 man in his 80s2 women in their 80s1
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Republicans have shown themselves this week to care not a whit about hypocrisy when there’s a Supreme Court justice on the line. What they said in 2016 means nothing today now that they can get a new, conservative Supreme Court justice. So what will they do when there’s a full presidential election on the line?
Continue Reading Australia has asked Google to remove pictures on its Maps service taken from the top of Uluru, the sacred Aboriginal monolith that visitors were banned from climbing last year. Google Maps currently hosts several user-uploaded images from the top of the site, taken before the ban came into place, as well as a Street View
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UPDATE: The Texas Education Agency is now releasing information about how many students and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus in each Texas school district. Here are the cases reported in the the three largest school districts in El Paso, according to the TEA: El Paso Independent School District: 16 students and 11 staff
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The accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, when mold contaminated one of his petri dishes, changed the course of modern medicine, with antibiotics key to the decline of many diseases over the course of the 20th century. Now, scientists have woken up Fleming’s original Penicillium mold and sequenced its genome for the
Continue Reading As a young boy, Matthias Dandois dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player. “I was really into soccer. I played for seven years but I sucked at it. The coach was always screaming at me for playing bad but all I wanted to do was just have fun with my friends,” Dandois, 31, tells CNN
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As a young boy, Matthias Dandois dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player. “I was really into soccer. I played for seven years but I sucked at it. The coach was always screaming at me for playing bad but all I wanted to do was just have fun with my friends,” Dandois, 31, tells CNN
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It seems a script you simply couldn’t write. Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have been named as potential investors in Wrexham AFC, a Welsh soccer team currently playing in English football’s fifth tier. The club’s supporters trust confirmed that Reynolds, known for appearing in blockbusters such as “Deadpool,” and McElhenney — co-creator and star
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Breonna Taylor‘s mother learned the fate of the officers involved in her daughter’s killing two minutes before Attorney General Daniel Cameron made his announcement, even after it was expected the family would have a heads-up on the decision, family attorney Sam Aguiar told CNN. “She had to drive all the way down there to be
Continue Reading For the first time in nearly 70 years, the United States will execute a man for a crime he committed as a teenager. Christopher Vialva, 40, is set to receive the death penalty on Thursday at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was convicted 20 years ago for the 1999 murders of two
Continue Reading Working from home has become the new normal for many of us due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While some have struggled to adapt to this new working mode, others have come to the welcome realization that their job requirements can be completed from anywhere and are beginning to explore their options. As a result, a
Continue Reading Two Louisville police officers were shot Wednesday night as protesters marched following news that only one of the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death was indicted on first-degree wanton endangerment charges. The other two officers who also fired shots during the botched March raid were not indicted, meaning no officer was charged with killing
Continue Reading A South Korean government worker was shot dead after crossing a maritime border into North Korea, Seoul said Thursday. According to Lt. Gen. Ahn Young-ho, a top official with South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, a worker with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries went missing in waters 1.9 kilometers (1.2 miles) south of
Continue Reading Federal investigators looking into the origins of the massive Bobcat Fire are focusing on utility equipment owned by Southern California Edison (SCE) that experienced an issue moments before the fire was first reported. The fire, one of the largest wildfires in Los Angeles County history, started on September 6. It continues to burn in the
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