Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, nursing homes have stopped letting visitors come through their doors. At one Millard facility, that meant one of its residents couldn’t run her business as usual. Meet Merna Priestley. “I just celebrated my 90th birthday in May,” said Merna.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Today will be the last day of above-average temperatures before a few weather systems hit the borderland. Expect a high of 71 degrees today with occasional westerly breezes around 10 to 15 mph. A cold front will move into the area on Black Friday and bring increased wind gusts around 35 mph. The
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Fantasia Barrino is pregnant. The “American Idol” alum and her husband, Kendall Taylor, announced they have a baby on the way during an Instagram Live session on Tuesday. Barrino referenced the Bible, saying she had some fertility issues and turned to praying to help. “Keep trying, and you will conceive,” Barrino told her fans. She
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The Justice Department opened a probe into Georgia Sen. David Perdue’s stock sales for possible insider trading earlier this year but declined to pursue charges, according to The New York Times. The inquiry looked at Perdue’s sale of more than $1 million worth of stock in Cardlytics, a financial company he once served as a
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Continue Reading Taylor Swift has revealed that her British actor boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, is the mystery co-writer credited on her latest album “Folklore” under the pseudonym “William Bowery.” The 30-year-old “Shake It Off” singer confirmed the true identity on the Disney+ documentary “folklore: the long pond studio sessions,” which launched on the channel on Wednesday. The name
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This Thanksgiving, gathering with those outside your household could have deadly consequences. The CDC is recommending Americans to stay home and celebrate the holiday only with those in the same household. One of the biggest risks about the holiday is that masks must be removed in order to eat. Plus,
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Coronavirus infections are skyrocketing. Unemployment is rising. Food lines are getting longer. And President Donald Trump is tweeting. Happy Thanksgiving. This year’s holiday season is bringing Americans together, literally, despite the best advice and increasingly urgent pleas of experts, who worry that family gatherings will seed a surge-upon-a-surge of Covid-19 cases. The solidarity that President-elect
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s annual Thanksgiving proclamation calls for Americans to “gather” for the holiday, even though federal public health officials have explicitly warned against it. The final line of the proclamation, issued by the White House press secretary’s office Wednesday evening, reads: “I encourage all Americans to gather, in homes and places of worship, to
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras estamos encerrados durante la pandemia, la Organización Mundial de la Salud quiere que hagas ejercicio. La organización publicó nuevas pautas de actividad física que recomiendan que los adultos realicen al menos 150 minutos, es decir, 2,5 horas, de actividad física de moderada a vigorosa por semana. Las nuevas recomendaciones de actividad física
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Diego Armando Maradona ha muerto, pero sus goles siempre quedarán en el recuerdo de los amantes del fútbol. Aunque hay una larga lista de donde escoger, aquí te mostramos cinco de los goles de «El Diego» que nunca podrán olvidarse. «El gol del siglo» (contra Inglaterra en el Mundial México 1986) «La
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La muerte de Diego Armando Maradona resuena en el mundo entero. El astro del fútbol murió este miércoles en su natal Argentina y la noticia hace eco este jueves en los diarios de muchos países, unos destacando la figura deportiva y otros, sus problemas fuera de la cancha. Aquí un vistazo a
Continue Reading (CNN) — Tres semanas después de que comenzó su presidencia, Donald Trump despidió a Michael Flynn como su asesor de seguridad nacional. El miércoles, ocho semanas antes del día en que Trump dejará la Casa Blanca, indultó a Flynn por mentirle al FBI como parte de la investigación sobre la interferencia rusa en las elecciones
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 13 new coronavirus-related deaths Thursday morning, as officials made one last plea urging El Pasoans to stay home this Thanksgiving and not gather with people from outside your household. “We want to again remind the community to keep our families safe this holiday,” said
Continue Reading Mads Mikkelsen will replace Johnny Depp as the villainous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced in a statement. Danish actor Mikkelsen, who has recently appeared in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Hannibal,” and “Casino Royale,” will play the dark wizard at the center of the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las infecciones por coronavirus se están disparando. El desempleo está aumentando. Las filas de comida se alargan. Y el presidente Donald Trump está tuiteando. Feliz día de Acción de Gracias. La temporada navideña de este año está juntando a los estadounidenses, literalmente, a pesar de los mejores consejos y las súplicas cada vez
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Día de Acción de Gracias de este año llega en un punto crítico en la batalla de Estados Unidos contra el covid-19. La pandemia ya está causando estragos en muchas comunidades estadounidenses y los expertos temen que las celebraciones y reuniones tradicionales se traduzcan en unas pocas semanas en un aumento de
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There’s likely to be smack talk aplenty at Friday’s $2.5 million hole-in-one charity challenge as four of US sports A-listers contest the third Match golf event. Capital One’s The Match: Champions for Change will be played between two two-man teams and is aimed at raising funds to help leading US Black colleges and universities. Five-time
Continue Reading Six Pakistani cricket players are in isolation in New Zealand after testing positive for Covid-19, according to New Zealand’s national cricket body on Thursday, and the whole squad has been issued with a “final warning” after several members were seen breaching rules on isolation. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said it “was made aware today that
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En El Salvador, la vacuna contra el coronavirus podría ser aplicada a partir del primer trimestre de 2021 de forma gratuita, universal pero voluntaria, según explicó la noche del miércoles, el presidente Nayib Bukele. El mandatario dijo que el laboratorio AstraZeneca, que desarrolla la vacuna junto a la Universidad de Oxford, suministrará
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The holidays may look a little different this year due to the pandemic, but they will still happen — even in space. The International Space Station will host seven crew members throughout the holiday season, the most ever for the orbiting laboratory in its 20 years of having humans living aboard. The international crew includes
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“A little bit with the head of Maradona and a little bit with the hand of God.” Those four words — “the hand of God” — describe one of the most iconic moments in football history, a goal that belongs to one of the most iconic footballers in the game’s history — Diego Armando Maradona,
Continue Reading The mayor and police chief of Minneapolis announced Wednesday they’ve issued a new policy regarding the police department’s use of unannounced entry — or no-knock warrants. Officers will now be required to announce their presence and purpose before entering, except in certain circumstances like hostage situations, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
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The United States is living in the most dangerous public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, and health experts say it doesn’t look like the coronavirus will be slowing down anytime soon with the arrival of the holiday season. The US reported 2,046 deaths Wednesday — the highest one-day coronavirus death toll the country
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Ha muerto Diego Maradona. La noticia es horrible. Triste. Y sigue siendo intolerable. El mundo llora a la persona que más amó al fútbol. La relación entre Diego y la pelota es, sin dudas, la más virtuosa de su vida. Hoy el planeta llora la muerte de una persona que transformó al
Continue Reading (CNN) –– La proclamación anual del Día de Acción de Gracias del presidente Donald Trump llamó a los estadounidenses a «reunirse» para la festividad. Incluso, a pesar de que los funcionarios federales de salud pública han advertido explícitamente en contra de hacerlo. La última línea de la proclamación, emitida por la oficina del secretario de
Continue Reading A home nurse in Louisiana is being hailed a hero for saving her paraplegic patient from a house fire that ultimately killed her, authorities said Wednesday. The Delhi Fire Department responded to a call of people trapped in a house fire Monday just before 6 p.m., the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal said in
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister says the army has been ordered to move on the embattled Tigray capital after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray leaders to surrender ended, and he warns residents to stay indoors and disarm. The statement by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office means tanks and other weaponry can now close
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Catholic Diocese held a Mass of Thanksgiving from St. Patrick Cathedral with Bishop Mark Seitz on Thursday. You can view it streaming in the video player above.
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WASHINGTON, DC — As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday temporarily barred New York from enforcing certain attendance limits at houses of worship in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. The court’s action won’t have any immediate impact since the two groups that sued as a result of the restrictions,
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