(CNN) — El ministro de Salud de España, Salvador Illa, anunció este martes el plan de su país para implementar las vacunas contra el covid-19. España espera recibir sus primeras dosis de vacuna contra el coronavirus en enero de 2021, dijo Illa. Durante una conferencia de prensa, Illa presentó el plan de su gobierno que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Solo el 15-20% de la población mundial podrá recibir una vacuna contra el coronavirus mientras el mundo se apresura a conseguir las dosis y llevar a cabo sus planes de vacunación durante el próximo año, dijo el martes el científico jefe de la OMS, Soumya Swaminathan, a Becky Anderson de CNN. “Independientemente de
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Click here for updates on this story Las Vegas, NV (KVVU) — Not traveling over the holidays? You could help a Las Vegas shelter dog take a break from the shelter and spend the holidays with a loving family. The Animal Foundation is once again offering people to foster their shelter dogs over the holidays.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Las Vegas, NV (KVVU) — Raiders owner Mark Davis is delivering on a promise he made to the crews who built the team’s Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. According to FOX5’s Vince Sapienza, for three years, Davis promised crews working on Allegiant Stadium that if they completed the
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The Justice Department is requiring some immigrants facing deportation to file to stay in the United States in a matter of weeks, a highly unusual move that puts them at a disadvantage and at an increased risk of removal. Immigrants fighting deportation generally have a chance to make their case in court, where they can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Helena, MT (KTVQ) — More than 100 traveling nurses and respiratory therapists have arrived to help ease staff shortages at Montana hospitals overwhelmed by Covid-19 – and scores more are on the way, Governor Steve Bullock and hospital officials said on Monday. “The situation is serious,” Bullock said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KALISPELL, MT (KPAX KAJ) — A Columbia Falls man who was charged in connection with removing the Ten Commandments monument outside of the Flathead County Courthouse in late June has been found guilty of felony criminal mischief. Flathead District Court Judge Amy Eddy presided over the non-jury trial
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden says his national security team will lead the way in reflecting the fact that “America is back” on the world stage. During a speech Tuesday in Delaware, Biden said that his team would “embody my core beliefs that America is strongest when it works with its allies.” In rolling
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, MT (KPAX KAJ) — The Missoula City Council voted on Monday evening to adopt an ordinance that will impact tobacco sales in Missoula and five miles outside city limits following weeks of deliberation. The ordinance requires retailers to put all tobacco products behind the counter in stores
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BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street manage a stunning $15 trillion in combined assets, equivalent to more than three-quarters the size of the US economy. The rapid growth of the Big Three fund managers, driven in part by rise of dirt-cheap ETFs, gives them enormous sway over financial markets and the priorities of Corporate America. Combined,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Employment Department is beginning to pay out what’s known as “waiting week” money. A waiting week refers to the first-week people file for unemployment, and generally, you don’t get benefits that week. But that was waived because of the pandemic, and now
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos podría comenzar a distribuir dosis de una vacuna contra el covid-19 «poco después» del 10 de diciembre, dijo el martes el secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Alex Azar. El Comité Asesor de Vacunas y Productos Biológicos Relacionados de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. se reunirá
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Dr. Shirlee Xie took care of five patients with Covid-19 the last time she worked at her Minneapolis hospital. One recovered and was discharged after a week-long stay in the hospital. Two patients, including a 41-year-old woman terrified of dying alone, were sent home on hospice care, which is medical care provided to those with
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Dr. Shirlee Xie took care of five patients with Covid-19 the last time she worked at her Minneapolis hospital. One recovered and was discharged after a week-long stay in the hospital. Two patients, including a 41-year-old woman terrified of dying alone, were sent home on hospice care, which is medical care provided to those with
Continue Reading Following the death of longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek earlier this month, the quiz show has now announced it will resume production, with a new interim host in the meantime. “Jeopardy!” announced Monday that Ken Jennings, who holds the all-time records for most consecutive games won at 74, will be the first interim guest host
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Covid is surging exponentially in much of the country, with six new infections every second and one death every minute. Many states are hitting record highs every week. Things are going to get worse — possibly much worse — before they get better. Vaccines will be life-saving and may allow us to curb the pandemic,
Continue Reading Hong Kong (CNN) — Nuevas imágenes de satélite parecen mostrar que China ha construido un área en el Himalaya a lo largo de una frontera en disputa con India y Bután que fue el lugar de un enfrentamiento que duró meses en 2017. Según el operador de satélites estadounidense Maxar Technologies, las imágenes, fechadas el
Continue Reading Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, beset by a Trump White House that was harshly critical of the agency’s coronavirus response, are anticipating the Biden transition team and the change a new administration will bring, senior health officials tell CNN. “This is what we’ve been waiting for is for them to send
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A Nashville ICU nurse is now in the ICU fighting for his life after contracting COVID-19. Gary Woodward has been at Saint Thomas West for almost 26 years, now leading the night shift nursing ICU team. Gary, his wife Jacque and their three daughters
Continue Reading More huge losses are looming for the airline industry as carriers brace for the Covid-19 crisis to extend well into 2021. The International Air Transport Association forecast Tuesday that the sector will lose $157 billion this year and next due to the pandemic. That’s much worse than previous estimates. “This crisis is devastating and unrelenting,”
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Nevada Supreme Court has made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. The unanimous action Tuesday by the seven nonpartisan justices sends to Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak results that will deliver six electoral votes from the western U.S. battleground state to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GEORGIA, USA (WGCL) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested 8 people in Albany, Georgia after a year-long child sex trafficking joint investigation. On October 23, 2019, the Albany Police Department requested the investigative assistance of the GBI CEACC Unit regarding the commercial sexual exploitation of children
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One celebrity dancer has a new Mirrorball Trophy headed for their mantel. “Dancing with the Stars” on Monday crowned “Bachelor” alum Kaitlyn Bristowe and Artem Chigvintsev the new champions. Bristowe and her partner performed a repeat of their Argentine Tango to “Toxic” by Britney Spears and another dance to “Sparkling Diamonds” from “Moulin Rouge” on
Continue Reading “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir, won praise for its insight into the forgotten folk whose poverty and hopelessness prompted them to embrace Donald Trump as a political force. That sociology aspect is mostly lost in Netflix’s dreary movie adaptation, which focuses on one family trapped in a circular pattern of dysfunction, and how the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La presidencia de Colombia informó este martes que la primera dama María Juliana Ruiz dio positivo por coronavirus en una prueba realizada el día anterior. Agregaron que Iván Duque dio negativo. Desde el inicio de la pandemia y de manera periódica ambos se someten a tests “ante el alto nivel de exposición
Continue Reading Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack is stepping down after 36 years, a tenure in which he transformed his family’s small business into a national presence, took the company public and enacted a strong stance on the US gun debate. Stack, 65 years old, will take on the role of executive chairman and continue as
Continue Reading A UK investment company with ties to Queen Elizabeth II is teaming up with an American rival that manages money for some members of the family behind Forbes Magazine. FWM Holdings, the parent company of the Forbes Family Trust, and Stanhope Capital, which advises the Queen on her £538 million ($718.7 million) private investment portfolio,
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NEW YORK, NY — The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded and closed above 30,000 points for the first time Tuesday as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin. Traders were also encouraged by news
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WBAL) — Traditional festivities to usher in new leadership in Baltimore City have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Baltimore Mayor-elect Brandon Scott said in a Tweet Monday that he will be inaugurated in a small ceremony. “I will be sworn in in a very
Continue Reading David Norman Dinkins, the genteel first and, to date, only Black mayor of New York City who dedicated much of his public life trying to improve race relations in the nation’s largest city, has died at age 93. Dinkins died Monday evening at his residence on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in Manhattan, the New York
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