EL PASO, Texas — At a Covid-19 briefing Thursday afternoon, City/County Health Authority Dr. Hector Ocaranza described a “dire situation” as he urged El Pasoans to avoid Thanksgiving gatherings that could further fuel the current surge overloading hospitals. Ocaranza said El Pasoans contracting the virus are four times more likely to end up in the
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In a last-ditch effort days before they could face deportation, children in federal custody are asking President Donald Trump, President-elect Joe Biden and Congress for help. “We thought that the United States had a history of respecting the law and the wellbeing of children. In our experience, the government has not only subjected us to
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — An image of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris walking alongside the shadow of civil rights icon Ruby Bridges has gone viral since the election. Sacramento’s Gordon Jones is the brains behind the illustration, “That Litle Girl Was Me.” He worked alongside Bay Area artist Bria
Continue Reading The Census Bureau said Thursday it has discovered unspecified “anomalies” in its count of the US population that could delay the report past January 20. If the issue delays the bureau’s data processing steps, the incoming Biden administration may be in a position to override the controversial decision by the Trump administration to exclude undocumented
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — While Californians are entitled to paid family leave to care for a sick family member, they lose any right to take even unpaid time off work to grieve once that family member dies. California lawmakers have passed legislation mandating job-protected bereavement leave at least
Continue Reading Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under consideration to lead the department of transportation, people familiar with the matter say, a move that would enrage progressive activists if the former Illinois congressman and White House chief of staff in the Obama administration was ultimately nominated to join the President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Emanuel has expressed
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday defended his decision to shut down the public school system as a second coronavirus wave spreads. The move to remote learning for the system’s 1.1 million students was announced Wednesday after the city’s seven-day average reached the 3% positive testing rate threshold. “We’ve got to fight back
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Consumer Reports gave the Tesla Model Y SUV a “not recommended” rating because of significant reliability problems, dragging the brand to near the bottom of the magazine’s industry-wide reliability ranking. The Model Y, the carmaker’s newest model which began production at the start of this year, is expected to become Tesla’s best-selling vehicle. It got
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — Workers moving the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree got a little surprise. They found an owl tucked away in the branches. One of the workers got it out and put it in a box. It’s now at the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties. Staffers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, CA (KPIX) — Some schools in Marin County show a possible path to reopen in-person learning safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of San Rafael has a unique challenge. It has to transport children from one of the most underserved parts of the city to
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Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, the husband of actress Lori Loughlin, reported to prison Thursday to begin his five-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc, according to prison spokeswoman Suzanne Scott. Giannulli and Loughlin became some of the highest-profile parents involved in the college admissions scandal and admitted paying the scheme’s mastermind, William “Rick” Singer,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, CA (KPIX) — With holiday travel being discouraged as COVID-19 cases keep rising, students at UC Berkeley and at colleges across the country are left in a predicament, to go or not to go home. Not only is the concern that students can potentially infect their loved
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputies have uncovered what they call a “massive stash of stolen property” at two homes along Hermanitas Place in Las Cruces. Sheriff Kim Stewart said Thursday that the discovery came as deputies responded to tip received about the location of a stolen RV. Deputies ended up finding numerous stolen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Lauren Buchwald is 14-year-old Parkland resident, and a budding entrepreneur in the fashion world. She also has diabetes. Like many folks, she had some extra time this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. She shared with us, in her own words, how she started
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is one of more than 50 clinical trial sites across the country testing potential therapies for COVID-19 outpatients with mild to moderate symptoms. The program is part of Operation Warp Speed. “I think we’re really going to get to
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is warning that the consequences of actions taken by President Donald Trump during the lame duck period of his term are “potentially more severe” than those caused by the delayed presidential transition. “The consequences of what’s happening during this lame duck period, I think, are potentially more severe than the consequences
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN, USA (WNEM) — One of the suspects charged in the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was denied bond in a Wisconsin court on Nov. 18 for an extradition hearing. Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with material support of an act of terrorism.
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(CNN) — La empresa de biotecnología alemana BioNTech está trabajando en una fórmula para su vacuna que permitiría enviarla a temperatura ambiente, dijo el miércoles el presidente ejecutivo Uğur Şahin a Frederik Pleitgen de CNN en una entrevista exclusiva. «Estamos trabajando en una formulación que podría permitirnos enviar la vacuna incluso quizás a temperatura ambiente
Continue Reading Verizon and Apple are teaming up on another sales pitch for the 5G iPhone 12 — and this time, they’re aiming at business customers. The two companies held an event Thursday to showcase several ways businesses could benefit by using the iPhone 12 with 5G. 5G has higher bandwidth than existing networks, making it possible
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN, USA (WNEM) — A 12-year-old Mid-Michigan boy has won the 2020 #MIKidsCan Turkey Day VIP Sweepstakes. Oliver Long, from Morrice in Shiawassee County, has been named the winner of the sweepstakes. He will get a Detroit Lions prize pack and a $1,000 grocery gift card to be
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este jueves, el presidente de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, confirmó la salida del director general de Carabineros, Mario Rozas, luego de que efectivos policiales dispararan contra niños de un hogar de menores el miércoles en Talcahuano, región del Biobío, dejando a dos adolescentes de 17 y 14 años heridos. En un comunicado, el
Continue Reading The spike in Covid-19 cases is starting to hit air travel once again, according to United Airlines. United warned in a filing Thursday morning that it has seen a drop in bookings and a rise in canceled reservations, which it attributed to increased infection rates across the country. The airline also may have to trim
Continue Reading It used to be that Advent calendars were mainly filled with family-friendly holiday goodies. The seasonal items were normally stocked with everything from chocolates to toys. But in the year of the pandemic, a new category is growing in popularity that may provide some holiday cheer for adults: booze-filled calendars, with a different little bottle
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YAMHILL COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — A 38-year-old Lafayette man was arrested for the 56th time Thursday morning during a traffic stop, according to the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office. In the early morning hours on Thursday, a deputy stopped a vehicle in Lafayette. The driver, identified as Ronald Gordon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV) — Two officers from the Gresham Police Department are being praised for helping to save an elderly man’s life last week. On Nov. 11, Officers Marco Reyes and Jason Young were called out to a home in the 20100 block of Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — Dr. Benjamin Van Raalte at Iowa Plastic Surgery says people are taking the last six months as an opportunity to get some work done. “Some people have been a little braver doing the fillers and things because they can hide behind the mask while
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GENESEO, IL (WQAD) — A Michigan man driving a semi-truck was airlifted to a hospital for his injuries Wednesday after he reportedly left the roadway, hitting a line of fence and a tree before overturning the semi in a ditch. David A. Armstrong, 57 from Roseville, MI was
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As Covid-19 cases rise across the country, leading U.S. medical and health organizations called on the American public to celebrate safely this holiday season. The American Medical Association (AMA), American Hospital Association (AHA), and the American Nurses Association (ANA) issued an open letter Thursday urging Americans to scale back on traditional gatherings to stop the
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EL PASO, Texas — With construction of the new El Paso Children’s Museum getting underway downtown, officials on Thursday released renderings showing designs for eight different exhibits, with a ninth still to come. (You can watch the entire unveiling in the video player above.) The museum’s board said it worked with the California-based firm Gyroscope
Continue Reading Chicago’s Wrigley Field was designated a National Historic Landmark on Thursday by David Bernhardt, the Secretary of the Interior. National Historic Landmark sites are recognized as buildings, sites, districts, structures or objects that are “nationally significant in American history and culture,” according to the Department of the Interior. “The historical significance of Wrigley Field is
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