President-elect Joe Biden warned that President Donald Trump’s unwillingness to accept the outcome of the 2020 election could hamper the incoming Biden administration’s ability to rapidly distribute a coronavirus vaccine. “More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” Biden told reporters Monday in Delaware, in a news conference after he met with labor and business
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Simply put, they are the world’s top dogs. Researchers from Hungary are holding the Genius Dog Challenge, which pits six of the world’s smartest dogs against one another to show who is able to best learn the names of new objects. The event begins on Wednesday starting at 1 p.m. ET and finishes on Wednesday,
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Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA BEACH, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — Testimony is expected to continue this week in a neighbor-versus-neighbor dispute that includes the theme song from the 1960s classic “Gilligan’s Island.” Tech entrepreneur Mark Towfiq says he can hear his neighbor, William Gross, allegedly blare the theme song on a loop, all-night
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAYWARD, CA (KOVR) — Police in the Bay Area were not clowning around after a child’s bike was stolen Friday. Hayward police officers arrested a suspect dressed like a clown who allegedly stole a little girl’s bike in North Hayward. The Hayward Police Department said officers found the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SENECA, SC (WHNS) — Seneca police said the man and teen who were killed in a November 8 shooting had met for a gun sale before the shots were fired. Interim chief Casey Bowling said previously that the two males were shot and killed along Tribble Street just
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, CA (KOVR) — UC Davis announced Saturday that it is isolating some of their fraternity students after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The school is also investigating allegations that around 10-20 students may have gathered at a Theta Chi party Thursday night. “It’s crazy to hear,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, CA (KPIX) — UC Davis announced Saturday that it is isolating some of their fraternity students after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The school is also investigating allegations that around 10-20 students may have gathered at a Theta Chi party Thursday night. “It’s crazy to hear,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENWOOD, SC (WHNS) — A judge has sentenced a Greenwood man to 50 years in prison for three murders that took place in Abbeville County in 2019. 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo said that the sentence came down after Elijah Ty Rez Head, 20, pleaded guilty to
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso is getting a pilot program where Walmart and several partners are teaming up to use drones to deliver Covid-19 test kits to homes in the Sun City. Drone deliveries will launch from the El Paso Walmart Supercenter at 1850 N. Zaragoza Road to single-family homes within a mile and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tinley Park, IL (WBBM) — This is the story of a south suburban woman who found herself homeless, desperate, and frightened. But suddenly, she met some strangers who became her staunchest allies. As CBS 2’s Audrina Bigos reported, it all began in the parking lot at Aerotek, a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — A math teacher at Niles West High School had her email hacked, and then pornographic images and anti semitic and racist messages were blasted to almost every student in her district. “One started coming, and then more came,” said Niles West senior Alli Lipsit.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KPIX) — San Francisco CrossFit helped broaden the appeal of a type of training that was considered unconventional in the fitness industry when it opened 15 years ago. Now the popular business has become another victim to the pandemic. CrossFit held a final training session
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In an unusual collision, an airplane hit and killed a brown bear while landing at the Yakutat Airport in Alaska on Saturday. Alaska Airlines Flight 66 was arriving from Cordova into Yakutat when the flight crew saw two bears crossing the runway, according to a statement by Alaska Airlines. “The nose gear missed the bears,
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Top Senate Republicans seemed unmoved Monday by President Donald Trump’s baseless charges that the election was “rigged” and his false assertions that he actually won the election, even though the results show he lost the race despite his efforts to sow distrust over a cornerstone of US democracy. As Democrats reacted with alarm to Trump’s
Continue Reading Imagine being a police officer responding to a call for a family trapped in a burning house fire, then realizing that the house is yours. Anthony Louie, a police officer in Oklahoma, lived through this nightmare. Louie was working a shift at the Seminole Police Department on Friday when he and another officer responded to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico on Monday started its two-week lockdown to run past Thanksgiving as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and hospital administrators look to curb rising Covid-19 infections. It came as state health officials reported an additional 1,259 virus cases on Monday, bringing the total to nearly 65,500 since the pandemic began. The death toll
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS , ID (East Idaho News) — It is a moment Benjamin and Eileen Parker will never forget. Their 9-year-old daughter, Rosalie, was clinging to life in her bed at Primary Children’s Hospital when three nurses entered the room. One had a guitar while another grabbed a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS , ID (East Idaho News) — A man facing a lengthy list of charges described himself as a victim just before a judge sentenced him Monday. Corey Ray Kent, 28, was ordered by District Judge Dane H. Watkins Jr. to spend up to a year on
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The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from inmates in a geriatric prison in Texas to allow further protections from Covid-19. It is the latest example of the high court deferring to the opinion of state and local officials as they work to combat the pandemic, and comes as Covid-19 is rapidly spreading nationwide.
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BEEVILLE, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Monday afternoon for a 9-year-old south Texas boy who authorities said is in “grave or immediate danger.” ABC affiliate KSAT reports that the Beeville Police Department is searching for Jeremiah Thomas. He is 4 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 65 pounds. He has black hair and
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The gang has bought a soccer club. You may have never heard of Wrexham AFC, but you might do soon. Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney moved a step closer to becoming investors in the Welsh soccer team — one of the world’s oldest professional soccer clubs and currently playing in English soccer’s fifth tier
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The gang has bought a soccer club. You may have never heard of Wrexham AFC, but you might do soon. Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney moved a step closer to becoming investors in the Welsh soccer team — one of the world’s oldest professional soccer clubs and currently playing in English soccer’s fifth tier
Continue Reading Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden’s win and went nowhere in court dropped their cases Monday morning. The cases were short-lived in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania federal courts, and fed into a pro-Donald Trump legal strategy to block Biden’s presidential win before the Electoral College formalizes
Continue ReadingWILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden says the outgoing Trump administration’s failure to share specific plans on combating the coronavirus pandemic is stymying American businesses’ abilities to find ways to grow and survive in challenging circumstances. He also said that more coronavirus deaths will be the consequence of refusing to share its vaccine distribution plans
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden’s team is arguing to Democrats on Capitol Hill that it makes the most strategic sense for now to let public pressure build on President Donald Trump for preventing the transition from officially taking place, rather than using the power of the House Democrats’ majority to draw more attention to the matter, according
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US stocks rallied on Monday after Moderna said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective. The Dow and the S&P 500 both notched new record highs. The Dow finished up 1.6%, or 471 points. The index closed only about 50 points below the 30,000 mark, a level it has not crossed in its history. The
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US stocks rallied on Monday after Moderna said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective. The Dow and the S&P 500 both notched new record highs. The Dow finished up 1.6%, or 471 points. The index closed only about 50 points below the 30,000 mark, a level it has not crossed in its history. The
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With winter on the horizon, it’s getting darker earlier each day, and temperatures are slipping. Seasonal affective disorder could hit particularly hard this year, especially after months of social distancing and limited contact with family or large groups. “Our emotional winter is coming,” said Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist and cofounder of Thrive Center for
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Nota del editor: David Bittan Obadia es abogado, escritor, analista de temas políticos e internacionales, columnista en el diario El Universal de Venezuela y colaborador en otros medios de comunicación. Como conferencista participó en el Congreso Judío Mundial y fue presidente de la comunidad judía de Venezuela. Su cuenta de Twitter es @davidbittano. Las opiniones
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US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order will be given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week to begin a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before Trump leaves office on January 20, according to two US officials familiar. The Pentagon has issued a notice to commanders known
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