A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts soared into outer space Sunday — marking the kick off of what NASA hopes will be years of the company helping to keep the International Space Station fully staffed. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with Japan’s space agency, are now in
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Megan Samarin is on a mission to find a holiday card that conveys the right sentiment this year. After months spent separated from relatives and friends during the coronavirus pandemic, the mother of two from Orange County, California, wants to send a specific message this season — one that will resonate in a year marked
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Click here for updates on this story St. Louis. MI (WNEM) — Families with loved ones in a Mid-Michigan prison voiced concerns Sunday as nearly 700 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. “I mean it’s scary,” said protest organizer Dylan. That’s what he had to say the current conditions inside Central Michigan Correctional Facility in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) — A mother in Plymouth accused of killing one of her children and hurting another faced a judge for the first time on Monday. Mental health was the topic of 43-year-old Naomi Bell’s virtual hearing in New Britain. Bell’s attorney said she recently had
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(CNN) — Votantes en cuatro estados que habían presentado demandas improvisadas para intentar afectar la victoria del presidente electo Joe Biden, y que no lograron llegar a nada concreto en la corte, abandonaron sus casos este lunes por la mañana. Los casos duraron poco en los tribunales federales de Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan y Pensilvania, y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland, OR (KPTV) — With the COVID-19 pandemic and a rocky political climate, one company decided to offer free marriages for the LGBTQIA+ community in Portland. A “marriage-athon” was held at the Evergreen in southeast Portland on Sunday. Flowers, music, food, and an officiant were all taken care
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If tossing and turning in bed most nights was a contest on crummy sleep, women win. A new study comparing poor sleep among more than a million adults and children in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States found women experience more insomnia problems than men in all three countries. The trend emerges
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kansas City, MO (KCTV/KSMO) — Hospital officials continue to consider postponing non-urgent surgeries based on the limited capacity in intensive care units. According to the Mid-America Regional Council, as of November 15, there are 101 ICU beds available in the Kansas City region. There are 25 open beds
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Kathleen Sebelius, a former Health and Human Services secretary under President Barack Obama, offered some praise for the Trump administration’s vaccine efforts on Monday but said the administration has shirked other critical responsibilities in mitigating the spread of coronavirus. “There’s no question that Operation Warp Speed has been a great success getting to the point
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Kathleen Sebelius, a former Health and Human Services secretary under President Barack Obama, offered some praise for the Trump administration’s vaccine efforts on Monday but said the administration has shirked other critical responsibilities in mitigating the spread of coronavirus. “There’s no question that Operation Warp Speed has been a great success getting to the point
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, AL (WALA ) — There’s nothing like that Mardi Gras energy! “I love it. That’s like my favorite part of the whole year. I mean, Mardi Gras is the best thing ever, especially in Mobile cause it’s not like New Orleans,” said Sydney Hulett. The tradition that,
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The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate. “These are obviously very exciting results,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor. “It’s just as good as it
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The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate. “These are obviously very exciting results,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor. “It’s just as good as it
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China has just joined forces with more than a dozen countries across the Asia Pacific region to sign a huge free trade deal nearly a decade in the making. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership spans 15 countries and 2.2 billion people, or nearly 30% of the world’s population, according to a joint statement released by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, AL (WALA ) — November is Adoption Awareness Month. A local couple who knows the joy of adoption is once again looking to grow their family. Jada and Jake Allen always knew they wanted to adopt. Last year they became first time parents — adopting their daughter
Continue Reading It took a while, but HBO Max is finally available on Amazon Fire TV. The new streaming service will be on Amazon Fire devices starting Tuesday, WarnerMedia announced Monday. HBO Max is the focal point of WarnerMedia’s entertainment empire, so adding Amazon Fire TV as a distributor is a big deal. Fire TV has more
Continue Reading Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue has declined an invitation to debate Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff ahead of the January runoff election for his seat, CNN has learned, and will instead be represented by an empty podium. Perdue declined an invitation to participate in a December 6 debate with his Democratic rival, said MaryLynn Ryan, the
Continue Reading The letter or report card is from your child’s school, but this grade doesn’t have anything to do with school performance or behavior. Instead, it’s a measure of your child’s body mass index or BMI — designed to warn you when your child is overweight or obese. It’s a well-intentioned public health program, recommended by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tulsa, OK (Tulsa World ) — Mayor G.T. Bynum last week characterized the hurdle to be admitted into a local hospital for COVID-19 as exhibiting a respiratory system that is in “bad enough” condition or “in danger of collapse.” Officials with three of Tulsa’s four hospital systems say
Continue Reading Playing video games may improve your mental health and make you happier, according to a scientific study that used industry data from gaming companies to analyze players’ wellbeing. The research by the University of Oxford analyzed the effects of playing two popular video games: Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” and Electronic Arts’ “Plants vs Zombies:
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Leon Metz, a man who dedicated his life to telling the Borderland’s historical story, has died at age 90. Fellow historian Bernie Sargent confirmed his death to ABC-7 and said Metz died as a result of having contracted Covid-19 . “He was prolific,” Sargent said. “He’s going to be sorely
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) — More than 240 artists within the River Arts District opened their studio doors over the weekend, for an event that comes during tough economic times. With precautions in place, such as masks and social distancing, the goal of the Fall Studio Stroll was to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — The first alarm came in around 2 a.m. on Monday at the Charles L. Cease Funeral Home in Union Township near Hunlock Creek. It’s along Reyburn Road near Hunlock Creek. That fire went to three alarms before it was brought under control. Firefighters
Continue Reading You are what you eat, experts say, and that includes foods that will help your body fight off infectious diseases this winter. (Think colds, flu and Covid-19.) “What we eat is very important in terms of how our immune system responds to pathogens and how well it can defend itself against a pathogen,” said Dr.
Continue Reading Karla Cornejo Villavicencio says she’s suffering from survivor’s guilt. In 2010, she penned a widely read anonymous essay for The Daily Beast about life as an undocumented student at Harvard. In October, less than a decade later, she became a finalist for a National Book Award. It’s the first time an undocumented immigrant has been
Continue Reading PepsiCo’s line of chubby plastic 2-liter bottles are getting a slimmer redesign — the first in about three decades. Beginning this week, some US customers will see in stores a new bottle with an enhanced “grip point” at the bottom that’s 25% slimmer than the old bottle, among other design changes. The “modern, functional and
Continue Reading The 2020 election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is perhaps the craziest, most controversial election in US history. We say perhaps because we don’t want to bog you down with superlatives when there have been so many truly zany moments in American elections. Who could forget Howard Dean screaming like
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If you can’t listen to Dolly Parton, who can you listen to? The seemingly ageless iconic country artist appeared on Sunday’s episode of “Today” to promote her new album, “A Holly Dolly Christmas,” and her Netflix musical “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.” On “Today” she said, “I think we’ve just become so divided, ’cause
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Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said on Monday that he is “very, very confident” spectators will be able to attend next year’s postponed Tokyo Games. With the Olympics due to begin on July 23, Bach said he is hopeful that an effective vaccine — if there is one — will allow
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La edición número 62 del icónico Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar, de Chile, que debía realizarse en febrero de 2021, fue pospuesta para el próximo verano del 2022 en el hemisferio sur. Así lo ratificó la municipalidad de Viña del Mar, en la región de Valparaíso, debido a
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