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Click here for updates on this story Sacramento, CA (KOVR) — Investigators are working to identify human remains that were found in a Sacramento County storm drain Tuesday morning. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office was called out to Gordon Drive and Stockton Boulevard after county crews discovered a human foot inside a shoe while clearing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Elk Grove, CA (KOVR) — One Elk Grove family says the grinch who stole Christmas drove a blue Amazon van. “I was absolutely shocked,” Sarah Ross said. “It’s not something you think your trusted Amazon drivers would be doing.” An Amazon driver is now under investigation for reportedly
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Barrel-chested, with the pointy ears of a much larger pooch swiveling above her mellow gaze, Eba is more than just the Very Good Dog she appears to be. She’s a professional, working the prow of a moving speedboat, carefully tracking the very particular scent of killer whale poop floating in Puget Sound. But she doesn’t
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Senate leaders are trying to resolve last-minute objections to two must-pass bills, which could trigger a brief government shutdown, even as they struggle to reach critical deals on a new pandemic stimulus and a sweeping government funding package before the end of the year. Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota told reporters on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Medical Research Institute is looking to sign up volunteers for a new Covid-19 antibody treatment that could provide protection from the virus for several months. The research clinic will begin signing up volunteers next week. “[The treatment] consists of two, long-acting antibodies that can last and give immunity
Continue Reading (CNN Business) –– Para muchos estadounidenses, los impactos económicos de la pandemia de covid-19 han sido devastadores y han marcado desigualdad. Millones han perdido sus empleos. La inseguridad alimentaria y de vivienda se ha disparado. Y aproximadamente la mitad de los hogares de EE.UU. reportaron una disminución en los ingresos de este año, según Bankrate.com.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, AL (WALA) — A Mobile County Metro Jail inmate, acting as his own lawyer and witness on Thursday, described a “death trap” of overcrowded conditions, COVID-19 dangers and indifferent staff. Tracy Besselaar, who has been jailed for more than three years while he waits to be transferred
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Dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19 by sniffing human sweat, according to a proof-of-concept study published on Thursday. Detection dogs are already a common sight in airports and some other public places — usually, they’re sniffing out drugs, weapons or explosives. But specially trained dogs have also been taught to detect infections and diseases,
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By attempting to steal an election, President Donald Trump is waging a war against American democracy. So far, democracy is winning. But the damage he has inflicted on the country will not end with his presidency, and this won’t be the last time we see a charismatic politician with dictatorial tendencies attack the US system
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Each of the four battleground states targeted by a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s election defeat issued blistering briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, with Pennsylvania officials going so far as to call the effort a “seditious abuse of the judicial process.” The court filings from Georgia,
Continue Reading New Hampshire Speaker of the House Richard “Dick” Hinch died from Covid-19, the state attorney general’s office announced. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald’s office said in a statement Thursday that the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Jennie V. Duval, had determined the Republican’s death Wednesday was due to the disease caused by the coronavirus. Hinch was
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New Hampshire Speaker of the House Richard “Dick” Hinch died from Covid-19, the state attorney general’s office announced. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald’s office said in a statement Thursday that the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Jennie V. Duval, had determined the Republican’s death Wednesday was due to the disease caused by the coronavirus. Hinch was
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Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have moved to a “heightened level of preparation” in recent days, raising fresh concerns they could be preparing to attack US troops or US diplomatic sites in Iraq, according to defense officials familiar with the latest intelligence. “It is worrisome,” one official told CNN. “We have indications” of militia preparations, they
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Fox News largely ignored the grim news that the United States posted a single-day record on Wednesday for coronavirus-related deaths, a stark contrast to how most news organizations covered the tragic loss of life. While major newspapers and news networks spotlighted the 3,124 US deaths, Fox News barely mentioned the news on its airwaves. The
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The city council of a small Minnesota town has allowed a Whites-only religious organization to use a vacant church. Murdock, a town of fewer than 300 people, passed a conditional permit Wednesday to allow use of a church building bought by the Asatru Folk Assembly. The Asatru Folk Assembly describes Asatru as “the religion by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis (WCCO) — Many veterans will have a home for the holidays thanks to the help they get from the Minnesota Assistance Council of Veterans. Greg Langlois was hopeless and homeless, walking the streets of Minneapolis. But the veteran found a purpose — and a place to live
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“A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.” The iconic song lyric from the 1964 Disney film “Mary Poppins” is a lesson in making otherwise mundane or daunting tasks more enjoyable. But the idea for the tune actually came from a conversation the songwriter had with his young son about the polio vaccine —
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence stuck to his reputation as “on-message Mike” Thursday, delivering a concise, tightly scripted speech to a crowd of less than a thousand people gathered on the tarmac of Augusta’s airport, singing the praises of the two GOP candidates, incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both embroiled in tight January runoffs
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Minneapolis (WCCO) — The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other programs — but will keep the mayor’s targeted staffing levels for sworn officers intact, averting a possible veto. Mayor Jacob
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel on Thursday decided to endorse large-scale use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. The advisory group, in 17-4 vote with one abstention, concluded that the shot appears safe and effective against the coronavirus in people 16 and
Continue Reading More than $440 million has been spent on ads in the two runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the US Senate, according to Kantar Media’s Campaign Media Analysis Group. Earlier this week, we fact checked some of the attack ads in the race between Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democratic opponent, the
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is building out his Cabinet as he prepares for his time in the White House. The Cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury and Veterans Affairs.
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Covid-19 can lead to neurological complications, including strokes, seizures and movement disorders, researchers have found. The complications, which go well beyond cognitive impairment, can occur even in moderate cases, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology: Clinical Practice. “These particular complications of Covid, and neurological disorders more generally, are about your ability
Continue Reading SpaceX’s massive steel rocket prototype, an early iteration of the technology CEO Elon Musk hopes will be used to put humans on Mars, soared over South Texas Thursday afternoon in the highest and riskiest test flight of the vehicle yet. It wasn’t as simple as a rocket shooting for the stars, however. Here’s everything that
Continue Reading The leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states have reached a final agreement on the $2 trillion package designed to rebuild the bloc’s faltering economies in the wake of the coronavirus recession. The package comprises the EU’s €1.1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) Multi-annual Financial Framework, which is paid into by every member state and distributed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDEPENDENCE, MO (KCTV) — The City of Independence, starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, will require bars, restaurants and taverns to close at midnight. The city also said it will offer “strict consequences.” “With the recent recognition of the Independence Health Department as a Local Public Health Authority,
Continue Reading As with masks, experts say that for the new Covid-19 vaccines to control the spread of the disease, a lot of people have to use them. That raises an obvious question: Will what happened to masks happen to the vaccine — will they become became a political symbol instead of a public health tool? For
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As with masks, experts say that for the new Covid-19 vaccines to control the spread of the disease, a lot of people have to use them. That raises an obvious question: Will what happened to masks happen to the vaccine — will they become became a political symbol instead of a public health tool? For
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EL PASO, Texas — During a briefing Thursday on El Paso’s Covid-19 situation, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said he was “assessing the possibility of a partial curfew” for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period aimed at once again targeting social gatherings. His remarks came on what was the deadliest day of the pandemic for
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