Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Teachers once again protested the COVID-19 safety conditions in schools. Thursday morning, Connecticut educators rallied outside of the state capitol. Their message, as it was during Wednesday’s rally in Willimantic, was that Gov. Ned Lamont should either make schools safer or shut them down.
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Democrats want Pete Buttigieg to get a post in President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. But an actual spot for someone seen as a rising star in the party has proved more elusive. Where the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic primary candidate could land in a Biden administration has been cause for informed
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The trailer for “Riverdale” Season 5 is here and it’s packed with drama. The show, returning to The CW in January 2021, picks up where it left off, with the students of Riverdale High in their final year. The trailer teases the gang’s senior prom or, “the last dance we’ll have without our friends” as
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She burst onto the golf scene as a 10-year-old when she became the youngest player to qualify for the United States Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. But when persistent injuries began to hamper Michelle Wie West’s ability to play the game she loved — she featured in just five Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour
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She burst onto the golf scene as a 10-year-old when she became the youngest player to qualify for the United States Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. But when persistent injuries began to hamper Michelle Wie West’s ability to play the game she loved — she featured in just five Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUSAU, WI (WDJT) — A Wausau woman is getting national attention after a famous actress shared a piece of her front yard advocating for change. Narvana Whitehead’s home is well-known in the area with rainbow steps and social advocacy signs displayed in her yard. Someone took a snapshot
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The United States should be celebrating a day of great hope today, as a Covid-19 vaccine could get authorized for emergency use very soon. Instead, it’s a day of devastating loss. The daily death toll from Covid-19 reached a record high of 3,124 Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s more deaths than those suffered
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his administration’s press to push Arab-Israeli peace. As part of the deal announced near the end of Trump’s term, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim over the disputed Western Sahara region. Morocco is
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his administration’s press to push Arab-Israeli peace. As part of the deal announced near the end of Trump’s term, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim over the disputed Western Sahara region. Morocco is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — According to a CDC report, mental health-related emergency department visits are up 24 percent for kids ages five to 11 and up 31 percent for kids ages 12 to 17. Dr. Beth Torwekar works at Randall Children’s Hospital and sees this firsthand. “We’re seeing
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As coronavirus vaccines begin rolling out — a crucial step in ending the pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people and caused economic pain around the globe — Melinda Gates is urging leaders of wealthy countries not to forget about the rest of the world. “Everybody needs this vaccine,” Gates, co-chair of the
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As coronavirus vaccines begin rolling out — a crucial step in ending the pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people and caused economic pain around the globe — Melinda Gates is urging leaders of wealthy countries not to forget about the rest of the world. “Everybody needs this vaccine,” Gates, co-chair of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Maui, HI (KITV) — Maui Memorial Medical Center has confirmed that a 56-year-old man who was surfing at Honolua Bay on Tuesday has died. The man was reportedly in critical condition after he was bit by a shark in the bay, according to the medical center and passed
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Nota del editor: Virginia Bonard es una periodista y escritora argentina. Es autora del libro “Nuestra fe es revolucionaria” sobre el pensamiento del papa Francisco. Ha sido parte de los equipos de comunicación de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Social de la Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (CEA), del Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM) y colabora en medios
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Dora Barrancos es socióloga, doctora en Historia, investigadora principal del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (Conicet) y profesora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Barrancos es asesora ad honorem del presidente Alberto Fernández y fue candidata al Senado por el partido Frente de Todos. Las opiniones expresadas en
Continue Reading Kim Kardashian West is asking her millions of followers to help her stop the execution of Brandon Bernard. The reality star tweeted Wednesday that she would be tweeting about the inmate for the next 24 hours in support of #SaveBrandonBernard. “Brandon Bernard, a 40-year-old father is going to be executed tomorrow by our federal government.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kailua, HI (KITV) — One of the veterans recognized on Wednesday was First Lieutenant Art Shak, who now lives in Kailua. His job was one of the most dangerous during the war: flying bombing missions over Europe. At age 97, Art still plays golf twice a week.
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Pharmaceutical distributor AvKare is voluntarily recalling 100mg sildenafil tablets and 100mg trazodone tablets due to a “product mix-up,” the company announced Wednesday. The tablets were “inadvertently packaged together” when they were bottled by a third-party vendor. Sildenafil is the active ingredient in Viagra, which is used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Trazodone is used
Continue Reading The European Central Bank is expanding its huge money-printing program by hundreds of billions of euros, an attempt to prop up the economy as another wave of coronavirus rips through the region and threatens to derail its fragile recovery. The central bank said in a statement on Thursday that it would increase its asset purchases
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Autoridades sanitarias de Brasil confirmaron este jueves el primer caso de reinfección por covid-19 en el país. Según un comunicado oficial, se trata de un profesional de la salud de 37 años que reside en Natal, en Río Grande del Norte, en el noreste del territorio. De acuerdo al Ministerio de Salud,
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UPDATE: 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 older. The
Continue Reading Not many have had a year quite like LeBron James. In recognition of what the 35-year-old has achieved both on and off the court, the Los Angeles Lakers star has been named TIME magazine’s Athlete of the Year. James led the Lakers to a record-equalling 17th championship title in October during a season unlike any
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The city of Flint has completed the required copper and lead testing under the Safe Drinking Water Act more than a month ahead of schedule. Every six months, the city of Flint must collect at least 60 samples from homes at the highest risk
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Georgia, currently the center of the American political universe, is so awash with misinformation that some supporters of President Donald Trump here believe that he did not lose the presidential election. Some are not sure if they will be able to trust the results of the state’s runoff election next month that will decide which
Continue Reading Georgia, currently the center of the American political universe, is so awash with misinformation that some supporters of President Donald Trump here believe that he did not lose the presidential election. Some are not sure if they will be able to trust the results of the state’s runoff election next month that will decide which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, La. (KTBS) — Beth Ward was a working physical therapist in May 2015. “I was going and blowing 90 miles an hour and had absolutely no symptoms of being ill until these lymph nodes came up on the side of my neck,” Ward said. She ignored them
Continue Reading A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to publicly acknowledge what’s been widely known for weeks but what they’ve refused to say: Joe Biden won the presidency and will be sworn in on January 20. What they’re less certain about: What President Donald Trump will do after the Electoral College votes on Monday and
Continue Reading General Electric misled shareholders about the deterioration of its insurance and power businesses in the years before its stock price imploded, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. GE agreed Wednesday evening to pay a $200 million penalty to settle the regulatory agency’s investigations, which began about three years ago. These “disclosure failures” between 2015
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — There is more pressure being applied on Governor Brian Kemp to call a special session of the Georgia General Assembly. On Tuesday, a group of voters dropped off two bags of signed petitions at the Capitol demanding that state leaders address concerns of election
Continue Reading The popular Nickelodeon series “iCarly” is getting a remake. A new version of the show will feature its original stars, Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor and Nathan Kress. The original series, about a young teen’s viral webcast, included guest appearances by Michelle Obama, Emily Ratajkowski and Emma Stone. The reboot will be produced by Jay Kogen,
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