WASHINGTON, DC — Still spinning their wheels on Covid-19 relief, lawmakers grabbed a one-week government funding extension on Wednesday that buys time for more talks — though there is considerable disagreement over who is supposed to be taking the lead from there. Amid the uncertainty, the U.S. House easily passed a one-week government-wide funding bill
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The first 18 astronauts of the Artemis program, NASA’s effort to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024, have been selected. The diverse team of astronauts, including those new to NASA and veterans of spaceflight, were announced by US Vice President Mike Pence during the eighth meeting of the
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Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, CA (KOVR) — Teens are being targeted on the streets of Stockton over a trendy possession. Just last week, three kids were robbed within 24-hours of each other. All of them riding the same kind of bike. The suspects are approaching teens with the same kind of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — After nine long months battling COVID, a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee was finally able to walk out of the hospital and be home with her family just in time for the holidays. “I don’t know what to tell you guys. The only thing I
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From roads and buildings to cars and plastic, human civilization is built on lots of stuff. But roughly how much stuff have we actually created? And in the process, how much of the natural world have we consumed or destroyed? A new analysis finds that on both counts, it’s a lot … so much, in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HALF MOON BAY, CA (KPIX) — High surf conditions along the Northern California coast drew some of the world’s most talented surfers to Mavericks on Tuesday, where 30–to-40 foot waves were breaking just off Pillar Point. “It was good out there,” said surfer Chase LaRue. “There are some
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It may seem like there’s already a Starbucks on every corner. But the company is still planning on adding tens of thousands more locations in the coming decade. Starbucks said at an investor event Wednesday that it plans to increase its store count to about 55,000 by 2030, up from roughly 33,000 today. The company
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — A man has made a generous donation to a Boston family rescued from a devastating fire. Last week, Alicia Soto and her daughters were forced out of their South End home and rescued by firefighters from their balcony. Mike Ware saw the rescue on
Continue Reading Voice of America, the global news outlet funded by the United States government, is suffering through yet more turmoil in the final weeks of the Trump administration. This week, for the second time in less than six months, there is a leadership change underway. And the outgoing acting director, Elez Biberaj, is not going out
Continue Reading A mother of four went missing on Mother’s Day and her family has increased the reward to $7,000 for any information that can lead to her whereabouts. Echo Lloyd, 47, has been missing since May 10 when her 28-year-old daughter, Kelsey Smith, went to her home in Edwards, Missouri, to deliver a card and flowers
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WILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter said he has learned from federal prosecutors that his “tax affairs” are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s office was disclosed in statements released Wednesday by Joe Biden’s transition office. The younger Biden said he learned about the investigation on Tuesday, but he did
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Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say they have found a previously unknown species of whale. Three beaked whales were spotted last month by a team of scientists working with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society near the San Benito Islands, some 300 miles from the US border, according to a press release published
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In mid-November, as President Donald Trump railed against the election results, his wife, first lady Melania Trump publicly agreed with his sentiments. But privately, a handful of days after the final state tally, the first lady tasked an emissary with discreetly finding out what was available to her in terms of budget and staff allocation
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In the early weeks and months of the coronavirus pandemic, medics and health professionals working in hospitals around the world noticed that Covid-19 was hitting men harder than women. Now, a global analysis of over 3 million Covid-19 cases from January to June has found that male patients with the disease have “almost three times
Continue Reading After spending 31 years in prison for a nonviolent marijuana crime, the man thought to be the longest-serving inmate convicted on cannabis charges in the US has been released. Richard DeLisi, 71, was released Tuesday from the South Bay Correctional Facility in Palm Beach County, the Florida Department of Corrections confirmed to CNN. He’d been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GEORGIA, USA (WGCL) — An impressive sight off the beaches of Cumberland Island, Georgia. Four North Atlantic Right Whales were spotted. The mammals were seen along the Georgia and Florida coasts. The pod consisted of two moms and two calves, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) — A police officer is recovering after being shot during an investigation in Waterbury on Tuesday afternoon. The incident unfolded around 2 p.m. on Marley Place Tuesday afternoon, where officers were involved in an investigation into a stolen vehicle. Officers had set up a surveillance
Continue Reading McDonald’s is eliminating a two-decade-old deal with its franchisees that subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. That could mean pricier Happy Meals next year. Beginning next year, McDonald’s will stop issuing a roughly $300 per month contribution to each of its 14,000 US restaurants called the “Happy Meal Rent and Service Fee,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — At least one person was killed late Tuesday night in an officer-involved shooting near Gates. According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy and at least one Oregon State Police trooper were involved in a shooting near mile post 38 on Highway
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A blockade over an eviction remains set up in north Portland, and now both the family involved and Police Chief Chuck Lovell are hoping to find a peaceful resolution. On Tuesday, demonstrators said they were trying to prevent an eviction of a family of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces teenager loved and supported by hundreds in the community has died after weeks fighting in the hospital, her father confirmed. “She fought, but God needed his angel,” Manny Morales Jr. told ABC-7 on Wednesday. As ABC-7 previously reported, at least 100 family members and friends of Khyana
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden sought to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of waiving the requirement that the position be filled by someone who has been out of active-duty military service for at least seven years. Biden formally introduced Austin as his
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President-elect Joe Biden sought to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of waiving the requirement that the position be filled by someone who has been out of active-duty military service for at least seven years. Biden formally introduced Austin as his
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The suspended Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir began with a powerful show of solidarity, less than 24 hours after it was marred by an alleged racist incident involving a match official. Before the game, both sets of players, as well as the new match officials, knelt together around the center circle
Continue Reading An oncology nurse in Oregon who bragged about flouting Covid-19 restrictions in a TikTok video “is no longer employed with Salem Health,” the hospital system confirmed to CNN. In the video, Ashley Grames can be seen wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around her neck, pretending to scream with a caption that reads, “When my coworkers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Austal USA delivered its fourth ship of 2020 to the U.S. Navy today – the future USS Mobile, the 13th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS). Mobile (LCS 26) is one of 16 ships Austal has delivered to the Navy over the last five years.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT, USA (Hartford Business Journal ) — Windham County is not known as the economic engine of Connecticut, but it actually led the state last year in growth, according to new data published by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Windham County’s $4.7 billion economy grew 2.6% in
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The Trump administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that could prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from strengthening measures to combat air pollution and the climate crisis in the future. The new EPA rule is one of several last-minute federal regulations that President Donald Trump’s political appointees are finalizing ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration next month,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT, USA (Hartford Business Journal ) — The state’s two major food banks are in talks to merge, the nonprofits announced this week. Bloomfield’s Foodshare and Wallingford-based Connecticut Food Bank would form one statewide organization to better address growing food insecurity due to the pandemic’s economic impact. The
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(CNN Español) – AstraZeneca y la Universidad de Oxford dieron a conocer en un estudio científico revisado por pares y publicado en la revista médica The Lancet algo que ya conocíamos: su vacuna tiene una efectividad promedio del 70%. Sin embargo, dicha efectividad aumenta cuando en la primera –de dos vacunaciones– se aplica la mitad
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