Owning a home was never a priority for Kenyan immigrant Lynne Poole or her husband, Aaron prior to 2020. The newlyweds, like many Millennials, enjoyed the lifestyle that came with renting an apartment in a major city — in their case, Denver. Lynne, 31, moved there in 2016 to earn her master’s degree in communications
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Moncef Slaoui, the head of the US government’s effort to develop a vaccine against Covid-19, on Sunday praised President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to ask all Americans to wear masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, saying the practice is key as the country awaits widespread distribution of the vaccine. “I think it’s a good
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– High pressure becomes our best friend for the next several days, meaning we will see plenty of clear skies for the Borderland. Mild afternoon temperatures are in the forecast up until Wednesday. Winds will be from the west around 5-10 MPH. Temps topping off in the lower 60s for Las Cruces &
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With miles of barbed wire and electric fencing along its border and open government hostility to migrants, Hungary’s borders aren’t always the friendliest place for foreigners. That’s during normal times. Amid the pandemic, Hungary has shut its doors to almost everyone, even its European neighbors. Unless, they’ve had Covid-19. It’s not the place you’d expect
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President Donald Trump went down to Georgia on Saturday to pretend to care about democracy. Only hours earlier he had pressured the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, in a phone call, to ignore the democratic outcome of the presidential election and find a way to turn the state’s Electoral College vote in his favor, democracy be
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Southern California and San Joaquin Valley residents will be under a stay-at-home order after the intensive care unit capacity in the two regions fell below 15%, triggering a mandate issued by the governor earlier this week that aims to bring down the soaring number of Covid-19 hospitalizations. The order goes into effect Sunday at 11:59
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Southern California and San Joaquin Valley residents will be under a stay-at-home order after the intensive care unit capacity in the two regions fell below 15%, triggering a mandate issued by the governor earlier this week that aims to bring down the soaring number of Covid-19 hospitalizations. The order goes into effect Sunday at 11:59
Continue Reading Google Maps is rolling out new features to make the app more focused on community engagement. It’s part of Google Maps’ evolution from a directions app to a search-and-answer engine for businesses and customers. These are the newest updates to Google Maps: Community feed within the app: With this new feature, Google Maps users will
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Every year on December 6th, many children across Europe and the US will wake up and eagerly dash to their holiday stockings, or even their shoes, to see what treats St. Nick dropped into them. For the families who observe the Christian feast day of Saint Nicholas, it’s an annual tradition for the parents to
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President Donald Trump expanded his extraordinary efforts to overturn the election Saturday, attempting to pressure Georgia’s governor to force a special session of the legislature to change the result, while using an evening rally for two GOP Senate candidates to rant about his own grievances and thrash Republican leaders who have not done his bidding.
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Junellie González Quiles peered into her first telescope when she was 10 years old and what she saw were stars, planets, and a doorway into a world of science made possible by Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo Observatory. Observatory astronomers once brought some telescopes to a summer camp she attended as a girl growing up in
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A disastrous piece of defending in the second half saw Barcelona lose 2-1 to Cádiz on Saturday, suffering a fourth league defeat of the season. The result leaves Ronald Koeman’s side 12 points adrift of leader Atlético Madrid, while newly-promoted Cádiz moved to fifth after picking up its first home victory in the league this
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A disastrous piece of defending in the second half saw Barcelona lose 2-1 to Cádiz on Saturday, suffering a fourth league defeat of the season. The result leaves Ronald Koeman’s side 12 points adrift of leader Atlético Madrid, while newly-promoted Cádiz moved to fifth after picking up its first home victory in the league this
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President Donald Trump’s political appointees are finalizing an array of last-minute federal regulations ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, including rules that would make it harder to enforce environmental protections, tighten immigration, remove penalties for killing birds, and possibly eliminate food assistance for millions of Americans. The Trump administration has already finalized more federal rules in
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A disastrous piece of defending in the second half saw Barcelona lose 2-1 to Cádiz on Saturday, suffering a fourth league defeat of the season. The result leaves Ronald Koeman’s side 12 points adrift of leader Atlético Madrid, while newly-promoted Cádiz moved to fifth after picking up its first home victory in the league this
Continue Reading At the start of 2020, it looked like the food delivery sector was about to face a reckoning after years of raising and losing billions of dollars. One of the original food delivery businesses, Grubhub, was considering putting itself up for sale after losing its foothold on the market. Its competitors, DoorDash, Postmates, and Uber
Continue Reading Spectators at English football club Millwall marked the return to stadiums by booing as players took a knee before Saturday’s game against Derby County. Up to 2,000 supporters are permitted in football stadiums in some areas of England as part of new government measures introduced this week, the first time fans have been allowed to
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of former First Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson. Personal Birth date: December 22, 1912 Death date: July 11, 2007 Birth place: Karnack, Texas Birth name: Claudia Alta Taylor Father: Thomas Jefferson Taylor, general store owner Mother: Minnie (Pattillo) Taylor Marriage: Lyndon Baines Johnson (November 17, 1934-January
Continue Reading The US dollar is on the back foot, and Wall Street doesn’t expect that to change any time soon. What’s happening: The dollar has weakened by nearly 12% against a basket of top currencies since peaking in March. Last week, it hit its lowest level since April 2018. The last time the greenback was on
Continue Reading The Trump administration must post a public notice that it will accept new applications for the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation, a federal judge ordered Friday. Judge Nicholas Garaufis’ latest order builds on his November ruling where he found that Chad Wolf was not legally serving
Continue Reading Painter Guy Stanley Philoche, a New Yorker known for his colorful textured abstract artworks, has spent more than $65,000 buying work from struggling artists affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Philoche, 43, has dedicated himself to seeking out artists from around the world who are unable to make ends meet and has so far purchased more
Continue Reading David Bradley spends most weekends engaged in intense chess matches with his 15-year-old daughter, Zoe. They stare at the board for hours and plot their next moves, consumed by a new shared pastime. Their ongoing rivalry began this fall after the Toronto father and daughter began watching the “The Queen’s Gambit,” a Netflix miniseries about
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HOUSTON, Texas — A man “having a mental episode” died in Houston police custody early Sunday after, authorities say, he fell into a drainage area on his own. At 12:06 a.m. CT, officers responded to a criminal mischief call in a residential area composed of gated communities on the northwest side of town, said Lt.
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SANGER, Texas — A school in a small town in Texas has ignited hope across the community by opening a student-led grocery store to support families in need. Linda Tutt High School in Sanger launched the grocery store in November so students could purchase necessities including toilet paper, meat and basic food items. They pay
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LAS CRUCES, NM– Alexzander Trujillo and Jaxxon Hayes are on a mission to provide winter coats for one hundred children in need this holiday season. Both boys may be young, but they are well aware of what’s going on in the world these days. “If kids get sick they would be more likely to get
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(CNN) — El presidente electo Joe Biden se comprometió a poner fin a la construcción del emblemático muro fronterizo de su predecesor, pero detener el proyecto en curso de miles de millones de dólares será un proceso arduo, complejo y potencialmente costoso. Su administración enfrentará demandas por el financiamiento del muro, enfrentará preguntas sobre el
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While captive for more than seven years at the infamous Hỏa Lò Prison, nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton,” in Vietnam, US Navy Admiral James Stockdale was tortured more than 20 times. Enduring some of the harshest conditions a human can face, Stockdale led fellow service members held as prisoners of war with a thought process that
Continue Reading Ros Davies is usually busiest at Christmas, building magnificent sets and stages for London’s most sparkling parties and events. This year, the fairytale is canceled. Davies, a self-employed carpenter hasn’t worked since March because of the pandemic and has no idea when she may do so again. She’s living in temporary accommodation found for her
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