US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he had signed into law the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, allowing the United States to impose criminal sanctions on individuals involved in doping activities at international events. Named after whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov who helped expose the Russian doping scandal, the act passed through the senate unopposed last month. It
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Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are at record-high levels nationwide, and officials expect the US will soon bear the full brunt of another surge of infections fueled by Thanksgiving gatherings. “We have not yet seen the full effect of a potential surge upon a surge,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Friday night. “The travel associated
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“Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” is here and it’s everything you dreamed it would be. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and an overall horrible 2020, Carey managed to pull off the special, filled with elves, glitter, monogrammed ornaments, great lighting, and her sweet kids. Carey first appears in her New York apartment, where stockings hang above
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President-elect Joe Biden’s team is in the early stages of considering who to appoint as ambassadors around the world, with a handful of selections for high profile posts expected to come sometime in January, according to three sources familiar with the discussions. Biden’s team has keyed in on a few favorites for ambassador picks, two
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Four hours of body aches cured by a common pain reliever. That’s the extent of the side effects Susan Froehlich endured after taking two shots of an experimental Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. And she would “absolutely” do it again if needed. “I woke up with a horrible stomach ache and headache, and it was like I
Continue Reading Holiday movies are a time-honored tradition, and this season could signal that queer couples are finally getting a seat at the table. Hulu and the Hallmark Channel have both released holiday films that feature LGBTQ couples in the main storyline. And there are at least seven new movies this month that have some sort of
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This NFL season has been a chaotic mix of coronavirus precautions, postponed games and infected players, all unfolding under a looming concern for the health of players, staff and spectators. It’s also made for the wildest season yet of fantasy football, and this billion-dollar business and its legions of devotees have had to get creative
Continue Reading As Covid-19 infections surge across California, state correctional facilities have recorded more than 4,000 active cases among inmates and another 1,430 among staff — the highest numbers recorded since the pandemic’s start. That means California’s total number of inmate infections is now up to more than 22,300, including 90 deaths. That translates to about 227
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There is no crowding into a small kitchen this year, waiting for your turn with the stand mixer or the oven, and grabbing handfuls of warm treats off a buffet platter. Like so many other 2020 events, holiday cookie swaps will look a little different in the time of social distancing. But you can still
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A South Texas high school football player was charged with assault after rushing from the sideline and knocking a referee to the ground during a game, according to Hildalgo County jail records. Emmanuel Duron, 18, was charged by the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District police with assault causing bodily injury, the jail records show. He
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A South Texas high school football player was charged with assault after rushing from the sideline and knocking a referee to the ground during a game, according to Hildalgo County jail records. Emmanuel Duron, 18, was charged by the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District police with assault causing bodily injury, the jail records show. He
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It was the day after Thanksgiving. I was alone in the studio, sitting in front of the camera on live national television, when the tears started to fall. I was listening to Hina Patel, a pharmacist who had written a wrenching Twitter thread about her family’s experience with Covid-19. Her story was all too familiar:
Continue Reading “Black Panther” star Letitia Wright is facing a social media backlash after sharing concerns and conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccines on Twitter. The actress shared a video Thursday on Twitter from a YouTube personality who made baseless claims about the vaccines’ safety and expressed his concerns. Wright eventually deleted the tweet after dozens of back-and-forth
Continue Reading Sixty miles west of Atlanta, Haralson County sits a world away from Georgia‘s largest and booming metro area. Here, in the small towns that sit in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, Republican roots run generations deep. In November, the county voted for Donald Trump over Joe Biden, 87% to 13% — making it one
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Sixty miles west of Atlanta, Haralson County sits a world away from Georgia‘s largest and booming metro area. Here, in the small towns that sit in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, Republican roots run generations deep. In November, the county voted for Donald Trump over Joe Biden, 87% to 13% — making it one
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(CNN) — El margen del presidente electo Joe Biden sobre el presidente Donald Trump en el voto popular a nivel nacional es ahora de más de 7 millones de votos y puede seguir creciendo a medida que varios estados continúen contando votos. La ventaja de Biden sobre Trump es la segunda más grande desde 2000,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los residentes de una comunidad en el centro de Alemania heredaron de manera inesperada propiedades y una cartera de acciones con un valor de 6,2 millones de euros (US$ 7,5 millones) tras la muerte de una vecina anciana. Renate Wedel vivió en el distrito Weiperfelden de Waldsolms en Hesse, en el centro de
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– México y Uruguay volvieron a superar este viernes su cifra máxima de casos nuevos de covid-19 en un solo día. Hace justamente una semana los dos países establecieron el récord anterior. La Secretaría de Salud de México reportó este viernes 12.127 nuevos casos de coronavirus, el mayor número registrado desde el principio
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Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are at record-high levels nationwide, and officials expect the US will soon bear the full brunt of another surge of infections fueled by Thanksgiving gatherings. “We have not yet seen the full effect of a potential surge upon a surge,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Friday night. “The travel associated
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – An Alamogordo woman was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison after she was convicted of embezzling more than $80,000 from a well-known pistachio retailer. According to John Sugg, district attorney for Otero and Lincoln counties, Jennifer Najar, 44, was a “trusted employee” who worked her way up from clerk to
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EL PASO, Texas – A Las Cruces man has been arrested and charged with child abuse, police said Friday. Johnny D. Fulton, 40, is charged with three felony counts of child abuse. Last weekend, Las Cruces police said they learned of abuse allegations made against Fulton by several relatives. Investigators indicated that on three occasions,
Continue Reading What started as an average Monday morning last month at a grocery store in Raeford, North Carolina, turned into something extraordinary when a 91-year-old Korean War veteran walked in and headed straight for the customer service counter. The man, who asked to remain anonymous, walked into a Food Lion store and wrote a $1,500 check
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Click here for updates on this story Irvine, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — The public safety power shutoffs that were intended to prevent wind-whipped electrical lines from sparking brush also kept cell phones from alerting people about the Bond Fire, which erupted in the middle of the night. The Bond Fire was ignited by a house fire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Conifer, CO (KCNC) — A woman says a stranger saved her during a a scary encounter with an aggressive buck. Tawney Hilliard said she was hiking with her dog at Flying J Park in Conifer on Thursday when the small buck approached her. Hilliard said it tried to
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Many Google employees and others in the tech and academic communities are furious over the sudden exit from Google of a pioneer in the study of ethics in artificial intelligence—a departure they see as a failure by an industry titan to foster an environment supportive of diversity. Timnit Gebru is known for her research into
Continue Reading The US government will not extend the Dec. 4 deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell off the social media app, but it will also decline to enforce the executive order requiring the sale, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move will allow negotiations between TikTok and US officials to continue. TikTok
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The US government will not extend the Dec. 4 deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell off the social media app, but it will also decline to enforce the executive order requiring the sale, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move will allow negotiations between TikTok and US officials to continue. TikTok
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When a Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available to Americans, Joe Cunningham says he won’t be taking it. “I don’t know, I don’t understand it,” the 85-year-old said. “I’d like to know where it’s coming from.” Cunningham, who lives in Hobson City, AL, is among the Black Americans who have little faith in doctors and Covid-19
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cheyenne Wells, CO (KCNC) — Front-line workers will be some of the first people in Colorado to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and among them may be Dr. Kurt Papenfus. Papenfus is the Chief of Staff at Keefe Memorial Hospital located in Cheyenne Wells on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. When
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