For weeks, experts have warned Americans in increasingly dire terms that this winter will be one of the darkest periods in the nation’s public health history. Now that time is upon us. From California to Kansas, Massachusetts to Florida, and everywhere in-between, doctors, nurses, funeral home directors and food bank organizers are bracing for a
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Masks are “critical” to controlling the spread of coronavirus, and that includes at home sometimes, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. A CDC review of what works makes it clear that mask use, physical distancing, avoiding crowds and washing hands all could help control the spread of the virus — and
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, California — California has certified its presidential election and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing the Democrat the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s formal approval of Biden’s victory brought the Democrat’s tally of pledged electors so far to 279, according
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Click here for updates on this story LYCOMING COUNTY, PA (WPMT ) — A Lycoming County couple was arrested Friday on child abuse charges following a seven-month long investigation by the state Office of the Attorney General. Matthew Zeigler, 48, and his wife Christine, 50, both of Williamsport, were each charged with 8 counts of
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The homeowner in Duluth, Georgia, opened her screen door and softly said, “I’m not good at English.” The two volunteers, clutching clipboards and political fliers, were on the Korean woman’s porch to talk about the January 5 Senate runoffs. “I speak some Korean,” said Grace Pai, in Korean. “It’s terrible,” Pai added in broken Korean.
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Former top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs sent a clear message to President Donald Trump on Friday: Stop attacking the integrity of last month’s election because American democracy is fragile. “I’d tell him the same thing that we kind of adopted as our mantra,” Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told
Continue Reading Former top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs sent a clear message to President Donald Trump on Friday: Stop attacking the integrity of last month’s election because American democracy is fragile. “I’d tell him the same thing that we kind of adopted as our mantra,” Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told
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EL PASO, Texas – WinterFest, which has attracted thousands of Borderland residents and out-of-town visitors during the holiday season the past few years, will look a lot different this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. El Paso city officials have canceled the parade, the tree-lighting ceremony and other in-person events like ice-skating and train rides.
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(CNN Español) –– El presidente de Chile, Sebastián Piñera, anunció este viernes la promulgación de la ley que permitirá a las personas retirar, por segunda vez, hasta un 10% de sus ahorros en los fondos de pensiones debido a la pandemia. «Quiero compartir con todos nuestros compatriotas el firme compromiso de nuestro Gobierno de facilitar
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Cannabis just had a victory in Congress. But the industry and its supporters may not want to get too excited just yet. The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But the historic vote on the landmark legislation — which if put into law would be
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is increasingly isolated in his claims of election fraud as a growing number of senior administration officials are either directly contradicting his baseless allegations or refusing to echo them. As the President continues to deny the reality that he lost, his head of intelligence now says that Trump’s claims of voter fraud,
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WASHINGTON, DC — People with federal student loans will get another month of relief after U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos extended the pause on student loan payments through January 31. Borrowers haven’t had to make payments since March, but the relief was set to expire on December 31. DeVos also extended the pause of interest
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Six San Francisco Bay Area governments issued a stay-at-home order Friday ahead of California’s statewide mandate, restricting activities in a drastic effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as hospitals cope with a surge of patients. The order applies to the Northern California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and Santa Clara, the combined city
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Six San Francisco Bay Area governments issued a stay-at-home order Friday ahead of California’s statewide mandate, restricting activities in a drastic effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as hospitals cope with a surge of patients. The order applies to the Northern California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and Santa Clara, the combined city
Continue Reading Despite positive vaccine news, the coronavirus continues its relentless push across the US, forcing more states into shutdown mode. In their first joint interview since the election, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris kept the focus on preventing the spread of the virus by mask-wearing and social-distancing. Meanwhile, drama in the White House is still unfolding
Continue Reading There are growing calls for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel a number of planned in-person holiday events amid record-breaking daily Covid-19 case counts across the United States. Public health experts have begged individuals to stay at home to stop the surge of the deadly disease, but as CNN and other outlets reported this
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that the Trump administration had shared information with his transition team about distributing a vaccine to various states, but Biden said his team had not seen a “detailed plan.” “There is no detailed plan that we’ve seen, anyway, as to how you get the vaccine out of a container, into an injection syringe, into
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President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that the Trump administration had shared information with his transition team about distributing a vaccine to various states, but Biden said his team had not seen a “detailed plan.” “There is no detailed plan that we’ve seen, anyway, as to how you get the vaccine out of a container, into an injection syringe, into
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP will not have any more home football games during what has been a strange season full of Covid-19 crowd restrictions and canceled games. The Miners’ final game against North Texas will be played Friday, Dec. 11, at Apogee Stadium in Denton. The game was originally scheduled for the Sun Bowl
Continue Reading White House staffers at all levels are plotting their departures as a growing number of aides to President Donald Trump are abandoning his quest to overturn the 2020 election results — some in frustration with the building they are leaving behind. Multiple sources inside and outside the White House cited a variety of reasons for
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White House staffers at all levels are plotting their departures as a growing number of aides to President Donald Trump are abandoning his quest to overturn the 2020 election results — some in frustration with the building they are leaving behind. Multiple sources inside and outside the White House cited a variety of reasons for
Continue Reading The Justice Department bribery-for-a-presidential-pardon investigation, which became public this week, involves the past efforts of well-connected Washington lawyer Abbe Lowell and Republican lobbyist and fundraiser Elliott Broidy in the early days of the Trump White House, sources tell CNN. The effort in 2017 — which appears to have begun before Lowell became a lawyer to
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the final week of the high school football regular season. Five games are scheduled for Friday night, two of them are for a district title. The Del Valle Conquistadores will host the El Dorado Aztecs for the District 1-5A Division 1 title, while the Canutillo Eagles pay a visit to
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las protestas y bloqueos de trabajadores agrarios en carreteras del norte y sur de Perú han dejado un muerto y al menos 37 personas afectadas, según informó este jueves el Ministerio de Salud. La cartera sanitaria además advirtió que peligra el suministro de oxígeno a pacientes con coronavirus al sur de Lima.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump heads to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Republican senators one month ahead of a critical runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate. But Trump’s visit comes as he has spent the last several weeks consumed by his own election loss while attacking party officials in the state, casting
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President Donald Trump heads to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Republican senators one month ahead of a critical runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate. But Trump’s visit comes as he has spent the last several weeks consumed by his own election loss while attacking party officials in the state, casting
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has ordered the majority of US troops to leave Somalia “by early 2021,” in just the latest major military policy decision being taken in the final days of the Trump administration. “The President of the United States has ordered the Department of Defense and the United States Africa Command to reposition the
Continue Reading The incredible year for Tesla stock has created a bloodbath for those shorting its shares. According to analysis by S3 Partners, short investors in Tesla— those who placed bets in the market that its shares would lose value — have lost $35 billion on those positions so far this year. “There’s nothing that compares to
Continue Reading UPDATE, Dec. 10: At a detention hearing on Thursday morning, a federal judge set bond at $10,000 for officer Monica Garcia; it was unclear if she had since posted and been released. She also waived arraignment during the hearing and entered a “not guilty” plea to various federal drug charges stemming from her recent arrest
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Como todos los viernes, el doctor Elmer Huerta reúne algunas de las preguntas que recibe de nuestra audiencia a través de las redes sociales y responde o explica las dudas de los usuarios. En este episodio, respondemos si existe el riesgo de que un vacunado sea portador del virus y contagie al
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