Click here for updates on this story HAMBURG, Iowa (WOWT) — Students in Hamburg are coming together to help lift up a family hit hard by last year’s historic flood. From the youngest of students to the oldest, all hands are on deck to complete the construction of home across the street from Hamburg’s public
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Record wildfires. A deadly hurricane season. Arctic sea ice at its lowest ever. Drought. Floods. Heatwaves. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) annual climate report, released on Wednesday, reads like a long list of extreme weather and natural disasters. But it may well be a preview of things to come. The report, which includes data from
Continue Reading December is the month of Advent calendars — and one Louisiana bank is taking the tradition to new heights. The First National Bank of Louisiana in Crowley — the city’s only skyscraper, built in 1920 — has undergone a complete transformation, using its windows to count down the days to Christmas. Each day of December,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. (Wisconsin State Journal) — A Waukesha County judge has again extended a restraining order preventing the state health department from releasing information on businesses linked to COVID-19 cases. Circuit Judge Lloyd Carter on Monday approved the request from Wisconsin business organizations, including Wisconsin Manufacturers and
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The White House coronavirus task force issued extremely dire warnings to states in weekly reports this week, urging public health officials to circumvent state and local policies amid record high cases, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as fears of a surge upon a surge following Thanksgiving. “The COVID risk to all Americans is at a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wis. (The Journal Times) — “We will be heard,” Darnisha Garbade, president of the Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism, said before leading a car caravan through Burlington on Monday afternoon. Hours later, the Burlington Area School District Board of Education was scheduled to vote on adding eight
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 8 new coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday. It brings the death toll to 941 in El Paso County. The latest fatalities included… 1 man in his 60s1 woman in her 70s3 men in their 80s1 woman in her 80s1 man in his 90s1 woman
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (Star-Herald) — Scottsbluff firefighters rescued a man Monday who had climbed a water tower in Scottsbluff. The man, who identified himself as a veteran, called the Star-Herald. A customer service representative received the call. The man said that he had been suffering from joint pain and
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(CNN Español) — En momentos en que los casos de covid-19 se multiplican en Uruguay, el gobierno anunció este martes una serie de medidas para tratar de contener los últimos brotes. Las tres medidas obligatorias que definió el gobierno son: cierre de oficinas públicas (que pasarán a régimen de teletrabajo) con la excepción de aquellas
Continue Reading (CNN) — Rusia presentará su vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik-V en la sede de la ONU el miércoles, informó la agencia estatal de noticias TASS citando al portavoz de la misión de la ONU en el país, Fedor Strzhizhovskiy. La presentación, que se realizará en forma virtual por el ministro de Salud de Rusia, Mikhail
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The remainder of the late US Rep. John Lewis’ term will be served by Democrat Kwanza Hall, who won control of the reliably blue seat in a House runoff special election in Georgia Tuesday, CNN projects. Hall, a former Atlanta city councilman, will be sworn in after the election’s results are certified and serve for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Okla. (Tulsa World) — Cindy Stidham never thought that at 56 she’d be pawning off her belongings just to keep the utilities on. She never thought that in Tulsa, where she’s lived and worked for the past decade, that she’d be walking to a nonprofit in November
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (Daily Journal) — Doris Baker has been looking to get rid of a spruce tree in her yard for about two or three years. The Desloge resident’s daughter thought it would make a great Christmas tree for someone. “It was a beautiful tree, honestly, but it
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The Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, informed Vice President Mike Pence and White House Coronavirus Task Force members on Tuesday that the CDC will soon issue new guidelines reducing the number of days close contacts should quarantine following exposure to a Covid-19 positive individual, two senior administration
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Argentine authorities raided the home and office of Diego Maradona‘s psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov on Tuesday, the San Isidro Attorney General’s Office told CNNE. The raids took place amid an ongoing investigation into possible manslaughter, the prosecutor working on the case, San Isidro’s Attorney General John Broyad, told CNNE. Not a single person has been officially
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La cantautora y empresaria cubanaestadounidense Gloria Estefan, ganadora de siete premios Grammy, informó este martes a través de su cuenta de Instagram verificada que dio positivo por covid-19 a principios de noviembre. Estefan dijo que quería contar su experiencia y recordarles a sus seguidores que usen mascarilla. Explicó que se ha quedado
Continue Reading Counterpointed by a number of striking tattoos, hers is a body defined by muscle. She is a mother of two who embodies power and strength. Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes “completely against what society thinks a woman should look like.”
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Counterpointed by a number of striking tattoos, hers is a body defined by muscle. She is a mother of two who embodies power and strength. Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes “completely against what society thinks a woman should look like.”
Continue Reading The CDC is going to change the recommended coronavirus quarantine time from two weeks to 7 to 10 days if you’ve been in close contact with someone who tested positive. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading (CNN) — El secretario de Justicia de Estados Unidos, William Barr, acaba de asestar el golpe más creíble a las mentiras de Donald Trump sobre el robo de la elección, precisamente porque antes solía parecer más el abogado personal del presidente que un árbitro neutral de la justicia. Trump ha sufrido repetidas y vergonzosas derrotas
Continue Reading Formula One driver Romain Grosjean says the thought of his children inspired him to escape his burning car after a horrific crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. The incident occurred on the third corner of the first lap as Grosjean plowed into the barriers following contact with Daniil Kvyat. The Frenchman said he
Continue Reading Reino Unido, el primer país occidental que aprueba una vacuna contra el coronavirus. ¿Cuándo se podría empezar a vacunar en América Latina? Jugadores argentinos de rugby enfrentan polémica por declaraciones consideradas racistas y xenófobas. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Reino Unido, el primer país que aprueba
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y sus operadores políticos han recaudado más de 170 millones de dólares desde el día de las elecciones, dijo una persona familiarizada con el asunto. Se trata de una enorme recaudación de fondos alimentada por las acusaciones infundadas de Trump de que las elecciones fueron manipuladas.
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Daniel Szor is doing something unusual: making whisky in England. The native New Yorker founded Cotswolds Distillery six years ago after realizing the picturesque area of southern England had an abundance of barley, and tourists who might be looking for a local, premium beverage to sample while on vacation. “In the beginning, the local village
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A variety of food containing large amounts of antioxidants and vitamins — such as leafy greens, carrots, tomatoes, whole grains, fruits, nuts, fatty fish and olive oil — can support a healthy inflammatory response and reduce cardiovascular risk. Eating red meat and highly processed foods, however, contributes to chronic inflammation in the body, increasing the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Alexis Robinault, una influencer de Instagram de 26 años con más de 30.000 seguidores, fue encontrada muerta en una interestatal de Houston la semana pasada, dijo la policía. El cuerpo de Robinault fue encontrado el sábado por la mañana en un tramo de carretera en el noroeste de Houston. El Instituto de Ciencias
Continue Reading Tensions in my household have skyrocketed since we’ve been home together going on nine months. Tiny, mundane scenarios that would be no big deal in a pre-Covid world, like putting the milk back in a different spot in the fridge, is enough to start a spat between my wife and me. The kid asking me
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los primeros envíos de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Pfizer en Estados Unidos se entregarán el 15 de diciembre, según un documento de Operation Warp Speed obtenido el martes por CNN. El documento, entregado a gobernadores antes de una llamada con el vicepresidente el lunes, también estima que el primer envío de
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Un grupo de trabajadores médicos de primera línea, probablemente agotados, aparecen acurrucados juntos en una videoconferencia mientras el hombre más poderoso de China levanta la mano a modo de saludo. Es el 10 de febrero en Beijing y el presidente Xi Jinping, quien durante semanas ha estado ausente de la vista del público,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Conoce a Elliot Page. El martes, la estrella nominada al Oscar de películas como «Juno» y «X-Men: Days of Future Past» compartió con sus seguidores que es transgénero y se identifica como no binario, un término utilizado para describir a una persona cuya identidad de género no es ni hombre ni mujer. ¿Qué
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