President-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has “devastating consequences” for Americans. Trump has not yet signed the joint $900 billion relief package and government spending bill that Congress passed this week, saying that the bill doesn’t provide enough money in
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(CNN) — A veces, mirar cosas que creíamos saber con ojos nuevos (y nuevas herramientas) puede conducir a descubrimientos increíbles. Eso es lo que sucedió cuando Jeff Weinell, un asistente de investigación graduado en el Instituto de Biodiversidad de la Universidad de Kansas, descubrió que tres especímenes de serpientes preservados en la colección de biodiversidad del
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este sábado falleció el cantante puertorriqueño Tito Rojas a los 65 años, confirmó la Policía de Puerto Rico. Las autoridades indicaron en un comunicado de prensa que en la madrugada de este sábado recibieron una llamada al 911 alertando sobre un caso médico en una residencia en el barrio Tejas de la
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AT&T on Saturday continued working to restore outages caused by the Christmas Day explosion of an RV parked near a transmission building in Nashville that disrupted service in the region, officials said. A statement posted on the company’s website said that they were still facing challenges, including dealing with evacuations of the building due to
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced new testing requirements for travelers arriving from the UK, but research by the agency’s own scientists shows the rule may have only a small impact on the spread of the new UK strain of coronavirus. Starting Monday in the UK, passengers must have a negative
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Federal investigators in Nashville are combing through more than 500 tips and leads to unravel the mystery surrounding the explosion that rocked Music City on Christmas morning. The blast occurred Friday at 6:30 a.m. CT, after a computerized voice emanating from a parked white motor home loudly urged people to evacuate, warning
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SAN FRANCISCO, California — San Francisco residents got a sweet Christmas surprise, ABC affiliate KGO reported. A monolith similar to the ones seen around the world appeared at the city’s Corona Heights Park. Instead of the shiny metal material, the mysterious object appeared to be made of gingerbread. The monolith even has icing and gumdrops. Just
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UPDATE, Dec. 28: A 70-year-old man has died from a weekend gas leak at a home in south-central El Paso, a police spokesperson said Monday. Two other people were hospitalized in critical condition, but there was no word on their current status. The cause of the leak has not been determined yet. ORIGINAL STORY, Dec.
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (Rockdale Citizen ) — Conyers resident Justin Knight and his mother will kick off the New Year by participating in the Atlanta Track Club’s Annual Resolution Run on Jan. 1. Knight and mom Teresa will be among 16 push-assist and wheelchair teams sponsored by The Kyle Pease
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — Black Americans, one of the communities hardest-hit by Covid-19, are now some of the most wary of the new vaccines. A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nearly a third of Black Americans are still hesitant of receiving the vaccine. While a
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Bryony Frost made horse racing history as she became the first woman jockey to win the prestigious King George VI Chase with a “dream” Boxing Day success on 20-1 outsider Frodon. The 25-year-old Frost led from start to finish to give trainer Paul Nicholls his 12th success in the race at Kempton Park on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS ) — Some Asheville residents and their furry friends took advantage of a rare white Christmas. There was fetch, snowball fights and sledding: all the essentials for winter fun. A family in Biltmore Park was among the many across the mountains also taking advantage
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UPDATE, Dec. 28: Police on Monday identified the woman killed in a weekend rollover traffic crash as 36–year-old Iliana Dennis of El Paso. Investigators said it appeared Dennis lost control of her Jeep while speeding, it struck a curb and then swerved into a dirt median before colliding with a backhoe and overturning. Her death
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The Transportation Security Administration screened 616,469 people at airport security checkpoints across the United States on Christmas Day, the agency said Saturday. That’s just 23 percent of the number of travelers who flew the same day a year ago, before the pandemic, and about half of the 1.2 million passengers who flew on Wednesday, setting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana (KTBS ) — Christmas comes with a lot of traditions, including one unique to Bossier City. On a day when a lot of families took advantage of some time off, Tubbs Hardware owner Don Tubbs, his family and his staff were hard at work. Christmas
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cuatro personas en Madrid fueron diagnosticadas con la variante del covid-19 detectada en el Reino Unido a principios de mes, informó el asesor de salud de la región, Antonio Zapatero, durante una conferencia de prensa el sábado. Según Zapatero, una de las personas infectadas llegó desde Reino Unido y fue diagnosticada el jueves.
Continue Reading The computerized voice coming from the parked white motor home loudly asked people to evacuate and warned that the vehicle would explode in minutes. Then at 6:30 a.m. local time, it did just that. The RV’s explosion in downtown Nashville early Friday morning left at least three people injured, set several other vehicles on fire,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV ) — Whether they went home to Sherwood Forest, Waimanalo Beach Park or the Hui Mahi’ai Aina kauhale, each kid went home on Christmas with a full belly and a new bike. Blanche McMillan runs Hui Mahi’ai Aina, a homeless services and transitional housing provider
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMOV ) — The coronavirus pandemic forced many to scale back their holiday traditions, but only increased the need for help and food. Feeding America estimates 50 million people could experience food insecurity by the end of the year. Kansas City organizations worked hard Christmas
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported 331 new coronavirus cases on Saturday morning, but for the first time in months there were no additional virus deaths announced. The cumulative pandemic death count remained at 1,392, with 108 of those fatalities reported over the past week. There remains over 500 deaths still under
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Though Congress has passed a $900 billion Covid relief package, millions of Americans are in danger of losing important benefits just after the holidays if President Donald Trump continues to refuse to sign the bill. The legislation would extend two pandemic unemployment programs and provide the jobless with a $300 weekly federal boost through mid-March.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un día antes de que expiren los beneficios por desempleo para millones de estadounidenses, el presidente Donald Trump tenía en mente un insulto diferente: su exesposa modelo aún no había aparecido en la portada de una revista de moda como primera dama. «¡Noticias falsas!» se quejó en Twitter desde Palm Beach, preocupado por
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian doctors and other workers in the health sector have begun getting vaccinated with the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against COVID-19 which arrived across the European Union hours earlier. The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines arrived across 27 countries of the bloc late Friday and early Saturday. The EU
Continue Reading A health care worker who experienced an allergic reaction after receiving a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Boston Medical Center on Christmas Eve tells CNN he has a history of allergies. This is the first known case of allergic reaction from a Moderna coronavirus vaccine, although there have been at least six similar reported cases in
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday celebrated each year from December 26 to January 1. Facts Kwanzaa is based on traditional African harvest festivals. Also spelled Kwanza. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University at Long Beach, created the holiday in 1966 to be a nonreligious celebration of family
Continue Reading First there were the gunshots that startled residents awake in a downtown Nashville community on Christmas morning. When people looked out their windows a little before dawn, they saw an old, white motor home parked on their street. Then the sound of a woman’s voice started emanating from the recreational vehicle, with a warning. There
Continue Reading Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes. Here’s what you need to know about the holiday. What is the point of Boxing Day? It’s a day to give to the less fortunate. Way back during the Victorian era in Britain, servants were allowed
Continue Reading Christmas might be over, but Kwanzaa is just getting started. Today marks the start of Kwanzaa, also spelled Kwanza (with one ‘a’ at the end). It’s a seven-day non-religious holiday observed in the US, meant to honor African Americans’ ancestral roots. The celebration lasts until January 1. The name comes from the Swahili phrase “matunda
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Of the more than 3,000 species of mosquitoes in the world, just a small number have evolved to specialize in sucking human blood. How human-biting mosquitoes track us down so effectively isn’t currently known, but it matters, since they don’t just make us itch. They also carry dangerous diseases such as Zika, dengue, West Nile
Continue Reading (CNN CNN) — El 31 de diciembre de 2019 el mundo supo por primera vez de un misterioso virus que se propagó rápidamente por todo el planeta y fue declarado pandemia por la Organización Mundial de la Salud meses más tarde. El coronavirus, llamado covid-19 por la OMS, se originó en China y es primo
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