Two days after officials welcomed back students to on-campus instruction, about 100 students and staff across a San Diego County school district were ordered to quarantine due to Covid-19 infections reported across various K-8th grade campuses — raising questions about whether schools in the region are ready to reopen their doors. “While the quarantines so
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Four family members, including three children, were killed in an early Saturday morning mobile home fire in Snellville, Georgia, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services. Police were in the area for a separate incident when they called in the fire at 2:19 a.m., officials said. Bystanders tried to get into the home to
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Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — Firefighters and police were called to the St. Louis City Justice Center after inmates were seen setting fires from inside the building. The KMOV News app has comprehensive news, weather and sports coverage for the St. Louis area. Crews arrived to the building located
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Lou Dobbs, the longtime host of the signature right-wing talk show on the Fox Business Network, was canned by the network on Friday night. “Lou Dobbs Tonight” is off the air, effective immediately, a Fox spokesperson confirmed. An interim show will take Dobbs’ place at 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern starting Monday. It was a
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The Biden administration is proposing to revise the number of refugees that can be admitted to the United States in fiscal year 2021 to 62,500, a significant increase from the 15,000 cap put in place under former President Donald Trump, according to a report obtained by CNN. The proposal comes after President Joe Biden underscored
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El Paso, Texas- Low-end windy conditions from yesterday ushered in cooler air. Expect afternoon highs to run a few degrees cooler than Friday for this afternoon with abundant amount of sunshine for this weekend. Today’s highs will be in the low to mid 60s. North to northwest flow of winds around 5-15 MPH. Super Bowl
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The United States has seen progress on several fronts against Covid-19 this week — including the opening of new mass inoculation sites and a third vaccine maker seeking authorization. While health experts are concerned that more-transmissible coronavirus variants could worsen spread of the disease — and in some cases put up a measure of resistance
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In one of the more extraordinary scenes in this NBA season, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant was forced out of Friday’s game twice due to the league’s health and safety protocols. The two-time champion, who is usually a starting player for the Nets, was removed from the starting lineup to face the Toronto Raptors after
Continue Reading US high school volleyball players no longer need approval to wear religious head coverings during matches, thanks to a 14-year-old Muslim player who inspired the rule change. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which sets competition rules for most US high school sports, announced on Thursday the new rule and said it
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There’s no question that “Bridgerton,” the saucy Regency-era “Netflix” series, has hit iconic status. In a few short weeks since its December 2020 release, it’s become the most popular show in the platform’s history and secured a shoo-in second season. It’s also courted legions of devoted followers who delight in the show’s frothy, yet culturally
Continue Reading More than a year after the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in Wuhan, China, Go There travels back to the city of 11 million people to hear about the lessons learned from the pandemic. David Culver was in Wuhan in January 2020 — when he had to leave hours before a massive lockdown —
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When Patricia Dowd passed away last February, no one knew it was from Covid-19. She was 57 and very active, her brother said. Dowd had come down with flu-like symptoms but didn’t qualify for a Covid-19 test because they were scarce and restricted at the time. On February 6, Dowd died suddenly after her heart
Continue Reading Super Bowl LV will be more than a battle between two of the premier quarterbacks in the National Football League. The crown jewel of American sports will be played Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, which, like many sporting venues around the country, has been doubling as a coronavirus testing site during the pandemic
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(CNN Español) — Investigadores en Uruguay detectaron cinco casos de una variante de covid-19 identificada primero en Brasil. En conferencia de prensa este jueves, en la que participaron autoridades de la Universidad de la República (Udelar), el Institut Pasteur de Montevideo (IP Montevideo) y el Ministerio de Salud Pública, señalaron que analizaron en enero muestras
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Siempre fue una empresa particular y ahora se asocia con otra muy peculiar. Primero, por su actividad: la construcción y lanzamiento de satélites para observar la Tierra. Luego, por sus orígenes: Satellogic es una compañía sudamericana creada en 2010 por dos emprendedores argentinos que comenzaron a desarrollar satélites con nombres poco convencionales.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Christopher Plummer, quien protagonizó «The Sound of Music» y ganó un premio Oscar por su interpretación en «Beginners», murió el viernes en su casa en Connecticut, según un comunicado de su representante. Christopher Plummer tenía 91 años. «Chris era un hombre extraordinario que amaba y respetaba profundamente su profesión con excelentes modales a
Continue Reading As a Pittsburgher by birth, I’ve got a lot of hometown pride. (Just ask anyone who’s ever met me.) I love Heinz Ketchup, the Pirates, the Steelers, the Penguins, Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol — and our city’s famous Primanti Bros. sandwiches. And I was really looking forward to making my homemade version of a Primanti’s
Continue Reading Ruby Alexander just wanted to go to the beach. As a transgender 11-year-old, she struggled to find comfortable, well-fitting bikini bottoms. So, her dad made them. That was two years ago. And since then, RUBIES — the clothing brand the dad-daughter duo in Toronto created — has shipped over 500 pairs to transgender girls around
Continue Reading The former police chief of Rochester, New York said Friday he didn’t see anything “egregious” or any criminal conduct from police officers when he first watched body camera video of the incident that led to the death of a Black man in the city in March 2020. La’Ron Singletary, who was fired in mid-September a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball (11-5, 8-3 C-USA) won its sixth straight game and opened the series against UAB (7-8, 2-7 C-USA) with a 74-53 victory on Friday night in front of 292 fans at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso. The victory extended UTEP’s winning streak to six games, which is the
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EL PASO, Texas – The NMSU Aggies dropped another game in WAC play Friday night, this time to Cal Baptist University. The Aggies just couldn’t find a way around the Lancers as CBU defeated NMSU by a final score of 85-75. It was the first game for NMSU at the gymnasium of Eastwood High School
Continue Reading So many talented musicians got their start as children: from Mozart to Michael Jackson, to Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. Fifteen-months-old Luca Yupanqui has them all beat: she recorded her first album before being born. “Sounds of the Unborn” will be released on April 2 by Sacred Bones Records. Luca’s sounds were captured by her
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s team is promising new guidance on school reopenings next week. But even as more Covid-19 vaccine shots go into arms two and half weeks into his administration, there is growing impatience and frustration among parents about the biggest question looming over their lives: when their children can get back in the classroom.
Continue Reading A divided Supreme Court blocked California’s Covid-related ban on indoor worship services in a late-night order Friday but allowed other restrictions affecting houses of worship to remain in place. The justices fractured in the two cases — the latest to come before the court pitting religious groups against city and state officials seeking to stop
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson officially asked the US Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine Thursday, taking forward the possibility of a third coronavirus vaccine for the US market. “Today’s submission for Emergency Use Authorization of our investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is a pivotal step toward reducing the burden of
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) publicarán las pautas sobre la reapertura de escuelas la próxima semana. Así lo informó este viernes la directora de la agencia, la Dra. Rochelle Walensky. Sus declaraciones llegan en medio de crecientes tensiones sobre la
Continue Reading Chicago may be closer to a teacher strike after Chicago Public Schools ordered some teachers back to work in person Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools said they had made their “last, best, and final offer” after a slew of meetings with union representatives. The Chicago Teachers Union responded that the leaders had
Continue Reading A Texas florist charged in connection with the US Capitol insurrection will be allowed to go to Mexico later this month, a federal judge ruled Friday. The case involving Jenny Cudd got national attention this week after she wrote to a judge asking for permission to visit Riviera Maya, Mexico, for a four-day retreat this
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Hay una guía sobre las mascarillas que no ha cambiado durante la pandemia: definitivamente deberías usar una. Pero, ¿qué sucede cuando no estás seguro si tu máscara es auténtica? Preguntas de la audiencia sobre coronavirus: ¿cuál es la diferencia entre una mascarilla de tela y un respirador o N95? Desde que comenzó la
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