Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Connecticut National Guard helped deliver 1,000 vaccines to UConn Health in Farmington on Tuesday. The snow nor the shortages stopped the National Guard from being able to deliver the vaccines. The doses were delivered from another state location with more ample vaccine supply.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A Washington man will spend four years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges including attempted sexual abuse, according to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office. Allen Grady Williams, 48, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree online sexual corruption of child, seven counts
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as President Joe Biden’s homeland security secretary, the first Latino to fill a post that will have a central role in the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a sweeping Russia-linked cyber hack and domestic extremism. Mayorkas was confirmed by a 56-43 vote, the narrowest margin yet
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of a father and daughter near Salem on Monday, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a property in the 5700 block of State Street after two people were found not breathing
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(CNN Español) — A poco más de cuatro meses de su llegada al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), Mauricio Claver-Carone reflexiona sobre el escenario que vendrá después de la pandemia de covid-19, habla de sus planes para darle una impronta más joven a la institución y recuerda cómo fue trabajar como asesor del expresidente Donald
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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team argued Tuesday that he cannot be convicted by the Senate because he is no longer in office, previewing what’s likely to be one of the biggest points of contention during Trump’s Senate impeachment trial that begins next week. Trump’s lawyers filed a 14-page response to the House’s impeachment effort
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EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro Independent School District is hosting a virtual job fair later this month to fill spots that have been vacated by teachers who left the district in the past year during the pandemic. According to SISD data obtained by ABC-7, the school district lost 88 teachers from either retirement or
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Here is a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and environmentalist Carole King. Personal Birth date: February 9, 1942 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Carol Joan Klein Father: Sydney Klein, New York City fire lieutenant Mother: Eugenia (Cammer) Klein, speech therapist Marriages: Rick Sorenson (1982-divorced); Rick Evers (1977-1978, his death); Charles
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Benton County Judge Barry Moehring announced Tuesday (Feb. 2) a collaboration with the Springdale-based nonprofit Excellerate Foundation to give over $8 million in rental relief to Benton County residents impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Chuck Schumer, the US Senate majority leader and Democratic senator from New York. Personal Birth date: November 23, 1950 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Charles Ellis Schumer Father: Abe Schumer, exterminator Mother: Selma (Rosen) Schumer Marriage: Iris Weinshall (1980-present) Children: Jessica, Alison Education: Harvard University, A.B.,
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“Fake Famous” offers a novel window into the world of influencers, conducting an experiment to see if three young wannabes can be transformed into marketing dynamos. While their tales don’t unfold entirely as planned, the HBO documentary exposes how ripe for manipulation this whole culture is, and the powerful incentives to game the system. Written,
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Boston Dynamics is teaching its robot dog Spot new tricks. On Tuesday the company announced three new products for Spot — Spot Arm, Spot Enterprise and Scout — that aim to increase the robot’s functionality in hazardous, remote work sites. The rather charming bot has become famous in Boston Dynamics’ videos of it dancing, going
Continue Reading On Monday, President Joe Biden met with 10 Republican US senators at the White House to discuss a roughly $618 billion recovery package they introduced to address the economic and health challenges created by Covid-19. The meeting should be one of many Biden has to make good on his campaign promise to work across the
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EL PASO, Texas — The Benavidez-Patterson “All Airborne” Chapter of the of the 82nd Airborne Division Association has been issued a citation by the City of El Paso that could prove quite costly for the group. The local chapter, located at 2608 Fort Boulevard, has their members park in a dirt lot next to its building. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles (KABC) — Resurrection Catholic School in Boyle Heights is highlighting Catholic school week with a special celebration: students dressed up as their favorite essential worker. “I’m dressed up as a doctor and my mom is a doctor,” said Alexa. “I like doctors and I like to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee (WSMV) — A mother and two children have been found dead after a house fire in Macon County overnight. Macon County Sheriff Mark Gammons tells News4 that a fire broke out at a home on Oak Grove Road in Red Boiling Springs at around
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After making thousands off GameStop stock last week, a 20-year-old college student used his newfound riches to pay it forward to a local children’s hospital. Hunter Kahn, a mechanical engineering student at Cornell University, donated multiple Nintendo Switch consoles and games to Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis after cashing out almost $30,000 in GameStop stock
Continue Reading In a precision operation early Monday, Myanmar’s armed forces chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing summarily deposed the country’s government, arresting state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and dozens of other key officials. The military blocked roads in the capital Naypyidaw and Rangoon, disrupted television, telephone and internet service and imposed a curfew.
Continue Reading The principal at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, middle school has apologized after announcing that the school’s Black History Month theme would be “All Lives Matter.” East Ridge Middle School announced the theme in its weekly newsletter, which was sent out to families Sunday. Principal Christy Caldwell Drake issued an apology Monday, explaining that her inspiration for
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A progressive Super PAC, MeidasTouch, is running an online video that claims Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has refused to condemn the insurrection at the US Capitol. “Why won’t Marco Rubio condemn the terrorist attack on the US Capitol? Because he is a co-conspirator,” the video begins. The video goes on to say that Rubio
Continue Reading Pfizer expects to earn approximately $15 billion in revenue from its Covid-19 vaccine this year, the company said Tuesday. Its fourth-quarter earnings report was the first since Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine received emergency-use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration in December — the first vaccine to receive such approval. Since then, the vaccine, developed
Continue Reading GOP state senators in Georgia introduced a slate of bills on Monday that seek to roll back voter access in the state, such as “no excuse” absentee voting and automatic voter registration. If passed, the nine proposed measures — which follow elections where Democrats made historic gains in the state — could considerably reshape Georgia’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Scottsdale, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Culinary Dropout in the Scottsdale Quarter now has four domes for customers to dine-in safely outside. The Desert Domes sit two to six people and were installed on Jan. 29 as an addition to their patio dining experience. The domes are in what normally
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 19, 1982 Birth place: South Bend, Indiana Birth name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg Father: Joseph A. Buttigieg, an English professor Mother: Anne Montgomery, a linguist Marriage: Chasten
Continue Reading Brace yourself for six more weeks of winter. That is, if you like to get your weather prediction from a groundhog in Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Tuesday morning and, as legend holds, that means six additional weeks of heavy coats and mittens. Phil was awakened at 7:25 a.m. and made his prediction in
Continue Reading A majority of Americans in a new survey believe Black people, women, as well as gay and lesbian people will gain influence during Joe Biden’s presidency. The administration has already prioritized diversity and inclusion with the most racially diverse cabinet in US history. The new administration has also made issues such as discrimination against the
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Invertir por primera vez en acciones puede ser francamente intimidante. Puede plantear una gran cantidad de preguntas angustiosas: ¿es demasiado arriesgado? ¿es ahora el momento adecuado para invertir? Pero permitir que el miedo te impida invertir puede ser un gran error. De hecho, cuanto antes comiences a invertir, mejor será
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Groundhog Day, an American tradition that is meant to predict when spring will arrive. February 2, 2021 – Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicting six additional weeks of winter. February 2, 2020 – Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow, predicting an early spring. Facts The groundhog wakes up from hibernation
Continue Reading Here’s some background information about Libya, an oil-rich country in North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. About Libya (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 1,759,540 square kilometers (slightly larger than Alaska) Population: 7,017,224 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 25.8 years Capital: Tripoli Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%,
Continue Reading Former senior Department of Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli is accused in a new whistleblower complaint of mismanagement, waste and abuse of authority over a deal he signed with a union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers that endorsed President Donald Trump. On January 19 — his last full day in office — Cuccinelli signed
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