Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — San Francisco goes to great lengths to preserve its historic Victorian homes and, on Sunday, one of them took a journey. While it wasn’t a great length it was great entertainment. The Englander House is — or was — a 140-year-old Victorian mansion located
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On the brink of a devastating milestone — 500,000 US Covid-19 deaths — the US is at a crossroads in the course of this pandemic. While numbers of new cases and hospitalizations go down, reports of new, highly contagious variants go up. And while vaccinations slowly increase, some Americans say they won’t get a Covid-19
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN RAFAEL, California (KPIX) — After suffering a stroke in January, an 87-year-old grandmother was placed in the care of the Smith Ranch Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in San Rafael. The family says she was abused and neglected during her two-week stay. Photos and video provided by
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Uncle Sam is in search for a pot of gold that could ease the pain of trillion-dollar deficits. And some believe Wall Street might just have the answer. For more than a decade, progressives have tried and failed to impose a financial transaction tax. But there is new momentum for such a levy as the
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(CNN) — Mira el primer video de Marte, cortesía del rover Perseverance de la NASA, y posiblemente el primer sonido. La agencia comparte el video capturado por las cámaras del rover, que muestra la perspectiva de una nave espacial que aterriza en Marte por primera vez. Aunque las naves espaciales anteriores han enviado «películas», que
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mira el primer video de Marte, cortesía del rover Perseverance de la NASA, y posiblemente el primer sonido. La agencia comparte el video capturado por las cámaras del rover, que mostrará la perspectiva de una nave espacial que aterriza en Marte por primera vez. La conferencia de prensa se transmitirá en vivo en
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EL PASO, Texas — Jimmy Buffett once famously said: “If life gives you limes, make margaritas.” It’s National Margarita Day! The lime flavored cocktail is one of the most versatile out there. Whether you prefer the festive frozen variety, or the more debonair ‘on the rocks’ version, there’s a margarita for almost every taste. In
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Amy Poehler is unsure about the future of the Upright Citizens Brigade, the improv theater she co-founded. “What we said in our statement was true, which is, we were trying to own up to the things we did wrong or didn’t know or know now,” Poehler told The New York Times of the struggling theater.
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Catherine Barrett says a neighbor’s small act of kindness was what sparked a now-global movement focused on all things good. Like most people around the globe in March 2020, Barrett was terrified of the then-novel coronavirus and watched as residents tried to navigate the crisis by canceling events, often panic buying and locking themselves inside
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes han incluido un aumento del salario mínimo de US$ 15 en su último proyecto de ley de alivio por covid, aunque la oposición entre algunos demócratas del Senado significa que no está del todo claro que tendrán los votos para aprobarlo. Mejorar el salario de los
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The Biden administration is rolling back the controversial Trump-era naturalization civics test, reverting to a prior version of the exam, according to a policy alert published Monday. US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which administers the test, announced it will go back to using a 2008 version. The agency had received thousands of comments on the
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Boeing has spent years trying to assure customers, regulators and the public that its planes are safe. That job may have just gotten harder. What’s happening: Airlines in the United States, South Korea and Japan have grounded dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft after one of the jets suffered engine failure Saturday, sending debris crashing down
Continue Reading (CNN) — Prepárate para ver el primer video de Marte, cortesía del rover Perseverance de la NASA, y posiblemente el primer sonido. La agencia comparte el video capturado por las cámaras del rover, que mostrará la perspectiva de una nave espacial que aterriza en Marte por primera vez. La conferencia de prensa se transmitirá en
Continue Reading Peloton is releasing a lower-priced treadmill to become more than a purveyor of high-end stationary-bikes. The public company, which reported revenue of more than $1 billion for the quarter ending in December, already has one treadmill on the market, called Tread+, which has earned celebrity endorsements from the likes of Miley Cyrus and Lizzo who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Dozens of cats were taken from a Waterford home this past Thursday. The cats had to be removed from the residence due to the hoarding situation inside. Officials had originally captured/trapped thirty-six cats from the elderly couple’s care, with an additional seven that were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE COUNTY, WI (WDJT) — A Florida man was found guilty in a decades old murder case from Racine County. Juanita Zdroik was shot and killed 21 years ago. A tip, from a witness, helped bring her family some peace. The victim’s son, and county sheriff, spoke publicly
Continue Reading Democrats have drafted a plan for the formation of a 9/11 style commission designed to investigate what led to the January 6 Capitol insurrection. A senior Democratic aide involved in the negotiations described the plan as a discussion draft to begin the process of crafting the legislation that will be used to form the group.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos registrará en cuestión de horas su incomprensible muerte número 500.000 por covid-19, paradójicamente, en un momento de inusual esperanza durante la pandemia. Sin embargo, el trágico hito ocurrirá con una Casa Blanca reacia a predecir cuándo se aliviará la crisis, mientras pone en la balanza riesgos políticos y epidemiológicos críticos. Una
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Mientras avanzan las vacunaciones, el mundo hoy registra más de 111 millones de casos y casi 2,5 millones de muertes por covid-19. Así comienza la semana del 22 de febrero de 2021 en los diez países latinoamericanos con el mayor número de fallecidos por coronavirus, según cifras de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. Brasil
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — More than a dozen animatronic dinosaurs made their way into Hartford on Monday. The Connecticut Science Center welcomed parts of their new exhibit called “Dinosaurs Around the World.” Some of the dinosaurs needed a giant crane parked outside so the staff could then use
Continue Reading The boom in bitcoin prices is giving a huge lift to a California bank that accepts cryptocurrency deposits and doles out bitcoin-backed loans. Shares of Silvergate Capital are up more than 120% so far this year -— and the stock has skyrocketed nearly 1,300% since going public in November 2019. Increasingly more financial services firms,
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UPDATE: LCPS officials on Monday afternoon said two additional employees had now died of Covid-19, marking the sixth and seventh deaths of educators in the district from the virus since November. As ABC-7 had reported earlier Monday, Chris Sarmiento, 33, was a teacher and a football coach at Vista Middle School. The additional death was that of
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The family of two Iranian-Americans held in Iran is urging the Biden administration to make the release of hostages a key part of its Iran policy and to ensure that they are not left behind again. Babak Namazi, the son of Baquer and brother of Siamak Namazi, told reporters Monday that it “pains (him) greatly
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EL PASO, Texas — The Kemp Smith law office has drafted a letter to downtown El Paso property owners, who are located in a proposed historic district, accusing El Paso County of not being transparent with the public in their efforts to create the historic district. The letter states, “the County, or some of its
Continue Reading Father John Ubel has been collecting baseball cards for 50 years. Now, he is stepping up to the plate and auctioning off his most valuable cards to raise money for grade school scholarships in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ubel, a lifelong Minnesota Twins fan and the rector at St. Paul’s Cathedral, began collecting baseball cards in
Continue Reading Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland fought back tears on Monday during his confirmation hearing when he explained to senators on his panel why this role is important to him. “I come from a family where my grandparents fled anti-Semitism and persecution. … I feel an obligation to the country to pay back for protecting us,”
Continue Reading The confirmation of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget is on the brink of collapse after two key Republicans announced Monday that they will vote against her nomination, citing her past social media behavior. Tanden’s nomination in the evenly split Senate was jeopardized late last week when Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from Republicans challenging a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that allowed ballots received up to three days after Election Day to be counted to accommodate challenges by the coronavirus pandemic. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a forceful dissent. Read it here: cnn.com/2021/02/22/politics/thomas-dissent-in-pa-election/index.html
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. government has announced that land borders with Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21, which marks the one-year anniversary of the restrictions put in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during the pandemic. It’s the first extension of the border crossing restrictions
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Thousands of Oregonians are still in the dark, and for many, they’ve been without power for more than a week. Those affected are demanding answers from Portland General Electric. There are still about 38,000 customers without power because of that historic winter storm. PGE’s
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