April 2021

Nice Saturday but winds kick up Sunday

April 30, 2021 5:17 PM Doppler Dave Speelman

A nice Saturday on tap for your outdoor activities but the winds will pick up later in the day. Gusts from the SW will hit around 25 mph later in the…

Crush at religious festival in Israel’s Mount Meron kills 45 people

April 30, 2021 5:09 PM CNN Newsource

Hundreds of buses stretched over miles of winding road were ferrying thousands of worshipers off Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday after 45…

Coronavirus deaths are down in the US, and vaccines may be partly responsible

April 30, 2021 5:05 PM CNN Newsource

Covid-19 deaths are declining in the United States — and some health experts credit this drop in death to the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. The…

Father, son keep tradition alive at NAIA volleyball tournament

April 30, 2021 5:01 PM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — Don’t let anyone tell you that these…

Why a gun store manager says people like him can be a missing link to stop suicide

April 30, 2021 5:00 PM CNN

Joe Liuni felt a little strange in a room full of mental health professionals in New York state. As a gun owner, general manager of a gun store and…

Top linebacker, defense tackles and safety still available on NFL Draft day 2 on ABC-7

April 30, 2021 4:58 PM Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of the best linebackers in college football, the top defensive tackles in the class and the consensus best safety are all…

Poll finds Texans remain concerned about pandemic, but are returning to normal

April 30, 2021 4:45 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas voters are feeling safer about being out in public, and better about getting Covid-19 vaccines, but a majority of the…

Army disciplines officers and soldiers for handling of Vanessa Guillén’s murder at Fort Hood

April 30, 2021 4:38 PM CNN Newsource

More than a dozen Army officers and non-commissioned soldiers face disciplinary actions related to the response to Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén‘s…

Halle Berry laughed at joke about her Oscars hairstyle

April 30, 2021 4:34 PM CNN Newsource

Halle Berry definitely saw the conversation about her new bob at last Sunday’s Academy Awards. The actress and director debuted her look on the…

UV lights, cars with Trump bumper stickers and a lack of transparency illustrate ongoing GOP-driven ballot review in Arizona

April 30, 2021 4:27 PM CNN Newsource

At the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, workers line up in their cars to check in with uniformed security. As each car files into the…

Covid-19 vaccine myths: These reasons for not getting a shot don’t hold up. In fact, they’ll set the US back

April 30, 2021 4:25 PM CNN Newsource

Americans have an easy way to crush Covid-19 — one that would let businesses fully reopen safely, ditch the need for social distancing and…

FBI and CIA are urged to boost intel gathering on foreign White supremacist groups

April 30, 2021 4:24 PM CNN Newsource

A former CIA analyst turned Democratic congresswoman is urging the country’s top national security officials to increase US intelligence…

DHS reviewing humanitarian protections for Haitians and others in the US

April 30, 2021 4:12 PM CNN Newsource

The Biden administration is reviewing whether to extend humanitarian protections to Haitians and other foreign nationals as part of the Temporary…

Woman worried how bone scan for possible lead will affect her

April 30, 2021 4:11 PM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — First, it was lead, now Flint residents may be facing new…

U.S. Army investigation finds Vanessa Guillen was sexually harassed at Fort Hood

April 30, 2021 4:07 PM ABC News

FORT HOOD, Texas — A long-awaited U.S. Army investigation released Friday has determined that murdered Spc. Vanessa Guillen was sexually…

Kidney donor cycles cross-country to meet recipient stops in St. Louis

April 30, 2021 4:06 PM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — One man’s cross-country bike ride brings him to St. Louis…

La gente está lista para tener sexo nuevamente: las ventas de condones están en aumento en EE.UU.

April 30, 2021 3:58 PM CNN Newsource

Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las ventas de condones se habían desplomado durante la pandemia debido a que las personas se refugiaron en sus casas y…

First-ever US release of genetically modified mosquitoes begins in Florida Keys

April 30, 2021 3:55 PM CNN Newsource

The first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the United States began this week in the Florida Keys — the culmination of a…

Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar banned from MLB after sexual misconduct investigation

April 30, 2021 3:39 PM CNN Newsource

Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar has been banned from Major League Baseball following an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual…

Biden stopped building Trump’s wall, here’s what it looks like now

April 30, 2021 3:32 PM CNN Newsource

PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, Arizona — Once there was a bustling construction zone here. Now it’s like a ghost town, frozen in time. Heavy…

Students walk out of class to ‘end the cycle’ of racism

April 30, 2021 3:30 PM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A group of St. Paul high school students walked out of class…

Fractures in GOP on full display as Cheney faces renewed criticism for bucking Trump and disagreeing with McCarthy in public

April 30, 2021 3:28 PM CNN Newsource

House Conference Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney is once again facing the ire of her colleagues and GOP voters, laying bare the ongoing and internal…

India doesn’t want to shut down its economy again. It may get crushed anyway

April 30, 2021 3:20 PM CNN Newsource

India’s government locked down the country last year to avoid an out-of-control Covid-19 outbreak that so many of the world’s countries…

Legendary Coronado High football coach Don Brooks dies at 79

April 30, 2021 3:14 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — Legendary longtime Coronado High School football coach Don Brooks – a name synonymous with gridiron history in the Borderland – has…

Three Colorado police officers involved in violent arrest of 73-year-old woman step down

April 30, 2021 3:08 PM CNN Newsource

Three Colorado officers who laughed at body camera footage of the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia are “no longer…

TSA extends transportation mask requirement until September 13

April 30, 2021 2:54 PM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — The Transportation Security Administration is extending the Biden-era transportation mask mandate. The rule requiring masks on…

Dining out is back, as America gets vaccinated

April 30, 2021 2:54 PM CNN

Across the country, Americans are getting vaccinated. States and cities are loosening pandemic-related restrictions. And people are heading back to…

Defense Department cancels all border wall contracts using funds intended for military missions

April 30, 2021 2:50 PM CNN Newsource, ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Defense Department is canceling all contracts for wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border that used funds…

Ma’Khia Bryant’s funeral was filled with calls to protect Black girls

April 30, 2021 2:48 PM CNN Newsource

Ma’Khia Bryant loved styling her curly hair in front of her camera phone and posting about it on TikTok. “This was a child that had so…

Biden uses his long history with Amtrak to put a personal touch on infrastructure push

April 30, 2021 2:35 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Friday pitched his infrastructure proposal’s investments in American railroads from a venue that no doubt felt very…

Month: April 2021