Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semitrailer truck in Columbia County, the State Patrol said. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon near
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREAT FALLS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Pat Sponheim, Montana’s legendary “Piano Pat,” who entertained patrons of the Sip ‘n Dip lounge from the keyboards for more than 50 years, has died. She was 86. The Sip ‘n Dip lounge, a Great Falls Tiki bar with an international reputation
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IHOP is hoping to make amends with Adam Sandler next week after an unwitting hostess turned away the comedian at a Long Island location. The IHOP employee, not realizing she was talking to Adam Sandler, told the actor that the restaurant was busy, and it’d be a long wait to be seated. Sandler politely left
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Even as Rep. Elise Stefanik has consolidated her position as the likely replacement for Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican, her voting record has raised concerns from some conservatives in the House and around Washington. During a Wednesday night conference call, multiple members of the far-right Freedom Caucus voiced deep reservations about
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — If you have been making a concerted effort to improve your sleep by turning on your gadget’s blue light-reducing features, a new study may provide some much-needed insight into why you’re not seeing an improvement in your nightly shut eye. Researchers at Utah’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As the medical officer of health for a region in Ontario hard-hit by the pandemic, Dr. Lawrence Loh has spent more than a year making difficult decisions and enacting strict measures in a quest to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Region of
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The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 3 million lives, an almost unfathomable human toll. Now, new figures suggest that the true global Covid-19 death toll has been grossly undercounted. Coronavirus has killed 6.9 million people, more than double the 3.2 million deaths that have been officially reported worldwide, according to analysis from the Institute
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced four new coronavirus-related deaths and 74 new cases Friday morning. The latest fatalities included: 1 man in his 50s1 man in his 60s2 men in their 70s El Paso County’s pandemic death toll stands at 2,563. There are 1,993 known active cases
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The project that’s currently tearing up the White House’s South Lawn initially landed on Donald Trump’s desk. The White House was in need of substantial upgrades to its future security apparatus, updates that would include digging deeply and extensively, from the upper main driveway to the lower, across acres of pristine green grass. Times had
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If US boxing promoter Don King came to define the art of braggadocio in promoting a world title fight, then Briton Eddie Hearn has taken the art of bravado and showmanship to a whole new level in the age of social media. The subject of viral memes, champion of big-money fights and winner of record-breaking
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Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las noticias sobre el divorcio de Bill y Melinda Gates rebotaron en todo el mundo esta semana, planteando una serie de preguntas: ¿Qué, por qué? ¿Y la fundación? ¿Es demasiado pronto para pedirle a Melinda que protagonice un reality con Mackenzie Scott? Y, por supuesto, ¿qué pasará con esa casa
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for potential thunderstorms Friday afternoon across eastern counties. Scattered storms will begin to develop late afternoon/evening producing thunderstorms across Hudspeth and Culberson county with isolated chances for east El Paso. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain, small hail, and blowing dust. Afternoon highs will be warm
Continue Reading New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, one of former President Donald Trump’s loudest defenders in Congress, once harshly attacked Trump over both his rhetoric and policies, claiming that she’d be an “independent voice.” Stefanik, a rising Republican star who is working to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the House GOP conference chair, has spent much of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Pfizer/BioNTech has initiated its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for full FDA approval of its Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and older, the companies said Friday. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to be assessed for full approval from the FDA. Pfizer’s mRNA two-shot
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Scientists were in for a shock when they encountered a “real life river monster” — a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years old. Staff from the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office caught the fish — a female lake sturgeon measuring 6′ 10″ and weighing a whopping 240 pounds — in the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras el Partido Republicano encuentra nuevas formas de rendir homenaje a Donald Trump y atacar la democracia, Joe Biden sigue adelante con el duro trabajo de construir una presidencia sustancial que podría cambiar la forma de Estados Unidos. El contraste de enfoques entre la Casa Blanca y el Partido Republicano resume la apuesta
Continue Reading The US labor market collapsed a year ago when more than 20 million jobs vanished in a single month. Now the economy is healing, but millions of Americans remain out of work. And despite months of record jobs growth last summer, and with the pace of improvement picking up again this spring, the nation is
Continue Reading Before you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers evolved to resemble the rear end of a female thynnine wasp. It’s a ruse to attract male thynnine wasps. When a passing wasp makes his move on the flower — tries to
Continue Reading In a parallel universe, audiences around the world are heading to the cineplexes Friday to see Marvel’s “Black Widow” as it kicks off Hollywood’s lucrative summer movie season. Alas, not in this universe. Audiences will have to wait until July 9 to see Scarlett Johansson reprise her role as the avenging super-spy, and even then,
Continue Reading South Carolina is joining Montana in ending federal pandemic unemployment benefits for its residents next month. The Republican governors of both states say the enhanced jobless programs are dissuading people from returning to the workforce and are creating labor shortages. They are the first two states to halt participation in the historic federal expansion of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Disney On Ice has returned to El Paso with its production of Mickey’s Search Party. The event is one of the first large entertainment events in the Borderland since the pandemic began. The show incorporates various Disney characters and stories. The show premiered at the El Paso County Coliseum on
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The camp bill is due. One of my kid’s favorite camps delayed charging us this summer because they weren’t sure if they’d be partially or 100% online. As I sit in front of this bill, after more than a year of trying to avoid the coronavirus, I want my family to re-enter the world. We
Continue Reading Steel prices have tripled since plummeting at the beginning of the pandemic. That sounds like good news, but analysts warn it could be a bubble just waiting to burst. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue Reading The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Rudy Giuliani involves an international cast of characters: Trump White House allies, Republican lawyers, Ukrainian oligarchs, diplomats, right-wing journalists and other figures who aren’t household names. The probe burst into public view last week when authorities raided Giuliani’s home and office in New York City, where he was mayor
Continue Reading (CNN) — Colombia necesita diseñar un ‘nuevo acuerdo’ económico para su gente a la luz de las protestas violentas observadas durante la última semana, dijo la alcaldesa de Bogotá, Claudia López, a Christiane Amanpour de CNN el jueves. La alcaldesa dijo que los jóvenes protestaban contra una “sociedad extremadamente desigual” y que “su voz debe
Continue Reading There were six fights in the opening period of the New York Rangers’ clash with the Washington Capitals game on Wednesday night as a controversy between the two sides rumbled on. There was bad blood between the teams after Monday’s game in which Capitals enforcer Tom Wilson committed a series of penalties, including one which
Continue Reading Washington, DC, police are searching for a suspect in a possible hate crime following the assault of an Asian store owner on Tuesday that was captured on the business’s surveillance camera. The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigating the offense as “potentially being motivated in whole or in part by hate or bias.” Reports
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republican lawmakers advanced a sweeping elections bill early Friday following hours of discussion that would put America’s biggest red state closer to imposing a raft of new voting restrictions in the face of growing warning from corporations. The key vote at 3 a.m. in the Texas House followed hours of debate as Democrats,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and senior congressional Democrats plan to make a sustained push for a bipartisan agreement on a scaled-back infrastructure proposal over the next two weeks, according to aides and White House officials. In the latest sign that Democratic leaders are giving bipartisan talks their blessings, aides say that a timeline for passing a
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For a series about superheroes, “Jupiter’s Legacy” moves in what feels like slow motion. The result is a Netflix drama that’s impressive in its scope — adding to the growing roster of dark comic-book tales — but frustrating in its sluggish pacing, oscillating between twin timelines over the course of its eight initial episodes. Nicely
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