Elon Musk is sending bitcoin’s price on another volatile ride. The price of bitcoin is surging after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that the electric car company would start accepting the cryptocurrency again once at least half of it can be mined using clean energy. “When there’s confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage
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Today the American flag turns 244, but it doesn’t look a day over 200. Here are some fun facts and common misconceptions about the iconic emblem. Betsy Ross is a phony Betsy Ross is considered an American hero, known for creating the American flag. The story says that she lobbied Gen. George Washington to change
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(CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de Nicaragua detuvo en la noche de este domingo en Managua a Víctor Hugo Tinoco, exvicecanciller de la república durante 1980 y miembro del partido Unión Democrática Renovadora (Unamos). Según la policía, es investigado de conformidad al artículo 1 de la Ley 1055, la «Ley de defensa de los
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department’s bomb squad cleared a suspicious package that was discovered near their headquarters in central El Paso on Monday morning. As a precaution, the police department shut down their headquarters on the 900 block of Raynor Street to the public after that package was discovered. It
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Click here for updates on this story ROBERTSDALE, Alabama (WALA) — It was a hero’s goodbye to Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy William “Bill” Smith — who gave his life to save swimmers in distress on Fort Morgan last Sunday. “Bill lived his life serving others and gave the ultimate sacrifice. He gave his life to
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When Rev. Pamela Conrad looks into the heavens, she really looks into the heavens. By night, and at odd moments during the day, Conrad moonlights as a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Science in Washington, DC. A member of the tactical operations team for the Mars Perseverance rover mission, she is a co-investigator
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — The Bucks Organization is observing Juneteenth early to celebrate and raise awareness of the holiday. The Bucks employee resource group, Black Leaders and Advocates Creating Change (BLACC) partnered with two black-owned bakeries to provide Bucks employees with cookies on Sunday, June 13. The cookies featured
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Rebel Wilson has been documenting her fitness journey on social media for more than a year and a recent post has some of her followers worried. The “Pitch Perfect” star posted a production still on her verified Instagram account which shows how much weight she has lost, writing in the caption, “Hey babe, you got
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — It was a violent and dangerous weekend in Milwaukee starting from Friday, June 11. CBS 58 has been keeping track of the shootings and talking to families. They say they’re wondering if the city is safe. Twenty-three year-old Brittany Alexis Meyer is the latest victim
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — After an underwhelming turnout during early voting in a special election to fill a vacant Dougherty County School Board seat, only one day remains for voters to cast ballots. Six candidates are vying to fill the unexpired term of Milton “June Bug” Griffin,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWN OF ROXBURY, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — One of the few comforts for Marc and Margie Watson is knowing they are not alone. Homes have been moved to higher ground and some people have sold their property to the county. Other structures remain flooded and unlivable,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El mundo del fútbol quedó conmocionado después de que Christian Eriksen, de la selección de Dinamarca, sufriera un colapso en la cancha durante el primer partido de su equipo en la Eurocopa 2020 contra Finlandia. Eriksen cayó al suelo durante un saque de banda, poco antes del final de la primera parte,
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HOOD COUNTY, Texas — The parents of a former U.S. Marine from Texas imprisoned in Russia are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to work out a deal to send him home. Paula and Joey Reed hope Wednesday’s summit between the leaders will allow a resolution to nearly two years of detention for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced five new coronavirus cases, but did not report any new deaths on Monday morning. The pandemic death toll in El Paso County remained at 2,626. The number of known active cases now stands at 423. Since the start of the pandemic, there
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High pressure will continue to bring hot temperatures and sunny skies to the region. Temperatures will cool down a few degrees tomorrow but we will still be around 100 degrees for the rest of the week. The best chance for storms will be around the area mountains. As storms develop expect lightning and gusty wind.
Continue Reading Air travel in the United States is back. That’s great news for airline stocks, which have rallied this year on hopes that domestic trips would make a return. What’s happening: The Transportation Security Administration said over the weekend that it screened more than 2 million passengers on Friday — the highest number since early March
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Singers performing a duet, jazz players riffing together effortlessly, paired-up dancers never skipping a step: great performers are so coordinated, they become one. What are the mechanisms that regulate coordination and cooperation? Neurobiologists are learning more from some of nature’s foremost musical performers: songbirds. The brains of duetting songbirds are linked together during performances, a
Continue Reading A person drove into a group of protesters in Minneapolis early Monday, killing one woman and injuring another person, authorities said. A suspect is in custody after police say they saw the vehicle on video surveillance drive into the protesters just after midnight. The crowd was protesting an officer-involved shooting from a few weeks ago
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has arrived at his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a military alliance his predecessor viewed with disdain. “I want to make it clear: NATO is critically important for US interests in and of itself. If there weren’t one, we’d have to
Continue Reading One of 14 people injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, has died, police say. Douglas John Kantor, 25, died from his injures around noon local time Sunday, Austin Police said in a release. Authorities have arrested one person in connection with the shooting early Saturday morning, Mayor Steve Adler’s office said earlier.
Continue Reading Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically sensitive question during her first foreign trip, seeing the misstep as part of a broader pattern of messaging challenges that have dogged her since her presidential campaign. This time, though, the interview came after
Continue Reading What would you pay to take a jolting, 11-minute trip into suborbital space alongside Jeff Bezos? According to bidders in an auction that wrapped up Saturday, it’s worth $28 million. The company kicked off the auction last month — before it was revealed that billionaire founder and Amazon mogul Bezos, along with his brother Mark
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The federal agency responsible for overseeing consumer product safety is investigating Amazon-branded electronic products highlighted in a CNN investigation last year, according to records and interviews. CNN reported last year that dozens of AmazonBasics electronics remained for sale on Amazon.com, despite customers reporting the products had melted, exploded or burst into flames. Lawmakers immediately called
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Mom said they were splitting up because Dad drank too much. Dad said Mom was having an emotional affair and was spending too much money. Mom said Dad was neglectful at times, bordering on abusive. Dad shared that he felt Mom was emotionally cold and remote with him. That’s what two siblings, a teenage girl
Continue Reading (CNN) — Ned Beatty, un actor nominado al Oscar que participó en películas como «Deliverance» y «Superman», murió a los 83 años. «Ned falleció por causas naturales el domingo por la mañana, rodeado de su familia y seres queridos», dijo a CNN Deborah Miller, gerente de talento de Shelter Entertainment Group, en un correo electrónico.
Continue Reading At least eight people were hospitalized after a car plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas on Sunday night, officials said. Three people were in critical condition and five others suffered non-life threatening injuries, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “The preliminary investigation revealed one of
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US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings nationwide. He notes the biggest challenges include aging school buildings and ventilation, adequate transportation, and ensuring overall equity and access to education, according to a memo Cardona sent President Biden’s Chief of
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a military alliance his predecessor viewed with disdain. The NATO summit comes as Biden looks to reassert American leadership on the world stage and strengthen global partnerships during his first
Continue Reading As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on several key items has stalled in Congress. Plodding negotiations and calls to drop bipartisan overtures could imperil — or even unravel — headway on infrastructure, police reform and voting rights. And
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The American biotechnology company Novavax announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to have an overall efficacy of 90.4% in a Phase 3 trial conducted across the United States and Mexico. Additional analyses of the trial are ongoing, according to the company, and will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication. The
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