Click here for updates on this story Mount Charleston, NV (KVVU) — NV Energy announced it officially shut off power at Mount Charleston at 2 a.m. Thursday morning. NV Energy said 470 Mount Charleston customers were de-energized due to “extreme” fire weather conditions. The outage was expected to last until 10 a.m. UPDATE (6:32 p.m.)
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — After years of porch pirate incidents in the St. Louis area, one family believes there’s a new twist to the crime many have fallen victim to. David Hayes lives in an unincorporated part of St. Louis County, near Creve Coeur, and had an Amazon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A couple from the mountains will enjoy a dream wedding in a castle setting. They’re the winners of a national contest for couples on the frontlines whose wedding plans were disrupted by COVID-19. “Guess what guys, you ended up with the most
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, ID (eastidahonews.com) — A former live-in nanny accused of convincing a teen to use drugs has reached a plea agreement with Bannock County prosecutors. Wanda May Mansfield, 34, pleaded guilty to felony injury to a child, and in exchange, a felony charge for possession of a controlled
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Kid Rock isn’t the only country artist in Nashville facing backlash over words you should never say. Earlier this year, Morgan Wallen was caught on camera shouting the n-word in the driveway of his home, after what Wallen himself called a ‘72-hour bender’. He
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. ANTHONY, ID (eastidahonews.com) — Kay Woodcock was not expecting to become so emotional during Chad Daybell’s arraignment Wednesday morning. Woodcock traveled from Louisiana to St. Anthony on the one-year anniversary of her grandson, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, being found buried in Daybell’s backyard with his sister, Tylee Ryan.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland mother says her family had the scare of a lifetime when her 5-year-old son found a loaded gun in the bushes near their home. “I’m very fascinated as to the story of that firearm and how did it wind up in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — As pressure mounts on the Canadian government to reopen the land border with the U.S., experts say incentivizing Canadians to become fully vaccinated by providing greater freedoms and less restrictions to those who are is a good place to start. “We know from
Continue Reading
Consumer prices roared higher in May, rising at their fastest pace in decades. Inflation rose 5% in the 12-months ending in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. That was a faster pace than economists had predicted and the biggest jump since August 2008. Stripping out food and energy costs, which tend to be
Continue Reading
Carrie Underwood and John Legend took home the coveted award for Video of the Year at the 2021 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday night. Underwood and Legend teamed up for “Hallelujah” in 2020, and despite some stiff competition in the category the duo prevailed. The voting was done by fans via Twitter. Underwood is the
Continue Reading
A pumped up Novak Djokovic let out a series of guttural screams after edging past Italy’s Matteo Berrettini on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of this year’s French Open. The Serbian, bidding for his 19th grand slam title, was forced to dig deep to hold off the resurgent Berrettini, eventually winning 6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5.
Continue Reading
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a $547 billion surface transportation package aimed at pouring money into the country’s roads, bridges and transit systems over the next five years. The bill is one piece of President Joe Biden’s larger infrastructure package and marks the beginning of Democrats’ efforts to go it alone on infrastructure,
Continue Reading
More than 70 CEOs from some of the world’s biggest companies have urged governments to do much more to tackle climate change, including forcing businesses to reduce their carbon emissions. In an open letter published on Wednesday, company chiefs — including Mark Schneider of Nestlé and Ramon Laguarta of PepsiCo — called on all governments
Continue Reading
Patients and their families are starting to inquire about the new Alzheimer’s drug approved this week by the US Food and Drug Administration. Shipments of the medication are expected to go out in just a couple of weeks. Hospitals are on tap to administer treatment when needed. And there is serious division in the FDA,
Continue Reading From lumber and steel to paint and burrito bowls at Chipotle, prices are rising almost everywhere you look. That’s putting investors on high alert. What’s happening: Wall Street is training its attention on the Consumer Price Index for May, which arrives on Thursday. The report is expected to show that prices excluding food and energy
Continue Reading
A member of a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee said Wednesday he had resigned over the agency’s approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug. The FDA approved aducanumab, to be sold under the brand name Aduhelm, this week over the objections of its advisory Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee. Mayo Clinic
Continue Reading An experiment to infect mosquitoes with bacteria that stop them from transmitting viruses appears to have helped reduced the spread of deadly dengue virus in Indonesia, researchers reported Wednesday. The modified mosquitoes thrived for three years, and cases of dengue were reduced by 77% in areas where they were introduced, the researchers reported in the
Continue Reading
Another hottest day of the year on tap for the Borderland as temperatures will top off near 104 for today. It looks like the hottest day overall will be on Saturday where we could break a record. It is only going to get hotter from here for the weekend. Not much changing overall with our
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced one coronavirus-related death and 31 new cases Thursday morning. El Paso County’s pandemic death toll now stands at 2,624 with the latest death of a man in his 60s. There are still 11 additional suspected Covid-19 deaths currently being investigated by the
Continue Reading
Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continuada en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Sociales, así como estudios superiores posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Actualmente, Dávila Miguel es columnista
Continue Reading
They may not be terminating pandemic unemployment benefits like their GOP peers, but Democratic governors are also prodding Americans to go back to work amid a surging number of job openings. And so is President Joe Biden. More than a dozen Democrat-led states have reinstituted work search requirements, many of them in the past few
Continue Reading Will it be a royal house or full house or maybe four of a kind? Maria Konnikova is used to thinking about risk tolerance. The author-turned-professional-poker-player learned how to assess what economic risks are worth taking as research for her recent bestseller, “The Biggest Bluff.” Assessing health risks — especially when you’re risking not only
Continue Reading It has been delayed by a year, but that seems to have only ramped up the excitement levels for the 2020 European football championships. Still called Euro 2020 despite now being held in 2021, the all-European tournament was postponed from last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic. It all kicks off on Friday, June 11
Continue Reading Law enforcement’s use of neck restraints such as chokeholds and strangleholds should be prohibited, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said Wednesday. “The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and other instances where neck restraints were used by law enforcement have called into question whether these restraints are controllable, safe, and non-lethal,” the organization, which
Continue Reading
Northern California residents, from those living by the Bay to those living on lake houseboats, are coming under threat as a severe drought continues to intensify. Nearly two million people in the San Francisco Bay Area have been placed under a water shortage emergency Wednesday as the state grapples with worsening drought conditions. Mandatory water
Continue Reading Two massive wildfires in eastern Arizona continued to spread Wednesday, leading Gov. Doug Ducey to issue two emergency declarations to further fund response efforts. The area around the Telegraph Fire and Mescal Fire, both burning nearly 100 miles east of Phoenix, was so dry that officials had said firefighters trying to tame the blaze have
Continue Reading Significant cyberattacks against critical targets in Europe have doubled in the past year, according to new EU figures obtained by CNN, as the pandemic pushed lives indoors and online. The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, told CNN there were 304 significant, malicious attacks against “critical sectors” in 2020, more than double the 146 recorded
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Argentina ha recibido 18.931.945 vacunas contra el covid-19 hasta este miércoles. Cada vez que un lote arriba al país, el gobierno lo anuncia y luego comunica la distribución hacia las provincias para que esas dosis puedan ser aplicadas. Sin embargo, hay 900.345 vacunas cuya distribución no fue informada por las autoridades. “Esto
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, abrió una polémica este miércoles con una frase desafortunada que en las redes sociales rápidamente fue calificada como de tintes racistas y que él atribuyó erróneamente a un autor que no era. Horas después de su comentario, el presidente Fernández dijo que no quiso ofender a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La candidata a la presidencia de Perú, Keiko Fujimori, anunció este miércoles que su partido Fuerza Popular ha presentado acciones de nulidad en 802 mesas a nivel nacional al Jurado Nacional de Elecciones por supuestas irregularidades de parte del partido de su contrincante, Pedro Castillo. “Estas 802 actas representan aproximadamente 200 mil
Continue Reading