Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan — where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway — are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents need to help stop the virus’s spread, the state’s largest health care system said Thursday. Metro Detroit hospitals are at or nearing capacity, with most units 75%-100% full, Beaumont Health
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(CNN) — Jennifer López y Alex Rodriguez se están separando definitivamente. Los dos anunciaron la noticia el jueves por la mañana en un comunicado informado por primera vez por «Today» de NBC y confirmado por CNN. «Nos hemos dado cuenta de que somos mejores amigos y esperamos seguir siéndolo. Continuaremos trabajando juntos y apoyándonos mutuamente
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Click here for updates on this story Louisiana (WALA) — The Coast Guard continuing to search for missing crew members after a vessel capsized off the coast of Louisiana. The Coast Guard says a good Samaritan reported seeing a capsized ship on Tuesday. The USCG says the Seacor Power overturned about seven nautical miles south
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Derek Chauvin invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify on Thursday and the defense rested its case as the trial of George Floyd’s death neared its final stages. Chauvin, speaking into a microphone before the jury entered the court, said it was his decision and his decision alone not to testify. Questioning from his
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Google Earth users can now see the striking effect of climate change over the past four decades. Google’s latest feature, Timelapse, is an eye opening, technical feat that provides visual evidence of how the Earth has changed due to climate change and human behavior. The tool takes the platform’s static imagery and turns it into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A group of young black bears made a special stop at an Asheville nursing home, even letting themselves in through the front door! News 13 viewer Cindy Brown shared video of bears wandering into the vestibule of Accordius Health at Asheville. At least
Continue Reading Just under 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact, with undisturbed habitat and minimal loss of its original animal species, a new study suggests. The research, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, combined maps showing human damage to habitat with maps showing where animals have disappeared from their original
Continue Reading Disney is striving to make its theme parks — “The Happiest Place On Earth” — more inclusive. In a blog post this week, the chairman of Disney’s parks division Josh D’Amaro committed to updating attractions, modernizing the parks’ values and, perhaps most visibly, changing the guidelines for how park employees — better known as Disney
Continue Reading Since the pandemic hit the US airline industry last March, major carriers have been burning through millions of dollars a day. For Delta Air Lines, at least, that ended last month. The company reported it lost $2.3 billion in the first three months of the year, excluding special items. And although the airline still reported
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday in an unannounced visit less than 24 hours after the United States and the NATO coalition formally announced they would withdraw their troops from the country after nearly two decades. In remarks alongside Afghan political leaders, Blinken attempted to underscore that although the US military
Continue Reading On Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States. In six cases, women between the ages of 18 and 48 experienced a “rare and severe” blood clot after receiving the vaccine. This is
Continue Reading A House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would create a commission to study reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans, a major achievement for advocates of reparations as it marks the first time this bill could have a full House vote on the floor. The House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday night approved H.R. 40
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CITY ISLAND, Bronx, New York (WABC) — A 52-year-old woman working at a Bronx construction site was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon, and her boyfriend then ran down the suspect with his car. It happened around 12:30 p.m. on City Island Avenue and City Island Road, where police say
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Daphne) helped kill a gambling bill five weeks ago. This week, he helped resurrect it. Elliott and Sen. David Sessions (R-Grand Bay) were among a group of lawmakers that sent the effort crashing to the ground in March. But both
Continue Reading After two decades of war, this can be a historic year of peace in Afghanistan. But, as Afghan negotiators, we are duty-bound to caution that peace must not come at the cost of our humanity. And it must not come at the cost of the rights of Afghan women, who have gained so much in
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It’s no secret that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York have had a tense relationship. But a new book out April 20 by USA Today’s Susan Page reveals just how fraught the relationship got in 2019 between the speaker and the four then-freshmen progressive lawmakers known as the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Los informes de que la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson de covid-19 puede, en casos extremadamente raros, causar coágulos de sangre, han asestado un nuevo golpe a la campaña mundial de vacunación, solo unas semanas después de que surgieran preocupaciones similares sobre la vacuna desarrollada por AstraZeneca y la Universidad de Oxford. Johnson
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — We are hearing from the family of a Mobile teacher killed Monday night in a house fire. Lillis Lewis was found in her home burning home on Silverwood Street. She was brought to the hospital where she later died. Mobile Fire-Rescue are still looking
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Derek Chauvin invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify on Thursday and the defense rested its case as the trial of George Floyd’s death neared its final stages. Closing arguments are set for Monday, after which the jury will be sequestered during deliberations. Chauvin, speaking into a microphone before the jury entered
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras los manifestantes se reunían por cuarta noche consecutiva en el suburbio de Brooklyn Center de Minneapolis para protestar por el disparo fatal a Daunte Wright, hubo un alivio palpable de la tensión, según los funcionarios de orden público, horas después de que una expolicía fuera arrestada y acusada por su muerte. Daunte
Continue Reading The Biden administration on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russia and expelled diplomatic personnel in response to election interference and cyber hacks by the country. Read the executive order: Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation By the authority vested in me as President by the
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Dr. Anthony Fauci, el principal experto en enfermedades infecciosas de Estados Unidos, dice que la pausa recomendada para la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson contra el covid-19 es solo eso: una pausa, y no una cancelación, y que esta probablemente durará de días a semanas. ¿Cada cuánto habría que vacunarse contra el
Continue Reading Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, who announced the charges after new
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Derek Chauvin’s defense is expected to call another expert witness to testify on Thursday, which could be the trial’s last day of testimony before the case moves to closing arguments. The former Minneapolis Police officer’s defense team has called seven witnesses in their attempt to acquit Chauvin in the death of George Floyd last May.
Continue Reading About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s
Continue Reading Retail sales surged in March as federal stimulus checks bolstered wallets and the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines boosted spending at stores. The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 9.8% in March compared with the month prior. It was the steepest increase since May last year, when the retail sector stared
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they were recommending a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The agencies cited the cases of six women between the ages of 18 and 48 who had developed a rare and severe condition
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A man who police say recorded himself having sex with women after he drugged them in Racine County has his day in court Thursday, April 15. He faces over 200 counts against him. The story broke three weeks ago. Since then, a sheriff’s
Continue Reading An Arizona congressional aide was found dead in a remote area of Death Valley, just days after being reported missing during a camping trip with his girlfriend, officials said. Alexander Lofgren, 32, and 27-year old Emily Henkel, both from Tucson, were located on a steep ledge Thursday via aerial reconnaissance, the Inyo County Sheriff’s office
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OSCEOLA COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — A former Osceola County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to prison for child sex crimes. Andrew Wernette, 39, of Reed City, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime, aggravated possession of child sexually
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