Click here for updates on this story CLARK COUNTY, Washington (KPTV) — Clark County Fire District 6 Firefighters were able to save a cat and several kittens Wednesday after a house fire in Felida. Crews say the fire started at 4:15 p.m. on Northwest 34th Avenue. Initial reports say that the homeowner was inside and
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Norwegian Cruise Line wants to start US cruises again on July 4, and it’s willing to require all passengers and staff to be vaccinated before it sets sail. Norwegian, which despite its name is a US-based company, sent a letter Monday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, notifying it of its proposal. It’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — On Wednesday, city commissioners unanimously approved a nearly $6 million plan to address the rising number of shootings and assaults in Portland. The plan proposes the following: • The Portland Police Bureau will internally realign resources to gain the patrol, analytic and investigative capacities
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More than a third of the Antarctic ice shelf risks collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels as climate change warms the world, a new study from the UK’s University of Reading has warned. In a forecasting study, scientists found that 34% of the area
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JoJo Siwa went public with being a member of the LGBTQ+ community in January and now she’s opening up even more. In a cover story with People, the 17-year-old social media star who sells out arenas said she initially didn’t want to “label” herself but was happily in a relationship with girlfriend Kylie Prew, 18,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An Ontario nurse who spent the past 13 years working at an acute care setting in the Greater Toronto Area has died from COVID-19, according to her nursing association. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN)
Continue Reading Americans have long had a love affair with big SUVs that can carry more people and stuff than they usually need to transport and go much further than most of us drive in a day. But now there’s a number of start ups that are betting they can sell car shoppers on vehicles that offer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Heinz Ketchup and French’s Ketchup are not experiencing product shortages in Canada as spikes in takeout orders are making ketchup tough to come by across the border. In the U.S., Heinz has faced “surge in demand for ketchup packets driven by the accelerated
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for the Las Cruces area Thursday afternoon. The increased winds and dry conditions will create critical fire conditions in most areas, a Red Flag Warning will be in place. Expect gusts around 40 mph in El Paso and 55 mph in Las Cruces. Some patchy blowing dust could
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Millions of counterfeit masks have been seized by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials since the start of the pandemic. But the last few months have seen an “exponential increase” in counterfeit mask seizures, a CBP official told CNN. Since the start of the pandemic, CBP has seized more than 34 million counterfeit masks,
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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bipartisan-supported bill into law on Wednesday that expanded voting access by codifying election recount procedures, online absentee ballot portals and early voting procedures — an exception to the GOP efforts nationwide to overhaul state election rules in the wake of the 2020 election. “Today is also a good
Continue Reading Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that will automatically restore the voting rights of people convicted of a felony once they are released from prison, even if they are still under community supervision. The law, which takes effect next year, will restore voting rights to more than 20,000 people in the state,
Continue Reading An unprecedented amount of money is flowing to K-12 schools from the federal government and districts are planning to spend it on summer schools, tutoring programs and, in some places, teacher bonuses. About $128 billion was approved by Congress in March as part of the most recent stimulus, nearly double the amount sent to K-12
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 16 coronavirus-related deaths and 223 new cases Thursday morning. The health department acknowledged that these deaths happened over a span of the past five months. The latest victims were identified as: 2 – females in their 40s1 – male in his 60s1
Continue Reading America’s economy could be heading for a golden era of growth. But higher prices and the coronavirus pandemic still present risks. What’s happening: “It is possible that we will have a Goldilocks moment — fast and sustained growth, inflation that moves up gently (but not too much) and interest rates that rise (but not too
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Children may be spreading Covid-19 through extracurricular activities like sports, health officials say. After-school activities are creating clusters where coronavirus can spread among children, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We know that these increases are due, in part, to more highly transmissible variants, which we are
Continue Reading Tencent’s biggest shareholder has sold $14.7 billion worth of shares in the Chinese social media and gaming giant, and will use the money to invest in other growth ventures. Prosus, a spin-off by South African media and internet investment firm Naspers, sold a 2% stake in Tencent for 114.2 billion Hong Kong dollars ($14.7 billion),
Continue Reading Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam endorsed former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial bid on Thursday, backing the man he succeeded as governor to be the commonwealth’s next chief executive. Northam’s endorsement, two years removed from a blackface scandal that threatened to end his tenure, is one of the most coveted in Virginia Democratic circles, especially in the
Continue Reading What are you doing with your stimulus checks? According to a new survey, American households are using most of the money to pay down debt or add to their savings. 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
Continue Reading European drug regulators have confirmed a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot and rare blood clots, as UK authorities recommended that people under 30 should take alternative vaccines. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Wednesday that a particular combination of unusual blood clots with low blood platelet counts should be listed as a side effect
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(CNN) — El número de nuevos casos de covid-19 se ha estancado a un «nivel inquietantemente alto» y Estados Unidos está en riesgo de una nueva oleada, advirtió el miércoles el Dr. Anthony Fauci. Aunque lejos de los máximos de principios de este año, todavía se informaron más de 61.000 casos nuevos el miércoles, según
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre en Filipinas murió después de ser obligado a hacer 300 sentadillas por violar los toques de queda por el covid-19, lo que lo convierte en la última víctima del enfoque muchas veces brutal del país para hacer cumplir las restricciones. El 1 de abril, Darren Manaog Peñaredondo, de 28 años, salió
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In one of the most significant attacks against US forces in Afghanistan recently, CNN has learned that the Taliban twice targeted one of the most heavily guarded bases in the country late last month and that US military personnel working for the CIA were at the installation when it came under fire. Rockets landed near
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This year’s French Open tennis tournament has been postponed by a week due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday. The second grand slam of the year was originally scheduled to take place from Monday 17 May to Sunday 6 June. However, France has recently entered a new lockdown with
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunciará este jueves sus primeras acciones limitadas sobre el control de armas, según un alto funcionario de la administración. Biden ordenará a su administración que endurezca las restricciones sobre las llamadas armas fantasma y los soportes estabilizadores que permiten que las armas se usen con mayor
Continue Reading (CNN) — Al menos cinco personas murieron el miércoles en lo que las autoridades consideran como un «caso de tiroteo masivo» en una casa en el condado de York, Carolina del Sur. Entre las víctimas del tiroteo cerca de Rock Hill están un médico, su esposa y sus dos nietos, dijo la Oficina del Sheriff
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UPDATE, April 9: El Paso police investigators on Friday revealed the identity of a woman who they say was murdered in a vacant building in the Lower Valley. Detectives indicated 44 –year-old Adriana Hydee Perez died from multiple gunshot wounds. Perez had apparently been living in the dilapidated building at 123 Malaga Place where she
Continue Reading PSG defeated Bayern Munich 3-2 in a thrilling, end-to-end Champions League encounter on Wednesday thanks to two goals from star striker Kylian Mbappe. In a repeat of last year’s final, which Bayern won 1-0, this proved to be a much more open affair in the swirling snow of Munich’s Allianz Arena. Bayern enjoyed more possession
Continue Reading At least five people are dead after what authorities are calling a “case of a mass shooting” at a home in York County, South Carolina. The victims of the Wednesday evening shooting near Rock Hill included a doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren, the York County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet. The family
Continue Reading (CNN) — Mientras que millones de estadounidenses son vacunados contra el covid-19 todos los días, se está produciendo un acalorado debate: ¿estas personas necesitan una prueba de inmunización en forma de pasaporte de vacuna? Al igual que un pasaporte nacional, un pasaporte de vacunación podría permitirle al portador la entrada a un lugar, como a
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