SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15. State officials said Tuesday that enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almost get back to a pre-pandemic normal. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the mask mandate will stay in place. He says the
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EL PASO, Texas — With Covid-19 restrictions being lifted in Texas, more businesses are looking to hire. However, some El Paso employers – particularly restaurants – are having a hard time filling positions. “Employers are desperate,” said Leo Duran, vice president of the Texas Restaurant Association. Duran said some restaurants can’t compete with unemployment benefits,
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Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KGO) — A recently launched Masks for Meals effort is helping to keep locally owned businesses afloat, and to keep any impacted employees fed. It’s called 86C19. “When things get 86’d in the restaurant business, we get rid of it. We’re out of it,” organizer
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – In their 57 years as a married couple, Carol Coon never imagined she’d be separated from the love of her life, Bill. “It has been very difficult not to be able to see him in person,” Carol said. “It’s probably the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do.” When
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Besides the green jacket, the adulation and the acclaim, one of the greatest honors for a Masters winner is putting on a spread for his fellow champions at the next year’s tournament. Although he’s had a shorter time to prepare than most — the 2020 Masters was held in November rather than its typical slot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The governors of Connecticut and Massachusetts are aiming to lower the cost of prescription drugs in their states. Govs. Ned Lamont and Charlie Baker held a virtual news conference at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday. They said spoke about a joint effort to bring those
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas education officials advised school districts to suspend the first day of STAAR testing after thousands of students showed up in person and were prevented from taking the standardized test online because of widespread technical issues across the state. “If your students have been able to access the test, they should
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Tuesday that fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who was killed as the result of an attack on the Capitol last week, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police, died while protecting the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut public health officials are urging private well owners to test their water quality. This comes after a new report put out by the U.S. Geological Survey showed high levels of naturally occurring arsenic and uranium in some wells. “The research, undertaken in cooperation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Sewage from a privately-owned system overflowed into a tributary of Fanno Creek on Monday, according to the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. At about 4:30 p.m., city crews responded to a sewage release in the 7900 block of Southwest 40th Avenue. BES said the
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AUSTIN, Texas — With a bipartisan battle at play in Texas over the future of elections, ABC affiliate KTRK reports that the state’s No. 2 legislator, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, didn’t hold back at criticism levied against a Republican-led effort to fix what he believes is a vulnerable voting system. A fiery news conference took
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling for her city’s police department to put a new policy in place for foot pursuits after a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by police last week. “I refuse to treat this as just business as usual,” the mayor said during a news conference Monday. Lightfoot said that a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — One woman with a great idea is on a mission to help scared Asian Americans get around town safely. For Maddy Park, it all started on the train after she had seen the news reports of hate crimes against Asian New Yorkers. “Last week
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Sports trading cards are super popular thanks to the craze over non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. That’s one reason why Topps, the company synonymous with baseball cards and bubble gum, is looking to go public again. Topps announced Tuesday plans to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values Topps
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A 9-year-old called police after her mother and two sisters were fatally shot in what appeared to be a triple murder-suicide in Brooklyn late Monday. The alleged shooter was later found dead on the street, police said. The victims were shot inside a fourth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALMER, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — A Palmer town employee claims he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns publicly about conditions at the municipal dog pound. John Rivers said it was this picture he took of a Great Dane named Bill that resulted in him losing his job with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PALMER, Massachusetts (WGGB, WSHM-LD) — A Palmer town employee claims he was wrongfully fired for raising concerns publicly about conditions at the municipal dog pound. John Rivers said it was this picture he took of a Great Dane named Bill that resulted in him losing his job with
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Four years before George Floyd’s death, Officer Derek Chauvin took a 40-hour course on crisis intervention that included training on how to recognize people in crisis and how to use de-escalation techniques to calm them down, the jury at Chauvin’s murder trial was told Tuesday. Sgt. Ker Yang, the Minneapolis police official
Continue Reading President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having announced when they plan to do so, Biden will announce that every
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FREDERICK, Maryland — A man shot and injured two people at a business in the Maryland city of Frederick on Tuesday morning before driving to the U.S. military’s nearby Fort Detrick, where personnel there shot and killed him, police said. Though police didn’t publicly identify the suspect, the U.S. Navy said he was a Navy
Continue ReadingThe US Air Force’s new hypersonic missile program suffered a blow Monday after it failed to launch from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft flying from Edwards Air Force Base in California. “B-52H Stratofortress took off Monday over the Point Mugu Sea Range intending to fire the first booster test vehicle for the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Dubai say those involved in a naked photo shoot on a balcony that went viral and prompted a crackdown in the city will be deported. Dubai’s Attorney General Essam Issa al-Humaidan said Tuesday the public prosecution has completed investigations and those accused of public debauchery will be
Continue Reading A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained use-of-force tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they
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The highly contagious Covid-19 variant first identified in the UK has now been reported in every state in the US, and experts are concerned spreading variants could send cases surging. “America appears to be done with the pandemic,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, director for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — While many middle and high schoolers are going back to school at CCSD on Tuesday, far more parents are choosing to keep their kids home in distance learning. The Clark County School District said 109,748 students are remaining in full-time distance education, compared to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — The community is remembering a Franklin couple who died in a car crash on Sunday afternoon. People knew Ed House as a volunteer firefighter with Franklin Fire Department for 20 years. His wife, Charlotte House, worked for the City of Franklin’s finance department. “They
Continue Reading Less than one week after perhaps the most egregiously anti-transgender bill in modern US history passed the Arkansas legislature, it was vetoed in a surprise move by Governor Asa Hutchinson, a staunch Republican with a poor record on LGBTQ and civil rights. The bill, HB 1570, erroneously dubbed the “Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act” (SAFE),
Continue Reading The training coordinator for the Minneapolis Police Department’s crisis intervention program testified Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial about the importance of recognizing when someone is in crisis and de-escalating the situation. “Policy requires that when it’s safe and feasible, we should de-escalate,” said Sgt. Ker Yang, who has been with the department for 24
Continue Reading As informal as today’s parents are compared with previous generations, there remains a handful of uncomfortable subjects. Alcohol and drug use is one of them. It’s certainly easier, and often more appealing, to turn a blind eye for some parents. Everyone is drinking beer and smoking pot. It’s all part of growing up, especially for
Continue Reading It’s hard to explain the mix of emotions that spark upon seeing a photo of Frederick Douglass come alive with the click of a button. And yet, there he is, blinking and nodding as if he were just alive yesterday, as if he hadn’t died in 1895, years before film recording became commonplace. His animated
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