Prince Harry has found a new gig: The Duke of Sussex joined a startup called BetterUp as chief impact officer, which provides mental health services and coaching to clients online. The job announcement came weeks after he and wife Meghan Markle’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they spoke on the mental health struggles
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The cast of “Glee” will reunite in honor of LGBTQ+ teens at the upcoming 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Demi Lovato will introduce them, GLAAD announced in a statement. Cast members Jacob Artist, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Vanessa Lengies, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Alex Newell, Amber Riley, Harry Shum Jr., Becca
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has called for stronger gun control measures in the United States following this week’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Speaking ahead of the Warriors’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, Kerr started his media availability with the names of the victims from the mass shootings in Boulder
Continue Reading A top health official warned the US could see an “avoidable” Covid-19 surge if Americans let up on mitigation measures now. A day later, two more states unveiled plans to loosen restrictions. “The continued relaxation of prevention measures while cases are still high and while concerning variants are spreading rapidly throughout the United States is
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(CNN Español) – La ivermectina, un medicamento que se usa ampliamente en América Latina para combatir el coronavirus, sufre un nuevo revés. La Agencia Europea de Medicamentos (EMA) desalentó su uso contra la enfermedad. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta nos explica las razones detrás de la decisión. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Apple Podcasts,
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Rikki Olds was a vivacious, strong, and independent young woman who worked as a front-end manager at a King Soopers grocery store. “She was so energetic and charismatic and she was a shining light in this dark world,” her uncle Bob Olds said. On Monday, after a shooting rampage at the supermarket, her family panicked
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Click here for updates on this story GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, North Carolina (WLOS) — It’s been 20 years since elk were reintroduced into Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). Officials with the National Park Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation released 25 elk in February of 2001. The next year they released
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Sidney Powell, the former Trump lawyer who famously threatened to “release the Kraken” in her quest to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has now formally responded to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her in a way that may surprise some who have followed Powell and her longstanding and vehement commitment
Continue Reading Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw has been released from detention in Myanmar three weeks after he was arrested for covering a protest against the country’s military coup, the news agency has confirmed. Thein Zaw told the Associated Press by phone following a court hearing on Wednesday that all charges had been dropped because he was
Continue Reading Heliogen, the Bill Gates-backed clean energy startup, is bringing its field of mirrors to the Mojave Desert. In a bid to bring carbon-free power to heavy industry, Heliogen announced Wednesday that mining behemoth Rio Tinto plans to deploy the startup’s breakthrough solar technology at California’s largest open pit mine, located in Boron. Heliogen says this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County native Shamus Goss’ 2013 started with plenty of potential. The high school basketball standout at Norcross and Duluth high schools wanted to do whatever it took to play Division I basketball, and he was close to achieving that dream
Continue Reading Low-income families of color in Oakland, California, could receive some extra financial assistance over the next year and a half. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced this week that the city will launch a guaranteed income project to give hundreds of Black and Indigenous families and people of color $500 per month for 18 months. The
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LORDSBURG, New Mexico – New Mexico State Police said officers responded to the scene of a downed aircraft south of Lordsburg Wednesday morning. Police said a pilot and two passengers were on board and had minor injuries. The crash is being investigated by the FAA. U.S. Border Patrol Chief for the El Paso sector Gloria
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A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to pass legislation as soon as next month to try to rein in China’s economic influence on the United States, in an effort that represents President Joe Biden’s best chance at a major bipartisan package from Congress. With the looming partisan brawl over a Biden’s next major agenda
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Brasil reportó este martes 3.251 nuevas muertes por covid-19, lo que representa la cifra más alta de fallecimientos en una sola jornada en el país y la primera vez que se reportan más de 3.000 decesos en un día. ANÁLISIS | Sin vacunas, sin liderazgo, sin un
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología de Cuba arrancó el lunes con la fase 3 de los estudios clínicos de las vacunas Abdala y Soberana2, según dijo su directora, Marta Ayala, con una muestra de 48.000 individuos. Vacuna contra el covid-19 Abdala, de fabricación cubana. (Photo by KATELL ABIVEN/AFP via Getty
Continue Reading (CNN español) — El presidente de Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, anunció este martes una serie de medidas para disminuir la movilidad y el ritmo de contagios de covid-19. La mayor parte de las acciones tendrán vigencia hasta el 12 de abril, como el cierre de oficinas públicas, espectáculos y eventos públicos, gimnasios, centros deportivos y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A mother and her boyfriend are being questioned after an 8-year-old child was pronounced dead in a possible drowning. There are still a lot of questions about what exactly led up to the possible drowning that happened at the Quality Inn and Suites off the
Continue Reading Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado is the latest tragedy to plague the United States’ tragic record on gun killings — which its government has long struggled to get a handle on. And while America’s unique relationship with firearms sits at the forefront of the national psyche, the US is far from the only country
Continue Reading Even as the pandemic pummeled its businesses, Disney managed to eke out a blockbuster success with its streaming service, Disney+. But to keep those subscribers — and, crucially, to attract new ones — the company needs content. That includes “Cruella,” the origin story of the dastardly-yet-fashionable villain from “101 Dalmatians” starring Emma Stone. That film,
Continue Reading Bethenny Frankel is engaged. “The Real Housewives of New York” star is set to wed Paul Bernon, an entrepreneur based in New York, according to People magazine. The couple has been on and off since 2018. She previously spoke about her relationship with the magazine in 2019 saying, “Things are wonderful … He’s a good
Continue Reading Olympic fencer Ryo Miyake took up a new job last year: delivering food for Uber Eats. Miyake, who won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, put sponsorship money on hold after learning the Olympics would be postponed. His training stopped for several months during Tokyo’s first state of emergency last spring so he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — A Raleigh man took himself straight to the hospital over the weekend after he was bitten by his pet. The thing is, the pet was a venomous green mamba snake, requiring antivenin to be flown in from a South Carolina zoo. A green
Continue Reading Prince Harry has officially arrived in California. The Duke of Sussex has joined Silicon Valley startup BetterUp as its chief impact officer, the company told CNN Business on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Harry also confirmed the prince’s new role. BetterUp provides coaching and mental health services to clients. The company’s website lists Harry as part
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KABC) — A crane being used in a Netflix shoot fell and hit a two-story home in a Pasadena neighborhood, injuring one person Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The crane collapsed in the 3600 block of San Pasqual Street around 10:30
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Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A Scottsdale photographer who documented the COVID-19 pandemic response is picking his camera back up and revisiting families he took pictures of during their quarantine. Rick D’Elia wants to capture the feeling of living in a pandemic, quarantined in your home with a
Continue Reading Tencent just posted a huge jump in profits, but that won’t stop investors from fretting over whether it’ll become the next big target of a clampdown by regulators on tech companies in China. The Chinese tech giant beat estimates Wednesday with earnings for the quarter ended December. Revenue surged 26% to 133.7 billion yuan ($20.5
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Whataburger says the plans to open four area restaurants this year are just the beginning for what the burger chain has in store for Kansas City. The company will be hiring 700 local employees in the coming months, ahead of the fall openings
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Seven in 10 people hospitalized for Covid-19 have not fully recovered five months after discharge, a new study finds. The Covid survivors continued to experience concerns with their mental and physical health, with 1 in 5 people developing a new disability, and a similar number either not working or having to change jobs due to
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