AUSTIN, Texas — In April 2020, an optimistic Gov. Greg Abbott announced at the Texas Capitol that he would soon take initial steps to allow businesses to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. The loosening of restrictions, his team said, would be informed by a statewide “strike force,” composed of business leaders and four medical experts who would advise the
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“Fast & Furious” fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the next installment in the blockbuster series. Universal is once again delaying “F9,” the ninth movie in the action franchise, pushing the film from a Memorial Day weekend release on May 28 to June 25. The film, which stars Vin Diesel as
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Last year, people were stockpiling food and essentials at stores and ordering a lot more groceries online. That was great news for America’s biggest grocery chains. Now companies say the pandemic-time boom is over. Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in this country, said Thursday that it expects comparable sales, or sales at stores open for
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Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Businesses in the hospitality industry in Luzerne County will be able to get some much-needed cash. Luzerne County, CAN DO, and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber announced the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) on Thursday. The program will distribute a total of $3.5
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(CNN) — Natiq Anwar, que asiste a la iglesia de Bagdad donde trabaja como cuidador, revive la experiencia más horrible de su vida todos los días. Cerca de la banca donde se sienta el hombre de 66 años, una dispersión de figuras carmesí marca los lugares donde los feligreses y el clero murieron hace 10
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EL PASO, Texas — University Medical Center of El Paso finally closed registration for 3,000 vaccination appointments for “super seniors” – those 70 years of age and older – at 4 p.m. Thursday. A UMC spokesman indicated it took seven hours to fill those spots after the hospital had opened its registration website and phone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT ) — A Lancaster County restaurant is temporarily closed after a car crashed into it Thursday morning, according to East Hempfield Township Police. The Bob Evans restaurant on Hempland Road was struck by a vehicle around 8:54 a.m., police say. A preliminary investigation determined
Continue Reading (CNN) — El riesgo de muerte por covid-19 es aproximadamente 10 veces mayor en países donde la mayoría de la población tiene sobrepeso, según un informe publicado el miércoles por el Foro Mundial de Obesidad. Los investigadores encontraron que para finales de 2020, las tasas globales de mortalidad por covid-19 eran más de 10 veces
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The city council on Wednesday voted to remove the prohibition on marijuana dispensary drive-thrus in Las Vegas. It was a 6-0 vote on the bill sponsored by Councilwoman Michele Fiore of Ward 6. The move is similar to that made by the Clark County
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Michael B. Jordan is coming for the Russians. The trailer for Amazon’s “Without Remorse” has dropped and it features Jordan as a top-secret agent bent on revenge after a Russian assassination squad kills his family. The “Black Panther” star plays Sr. Chief John Kelly in the Amazon Prime film based on the Tom Clancy novel
Continue Reading There’s something unusual about Amazon‘s first physical store outside the United States: No waiting to pay. The e-commerce giant opened a convenience grocery store in London on Thursday that offers “just walk out” shopping — meaning customers don’t scan items or pay for them in store. Instead, customers scan a QR code using the Amazon
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (Quad-City Times ) — A Scott County supervisor has hired the same election attorney defending Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the contested election outcome in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District to keep his dual roles on the Scott County Board and North Scott school
Continue Reading Oh, the places Dr. Seuss books will go after they ignite controversy. This week, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six books penned by the children’s author will no longer be published because of the “hurtful and wrong” ways characters of color are portrayed. Now, Dr. Seuss books have soared to the top of Amazon’s bestseller
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, Illinois (Quad-City Times ) — Agents with the Quad-City Metropolitan Enforcement Group (QCMEG) arrested three people from a Rock Island home on methamphetamine and marijuana trafficking charges. Brian R. White, 50, of 1206 14th St., is charged with two counts of delivery of more than 5
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Just days after new safety efforts were launched in San Francisco’s Chinatown, video is surfacing of a shocking attack targeting an older man in a laundromat on the Nob Hill/Chinatown border. Surveillance video shows the terrifying moments a 67-year-old customer is attacked by three
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — New Haven police are investigating after a bullet struck a school window this morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. on Thursday at the Achievement First Amistad High School on Dixwell Avenue. The school went into lockdown mode, but it has since been
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The Supreme Court ruled against an undocumented immigrant on Thursday who has been living in the United States for more than 25 years but faces deportation because of a misdemeanor conviction in state court. In a 5-3 opinion, penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court held that Clemente Pereida, who was born and raised in
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The ills of excessive screen time have been well-documented, but a recent study just identified another possible risk. Children between the ages of 9 and 11 in the US who have more screen time are more likely to develop binge eating disorder (BED) one year later, the study found — and social media is a
Continue Reading The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that, among other things, would counter state-level Republican efforts to restrict voting access. Democrats describe the package as anti-corruption legislation that would expand voting access and improve accountability and transparency in Washington. Republicans, however, argue that the legislation limits political
Continue Reading Arriving late to the streaming wars is apparently better than never getting involved in them at all. That’s what investors seem to think, at least. Just look at the huge stock gains for ViacomCBS and Discovery so far in 2021. The Paramount+ streaming network finally launched Thursday after a lot of fanfare, including investors sending
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Cuatro personas fueron detenidas en relación con el asesinato de Julio Galindo Pérez, líder de la Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) en San Luis Potosí, México, confirmó en conferencia de prensa el titular de la Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE), Federico Arturo Garza Herrera. Según la FGE, Galindo Pérez perdió la
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press has learned. Defense officials say the new proposal is being reviewed by the Pentagon. The request underscores the continuing concerns about security and the potential for
Continue Reading This year’s SAG Awards will be very different from past shows. Speaking to Variety, Todd Milliner, Sean Hayes and Kathy Connell, the show’s executive producers, said that the upcoming awards show will be pretaped and only an hour long. “We’re looking at trying to do a unique award ceremony in an hour and leave people
Continue Reading The Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week. While the final Senate bill has not been released yet, lawmakers are expected to make two major changes — narrowing eligibility for the stimulus checks and nixing an increase in the federal minimum wage to
Continue Reading Federal law enforcement is on high alert Thursday in the wake of an intelligence bulletin issued earlier this week about a group of violent militia extremists having discussed plans to take control of the US Capitol and remove Democratic lawmakers on or around March 4 — a date when some conspiracy theorists believe former President
Continue Reading Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates and his wife Aimee are reviving Oates’ Song Fest 7908 to fundraise for Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization. The economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is driving up food insecurity across America. Feeding America estimates that one in six Americans could face food insecurity as
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — La policía federal está en alerta máxima este jueves a raíz de un boletín de inteligencia emitido a principios de esta semana sobre un grupo de milicianos extremistas violentos que discutieron planes para tomar el control del Capitolio de Estados Unidos y sacar a los legisladores demócratas el 4 de marzo o
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing bipartisan criticism and a call for a federal investigation after the state set up invitation-only Covid-19 vaccination clinics in at least two upscale communities. One prominent developer in two communities donated to DeSantis’ campaign — in amounts of $25,000 and $50,000 between 2018 and 2019 for a total of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CYPRESS, Texas (KTRK ) — While mask-wearing and pandemic restrictions are becoming even more controversial in Texas, for a Cypress family, the issues are clear. Victoria Gallardo, a 33-year-old mother of five, is in a medically-induced coma fighting for her life after contracting COVID-19. Recent Stories from ABC
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK ) — A mother who pulled into a southwest Houston gas station overnight could never have imagined what happened next. Her 1-year-old baby in the backseat of her car was shot. The pair was caught in the middle as police confronted a chase suspect. The shooting
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