HOUSTON, Texas — Texas health officials say the bad weather has delayed the shipment of more Covid-19 vaccines to the state until at least Wednesday. Meantime, officials in Houston indicated massive power outages across Texas – because of the winter storm – knocked out electricity to a facility storing over 8,000 doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. The
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday defended his administration’s decision to delay releasing data on Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities as state lawmakers say they are considering repealing the governor’s emergency powers. Cuomo said the Department of Health had “paused” the state lawmakers’ request for the data because they prioritized a related inquiry
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EL PASO, Texas — The Hospitals of Providence on Monday moved to allow limited visitations by relatives and friends for those hospitalized for medical conditions other than Covid-19. The new visitation policy, which takes effect immediately, lets patients have one visitor each day between 4 and 6 p.m. Those visitors are required to be over
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(CNN) — Más de 38 millones de estadounidenses han recibido hasta ahora al menos su primera dosis de una vacuna de covid-19, pero no son las vacunas las que han reducido los números de covid-19 en EE.UU., según le dijo un experto a CNN. «Es lo que estamos haciendo bien: mantenernos separados, usar máscaras, no
Continue Reading Armored vehicles on the streets of major Myanmar cities, an internet blackout and nighttime raids on prominent critics on Sunday, did not stop protesters taking to the streets for a tenth consecutive day on Monday to oppose the recent military coup. In some instances, authorities appeared to respond with force. A protester from the city
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Ministry of Health began vaccinating senior citizens in ten municipalities across the state Monday after receiving some 25,900 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. It was part of a national effort by the Mexican government in more than 300 municipalities across the country after receiving roughly 870,000 doses. Mexico has had
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Click here for updates on this story ARDEN, NC (WLOS) — An Avery’s Creek Elementary School teacher is using virtual science lessons to take her students back in time. Linda McDonald is teaching her students about a time when dinosaurs walked the earth 230 million years ago. The giant creatures dominated the land for 160
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Elon Musk wants to have a conversation with Vladimir Putin on his new favorite social media app: Clubhouse. On Saturday, the Tesla CEO tagged the Kremlin’s official account to ask if the Russian president would like to join him in a conversation on the audio-only app. “Would you like join me for a conversation on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — In time for Valentine’s Day during American Heart Month, we have a story about the heart. A medical procedure involving the organ is giving a York County woman a new lease on life and some much anticipated time with her daughter. “I would
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Durante el año que el covid-19 lleva sin darle tregua al mundo se han popularizado varios medicamentos y otras sustancias químicas que supuestamente funcionan contra el virus. Sin embargo, en este caso el remedio sí puede ser peor que la enfermedad: la gran mayoría de ellos no tienen sustento científico y algunos
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About 89% of children in the US live in a county considered a red zone with high levels of Covid-19 transmission under new school opening guidelines shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, according to a CNN analysis of federal data. More than 65.3 million children — about 89% of
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Texas is colder than it’s been in decades, one of at least 25 states under a winter weather advisory during this week’s historic cold outbreak. But as Texans scramble to stay warm, rolling power outages have begun across the state following high demand. Millions of customers across the US have lost power, with much of
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to House Democrats on Monday plans for the creation of a “9/11-type commission” to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CARLISLE, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A pet food pantry in Cumberland County is offering some relief to pet owners during the pandemic. Volunteers with the Cumberland Valley Animal Assistance Program gave away pet food in Carlisle on Sunday. The organization started doing these types of food drives in North
Continue Reading The accidental discovery of strange life forms on a boulder beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic has confounded scientists. Researchers were drilling through 900 meters of ice in the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, situated on the southeastern Weddell Sea, when they stumbled upon unexpected creatures “firmly attached to a rock,” living in the darkness and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin State Journal ) — As the boat appeared to the east through the rising steam on an Arctic-like morning, the freighter was just a bump on the Lake Michigan horizon. A sliver of the moon hung to the south as day began to break. The Allen
Continue Reading New York’s Democratic leaders are in active discussions to draft a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded executive powers after a top aide’s damaging admission about Covid-19 nursing home deaths. “There’s momentum moving in the direction of removing his powers,” a source told CNN. The source said there was support for the removal of
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Birmingham jailhouse logbook pages, signed multiple times by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are up for auction for the first time. The logbook shows the entries dated between March 4, 1963, and November 27, 1963, which corresponds to the time when King wrote his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” The logbook is said to
Continue Reading HBO Max will feature many big movies this year — all of Warner Bros.’ 2021 film slate, in fact. However, one of the biggest movies hitting the new service isn’t from 2021. It’s not even new; it’s a fresh take on a film from four years ago. On Sunday, the service released the latest trailer
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El PASO, Texas — Numerous roads throughout the Borderland remained icy Monday, 24 hours after a snowy and bitterly cold winter storm invaded the region and triggered hundreds of traffic crashes. (You can watch video from one of those pileups in the video player above.) While winter weather and wind chill advisories throughout the area
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHFORD, CT (WFSB) — Travelers and the Travelers Championship announced on Monday a joint commitment to match up to $1 million in donations to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. This comes after a significant fire destroyed a number of buildings on the camp grounds on Friday
Continue Reading (CNN) — Pasito a pasito la canción «Despacito», ganó la década. Casi dos años después del lanzamiento de la canción, el cantante puertorriqueño Luis Fonsi y la estrella de reggaetón Daddy Yankee continúan subiendo constantemente en las listas. YouTube ha publicado un detallado resumen de los videos musicales más populares de las últimas cuatro décadas,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hoy es el Día de los Presidentes y el cumpleaños de George Washington. Pero, ¿en realidad es así? Los estadounidenses no han celebrado el natalicio del primer presidente del país durante su verdadera fecha de nacimiento por 50 años. En vez de eso, en Estados Unidos se celebra el Día de los Presidentes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — For over six hours, a long line of people in search of shelter stood huddled together waiting for the doors of the George R. Brown convention center to open. Many said because of COVID-19 there was no room in other shelters and that this
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CYPRESS, TX (KTRK) — On this icy Valentine’s Day, Zoe Schmidt has a lot of love to spread. The Cypress nurse and young mother survived a dangerous crash on icy roads, thanks to three other drivers who stopped to help her. “I try not to play the ‘what
Continue Reading BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Oil is back, thanks to a strange brew of vaccines, economic optimism and a wintry mix in the Deep South. A rare bout of winter weather in Texas helped catapult US oil above $60 a barrel for the first time since January 2020. Snow fell as far south as Brownsville, where measurable
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A family cat in Australia is being heralded as a “four-legged hero” after he died fighting off a venomous snake that slithered close to two young children. The harrowing tale of the shorthair cat named Arthur was recounted in a Facebook post by
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Malas noticias para las personas que usan con frecuencia el emoji 😂: ya no es genial. En las últimas semanas, dos generaciones conocedoras de Internet se han enfrentado en videos y comentarios en TikTok sobre los sellos distintivos de la cultura millennial o milénica que ahora la Generación Z considera
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Chris Harrison’s announcement that he would step aside as the host of “The Bachelor” for an undetermined length of time following controversial remarks he made has reignited conversation about the reality franchise’s problematic history regarding issues of race and diversity. Harrison was being interviewed by Rachel Lindsay, a current Extra host and former star of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — The Liberal government is expected to announce this week an ambitious program to buy back legally owned firearms that it last year deemed to be assault rifles. Legislation implementing the buy-back program would make good on a commitment the government made in May
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