Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, faced sharp questioning over her past comments critical of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during a second Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. Senators on the Budget Committee pressed Tanden, who has most recently served as the CEO and president
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At the ripe age of 18, Alondra Carmona is already making adult-like decisions — and when it comes to her mom, no sacrifice is too big. Carmona, a high school senior, gave her mom all the money she’s been saving for college in order to avoid eviction from their apartment in Houston, Texas. Martha Zepeda,
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Some say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but it also keeps you safer, according to the latest guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mail love letters, send roses or deliver chocolates, but don’t plan any in-person activities this Valentine’s Day with people outside your household. The CDC guidelines say the
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Click here for updates on this story Orlando (WESH) — Last Saturday was an ordinary day at Lake Eola but for Leigh Green, it was about to become anything but ordinary. Green’s two best friends lured her to the park for a girl’s afternoon out then busted out into a dance to Bruno Mars “Will
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(CNN) — El director ejecutivo de Johnson & Johnson dijo este martes que las personas pueden necesitar una dosis anual de la vacuna contra el covid-19 durante muchos años para estar protegidas contra las variantes del virus. “Desafortunadamente, a medida que (el virus) se propaga, también puede mutar”, dijo Alex Gorsky a Meg Tirrell de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILLCREEK, UT (KSL) — A mountain lion broke into a home through a sliding glass door in the foothills of Millcreek Canyon on Saturday. The man who discovered the animal walked away uninjured. The incident happened about 11 a.m. Saturday when a man went to check on his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Genesee County, Michigan (WNEM) — A mother and her boyfriend have been charged with child abuse after they allegedly placed a child in scalding water as a form of discipline. The alleged incident happened on Feb. 3 and left the 2-year-old boy in critical condition, Genesee County Prosecutor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARK CITY, UT (KSL) — Going online and screening in-person movies in 20 different locations across the country led to record Sundance Film Festival attendance, Sundance Institute officials said earlier this week. In all, it’s estimated there were over 600,000 audience views of the 73 feature and 50
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Anyone who watched the back-to-back presentations of the House impeachment managers and former President Donald Trump’s legal team on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial could see that this was a massive mismatch. On the one hand, you had the impeachment managers making a compelling — and moving — case about the riot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu (KITV) — The family of an inmate of a Hawaii prison who died of COVID-19 believe it could have been prevented. And now they want the state to be held accountable for what they call “unacceptable” conditions and callous policies at Halawa Correctional Facility. The Department of
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For both patients and staff, the shooting at a Minnesota health care center that killed one person and wounded four others Tuesday has been traumatic, center officials say. “Our hearts were broken,” Allina Health said in a prepared statement. “The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is leading the ongoing investigation, and we are assisting in any
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Growing up in San Diego, I was always fascinated with the different micro-climates that existed in the county. My eyes were always glued to every weather forecast and knew that’s what I wanted to do when I grew up.From the coast, valleys, mountains, and deserts I wanted to know how the weather was going to
Continue Reading (CNN) — El meteorólogo retirado de la Marina Paul Grisham había olvidado durante mucho tiempo la billetera que perdió mientras estaba estacionado en la Antártida en 1968, por lo que se sorprendió cuando alguien se la devolvió hace dos semanas, 53 años después. También le sorprendió lo joven que se veía su antigua tarjeta de
Continue Reading In recent weeks, migrants waiting in various northern Mexican cities have been told to travel to other locations along the border under the false pretense that they’ll be let into the US through a port of entry there, immigration attorneys tell CNN. Other messages, shared via the popular messaging app WhatsApp, have falsely told migrants
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India’s efforts to crack down on dissent have left Twitter with an impossible balancing act: protecting free speech, or risking its employees and business in one of the company’s most vital markets. The company said in a blog post Wednesday that it was “served with several separate blocking orders” by the Indian government against hundreds
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — Quaker Oats lanzará un nuevo nombre y logotipo para sus productos «Aunt Jemima», retirando finalmente el estereotipo racista que ha adornado sus mezclas de panqueques y jarabes durante décadas. El nombre «Aunt Jemima» (Tía Jemima), criticado durante mucho tiempo como una caricatura racista de una mujer negra que proviene de
Continue Reading When it’s 9 degrees in Chicago, you can see your frozen breath in the air, feel the arctic sting on your face and, on this February morning, bask in the warmth of a caring man armed with 50 tamales. Restaurateur Robert Magiet just purchased the Mexican rollups from a street vendor. It was the seller’s
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El origen real del coronavirus es una de las preguntas a la que científicos buscan respuesta. Un equipo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la OMS, ha hecho una serie de pruebas en China. En este episodio el doctor Elmer Huerta habla de los resultados de esta investigación. Puedes escuchar este
Continue Reading About one in 10 Americans — almost 33 million people — have received at least one dose of the two-part Covid-19 vaccines, data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show, and about 9.8 million people have been fully vaccinated. And while US and state leaders are optimistic vaccinations will ramp up in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Madison, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — American Girl founder and philanthropist Pleasant Rowland is donating $10 million toward the construction of a new transplant clinic at UW Hospital, UW Health is announcing Tuesday. Rowland, who has given tens of millions to the Madison arts community, in 2012 received
Continue Reading White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the administration’s school reopening goals on Wednesday in the wake of criticism from parents, teachers, students and local officials who say the goals are insufficient. Psaki said the bar set by the administration was “not the ceiling” as she fielded multiple questions on the matter during Wednesday’s news
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, NC (WLOS) — During a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 9 in which Gov. Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS secretary, outlined strategies going forward that will provide equitable access of the COVID-19 vaccine to all North Carolina residents, Cooper included one of the strategies would be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, Montana (Missoulian) — Two Missoulians found a stolen cargo trailer and some of the equipment belonging to Missoula Outdoor Learning Adventures over the weekend. Porter Hammitt, program director and lead instructor for the children’s adventure camp, reported the trailer missing to the Missoula Police Department on Feb.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mauston, Wisconsin (Juneau County Star-Times) — A Mauston man allegedly hit another man in the back with a bat during a dispute about an unpaid debt. Devin Sanders, 20, of Mauston is charged with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. If convicted of the felony charge he
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German officials have agreed to reopen schools and hairdressers in the coming weeks, while extending much of the country’s coronavirus lockdown until March 7 amid concern that new virus variants could reverse the decline in confirmed cases. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 governors decided to leave in place many facets
Continue Reading The Biden administration is partnering with Texas and New York to open additional vaccination centers as it continues its push to vaccinate every American amid the coronavirus pandemic. Three new major community vaccination centers will open in the cities of Dallas, Arlington and Houston in Texas, Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced Wednesday. Together, these
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ordering new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military staged a coup in the Southeast Asian country and arrested the de facto leader and other senior politicians. Biden says he is issuing an executive order that will prevent Myanmar’s generals from accessing $1
Continue Reading When Katy Bannerman pulled open her deep freezer it was overflowing with packets of breast milk, 8,000 ounces to be exact. Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, the North Carolina mother of two began donating her extra supply of breast milk to mothers struggling with breastfeeding issues. Bannerman was inspired to donate her surplus
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors say that during the Capitol riot, Michael John Lopatic Sr. brutally assaulted a police officer, stole and destroyed another officer’s bodycam, and that threatening messages posted on social media about elected leaders in Washington show that his actions “were not spontaneous.” Court records show that Lopatic, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is charged with
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos rescató a tres ciudadanos cubanos de una isla desierta de las Bahamas, donde habían estado viviendo de cocos durante 33 días, anunció la agencia. «Fue increíble. No sé cómo lo hicieron. Me sorprendió que estuvieran en tan buena forma como estaban», le dijo el teniente Justin Dougherty
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