Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD (WJZ) — A Baltimore County family is hoping to use their loss to raise awareness about teen depression and suicide as schools remain virtual due to COVID-19. Michael Myronuk, Jr., was just 14 years old when he died by suicide last October. “Michael junior was
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Volkswagen is looking into flying vehicles in China, becoming the latest automaker to probe the possibilities of personal air travel. Europe’s largest automaker said in a statement on Tuesday that “vertical mobility” could be the next step after self-driving technology. “Therefore we are investigating potential concepts and partners in a feasibility study [in China] to
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(CNN Español) — La vacunación contra el covid-19 será el tema prioritario en el mundo en los próximos años a medida que los países intentan luchar contra la pandemia de coronavirus. ¿Cuál es la vacuna más efectiva? La vacuna de Sputnik V tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y es 100%
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President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, apologized on Tuesday for some of the criticism she has previously directed at congressional Republicans and expressed regret over past tweets during a Senate confirmation hearing. Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio questioned Tanden at the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing
Continue Reading The Biden administration will send some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply directly to community health centers starting next week as part of an effort to reach underserved areas, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced Tuesday. “Community health centers are an important part of our broader strategy to ensure we are reaching everyone with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Moline, Illinois (WQAD) — Update: Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson identified the victim of the crash at the Mississippi River in Moline as Francisco Javier Vera Vasquez, 32, from Davenport. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. The crash remains an open and active investigation with Moline Police.
Continue Reading A styling hack that converts even the dowdiest of t-shirts into a Zoom-ready look is gaining steam. It’s called the “faux collar,” a detachable collar that you pop around your neck over a shirt or sweater to give it some oomph, just in time for that video call. Retailers like H&M and Macy’s are ready
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERFORD, CT (WFSB) — Waterford police were called to CVS on Thursday afternoon where 10 people from New York showed up to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Waterford police chief said the people who showed up at CVS were over the age of 70, and somehow had made
Continue Reading Europeans are looking beyond lockdowns and betting that the coronavirus pandemic won’t quash summer travel for a second year. Despite uncertainty over the pandemic, millions of vacationers, particularly in the United Kingdom, have already booked trips and are spending even more than they did before the coronavirus hit, according to Tui. The world’s largest tour
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A rare yellow lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine and has been lovingly named Banana. The University of New England (UNE) said in a news release that Banana was caught by lobsterman Marley Babb and donated to the university on Wednesday. The yellow color comes from a pigment in the lobster’s shell
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CLINT, Texas — A sinkhole emerged Tuesday that forced the closure of a stretch of Camino De La Rosa Road in the Clint area of far east El Paso County for repairs, the Sheriff’s Office said. Lower Valley Water District crews were working on those repairs in the 200 block of Camino De La Rosa.
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Forget which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The more important question is: Are eggs good or bad for your health? Unfortunately, science can’t seem to settle on a definitive answer to that either. Just last year, a large Harvard analysis of 215,000 people found that eating one egg per day was not associated
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — After killing a woman and her two young daughters in their Dutchtown home, the woman’s former boyfriend bought a bus ticket to flee east, police said in court records Friday. Ronald S. Marr, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree
Continue Reading After her mother-in-law had difficulty signing up for a Covid-19 vaccine, a Massachusetts woman created a website to make it easier for her — and she made it easier for everyone. Olivia Adams built a website that pulls in vaccination appointments from across the state, including government sites as well as ones operated by private
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Law enforcement agencies said they are responding to a shooting at a health care facility in Buffalo, Minnesota, on Tuesday. The Wright County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office said there was an “active shooter incident” at the Allina Health Urgent Care Buffalo Crossroads clinic. A suspect believed to be the shooter was taken into custody, the group
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BUFFALO, Minnesota — One person was killed and four others wounded after a mass shooting Tuesday at a Minnesota health clinic, with the suspected gunman taken into custody by police. Law enforcement is “very familiar with the suspect,” identified as 67-year-old Greg Ulrich of Buffalo, said Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke and Wright County Sheriff
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More than 80 nationally recognized criminal justice and civil rights advocacy organizations have joined in the call to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him to abolish the federal death penalty and commute the sentences of 49 death row inmates to life in prison. While the Justice Department has not scheduled any federal executions since
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Never get in the way of your potential. A 16-year-old is sharing those words. He hopes his story will inspire us all to make the most of the time we have. At 16, Dylan Lawrence of Clarksville has a truth he wants to say.
Continue Reading A female polar bear was killed by a male bear during an attempt at breeding at the Detroit Zoo on Monday, according to a news release. Female Anana, who was 20 years old, and male Nuka, 16, had lived together without incident in 2020 and zoo officials say they are surprised and devastated by what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, MT (The Missoulian) — AGallatin County man is suing the Missoula Police Department for hiding his comments on the department’s Facebook page. In a complaint filed on Jan. 29, Seth Kucharski alleged the Missoula Police Department violated his rights to free speech and equal protection when it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities Times) — Davenport police arrested a man who allegedly pistol-whipped a woman and then shot at her as she tried to escape. The incident occurred at 11:01 a.m. at an apartment building at 3348 Heatherton Drive. Roylee Richardson Jr., of Davenport, is charged with
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las nuevas variantes del coronavirus, que vienen del Reino Unido, Brasil y Sudáfrica, se van extendiendo por el mundo y han suscitado varias preguntas: ¿cuán graves van a ser estas nuevas variantes? ¿Se viene una segunda o tercera ola de la pandemia que va a poder vencer incluso las mejores vacunas? ¿vamos
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAUPHIN COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A small plane made an emergency landing on the Pa. Turnpike Monday evening. Emergency crews were called to the area of mile-marker 258 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike around 6:30 p.m. for reports of a plane crash. According to Carl Defebo with the PA
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Glendale, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — A 6-year-old child drove a pickup truck into a Glendale home after taking their parents’ car keys overnight, police say. It happened near 86th Avenue and Northern. The crash caused a gas leak in the house. According to the Glendale Police Department, the child
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milan, Illinois (Quad Cities Times) — A Milan, Ill., man was arrested early Thursday after leading police on a high-speed chase and then attempting to flee on foot, according to a press release from the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office. The release says that James A. Taets Jr. of
Continue Reading Congress has authorized nearly $4 trillion in spending over the past year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but only about $3 trillion of it has been spent. Roughly a third of that money went directly to struggling families through stimulus checks, expanded unemployment payments and food stamps. That leaves
Continue Reading The last-minute letter former President Donald Trump’s attorney sent to top lawmakers informing them he would no longer seek a suspension of the trial if it continued through the Sabbath was prompted by Trump’s own desire to complete the trial without delay. Hours before the former president’s second impeachment trial was slated to begin, his
Continue Reading The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars arrived at the red planet on Tuesday and successfully entered orbit on its first attempt. The Emirates Mars Mission, known as the Hope Probe, sent back a signal confirming it’s in orbit. “Success! Contact with #HopeProbe has been established again. The Mars Orbit Insertion is now complete,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Racine, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — In less than two years, two sisters, alongside their childhood best friend, kickstarted four franchises of uBreakIFix, electronic repair shops. Kristen Pfeifer and her sister, Katie Ryan Pluer, alongside Shannon Lopez, their business partner and chief financial officer, own uBreakIFix franchises in
Continue Reading The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is officially underway. On the trial’s opening day, Trump’s title of former president will be front and center. The Senate adopted the resolution governing the rules of the trial in a 89 to 11 vote, before the House impeachment managers and Trump’s team started their arguments
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