Year: 2021
Reopening of schools emerges as complex flashpoint for Biden administration
President Joe Biden’s team is promising new guidance on school reopenings next week. But even as more Covid-19 vaccine shots go into arms two and half weeks into his administration, there is growing impatience and frustration among parents about the biggest question looming over their lives: when their children can get back in the classroom.
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Supreme Court gives partial win to California churches fighting Covid restrictions
A divided Supreme Court blocked California’s Covid-related ban on indoor worship services in a late-night order Friday but allowed other restrictions affecting houses of worship to remain in place. The justices fractured in the two cases — the latest to come before the court pitting religious groups against city and state officials seeking to stop
Continue Reading Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to authorize its Covid-19 vaccine
Johnson & Johnson officially asked the US Food and Drug Administration for an emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine Thursday, taking forward the possibility of a third coronavirus vaccine for the US market. “Today’s submission for Emergency Use Authorization of our investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is a pivotal step toward reducing the burden of
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Pautas sobre reapertura de escuelas en EE.UU. se publicarán la próxima semana, dice directora de los CDC
(CNN) –– Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) publicarán las pautas sobre la reapertura de escuelas la próxima semana. Así lo informó este viernes la directora de la agencia, la Dra. Rochelle Walensky. Sus declaraciones llegan en medio de crecientes tensiones sobre la
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Chicago orders some teachers to resume in-person classes next week, setting up showdown with union
Chicago may be closer to a teacher strike after Chicago Public Schools ordered some teachers back to work in person Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools said they had made their “last, best, and final offer” after a slew of meetings with union representatives. The Chicago Teachers Union responded that the leaders had
Continue Reading Woman charged in US Capitol riot can take trip to Mexico, federal judge says
A Texas florist charged in connection with the US Capitol insurrection will be allowed to go to Mexico later this month, a federal judge ruled Friday. The case involving Jenny Cudd got national attention this week after she wrote to a judge asking for permission to visit Riviera Maya, Mexico, for a four-day retreat this
Continue Reading Las mascarillas N95 falsas han inundado el mercado. Te explicamos cómo identificarlas
(CNN) –– Hay una guía sobre las mascarillas que no ha cambiado durante la pandemia: definitivamente deberías usar una. Pero, ¿qué sucede cuando no estás seguro si tu máscara es auténtica? Preguntas de la audiencia sobre coronavirus: ¿cuál es la diferencia entre una mascarilla de tela y un respirador o N95? Desde que comenzó la
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Goodwill finds owners of baby memory box donated in Bella Vista
Click here for updates on this story BELLA VISTA, Arkansas (KFSM) — UPDATE: Goodwill officials have found the mother of Precious Baby Phillips. Kerri Nettles with Goodwill says the mother called late Thursday (Feb. 4) afternoon and they are now working to return the box to her. The mother told officials that the box was
Continue Reading Rusia expulsa a diplomáticos de Alemania, Suecia y Polonia por unirse a las protestas a favor de Alexey Navalny
(CNN) — Rusia expulsó a tres diplomáticos —de las embajadas de Alemania, Suecia y Polonia— por participar en «manifestaciones ilegales», según un comunicado del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia publicado el viernes. MIRA: Biden sobre Navalny: «tiene que ser liberado inmediatamente» Los jefes de las misiones extranjeras fueron convocados al Ministerio el viernes donde se
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UTEP can’t keep pace with UAB; Blazers top Miners, 63-51
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – UTEP’s struggles on the hardwood continued Friday night in Birmingham Alabama. The Miners lost game one against the UAB Blazers by a final score of 63-51. UTEP was able to keep pace with the Blazers in the first half, going into halftime down four, 32-28. But UAB would break away in the
Continue Reading Gobierno de Biden desplegará cerca de 1.000 soldados para ayudar con la vacunación
(CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden anunció el viernes que desplegará aproximadamente 1.000 soldados en Estados Unidos para que ayuden con la vacunación contra el coronavirus. El secretario de Defensa, Lloyd Austin, aprobó una solicitud de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) para impulsar la vacunación con
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Southern New Mexico sees no added virus deaths; 23 statewide
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico health officials reported 589 new confirmed Covid-19 cases and 23 additional deaths Friday, raising the state’s totals to 176,793 cases and 3,378 deaths since the pandemic started. The state’s two largest counties led in new daily cases: 174 in Bernalillo (Albuquerque) and 82 in Doña Ana (Las Cruces).
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Judge orders New York district to be certified for Republican in last unresolved congressional race of 2020
A New York judge ordered the State Board of Elections to certify Republican Claudia Tenney as the winner in New York’s 22nd Congressional District Friday, bringing the last unresolved race of the 2020 election closer to a final resolution. The ruling comes after months of disputes over the vote count and it puts Tenney, who
Continue Reading Man spends seven days stranded after his GPS directed him to an unplowed mountain pass
A man who became stranded during heavy snow in the backcountry of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains for a week after following the directions on his GPS was rescued alive after surviving on a small supply of food and melted snow. Harland Earls, 29, was traveling from Grass Valley to Truckee for a birthday party on
Continue Reading Biden administration to remove Houthis from terrorist list, reversing Trump’s decision
The State Department has informed Congress of its intent to reverse the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour decision to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization, a State Department official said Friday. “After a comprehensive review, we can confirm that the secretary intends to revoke the foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist designations
Continue Reading White House to reinstate regular presidential addresses to the nation in the style of FDR’s fireside chats
The White House plans to bring back presidential addresses directly to the American people this weekend, continuing in the tradition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats. “This is a time-honored tradition in the country of hearing from the President in this way, from FDR’s Fireside Chats to Ronald Reagan establishing the weekly presidential radio
Continue Reading McCarthy survives tumultuous week and emerges with a tight grip on House Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy began this week facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his time as leader. He emerged at the end of it having survived but not unscathed. While he has a tighter grip on his conference than before, others in the Republican establishment are concerned about the long-term health of the GOP
Continue Reading Transgender Navy SEAL: Biden order ‘going to give a lot of other individuals that chance to finally be themselves’
When Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger heard rumblings that President Joe Biden could sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military, she was cautiously hopeful. “I didn’t necessarily want to get my hopes up,” she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on “Full Circle” Friday. “I was hopeful for it,
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New York Times parts way with two journalists over separate controversies
Two prominent staffers of The New York Times who’d been the focus of high-profile recent controversies for the paper — audio producer Andy Mills and science and health reporter Donald McNeil, Jr. — are leaving the paper. Mills’ departure follows the paper’s correction of the “Caliphate” podcast — an award-winning podcast he helped produced —
Continue Reading He rescued Sadie from a shelter, then she saved his life
Last September, Brian Myers walked into a New Jersey animal shelter and rescued Sadie, a German shepherd, giving her another chance at life. Four months later, Sadie would do the same for him. Heather Centrella, the office manager at Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge, said she got a call from Myers last week. It wasn’t to
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A nice weekend for ya
Some winds expected Friday night but winds will diminish for your Saturday. Lots of sunshine with temps in the 60’s and low 70’s for the weekend. Should be able to stay in the low 70’s early next week. Slight rain chances arrive later next week with some cooler temps.
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t think $15 minimum wage will survive in his Covid-19 relief proposal
President Joe Biden conceded that he does not believe he will be able to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour through his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief proposal due to the Senate’s rules. “I put it in, but I don’t think it’s going to survive,” Biden told “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” in
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Cowboys for Trump head charged in Capitol riot is released from jail
WASHINGTON, DC — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is headed home to New Mexico after nearly three weeks in a Washington jail, after a judge on Friday said she will trust Griffin to show up for trial in connection with the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell on
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Procession escorts fallen NMSP Officer Darian Jarrott home to Deming as state mourns
DEMING, New Mexico — New Mexico was in mourning Friday over the shooting death of a State Police officer whose body was escorted home to Deming from the Medical Investigator’s Office in Albuquerque. The motorcade carrying fallen NMSP Officer Darian Jarrott left around 5 p.m. and was traveled south on Interstate 25 to Las Cruces,
Continue Reading Virginia set to become 23rd state to abolish death penalty after state House passes bill
Virginia is set to become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, after the state House of Delegates passed legislation Friday that would end capital punishment in the Commonwealth a day after the state Senate passed a similar bill and the governor said he plans to sign it. Friday’s vote on the bill in
Continue Reading Dianne Durham, the first Black national champion of US gymnastics, dies at 52
At just 14 years old, Dianne Durham stood before thousands of spectators on the biggest stage in American gymnastics. She’d just hurt her foot in an earlier, near-perfect balance beam routine — but she wasn’t thinking about the pain, she told a CBS reporter. She’d been “having too much fun to let it bother” her,
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UTEP volleyball games against Southern Miss postponed due to Covid-19 case
EL PASO, Texas – It’s been nearly four months since the UTEP volleyball last played a match The return to the court will have to wait a little longer after a positive case of Covid-19 on UTEP’s team. UTEP announced Friday that Sunday and Monday’s matches against Southern Miss have been postponed due to the
Continue Reading Man arrested on child pornography charges; officials say more charges expected
Click here for updates on this story MILL SPRING, North Carolina (WLOS) — In a joint effort between Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations, a Polk County man has been taken into custody on child pornography charges. On Jan. 28, investigators from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations and Special Operations Divisions
Continue Reading ‘This gave me a lot of hope’: Navy veteran receives car from dealership
Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — She came to Minnesota with a backpack and $200 in her pocket looking for a better life. Navy veteran Sierra was on her last leg when the community she now lives in came together to give her the gift of a new car. Joe and
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