The Biden administration announced on Monday that the US Department of Defense and US Department of Health and Human Services are working with Australian company Ellume to provide more of its fully at-home Covid-19 tests to the United States. “Ellume has been ramping up manufacturing and will ship 100,000 test kits per month to the
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Click here for updates on this story New York, NY (WCBS) — A hundred dogs landed at JFK Airport on Friday morning to meet their forever families. Many were rescued from illegal traffickers in China’s dog meat trade, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported. Special cargo of furry survivors were loaded off planes after traveling thousands of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Sheriff’s deputies say two toddlers have died after being pulled from a pond near their home in Central Florida. Seminole County Sheriff’s officials said the children were reported missing from their home near Longwood around 7:20 p.m. Sunday. Deputies searched the area around
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — A Bywater man who admitted to killing his toddler daughter will not stand trial for the first-degree murder charge he faces. Mark Hambrick, 49, was ruled “irrestorably incompetent,” meaning he is not and will not be mentally fit to stand trial now or in
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US stocks started February on a better note, chipping away at some of the recent losses that turned the last week — as well as the last month — into the worst since October. After rallying all day, US indexes finished sharply higher. The Dow ended up 0.8%, or 229 points, while the broader S&P
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As President Joe Biden pursues a bipartisan Covid-19 relief deal, Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork for passing relief without any Republican votes using a procedural shortcut known as budget reconciliation. Reconciliation could allow Democrats to fast track key aspects of Biden’s agenda, from Covid-19 relief to infrastructure, but the process comes with a strict
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For nearly a decade, Chris Young was told the only way he’d ever leave federal prison is with his death certificate. Handed two life sentences without the possibility of parole after his conviction in a federal drug conspiracy case, Young’s only real shot at freedom would have to be a rare presidential pardon. That rare
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(CNN) – El delantero del Manchester United Marcus Rashford es el más reciente jugador del fútbol inglés en recibir insultos racistas en redes sociales y describió el incidente como «la humanidad y las redes sociales en su peor momento». El joven de 23 años, que recientemente recibió la Orden del Imperio Británcio (MBE por sus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Thousands of pieces of snow removal equipment are ready as a powerful nor’easter moves into Massachusetts. Gov. Charlie Baker said the state would activate the Massachusetts Emergency Management as officials prepare for the worst of the storm to hit. “The snowfall is predicted to be
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Instituto Nacional de Salud de Colombia (INS) informó este domingo que confirmó en la tarde del sábado 2 casos de covid-19 con la variante detectada en Brasil, P1. Ambos son ciudadanos colombianos. En primer lugar, se trata de una mujer de 39 años que reside en Leticia, capital del departamento Amazonas,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El movimiento Black Lives Matter ha sido nominado para el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2021. El parlamentario noruego Petter Eide nominó al movimiento global «por su lucha contra el racismo y la violencia por motivos raciales», escribió en sus documentos oficiales de nominación, que fueron obtenidos por CNN. «El llamado de BLM
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are searching for a suspect caught on video burglarizing a synagogue in Brooklyn. It happened around 1 a.m. last Wednesday inside the Congregation Beth El of Flatbush on East 3rd Street. Surveillance video shows the suspect walking around the synagogue and placing several
Continue Reading US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been friends, allies and partners in a relationship that has spanned nearly four decades. When they first met, Biden was a junior senator in his early 40s; Netanyahu was a fledgling diplomat nearly a decade younger. Now with their first phone call expected imminently,
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Florida — Foster parents Susan and Dennis Braley have taken in more than 300 foster children over the past two decades. But in the past two weeks, Covid-19 has rocked their family to its core, ABC affiliate WFTV reported. Both Susan and Dennis, who had seven adopted children living in their home, tested positive
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Here is a look at the life of former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Personal Birth date: January 21, 1951 Birth place: Bronx, New York Birth name: Eric Himpton Holder Jr. Father: Eric Himpton Holder, realtor Mother: Miriam (Yearwood) Holder Marriage: Sharon (Malone) Holder (1990-present) Children: Maya, Brooke and Eric Education: Columbia College, B.A., 1973;
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami-Dade community activist is speaking out about the rise in gun violence, calling for more to be done as innocent children keep getting caught in the crossfire. Just this weekend, there was a shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade 7-Eleven that injured two men and
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Dustin Diamond, who played the role of Screech on the popular 1990s high school comedy “Saved by the Bell,” died Monday after a recent cancer diagnosis, according to Diamond’s manager, Roger Paul. He was 44. Diamond first shared news of his cancer diagnosis last month. At the time, his manager said his client’s health was
Continue Reading The son of two former slaves, Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) had little more than a grade-school education. But that didn’t stop the Ohio man from becoming an inventor with a rare gift for designing machines that saved people’s lives – including an early version of the traffic light. As a teenager Morgan got a job repairing
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NEW YORK, NY — The erratic trading in shares of underdog companies like GameStop that turned markets combustible last week migrated to commodities on Monday, sending silver prices surging to an eight-year high. Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday afternoon, recovering some of the ground they lost last week in their biggest weekly drop since
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Public works employees in Baltimore say they haven’t been paid a proper paycheck so far this year. “When I first looked at it, I thought they were playing a joke. I thought I was on TV, or let’s make a joke,” Trent Cunningham, a DPW
Continue Reading (CNN) — La iniciativa del presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, de crear una Secretaría Nacional para Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre, la Luna y otros Cuerpos Celestes, despertó el debate y generó algunas críticas en el país. Jorge Huete, biólogo molecular y miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Academia de Ciencias de Nicaragua, dijo a
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A panel of House representatives is launching an investigation into how major meat processors and OSHA handled coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking facilities. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Representative James Clyburn, said Monday that it has sent out letters to Tyson, Smithfield and JBS USA, along with the Occupational Safety and
Continue Reading A few dozen protesters carrying anti-vaccination signs briefly shut down Los Angeles’ largest Covid-19 vaccination site over the weekend. The Los Angeles Fire Department temporarily closed the entrance to the Dodger Stadium vaccination site Saturday for 55 minutes, Andrea Garcia, a spokeswoman for Mayor Eric Garcetti, told CNN on Monday. Hundreds of cars were waiting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YOSEMITE VALLEY, California (KCRA) — Yosemite National Park will reopen its gates Monday after a series of winter storms caused damage and forced the closure of the park two weeks ago. For the first week of February, visitors can show up at the park without a reservation. Between
Continue Reading One person was dumped before finals week after a four-year relationship. Another broke off a relationship with their boyfriend because he had fallen in love with someone else. These two brutal breakups seem to have nothing in common, and yet both users’ Reddit posts hinted at a breakup months in advance. An analysis of over
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Hundreds — if not thousands — of people lined up in their cars outside Tumea & Sons Sunday afternoon for a pasta dinner and to support a Des Moines father of three in heart failure. Some said they waited an hour and a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS/KHOG) — Dr. Josette Cline, the director of the Counseling and Psychological Services center at the University of Arkansas, said mental health is a top priority for the University, especially in a year plagued by the pandemic. “Whenever there are situations where people feel more isolated,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Members of the Las Cruces City Council unanimously voiced their opposition to U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell’s rejection of electoral votes that certified Joe Biden’s presidency. In her first speech in Congress, the newly elected Republican congresswoman objected to counting the electoral votes from Pennsylvania and Arizona, saying the actions “disenfranchised”
Continue Reading Christine Chiu is fully aware of what some viewers of “Bling Empire” think about her. She is one of the stars of Netflix’s latest binge-worthy docuseries, which revolves around an insanely wealthy group of Asian friends in Los Angeles. Chiu is easily the one some fans have decided they love to hate thanks in part
Continue Reading If you thought the GameStop drama was over, think again. ICYMI: Last week, a tense showdown played out on Wall Street. It was a David vs. Goliath tale in which a band of amateur investors on Reddit took on Wall Street pros by inflating the share price of GameStop (and other securities). The mass buying
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