To curb coronavirus transmission, Canada announced rules Friday to further discourage international travel, especially during spring break. Most incoming travelers will be required to quarantine in government-approved hotels at their own expense, and flights to the sun-soaked Caribbean and Mexico will be suspended through April. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement as his government
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The cops on the Wall Street beat weren’t prepared for an army of day traders coordinating on social media to run up the price of stocks like GameStop, BlackBerry and American Airlines. Now, brokers are imposing restrictions on the fly, drawing huge backlash from traders who are crying foul and spreading unsubstantiated theories about nefarious
Continue Reading The longest-serving executive in the history of cable news is retiring, and CNN will never be the same. Around the network he is known simply as Rick. “Ask Rick.” “See what Rick thinks.” Sometimes more ominously, “Rick wants to talk.” Or, with a sigh of relief, “Rick OKed this.” “Rick” is Rick Davis, the executive
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Eleven soldiers at Fort Bliss “fell ill after consuming a substance acquired outside of authorized food supply distribution channels,” a statement from the Army base said Friday. In an email to CNN, the public affairs office for the base said the “substance ingested has not been revealed to us, as the investigation is ongoing.” Located
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Spanning 1,400 acres and eight venues, Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Southern California is the biggest cemetery in North America. But the number of Covid-19-related deaths since the holidays have so challenged its capacity that grieving families are having to wait a month for funeral services and the cemetery has had to order
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Click here for updates on this story FREDERICKTOWN, Missouri (Daily Journal) — A Fredericktown woman is facing felony charges after allegedly transferring tens of thousands of dollars from a man’s retirement account into her own personal business account over the course of more than a year. Tammi Whitener, 44, has been charged in Madison County
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERS, MO (KMOV) — Sadie Bell says her husband David died in the parking lot of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters during his third time at the hospital seeking medical treatment. “I felt like what he was going through was urgent and I thought that’s what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Nearly a quarter million Nebraskans have student loan debt, owing $7.7 billion to the federal government as of September 2020, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Education. Mike Baumgartner, executive director of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HELENA, Montana ( Independent Record) — Helena native Jesse Jerome Smith won big on a Wheel of Fortune episode that aired Thursday. The 2003 Capital High School graduate walked away with approximately $20,000 in cash and prizes, which included an all-expenses-paid vacation to Antigua, an island in the
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When Pamela Addison’s husband died from Covid-19 last April at age 44, she felt completely alone. She didn’t know anyone her age who’d lost someone to Covid, and she hadn’t seen stories about people as young as her husband, Martin, dying from the virus. That was, at least, until she opened a sympathy card from
Continue Reading GameStop mania didn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s just the most glaring example of the bubble-like behavior running rampant in the financial markets. Long before an army of Reddit traders sent GameStop, AMC and other stocks “to the moon,” evidence of extreme market speculation had been mounting. Shares of Airbnb, DoorDash and other unprofitable start
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(CNN Español) — El presidente del Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico de Paraguay (PLRA), Efraín Alegre, amaneció este viernes privado de su libertad tras entregarse a la Justicia el jueves, cumpliendo así con una orden de prisión preventiva ordenada por una jueza por supuestas falsificaciones de gastos en las elecciones de 2018, donde Alegre fue candidato
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“Stop the steal!” Trumpist insurgents shouted as they rampaged through the US Capitol on Jan. 6, referring to what they falsely claimed was a rigged election. Three weeks later, a different and non-violent crowd went on a different rampage, this one tearing through Wall Street, borrowing the slogan to defend their right to flex their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Two men from Hillsboro who have been friends for more than 40 years will split $7.4 million after winning the Oregon’s Game Megabucks jackpot. The Oregon Lottery says Erik Maki and Brian Krahmer, who have been friends since middle school and have worked together
Continue Reading The Biden administration has tapped Robert Malley, a progressive foreign policy expert who served on the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal, as its new top envoy for Iran. In a harbinger of the fight the administration is likely to face over Iran, Malley’s appointment was preceded by attacks from conservative lawmakers
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas said Friday that he’ll likely extend his hold on the Biden administration’s deportation moratorium until February 23. Earlier this week, Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, blocked the administration’s 100-day pause on deportations, delivering a blow to one of President Joe
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile County Health Department took part in the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign whose mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December, and to distribute the toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Coweta County, GA (WGCL) — A Coweta County elementary school is the latest school to suspend face-to-face instruction due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. According to a notice sent to parents, Elm Elementary School will end in-person instructions starting today. Classes will be conducted virtually, and in-person
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — It has been a turbulent week on Wall Street. GameStop has been at the center of it, again soaring on Friday and ending the day up nearly 68%, after trading platforms including Robinhood lifted restrictions on trading the stock. The stock ended the week up 400%. But elsewhere on Wall Street, the
Continue Reading The 2021 March for Life unfolded Friday mostly virtually under the cloud of a pandemic, encouraging participants to remain committed to the anti-abortion cause despite a Biden administration already drawing a sharp contrast from a Trump White House that partnered with the movement. The rally maintained much of its usual ethos despite shifting online, with
Continue Reading NEW YORK — GameStop’s stock is back to the races but the overall U.S. market is down as the saga that’s captivated and confused Wall Street ramps up the drama. GameStop shot up more than 70% in afternoon trading, clawing back most of yesterday’s steep loss, after Robinhood said it will allow customers to start
Continue Reading (CNN) — Doug Emhoff está acumulando varias primicias como esposo de la primera vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos. Es el primer esposo de una vicepresidenta; es el primer cónyuge judío de una vicepresidenta estadounidense; y el jueves se convirtió en el catalizador de una primera entrada en el diccionario. Merriam-Webster agregó «segundo caballero» a su estimado
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(Editor’s note: This case will be featured on “20/20” Friday at 8 p.m. on ABC-7 KVIA.) YUMA, ARIZONA — Scott Falater has been told many times how he murdered his wife, Yarmila Falater. He’s heard the gruesome details of how he stabbed her dozens of times in the family’s backyard and shoved her body into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — Gulf Shores City Schools parents, teachers, and students are getting a say in what everything will look like in the future, even down to the curriculum and the new facilities. Teachers are meeting in small groups with representatives of some the country’s best
Continue Reading Two members of the Arlington County Police Department’s Civil Disturbance Unit provided a debriefing memo, obtained by CNN, that details their experience during harrowing moments of being the only medical assets on the scene for all law enforcement agencies during the US Capitol riots. The memo describes how Lt. Ned Waterfall and public information officer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A drug bust in Racine County netted marijuana, marijuana edibles, vape cartridges, psychedelic mushrooms and more. Authorities say the marijuana edibles could have easily been mistaken for candy. On Jan. 27, the Racine County Sheriff’s Metro Drug Unit along with The Postal Inspection
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters discovered on January 6 were planted the night before the insurrection at the Capitol, the FBI confirmed Friday. Video obtained by The Washington Post shows a suspect shortly before he allegedly placed an explosive device near the headquarters of the Republican National
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La noticia sobre las mascarillas N95 y la posibilidad de que puedan poner un fin a la pandemia está generando preguntas en nuestra audiencia. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta responde las dudas de nuestros seguidores sobre esta mascarilla: cómo se usan adecuadamente, cuál es la diferencia entre una mascarilla de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts man’s decades-long search for his biological father is finally over, thanks to a DNA test. Jason Campbell grew up in Worcester under difficult circumstances and never knew his father. And his dad, Mark Goujon, never knew about him. That was until the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BIGLERVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — More than 1,500 people have signed onto an online petition which calls to help Biglerville High School students feel safe at school while holding students and staff accountable for alleged racist views within the school community. The petition on Change.org also includes anonymous stories
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