Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Zoo Miami is mourning the loss of Pongo, a 12-year-old male giraffe, who was euthanized after suffering a foot fracture that could not be treated successfully, according to Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill. According to Magill, Pongo sustained a small fracture in 2019 which
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The Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Attorney on Tuesday is set to deliver his decision determining whether the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, will be charged. Rusten Sheskey, a White officer, shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, seven times in the back while responding to a domestic incident on August 23, 2020.
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WASHINGTON, DC — A number of taxpayers who use tax preparation services, such as H&R Block and TurboTax, say their second relief payments were sent to the incorrect bank account, forcing them to wait longer for their money. The IRS and the Treasury Department began issuing the Economic Impact Payments last week. The payment is
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Por cuarto año consecutivo, la dieta mediterránea ha sido coronada como la mejor entre las dietas. Durante años, diversos estudios han señalado los múltiples beneficios de esta forma de alimentación que reduce o elimina los alimentos procesados y favorece las comidas llenas de frutas, verduras, frijoles, lentejas, cereales integrales, nueces y semillas. Entre los efectos
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Trump administration officials admit Operation Warp Speed fell well short of its target to get coronavirus shots to 20 million Americans in 2020, but there’s no sign of an aggressive federal push to address the problem. Officials tell CNN they are sticking with their policy to leave it up to states to carry out vaccination
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC ) — A baby girl, born with a rare, life-threatening birth defect, is starting 2021 out of the hospital and with her parents. She survived major surgery to correct her anatomy just days after birth at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. Her doctor and her parents
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EL PASO, Texas — The federal government has completed a total of 131 miles of border wall in the El Paso sector, the acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced in a media call on Tuesday. “The border wall system proves its worth every day with every mile,” said Acting Commissioner Mark
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WASHINGTON, DC — Top national security agencies are confirming in a rare joint statement that Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that China might be to blame. The statement represents the U.S. government’s first formal attempt to assign responsibility for the breaches
Continue Reading Imagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A Minnesota woman has a title very few people in the world share: two-time major pandemic survivor. The 107-year-old newly-vaccinated warrior is Tillie Dybing. She lives at Ecumen in Detroit Lakes. Dybing is full of history. Her life started a century ago on a
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LOS ANGELES, California — The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the annual show would shift from its original Jan. 31 broadcast to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOKENA, IL (WBBM) — We often tell you about government wrongdoing and bungled bureaucracies – but not this time. A mom in southwest suburban Mokena reached out to us with a story involving blueprints, a building permit, the mayor, and an inspector. And as CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILTON, California (KOVR) — A small community is raising a big red flag when it comes to a violent sexual predator moving into its town. Neighbors in Wilton are protesting the placement of a violent sexual predator. “I don’t want my grandchildren to be exposed to that,” said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — An active leader in Lancaster refugee communities is taking a creative approach to inform children and their parents about multi-cultural identity. James Magot, 40, a former South-Sudanese “Lost Boy” refugee is developing his first children’s storybook with the help of illustrator Tess Feiler
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A group of major oil producers have agreed to keep production broadly steady in February and March as the pandemic forces some economies back into lockdown and governments struggle to distribute vaccines. Russia and Kazakhstan will produce more oil over the coming months under the deal. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, said it would voluntarily cut its
Continue Reading Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz plans to object to Arizona’s Electoral College results during the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, which will force the first of multiple expected — and futile — votes in the House and the Senate to overturn the results of the election
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The man behind The CoffeeHouse in Paintsville, Kentucky, knows what it means to struggle during the Covid-19 pandemic — so he decided to treat those on the front lines to free coffee for a month. Owner Kyle Melvin bought the shop in January of 2020, just months before the pandemic hit, with a mission statement
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It’s almost too bonkers to fact check. President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Georgia on Monday night, the eve of the critical Senate runoff elections. Supposedly appearing on behalf of Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, Trump spent much of his speech making ludicrous claims about the presidential election he lost to
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of activist and seven-time Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner. Personal Birth date: November 15, 1929 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: Etye Asner Father: Morris David Asner, scrap metal dealer Mother: Lizzie (Seliger) Asner Marriages: Cindy Gilmore (1998-2007, divorced); Nancy Sykes (1959-1988, divorced) Children: With Carol
Continue Reading Pizza Hut is doubling down on one of its classic innovations as the pandemic-era pizza wars rage. In a nod to the 25th anniversary of stuffed crust’s debut, Pizza Hut is offering a pizza-less ring of cheese-stuffed dough. The name? “Nothing But Stuffed Crust,” of course. The cheesy promotion — which comes just weeks after
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Covid-19 was likely the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, according to statisticians at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency only has early data on the leading causes of death for last year and researchers are still combing through those numbers, but provisional data suggest that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — On Monday, January 4, 2021 at approximately 9:13 p.m., police responded to Government Boulevard at Dauphin Island Parkway in reference to a traffic accident involving a train. Upon arrival, officers determined that the driver was traveling westbound on Government Boulevard and attempted to cross
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There’s a particular steamy scene in “Bridgerton” that lots of people are talking about, but we won’t spoil it for you. What we will say is that the “library scene,” as it’s come to be known, took some choreography when it came to that ladder and the action. Staging such scenes involves significantly more strategy
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a US attorney from southern Georgia to take over the nearby Atlanta office in an unusual move at the same time that Georgia and the Atlanta US Attorney has become a focus of the President in his attempt to overturn the state’s certified election results. Byung “BJay” Pak, a
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“Mr. President, the problem you have with social media, they — people can say anything,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, tried to explain to President Trump in a call last Saturday. In Trump’s world, however, that isn’t a bug — it’s a feature. Throughout his presidency and during his failed re-election campaign,
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82% of the doses the country has received. As of Tuesday, Mexico has experienced nearly 1.45 million coronavirus cases and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Remote learning can be even more difficult for students who struggle with language barriers. Language acquisition company ESL International wants to help. The company is providing free English language instruction and support to high school students. Instruction will begin January 18 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Parents are invited to attend
Continue Reading A federal judge in Georgia denied yet another attempt by President Donald Trump to decertify its presidential election results and President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Judge Mark Cohen held a hearing Tuesday morning amid fallout from Trump’s call to pressure state officials to “find” votes. Trump had sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gov. Brian
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV) — For the first time in more than six weeks, people can eat inside St. Louis County restaurants. Monday marked a return to indoor dining, though restaurants are only allowed to fill 25 percent of their capacity. Some are allowed even fewer customers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — The city of Saginaw has started accepting applications for marijuana business licenses. The Saginaw City Council adopted the ordinance on Sep. 14, 2020, for guidelines and license processing to start in 2021. People interested in filing must file an application with the city clerk.
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