A man in British Columbia, Canada, is starting the new year with hundreds of dollars in fines after police officials said he touched his taxi driver’s face and refused to wear a face mask inside the car. On New Year’s Day, around 1 a.m., the taxi driver in Victoria called 911 to report that a
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(CNN Business) — El viernes, muchos trabajadores con salarios bajos en EE.UU. recibirán un aumento salarial. Veinte estados aumentarán sus tasas de salario mínimo —algunos en centavos, otros en un dólar o más— como parte de los esfuerzos previamente programados para ajustar las ganancias del costo de vida o para alcanzar metas como el pago
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LONDON, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus. Johnson said Monday the country is at “a critical moment,” with cases rising rapidly in every part of the country. Under the new rules, which are
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As years change, so too do the rules we live by. 2020 saw massive protests over police brutality, economic insecurity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and extreme weather events that again signaled the gravity of the climate crisis. And across the country, state legislatures and local jurisdictions responded to those and other issues with
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Click here for updates on this story VENICE, Florida (WBBH) — Divers found two Columbian Mammoth tusks in the Gulf of Mexico just off of Venice’s coast. Ryan Picou and Blair Morrow both found the mammoth tusks while diving in Venice. Picou said he first saw the mammoth tusk he found 20 feet away and
Continue Reading (CNN) — David Worley, el miembro de mayor rango de la Junta Electoral del Estado de Georgia, confirmó a CNN que le pidió al secretario de Estado de Georgia que abriera una investigación sobre su llamada telefónica del 2 de enero con el presidente Donald Trump. Esto para determinar si ocurrieron violaciones de fraude electoral.
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Haven, an ambitious health care company formed just three years ago as a partnership between Amazon, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, is shutting down. “Haven will end its operations at the end of February,” said Haven spokesperson Brooke Thurston in an email to CNN Business. The news was first reported by CNBC. The
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It’s the end of an era for one of TV’s most iconic shows. Jeopardy! is airing the very last episodes featuring host Alex Trebek, who died in November following a battle with pancreatic cancer. While Jeopardy! will move on with different hosts, starting with trivia superstar Ken Jennings, Trebek’s legacy will be ever-present in the
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In the now-notorious phone call between President Donald Trump, Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and staff, the President repeated multiple false claims in an effort to claim victory in Georgia, a state he lost to President-elect Joe Biden. Trump has been tossing out debunked conspiracy theories over the election in Georgia — a state
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly fire in New Haven. Crews responded to the scene on Saltonstall Avenue early Monday morning. They said that while one woman, age 49, was killed, the situation could have been much worse if
Continue Reading (CNN) — ¿Cuántos diamantes caben en un solo anillo? La respuesta, según el nuevo libro Guinness World Records, es 12.638. Harshit Bansal, fundador de Renani Jewels en Meerut, India, estableció el récord con su impresionante diseño el 21 de diciembre de 2020. Louis Vuitton acaba de comprar el segundo diamante más grande del mundo El
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Health advocates in the St. Louis area are reaching out to new moms, wanting them to know they are not alone if they are struggling right now. Experts at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital said nearly a quarter of women experience mood disorders like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (Hartford Business Journal) — The National Institutes of Health awarded a research grant to Connecticut Children’s Hospital to study risk factors for COVID-19 complications in children. Connecticut Children’s is one of eight entities nationwide to receive NIH grants for research projects focused on identifying children at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — George’s Restaurant in Fort Smith posted to Facebook on Sunday (Jan. 4) feeling positive after one man generously “paid it forward,” inspiring a chain reaction of kindness. The restaurant said it was honored to have been a part of the pay it forward
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign ministry has announced that Saudi Arabia will lift a years-long embargo on Qatar, opening its air and land borders in the first steps toward ending the Gulf crisis. The state-run Kuwait News Agency reported the announcement, saying that Saudi Arabia would open its airspace, land and sea
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Naufragó una embarcación con unos 28 migrantes en el Pacífico colombiano, informó este lunes la alcaldía de Acandí en su cuenta de Facebook. El naufragio ocurrió en el sector de Bahía Pinorroa (departamento del Chocó, en el noroeste del país). En base a primeras informaciones, habría muertos y desaparecidos, indicaron. Agregaron que
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Gallatin business owner who wishes to remain anonymous donated more than $17,000 to pay off overdue utility accounts in Gallatin. On New Year’s Eve, “Ms. Claus” donated more than $10,000 on New Year’s Eve to pay off past due Gallatin Department of Electricity
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oregon’s run in the top 10 of The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll is over after 64 consecutive appearances. The Ducks fell to No. 11 in the AP Top 25 released a day after the team’s 27-game winning streak ended with a two-point loss to then-No. 11 UCLA. Oregon entered the Top
Continue Reading The Dow tumbled more than 500 points in the early afternoon on Monday, the first trading day of the New Year, as investors grew worried about the the pandemic and the economic recovery in 2021. Investors took profits off the market’s record highs set last week, and they took a more cautious position ahead of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Let’s face it: 2020 was a year most people will be happy to have behind them. The Mount Hope Estate & Winery — home of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire — has come up with a novel idea to mark 2020’s passing. The Lancaster
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As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. Alongside a deadly pandemic, 2020 also delivered reminders of the severity of the climate crisis facing the world — droughts, floods, heatwaves, wildfires and hurricanes continued to disrupt life for communities across the globe,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWNSHIP OF TAYLORSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — A Wilkes County woman who was helping an 8-year-old child after a deadly crash in Alexander County became injured when she was hit by a pickup truck. North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers say they responded to the crash Saturday around
Continue Reading (CNN) — Nuestra pesadilla mundial sobre la pandemia de coronavirus está entrando en su segundo año y estamos aguantando de la mejor forma en la que podemos. Nuestras vidas dieron un vuelco por la pandemia en el año que pasó, la economía se tambalea y más de 1,8 millones de personas han muerto, 351.000 de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Chicago Public School teachers bundled up from head to toe to teach their students remotely Monday morning. The teachers reported to school, but refused to step inside- opting instead to teach from outside as many said they still did not feel that it was
Continue Reading (CNN) — Incluso si no tienes coronavirus, las hospitalizaciones récord por covid-19 podrían tener un impacto devastador para ti. «Si tienes un accidente automovilístico, querrás que te salvemos la vida», dijo el Dr. Brad Spellberg, director médico del Centro Médico de la Universidad del Sur de California del Condado de Los Ángeles. «Si tienes un
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La alcaldía de Bogotá decretó un régimen de cuarentena estricta de dos semanas a partir de este martes para las localidades de Usaquén, Engativá y Suba, debido a la alta incidencia de los casos de coronavirus. A las autoridades de Bogotá les preocupa el comportamiento de la pandemia desde la primera semana
Continue Reading Bitcoin prices more than quadrupled in 2020 and surged to a new record above $30,000 this year, but many investors think there’s still room for the cryptocurrency to run. Anthony Scaramucci has become the latest bitcoin bull hoping to give the digital currency some legitimacy. Scaramucci’s firm, SkyBridge Capital, officially launched the SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund
Continue Reading New year, same telecommuting headaches. Slack, a popular workplace communication platform, confirmed a service interruption for some users on Monday morning as many workers returned from the holiday break. “Customers may experience issues connecting to Slack to loading channels at this time,” the company said. “Our team is on the case and we will keep
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Over the next month, St. Louis City will roll out a new and innovative program meant to help alleviate the strain on 911 dispatchers and potentially save lives. “At the end of the day this is about saving people’s lives so we want
Continue Reading NEW YORK, NY — It was a rocky first trading day of the year for Wall Street as stocks fell sharply, with the Dow dropping more than 600 points at midday before recovering a bit before the afternoon close, as investors grew worried about the the pandemic and the economic recovery in 2021. Investors took
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