Fanduel, the fantasy sports and online sports betting company, experienced outages on Sunday — the last day of regular season NFL games — preventing many of its customers from accessing its Sportsbook platform. Reports of glitches began around 12:30 pm ET, according to DownDetector, a site that tracks website outages. Users reported issues with logging
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The online sensation that became “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” has raised over $1 million for the Actors Fund organization and struggling performers impacted by the pandemic. The musical premiered on the social media platform New Year’s Day and featured household names including Wayne Brady, Titus Burgess and Adam Lambert. The news of its monetary success
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(CNN) — Dos hombres ejecutaron un salto BASE desde el bar de la terraza del hotel Grand Hyatt en Nashville el viernes, causando «pánico masivo» entre los clientes del bar, dijo la policía. La seguridad del hotel le dijo a la policía que dos hombres se acercaron a la repisa del bar de la azotea
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EL PASO, Texas — A non-profit El Paso clinic facing questions after it received thousands of Covid-19 vaccines, but failed to heed to the state’s call to administer those doses right away, announced Sunday it had teamed up with the El Paso Department of Public Health on quicker distribution efforts. ABC-7 reported last week that
Continue Reading The TikTok community’s love for a little chef has left director Lucy Moss with what you could say is a tall order. On Friday, Moss will debut “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical,” a first-of-its kind collaboration that will test the creative possibilities of the beloved app and platform. “It’s very scary,” Moss said, during a call
Continue Reading The Republican effort to contest the presidential election results on the Senate floor this week is raising questions about how media outlets should cover the moment, and whether the Trump-supported action should be called an attempted “coup.” “Should TV networks show the proceedings live when the GOP objectors are boldly lying?” asked CNN Chief Media
Continue Reading (CNN) — El papa Francisco reprochó a las personas que viajaron al extranjero de vacaciones para evitar las restricciones por el covid-19, y agregó que los turistas no consideran el efecto de sus acciones en los demás. El pontífice dijo el domingo que estaba «entristecido» por los informes noticiosos que afirmaban que la gente volaba
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WASHINGTON, DC — Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is calling the effort by Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republican senators to overturn the presidential election a “dodge” that doesn’t go far enough in helping President Donald Trump. Graham said in a statement Sunday that Cruz has a “high bar” to show there was evidence of
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Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the pandemic. And at one California hospital, an outbreak possibly connected to an inflatable, air-powered costume on Christmas has sickened nearly four dozen employees. Overall, at least 123,000 people
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Georgia may feel teleported to the center of the US political universe, but its emergence as a swing state has been a long time coming. That doesn’t make its political evolution any less remarkable. One of the five Southern states that voted for the segregationist George Wallace in 1968, it joins Virginia as one of
Continue Reading The 117th Congress is officially being sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill amid the ongoing pandemic. The Constitution calls for Congress to convene on January 3 at noon ET — the reason for the rare Sunday session. Newly elected and returning members will take the oath of office
Continue Reading The 117th Congress, being sworn in Sunday, is historically diverse, with record-setting numbers of women, Black and Latino members and members who identify as LGBTQ. But even as the new Congress begins, its roster will likely remain unsettled for months. There will be two vacancies in the House: New York’s 22nd District will not have
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WINONA, Texas — A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting at an east Texas church Sunday after the pastor confronted a man who had hidden from police in the church overnight, a local sheriff said. Authorities had used dogs and drones to search for the man for two hours
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Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL ) — Gwinnett County police are asking for the public’s help locating commercial burglary suspects. The burglary happened at the Cell Phone Repair located at 2200 Duluth Highway on December 29. According to Gwinnett County police, at least three suspects pried the front door
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Reino Unido eliminó la tasa del 5% del impuesto al valor agregado (IVA) sobre los productos menstruales, conocido como el impuesto al tampón. Significa que a partir del 1 de enero, los productos de época ya no están sujetos al IVA. El gobierno del Reino Unido indicó que el cambio fue posible
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM ) — It’s been one week since the Wenzel’s beloved home crumbled underneath intense flames and it hasn’t been easy. “It wasn’t only our memories, my son made me realize this, just all of our memories,” Becky Wenzel said. The Wenzel’s have been making
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced three additional Covid-19 deaths along with 345 added cases on Sunday morning, as the county approached the 100,000 residents infected milestone — a pandemic mark which could be reached in the next day or so. The latest deaths involved three men — one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM ) — After a violent weekend ending in four homicides, an illegal and dangerous New Year’s Eve tradition is sparking concern for some Flint residents. “It sounds like you’re in the middle of a warzone,” Flint resident Jessica Barley said. It is not a warzone,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Missouri (KMOV ) — Belgrade United Methodist Church pastor David Fitzmaurice was admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 on August 22nd and hasn’t been home since. But his condition has finally turned the corner according to his wife Patty Fitzmaurice. “David is on the road to recovery.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hawaii (KITV ) — A 68-year-old woman is recovering from a shark attack Saturday morning. At about 8 a.m. the woman was swimming about 500 yards offshore of Anaeho’omalu bay when a shark attacked her. She was assisted back to shore by good samaritans where they were met
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Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova was crowned “Snow Queen” of Zagreb for the second straight year after claiming the World Cup slalom event as four-time winner Mikaela Shiffrin finished back in fourth. Vlhova powered down the second of her two runs under the floodlights for a combined time of 1 minute 59.05 seconds, edging out second-placed Katharina
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV ) — A man, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during high school football game, has died, according to a tweet from his father. Baylor Bramble was a Siegel High student when he was severely hurt during a football game in 2015. His family traveled
Continue Reading The 117th Congress will officially be sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. The Constitution calls for Congress to convene on January 3 at noon ET — the reason for the rare Sunday session. Newly elected and returning members will take the
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Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the pandemic. And at one California hospital, an outbreak possibly connected to an air-powered costume on Christmas has sickened nearly four dozen employees. Overall, at least 123,000 people nationwide
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Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday signaled his support for a bid by Republicans lawmakers to challenge electoral votes when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in a meeting this week. “Vice President Pence shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election. The vice
Continue Reading US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that the agency has “exaggerated” its numbers. “From a public health perspective, I have no reason to doubt those numbers,” Adams told CNN’s Jake
Continue Reading US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that the agency has “exaggerated” its numbers. “From a public health perspective, I have no reason to doubt those numbers,” Adams told CNN’s Jake
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A Covid-19 vaccine appointment at a Canton, South Dakota hospital turned into a marriage proposal for one healthcare couple. Robbie Vargas-Cortes, 31, a paramedic and EMS supervisor, was scheduled to get his vaccination on December 23rd, and knew his boyfriend of five years was one of the vaccine administrators at Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center. “I
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HOUSTON, Texas — Three Harris County sheriff’s deputies were shot and one woman was killed early Sunday outside a Houston nightclub. The deputies were in full uniform working extra employment at Set Night Club, Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner told reporters at a news conference Sunday. All three deputies were hit with gunfire
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Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the pandemic. At least 123,639 people nationwide were in the hospital with coronavirus on Saturday, marking 32 consecutive days that the number of hospitalizations has exceeded 100,000, according to
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