The pandemic has popularized a lot of unexpected activities. Remember when everyone was doing puzzles and baking bread? Thanks to social distancing, the sport of golf has seen a resurgence, too. At the beginning of 2020, golf courses were seeing business as usual. There was no big nationwide increase in the number of rounds of
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We’re hoping to shelve the word ‘unprecedented’ for a while as 2021 gets underway — but first, one final look at a 2020. The Dow and the S&P 500 ended the year at record highs and the Nasdaq Composite logged its best performance since 2009 with a whopping 43.6% jump. Overall, the indexes registered gains
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Tottenham Hotspur has publicly criticized three prominent first team players for flouting coronavirus rules after they attended a Christmas party with their families. Photographs that circulated on social media showed Erik Lamela, Sergio Reguilon and Giovani Lo Celso at the party in London, with West Ham player Manuel Lanzini also in attendance. Restrictions by the
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In a year of despair and a world full of hate, one fast food manager is doing what she can to spread a message of love. April DiDonna told a customer that she loved him after he ordered at the Wendy’s drive-thru where she works in Oak Harbor, Washington. Three months later, she’s told thousands
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(CNN) — El legendario presentador de programas de entrevistas y exentrevistador de CNN, Larry King, tiene covid-19, según una fuente cercana a la familia. King, de 87 años, ha estado hospitalizado en el Centro Médico Cedars Sinai en Los Ángeles durante más de una semana, indicó la fuente. Debido a los protocolos del hospital, los
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Andrew Lu moved to Georgia in 2017. By 2018, he was canvassing for Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial campaign. The 35-year-old, who was working in Oakland, California, before the move, said he was a registered Republican until his early 20s. But even when he had a change of heart politically, he says he usually didn’t vote. That
Continue Reading A federal court on Saturday dismissed an appeal from Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert in his lawsuit to force Vice President Mike Pence to interfere in the Electoral College vote count. The Saturday decision by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals came just hours after the Republican congressman filed his appeal of an earlier loss.
Continue Reading Lawyers for Gregory and Travis McMichael, the father and son charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, are asking that Arbery not be called a “victim” in the trial because they say it would be prejudicial, according to one of several motions they filed in the last days of December. “Due process requires
Continue Reading (CNN) — El año nuevo comienza con el punto máximo de la lluvia de meteoritos cuadrántida el sábado por la noche hasta la madrugada del domingo. Si bien puede ser una de las más fuertes del año, una luna gibosa menguante brillante probablemente limitará la cantidad de meteoros visibles. También es difícil de observar debido
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MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher pulled a hamstring as he tried to avoid the players who wanted to give him a celebratory Gatorade bath. Luckily, Fisher didn’t have to run in the Orange Bowl. Devon Achane did more than enough of that for the Aggies. Achane had two touchdowns in the
Continue Reading Juliana Morawski has realized that she most likely couldn’t go back to working in an emergency room, even if she wanted to. As a retired emergency nurse of 30 years, that realization is hard for someone who just wants to lend a helping hand on the front lines. But even though she isn’t in the
Continue Reading It’s time to go deeper into space. While 2020 may have derailed and delayed some scientific plans due to the pandemic, 2021 still promises to be a year of science “the likes of which we’ve rarely seen,” according to Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Multiple missions will explore Mars, new telescopes
Continue Reading A house for sale in Vermont has everything a new homeowner could want: four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a nice backyard and … prison cells. The 2,190-square-foot home, located in Guildhall, Vermont, used to be the Essex County Jail, according to the listing on Realtor.com, and formerly served as the jailer’s residence. And though the county
Continue Reading Hoping to give back to the frontline workers who have risked their lives throughout the pandemic, a college student has created a program that offers free tutoring to their children. Brett Mozarsky, a senior at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, experienced firsthand the isolation that students could feel as all of his classes moved online for
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BOISE, Idaho – In what turned out to be good news for sports fans in El Paso and Las Cruces, Boise State hired Jeremiah Dickey as their next Athletic Director on Saturday. Dickey is an El Paso native, having graduated from Franklin High School, and goes to Boise State after serving as Baylor University’s Associate
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia — A sheriff’s deputy and two civilians are being treated for serious injuries at a hospital after a suspected shoplifter opened fire at a Walmart in Sterling, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C., authorities said late Saturday night. The incident began when two loss prevention officers at Walmart allegedly observed a man stealing
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was shot and wounded and another taken into custody following a late night shooting Saturday at a northeast El Paso fast-food restaurant. The gunfire happened around 10:15 p.m. at the Carl’s Jr. location at 9330 Dyer Street. El Paso Fire Department dispatchers said the wounded victim was taken to
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — India has authorized two COVID-19 vaccines, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave an emergency authorization for the vaccines developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca and another by the Indian
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Even if you don’t have coronavirus, record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations could have a devastating impact on you. “If you are in a car accident, you’re going to want us to save your life,” said Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. “If you have a heart attack
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AUSTIN, Texas — Coronavirus hospitalizations fell slightly in Texas on Saturday but remained near their record high, as health officials said there were only about 600 intensive-care beds available across the state of nearly 29 million people. Texas reported 12,319 Covid-19 patients in hospitals on Saturday, ending five consecutive days of record-breaking hospitalizations. But even
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The homes of the two highest-ranking members of Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — have been vandalized, police said, after the Senate stalled Friday on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000 for millions of Americans. After McConnell’s Louisville home was marked with graffiti early Saturday morning, the Kentucky Republican
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The state of New Mexico on Saturday reported 1,252 additional known Covid-19 cases and 32 additional deaths, increasing the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 145,379 cases and 2,534 deaths. Seven of the latest deaths occurred in southern New Mexico’s Dona Ana and Otero counties and included: A woman
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — Jamal Bieniemy had 20 points as UTEP topped Southern Miss 77-62 on Saturday. Souley Boum had 17 points for UTEP (5-3, 1-1 Conference USA). Tydus Verhoeven added 11 points. Bryson Williams had 10 points. Jaron Pierre Jr. had 15 points for the Golden Eagles (5-4, 1-1), whose four-game winning streak was snapped.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las escalinatas del Capitolio de Puerto Rico sirvieron de escenario para que este sábado se llevara a cabo la ceremonia de toma de posesión de Pedro Pierluisi como nuevo gobernador de la isla. Antes de la toma de posesión, Pierluisi ya había juramentado oficialmente al cargo de gobernador en la sede del
Continue Reading Former Denver Broncos running back Floyd Little died Friday at the age of 78, according to his family. “After nearly a year of confronting, even battling cancer, the beloved hero, brother, uncle, grandfather, father and husband, Pro Football Hall of Famer, Denver Bronco, and Syracuse #44 Legend, Floyd D. Little ran his last mile, gracefully
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The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the formative days of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. As Biden builds out his White House senior staff and Cabinet, the climate movement has notched a series of high-profile victories, one of the few
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EL PASO, Texas– The start of the weekend was a chilly one with seasonable afternoon highs. Temperatures will only get warmer in the next few days with quiet and low impact weather expected over the next severaldays. A warming trend into early next week will push temperatures back to slightly above normal temperatures. Warm, breezy
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NBA player and coach Paul Westphal died on Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the University of Southern California. He was 70 years old. Westphal died after a battle with brain cancer, according to USC, where he played from 1969 to 1972. He’s survived by his wife Cindy, two children and grandchildren. In a statement,
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Three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house outside Detroit, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. The three fatalities are believed to be the pilot and two passengers, the sheriff’s office said. The family of five who lives in the home made it out alive, but the house was engulfed
Continue Reading Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. Due to protocols at the hospital, King’s three sons have been unable to visit
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