Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the Biden transition team. A transition official told CNN that Harris will be administered the vaccine live on camera from Washington, DC. The official said Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, would also receive the vaccine on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe Washington Football Team parted ways with second-year quarterback Dwayne Haskins on Monday. “This afternoon I met with Dwayne and informed him that we would be releasing him,” Washington’s head coach Ron Rivera said in a statement. “I told him that I believe it benefits both parties that we go our separate ways. We want
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As the calendar turned over to January 1, 2020, out on the world’s oceans, it looked set to be another glorious year for cruising. Thousands of passengers were seeing in the New Year at sea, perhaps toasting the stroke of midnight — ship’s time — with a glass of champagne. Many hundreds of thousands more,
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Nearly half a million residents in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus first emerged may have been infected with Covid-19 — almost 10 times its official number of confirmed cases, according to a study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study used a sample of 34,000 people in the
Continue Reading A rare, snow-white kiwi bird that inspired a children’s book and was the first of its kind ever hatched in captivity has died in New Zealand after multiple surgeries to remove an unfertilized egg. The kiwi — named Manukura, which means “of chiefly status” in Māori — died Sunday, according to a statement from the
Continue Reading Dubai is known for its high-caliber offerings of glitz and glamor any day of the week, so it seems impossible for it to get any more extra. Enter, New Year’s Eve. Dubai has long had the reputation of being one of the most popular global spots for revelers on December 31, and the most expensive.
Continue ReadingHaving lost their first two games of the season, the Dallas Mavericks stormed to a statement victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, winning 124-73. The team’s young talisman Luka Doncic, 21, led the way with 24 points, eight assists and nine rebounds. The Clippers were without star player Kawhi Leonard, but even with
Continue Reading The names of the three victims killed in a bowling alley shooting over the weekend were released by officials Monday. The Winnebago County, Illinois, State’s Attorney J. Hanley identified the victims as Thomas Furseth, 65, Jerome Woodfork, 69, and Dennis Steinhoff, 73. Three other people — including two minors — were injured in Saturday’s shooting.
Continue ReadingA Japanese anime blockbuster has beaten the Oscar-winning classic “Spirited Away” to become the country’s highest-grossing movie ever — a significant feat as the global entertainment industry reels from the effects of the pandemic. Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, “Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train” has generated ticket sales of 32.47 billion yen ($313.9 million) since
Continue ReadingAt one Los Angeles hospital there are five tents outside, one serving as a waiting room. So many patients are coming into Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital some are being put in the gift shop, a chapel or a conference room. Over the past week, almost 100,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in Los
Continue Reading A billionaire Chinese gaming tycoon died on Christmas Day, his company announced, with police now investigating whether the 39-year-old was poisoned. The Yoozoo company board of directors released a statement on December 26 confirming the death of founder and chairman Lin Qi. “The directors, supervisors, senior management and all employees of the company express their
Continue ReadingNovavax on Monday announced the start of the Phase 3 trial of its Covid-19 vaccine in the United States and Mexico. It is the fifth company to launch a large-scale trial of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States. The trial for the vaccine candidate, known as NVX-CoV2373, will evaluate safety, efficacy and immune response
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My business — documenting attacks on journalists in Asia and advocating on their behalf — requires a thick skin. I can’t let every case get to me, or I couldn’t function. But sometimes a case pierces through the armor. That happened Monday morning when I awoke to the news that a Chinese court had sentenced
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El Sacerdote de la Iglesia católica en el este del valle ha sido ingresado a la Unidad de Cuidados intensivos en el Hospital John F . Kenedy tras contraer Coronavirus. El Padre Francisco Valdovinos del Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en La Meca ha estado en el hospital luchando contra el coronavirus desde la
Continue ReadingUn camión se volco y bloqueo tres carriles en la I-10 en dirección este cerca de Cabazon. La policia de carreras de California emitio el aviso, el accidente fue cerca de la salida de Main Street en Cabazon. Según CHP, el camion está bloqueando los carriles 1, 2 y 3 de la I-10. El carril
Continue Reading We teach kids not to do it. It’s unsanitary. It’s just plain gross to see. Let’s be real, though. Most of us pick our noses — some 91% according to the only (small and old) study that seems to have ever been done on the subject, perhaps revealing how little even scientists want to think
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Una persona fue encontrada muerta luego de un incendio en un apartamento en Desert Hot Springs el lunes por la tarde. Cal Fire fue llamado inicialmente a Casa West Apartments en Cholla Drive alrededor de la 1:50 p.m. para responder a un complejo de apartamentos. Sin embargo, un portavoz confirmó más tarde que el incidente
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A winter storm brought snow to the San Bernardino mountains as many flock to enjoy the storm. Traffic was backed up on the 18 as chain controls were in place Monday afternoon. Snow hits San Bernardino Mountains
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Update 4:20 a.m.: SIG Alert lifted. All lanes open and traffic is now flowing. CHP has issued a SIG ALERT due to an overturned big rig on the eastbound side of Interstate 10 near the Main Street Exit in Cabazon. According to CHP, the big rig is blocking the 1,2, and 3 lanes of the
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