Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, will lose their unemployment benefits after this weekend if President Donald Trump doesn’t sign the $900 billion relief package Congress passed earlier this week. What’s more, all laid-off workers could lose a week of the $300 federal boost to payments if the
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Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM ) — Almost three weeks to go before restaurants and bars can possibly operate again. Service industry employees are hurting right now more than ever. “On the verge of disaster because they’re just not able to make the money they used to been able to make,”
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(CNN) — Los investigadores federales en Nashville revisan más de 500 pistas para desentrañar el misterio que rodea la explosión que sacudió la Music City la mañana de Navidad. La explosión ocurrió el viernes a las 6:30 a.m. (hora local), luego de que una voz computarizada que emanaba de una casa rodante blanca estacionada instó
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WENTZVILLE, Missouri (KMOV/KSMO ) — An 11-year-old was one of four people arrested for an attempted robbery early Saturday morning in Wentzville. Officials with the Wentzville Police Department said a woman was inside her car in the parking lot of Wentzville Commons around 7:30 a.m. when she noticed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hawaii (KITV) — The state reports it’s given out $57 million in rent relief and housing assistance for people negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Another $63 million in payments is stuck in the system — some because landlords aren’t accepting them. Tax attorney Tom Yamachika says some
Continue Reading (CNN) — La forma más segura de celebrar el Año Nuevo durante la pandemia es en casa con las personas con las que vives, o en línea con amigos y familiares, dijeron los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) en una guía publicada en
Continue Reading The United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation’s first reported infection in late January. Census Bureau estimates for the last week of December place the US population at around 330,750,000. On Saturday afternoon, the national death toll from Covid-19 reached 331,116, according to
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has “devastating consequences” for Americans. Trump has not yet signed the joint $900 billion relief package and government spending bill that Congress passed this week, saying that the bill doesn’t provide enough money in
Continue Reading (CNN) — A veces, mirar cosas que creíamos saber con ojos nuevos (y nuevas herramientas) puede conducir a descubrimientos increíbles. Eso es lo que sucedió cuando Jeff Weinell, un asistente de investigación graduado en el Instituto de Biodiversidad de la Universidad de Kansas, descubrió que tres especímenes de serpientes preservados en la colección de biodiversidad del
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este sábado falleció el cantante puertorriqueño Tito Rojas a los 65 años, confirmó la Policía de Puerto Rico. Las autoridades indicaron en un comunicado de prensa que en la madrugada de este sábado recibieron una llamada al 911 alertando sobre un caso médico en una residencia en el barrio Tejas de la
Continue Reading AT&T on Saturday continued working to restore outages caused by the Christmas Day explosion of an RV parked near a transmission building in Nashville that disrupted service in the region, officials said. A statement posted on the company’s website said that they were still facing challenges, including dealing with evacuations of the building due to
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced new testing requirements for travelers arriving from the UK, but research by the agency’s own scientists shows the rule may have only a small impact on the spread of the new UK strain of coronavirus. Starting Monday in the UK, passengers must have a negative
Continue Reading Federal investigators in Nashville are combing through more than 500 tips and leads to unravel the mystery surrounding the explosion that rocked Music City on Christmas morning. The blast occurred Friday at 6:30 a.m. CT, after a computerized voice emanating from a parked white motor home loudly urged people to evacuate, warning the vehicle would
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (Rockdale Citizen ) — Conyers resident Justin Knight and his mother will kick off the New Year by participating in the Atlanta Track Club’s Annual Resolution Run on Jan. 1. Knight and mom Teresa will be among 16 push-assist and wheelchair teams sponsored by The Kyle Pease
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A day before unemployment benefits for millions of Americans were set to expire, President Donald Trump had a different insult in mind: his former-model wife has yet to appear on the cover of a fashion magazine as first lady. “Fake news!” he complained on Twitter from Palm Beach, concerned for Melania’s social station on Christmas
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — Black Americans, one of the communities hardest-hit by Covid-19, are now some of the most wary of the new vaccines. A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nearly a third of Black Americans are still hesitant of receiving the vaccine. While a
Continue ReadingBryony Frost made horse racing history as she became the first woman jockey to win the prestigious King George VI Chase with a “dream” Boxing Day success on 20-1 outsider Frodon. The 25-year-old Frost led from start to finish to give trainer Paul Nicholls his 12th success in the race at Kempton Park on the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS ) — Some Asheville residents and their furry friends took advantage of a rare white Christmas. There was fetch, snowball fights and sledding: all the essentials for winter fun. A family in Biltmore Park was among the many across the mountains also taking advantage
Continue ReadingThe Transportation Security Administration screened 616,469 people at airport security checkpoints across the United States on Christmas Day, the agency said Saturday. That’s just 23 percent of the number of travelers who flew the same day a year ago, before the pandemic, and about half of the 1.2 million passengers who flew on Wednesday, setting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana (KTBS ) — Christmas comes with a lot of traditions, including one unique to Bossier City. On a day when a lot of families took advantage of some time off, Tubbs Hardware owner Don Tubbs, his family and his staff were hard at work. Christmas
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