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Month: January 2021

Some Pennsylvanians collecting unemployment are still waiting to receive extra $300 per week payments

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Some Pennsylvanians on unemployment have already begun receiving an extra $300 per week. It’s part of the extension to the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program passed by U.S. Congress last month. Unemployment has been an issue for millions of Pennsylvanians since the pandemic began

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Two women charged in connection to baby’s 2020 overdose death

Click here for updates on this story     HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Two Harrisburg woman have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the August 2020 death of a six-week-old infant, according to criminal complaint affidavits filed by Harrisburg Police. Shayleen Concepcion, 33, and her mother, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado,

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Seniors and more essential workers can start getting vaccinated today, here’s how to make an appointment

People aged 65 and older and select essential workers can begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday in Riverside County. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that residents 65 and older will now be eligible to receive the vaccine, following new guidance from the federal government. The previous age requirement for tier 1 of Phase 1B

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Here’s why experts and lawmakers say you can’t compare Black Lives Matter protesters to the US Capitol mob

Hours before President Donald Trump was impeached for his role in inciting last week’s deadly attack, several lawmakers described the rioters as White supremacists. “Let us be clear, this was a domestic terror attack perpetrated by riotist mobs of White supremacists, armed equipped and many skilled in police and military tactics who came to overturn

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Presidente Ortega afirma que habrá diálogo en Nicaragua hasta después de comicios y evita hablar de reforma electoral

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, dijo este lunes que algún mecanismo de acuerdo y diálogo nacional puede convocarse pero hasta después de las elecciones generales previstas para el 7 de noviembre de este año. «Ahora se trata de ir trabajando para que después de las elecciones de este año, elecciones generales,

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Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to headline Biden-Harris inauguration

Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will headline President-elect Joe Biden’s and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ swearing-in ceremony, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced on Thursday. Gaga, who has a history of activism alongside Biden and campaigned for him during the general election, will perform the national anthem. There will be a musical performance by Lopez, who

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‘Less lethal’ police weapons tied to serious injuries during George Floyd protests, researchers say

Many people suffered “projectile injuries,” “eye trauma” and other serious wounds from weapons police used on crowds during protests over the summer sparked by the death of George Floyd, researchers say. According to a letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, a wide array of serious injuries can

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