Feminist and political activist Stella Nyanzi has fled to Kenya to seek asylum with her three children. Nyanzi, who a year ago was in prison for writing a poem which used an explicit description of the Ugandan President’s birth and his mother’s vagina to criticize his rule, alleges her partner was abducted and tortured after
Continue Reading The killing of two FBI agents last week at a lake-bordered community in South Florida marked the first time since November 2008 that an FBI agent was fatally shot in the line of duty. During that same interval, 630 police officers from state, local, tribal and other federal agencies died from line-of-duty gunshot wounds, according
Continue ReadingThree months after Election Day, the New York State Board of Elections on Monday certified Republican Claudia Tenney as the winner in New York’s 22nd Congressional District, bringing the last unresolved House race to an end. After the certification, Democrat Anthony Brindisi, who held the seat for the last two years, conceded. “Today I congratulated
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ) — The owner of a popular St. Paul brunch spot burglarized overnight says criminals are getting too brazen — and he has the surveillance video to prove it. The Gnome Craft Pub on Selby Avenue, a popular St. Paul brunch spot, was burglarized at about
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO ) — Taking an oath to serve one’s country is an honorable decision — one not to be taken lightly given the risks that come in the military. Two families in northern Minnesota are forever bonded by their two children who took an oath. Not just
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The organizers of the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced today that Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award for her starring role as an influential blues singer in 1920s Chicago in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” “Viola Davis is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation from her powerful
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Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A prowler has been terrorizing women in Sacramento, and one victim claims police may have tracked down the serial peeper and let him go. A woman who lives in midtown, but does not want to be identified, claims she was followed by a man last
Continue ReadingAs the Biden administration works to speed up the country’s Covid-19 response, reopening schools has become one of the primary benchmarks of recovery. Across the country as vaccines are being administered to essential workers, often including teachers, calls for restarting in-person learning are growing more urgent. Vaccine distribution, one of the key parts of getting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — A South Lake Tahoe man is thankful to be home safe after being rescued by two strong women when he got stuck knee-deep in snow. Every day, Robert ‘Brian’ Spencer laces up his shoes and heads out the door to take his
Continue ReadingRaising the federal hourly minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty — but would also cut employment by 1.4 million workers and increase the federal deficit by $54 billion over a decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Monday. The proposed hike, which would take full effect by 2025, would increase worker pay
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(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía General de Colombia informó este domingo que abrió una investigación y ordenó la captura con fines de indagatoria de Iván Luciano Marín Arango, alias Iván Márquez, uno de los líderes de la disidencia de la desmovilizada guerrilla de las FARC, por su presunta participación en el homicidio del político y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Angry and grief-stricken, the wife of crash victim Sheria Musoyaka has taken to social media to lash out at San Francisco police over their response at the scene of a deadly multiple-vehicle crash near Lake Merced. Sheria Musoyaka was the pedestrian killed in an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Police say a 79-year-old man was attacked and robbed in the Lone Mountain neighborhood on Thursday at 4:55 pm. Residential video shows the victim walking alone down the street, and two men following closely behind. They punched the victim, knocking him to the ground
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama announced Monday that he will not run for reelection in 2022, after serving 42 years in Congress. “Today I announce that I will not seek a seventh term in the US Senate in 2022,” the 86-year-old Republican said in a statement. “For everything, there is a season.” Shelby’s announcement
Continue Reading A man attending a baby shower was killed when a small cannon exploded in the back yard of a home near Flint, Michigan, police said. Evan Thomas Silva, 26, died Saturday after he was struck by shrapnel from the cannon, which was fired to “celebrate the baby’s pending arrival,” Michigan State Police said in a
Continue Reading Experts hailed the discovery in 2015 as “stunning” — 47 teeth found in a cave in southern China dated back to 80,0000 to 120,000 years ago, challenging widely accepted ideas about human evolution. It suggested that Homo sapiens were in China at least 20,000 years earlier than early modern humans had been previously believed to
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A Cathedral City man who works as a District Patrol Officer for Palm Springs Unified School District has been arrested as part of an investigation into domestic extremism by an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. The FBI task force alleges the suspect was an adherent of the QAnon conspiracy theory and a right-wing militia group
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Super Bowl de este fin de semana trajo algarabías y celebridades a Tampa, Florida, algo que incomodó a funcionarios de la ciudad. El rapero 50 Cent y el DJ Steve Aoki organizaron sus propias fiestas, atrayendo a muchos asistentes sin mascarillas en lugares cerrados. La fiesta de Aoki se llevó a cabo
Continue ReadingAs his predecessor is tried in the US Capitol this week for inciting a deadly riot, President Joe Biden will work to keep his first-100-days agenda on track from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. He’ll virtually tour a vaccination center as the impeachment briefs are filed on Monday. He will pay his first visit
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Para entender por qué un virus muta hay que entender primero cómo se comporta. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta nos explica el comportamiento viral y la vigilancia genómica, es decir, el estudio de las mutaciones de un virus. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Apple Podcasts, Spotify o tu plataforma de
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