You’re probably familiar with the dangers that snow and ice pose for motorists. But how about your home? More than 73% of the United States mainland was covered by snow last week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Water Prediction. Soon, warmer temperatures will thaw that snow and ice, creating snowmelt
Continue Reading The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of the first known patient with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, as well as the supply chain of nearly a dozen traders in the Huanan seafood market, which is thought to have played a role in the
Continue Reading Briton Jasmine Harrison, 21, has become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometer) journey from Spain to Antigua, according to organizer Atlantic Campaigns. Harrison completed the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on Saturday in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes — a new world record for
Continue Reading The World Health Organization’s preliminary report into the origins of the novel coronavirus will recommend more extensive contact tracing of the first known patient with Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, as well as the supply chain of nearly a dozen traders in the Huanan seafood market, which is thought to have played a role in the
Continue Reading Police in East Norriton, Pennsylvania, are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a bowling alley Saturday night, leaving one person dead and at least three others wounded. “There is a possibility that additional victims may have been transported to hospitals in private vehicles,” the East Norriton Police Department said in a statement on
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Consider the odds of your having been born: from the earliest stirrings of protohominid life — the ones writer Arthur C. Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick imagined in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — to the present, across untold generations. The odds against your being you are massive, while the odds for your being you are
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Firefighters are on the scene for a house fire in La Quinta. The fire was reported just before 9 p.m. Saturday night near the intersection of Airport Blvd. and Monroe street. Fire officials say the fire started outside the home, and then spread to the home’s attic. We’re told fire crews will remain on scene
Continue Reading One person is dead and another is severely injured after a small plane crashed in Cullman County, Alabama, Saturday, according to Cullman County Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick said the crash occurred near Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field. Cullman County is about 50 miles north of Birmingham. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokeswoman Arlene Salac said a Piper
Continue Reading Think of Italy and you’re likely to think of food first, and all the other beautiful things it offers second. Italian cuisine — or some version of it — has colonized the rest of the world so successfully that there are probably uncharted corners of the Amazon rainforest where you can sit down at a
Continue Reading(CNN Español) –– Al menos 16 extranjeros fueron arrestados luego de llegar en dos botes a Diana Beach, en Florida. Así lo informó este viernes el agente en jefe de la Patrulla Fronteriza del sector Miami, Thomas G. Martin, a través de un mensaje en Twitter. En ese momento, Martin no dio detalles sobre las nacionalidades
Continue ReadingJudge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a “heinous attack” in his prepared opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Department of Justice released Saturday night ahead of his confirmation hearing on Monday. “If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of
Continue Reading A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Denver International Airport Saturday after it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris raining down on soccer fields, homes and yards in a Denver suburb. United Flight 328 returned to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after suffering an engine issue, an airport spokesperson
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week for his confirmation hearing. His opening statement to the committee was released Saturday.
Continue Reading Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home,” dismissing videos in which she accused them of holding her hostage since she attempted to flee abroad in 2018. “In response to media reports regarding Sheikha Latifa, we want to thank those who have expressed concern for her wellbeing, despite the coverage which
Continue ReadingYan Dhanda has been a leading light in helping Swansea City return to the Premier League, but he is also driven by the fact he’s one of only a handful of British Asian footballers playing professionally in the United Kingdom. Dhanda, whose father was born in England to Indian parents, says he’s excited by the
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For students looking to attend college in the fall, the deadline to apply for financial aid is fast approaching. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is due on March 2nd. To increase awareness about the process, our local school districts have been taking part in a competition — students were encouraged to make
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President Joe Biden visited former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon, according to the White House, after the longtime Kansas senator announced earlier in the week that he had been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. The two had served in the Senate together and Dole is a “close friend” of the President, the White House
Continue Reading A Nile crocodile named Anuket had to undergo surgery in Florida recently. The problem started in December when a shoe slipped off the foot of a tourist ziplining over the crocodile habitat at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, according to a social media post from the zoo. Anuket, who lived in the enclosure
Continue Reading(CNN) — Tres personas murieron y dos más resultaron heridas en un tiroteo en una tienda de armas en Louisiana, este sábado. Agentes fueron llamados al lugar de los hechos en el Jefferson Gun Outlet de Metairie, poco antes de las 3 p.m., informó el sheriff de Jefferson, Joseph Lopinto III, en rueda de prensa.
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A Wind Advisory has been extended for areas of the high desert, San Gorgonio pass and local mountains. The Coachella Valley is not under this advisory, but it will be breezy throughout the evening. Temperatures will be closer to seasonal on Sunday, with a warming trend to start the week!
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