Just eight months ago, Huawei reached its longtime goal of becoming the world’s biggest smartphone maker. Now, it is not even in the top three. On Wednesday, the Chinese tech giant acknowledged that its smartphone business was suffering as US sanctions continue to stifle its growth, cutting off the company’s ability to obtain critical components
Continue ReadingThere are three Covid-19 vaccines authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration, and they all required that each vaccine manufacturer conduct clinical trials with tens of thousands of volunteers to ensure that the vaccines are safe and effective. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen participated in a clinical trial for the Johnson & Johnson
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An off-duty Minneapolis firefighter who was rebuffed from rendering aid to George Floyd last May returned to the stand in Derek Chauvin’s trial on Wednesday, a day after her cross-examination grew contentious. Genevieve Hansen testified on Tuesday she was out for a walk on her day off and came upon Floyd in clear medical distress
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Click here for updates on this story WILSON’S CREEK, Caldwell County (WLOS) — A North Carolina man is jailed after deputies said he shot and killed a family pet and the de facto mascot of a popular country store. Caldwell County Sherriff’s Office officials said “Rocky,” a 120-pound Rottweiler, was laying on the porch at
Continue Reading Jeff Mosely’s job revolves around keeping students engaged in the classroom — but with many classrooms online only during the Covid-19 pandemic, that has become a challenge. And it’s a challenge he takes personally, as the executive director of academic programs for Marietta City Schools in the suburbs of Atlanta. “When you can’t find a
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden believes Americans “deserve better information” about the origin of Covid-19 and further steps from the global community, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday after the release of a World Health Organization report that said the pandemic is very likely to have started with transmission from one animal to another, and
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A court in Vietnam handed a two-year suspended jail term to a Vietnam Airlines flight attendant on Tuesday after finding him guilty of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, police said. Duong Tan Hau, 29, was convicted of “spreading dangerous infectious diseases” at the one-day trial at the People’s Court of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCEBORO, Craven County (WLOS) — A jury has found Jeffrey Acker guilty of second degree murder for the 2018 killing of Carolyn Patterson. He has also been deemed guilty of felonious robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony larceny of a motor vehicle. Acker will face 30 to
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A south suburban woman said she received a confirmation text message about a COVID vaccine shot, but said she has not yet signed up for one. The text appears to be a part of a scheme that the federal government has been warning the public
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKEGAN, Illinois (WLS) — Waukegan’s Board of Education met Tuesday night as it considers changing the names of two of its schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School. Jefferson, who was the nation’s third president, owned slaves. Webster was a former senator who supported slavery.
Continue Reading Transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, crossdressing and androgynous people, and drag queens, inspired and contributed to the fashion industry for years. But they hadn’t been honored for their contributions, Candy magazine creative director and publisher Luis Venegas said. That’s why he launched Candy in 2009 — to focus on what he calls transversal people: those who are
Continue Reading My Bloody Valentine have signed with Domino and the band’s music is now available to stream. The “dreampop” quartet’s most recent album was 2013’s “m b v,” which was a surprise release,. The group’s 1988 album, “Isn’t Anything” and 1991’s “Loveless” have also been made available widely for the first time ever. Domino will also
Continue Reading As governments across the globe scramble to secure Covid-19 vaccine doses for humans, Russia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for animals, state media outlet TASS reported Wednesday. The vaccine is named Carnivak-Cov, TASS said, citing Konstantin Savenkov, the deputy head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor.) “Carnivak-Cov, a sorbate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland Public Schools will be heading back to class in just a few short days but it’s not the classrooms that have some parents worried. “As an adult, I feel uncomfortable over there at times as well, so I don’t know how kids could
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Equipos de 25 personas llevan a cabo labores de rescate en el lugar donde el pasado viernes se registró un deslizamiento de tierra en una mina en el municipio de Neira, a orillas del río Cauca, departamento de Caldas, en el centro de Colombia. La Agencia Nacional de Minería de Colombia (ANM)
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced a Portland man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for a bank fraud scheme where he would recruit others, including minors, to deposit fraudulent checks into their personal bank accounts and withdraw cash. Marcus
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — Five inmates and five families want to give their loved ones a second chance at freedom. “They just sent him away forever,” Claudia Perkins-Milton said. “I just want him to come home,” Janice Murphy said. But most of these men are facing life sentences some
Continue Reading Pop superstar Britney Spears says she was reduced to tears by a documentary that explored her career and high-profile conservatorship battle with her father. “Framing Britney Spears,” which aired in February, profiled the singer’s traumatic life in the spotlight and delved into the court-sanctioned conservatorship that gives her father, Jamie Spears, power over her finances
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