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After initially reporting him missing, an Ohio mother has been charged with killing her 6-year-old son and disposing of his body in the Ohio River, police said. Brittany Gosney, 29, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of her son James Hutchinson. Her boyfriend, 42-year-old James
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston (WCVB ) — Whipping winds sent scaffolding tumbling down into a pile of debris and rubble Monday night at a building under construction in Boston. It happened just before 11 p.m. at the seven-story building on St. Alphonsus Street, just off Tremont Street. The scaffolding struck an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Topeka, Kansas (KMBC ) — For decades in Topeka, rumors about Seaman School District’s namesake Fred A. Seaman, have been floating around the community. “The first time I heard about it, I was like ‘woah, why isn’t this a bigger deal?’” said Rene Cabrera, a Seaman High School
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana (WDSU ) — Drug overdose deaths have destroyed countless families and lives across Louisiana. One of those lives is 31-year-old Sidney Bothman. “Heroin is a drug that will kill people. It will grab them by the throat until it kills them,” Bothman’s mother Kelly
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(CNN) — Ahora hay tres vacunas contra el covid-19 autorizadas para uso de emergencia por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA), fabricadas por Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna y Johnson & Johnson. Las tres se distribuirán por todo Estados Unidos. Muchas personas se preguntan qué vacuna de covid-19 deberían recibir: ¿hay una
Continue Reading Here’s some background information about the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, which killed six people and injured more than 1,000. Six suspects were convicted of directly participating in the bombing. The seventh suspect, Abdul Rahman Yasin, is still at large. Facts The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100 feet, several stories deep. It
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President Joe Biden is set to announce on Tuesday that drugmaker Merck will help manufacture a vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, administration officials familiar with the matter said, increasing production capacity as the third authorized shot begins going into arms. The arrangement between two competitors is unusual and underscores the urgency in manufacturing and
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Harry Belafonte, civil rights activist and award-winning singer and actor. Personal Birth date: March 1, 1927 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. Father: Harold George Bellanfanti, cook Mother: Melvine (Love) Bellanfanti, domestic worker Marriages: Pamela Frank (April 2008-present); Julie Robinson (March
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is expected to huddle with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as the chamber gears up to pass the White House’s top legislative priority: a major pandemic relief plan. Biden is slated to join Senate Democrats virtually during their caucus lunch Tuesday afternoon, a meeting that comes as Democrats face pressure to stick together
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is racing to find space for the growing number of families and unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border alone, which may include opening more temporary facilities and providing federal funding for Covid-19 testing. “We’re apprehending more kids than we can release,” a senior Homeland Security official told CNN. “There’s a lot of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A Scranton man is now facing charges for twice setting fire to the rooming house where he lived. Henry Scheitrumpf, 69, locked up $500,000 bail. He is charged with aggravated arson, reckless endangerment and more, for allegedly setting fire to a dumpster and garbage
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In a critical voting rights case, conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested they were ready to uphold two provisions of an Arizona voting law that Democrats argue violate the historic Voting Rights Act. Supporters of voting rights are fearful that the court’s new 6-3 solidified conservative majority will weaken a key provision of the
Continue Reading An SUV packed with people crashed into a semitruck in Imperial County, California, on Tuesday morning, leaving 15 dead and others hospitalized, hospital officials said. There were 27 passengers in the SUV that struck a semitruck full of gravel, said Judy Cruz, the managing director of the Emergency Room Department at El Centro Regional Medical
Continue ReadingThe pandemic drove Target to a record year of sales growth, as shoppers stocked up at its stores and bought online. Target’s 2020 sales increased 19.8% to $93.6 billion from $78.1 billion last year, the company said Tuesday. Digital sales, which include home delivery and in-store pickup, increased 145%. Target’s sales growth of more than
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Las variantes de coronavirus han forzado a farmacéuticas a desarrollar una nueva generación de sus vacunas ya aprobadas contra el covid-19. Moderna y Pfizer son dos de las compañías que ya trabajan en estas inyecciones. En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta nos explica qué diferencia habría en estas nuevas dosis. Puedes
Continue Reading Here’s a quick look at the life of former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, FW de Klerk. Personal Birth date: March 18, 1936 Birth place: Johannesburg, South Africa Birth name: Frederik Willem de Klerk Father: Johannes de Klerk, politician Mother: Corrie (Coetzer) de Klerk Marriages: Elita (Georgiades) de Klerk (November 1998-current); Marike
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It’s go time! High school sports are finally back, specifically football. Following Tuesday’s updated COVID-19 case-rates in Riverside County, outdoor local high school sports have been approved to play, ending a lengthy layoff that has sidelined local student-athletes. As we’ve been reporting, 14 was the magic number. The threshold was 14 coronavirus cases or less
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Reporters Without Borders has filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi officials of committing crimes against humanity in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the detention of 34 other journalists. The Paris-based media advocacy group said in a statement that it had filed the complaint with a
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Varios países de Latinoamérica han empezado a vacunar a sus ciudadanos contra el covid-19. Aunque aún falta mucho tiempo para vacunar masivamente a los millones de habitantes de la región, el proceso avanza, pero tiene muchos desafíos. El estado de la vacunación en Latinoamérica es muy variable. Mientras algunos países ya han
Continue ReadingHere is a look at the life of Bill Frist, heart and lung transplant surgeon and former Senate majority leader. Personal Birth date: February 22, 1952 Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee Birth name: William Harrison Frist Father: Thomas Frist Sr., physician Mother: Dorothy (Cate) Frist Marriages: Tracy (Roberts) Frist (2015-present); Karyn (McLaughlin) Frist (1981-December 2012, divorced)
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