President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed a slew of Republican efforts to suppress the vote as “un-American” as Georgia’s state House passed a sweeping bill that would vastly limit access to the ballot and sent it immediately to the state Senate. The President, in his first formal news conference since taking office, criticized Republican efforts
Continue ReadingAs vaccine eligibility expands across the United States, more companies are offering incentives to get a jab. Many US companies are debating whether to mandate vaccines. Over 70% of current or recent CEOs of major companies said they were open to requiring vaccines, a poll by the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute said. “I think
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California is expanding its vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 and over starting in April and anyone 16 and over on April 15. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California expects to receive 2.5 million doses a week in the first half of April and more than 3 million a week
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden spent much of his first presidential news conference on Thursday facing questions about the crisis on the southern border, promising conditions for unaccompanied minors arriving in the US will improve and blaming the prior administration and the cooler weather for the spike of migrants at the border. The President faced a wide-ranging
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Russia’s prison service has said Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is in “generally good health” after the activist’s team expressed concern about his physical condition and said they were denied access to see him. Navalny has submitted two applications to Russian prison officials through his lawyers requesting access to a doctor of his choice and to
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Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin year-round service from Palm Springs to Las Vegas beginning May 9. Southwest will at first offer passengers nonstop flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and Mondays. The route will be expanded to seven days a week in
Continue Reading(CNN) — Siete de cada 10 personas hospitalizadas por covid-19 no se habían recuperado completamente cinco meses después de que les dieran el alta, según un nuevo estudio del Reino Unido, donde las autoridades consideran necesario estudiar más a fondo el ‘covid prolongado’ para mejorar la atención de los pacientes. Los sobrevivientes de coronavirus siguieron
Continue Reading(CNN) — Perú reportó 11.260 nuevos casos de covid-19 el miércoles por la noche, la mayor cantidad de contagios diarios desde que comenzó la pandemia hace 12 meses, según datos publicados por el Ministerio de Salud. El promedio diario de casos en el país ha aumentado en un 31% desde principios de marzo. El número
Continue ReadingNueva Delhi (CNN) — India ha detectado una nueva variante «doble mutante» de covid-19, mientras el país lucha por contener un aumento en los casos que genera temores de una segunda ola. «Se han encontrado VOC (variantes de preocupación, por sus siglas en inglés) y una nueva variante con dos mutaciones en India», dijo el
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — There is a growing concern in the mountains over the safety of bears as the number of reported 3-legged bears grows. Private groups are now forming to investigate bear poaching and illegal activity to harm bears. “I enjoy watching them,” said Col.
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A rising trend has sounded the alarm for staff at Indio High School. Many students’ grades are plunging, while attendance dwindles. In the worst cases, some students are unaccounted for. “Wednesday’s are my home visits for students that I have not been engaging on a regular basis in our distance learning model,” said Indio High
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRANFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Cats left sealed in a Tupperware container are doing well at a Branford animal shelter. According to the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter, the four kittens and mother were found in the bin on the side of a road over the weekend. By Wednesday, the
Continue Reading(CNN) — Perú reportó 11.260 nuevos casos de covid-19 el miércoles por la noche, la mayor cantidad de contagios diarios desde que comenzó la pandemia hace 12 meses, según datos publicados por el Ministerio de Salud. El promedio diario de casos en el país ha aumentado en un 31% desde principios de marzo. El número
Continue Reading Boulder Police used the handcuffs belonging to the officer killed in Monday’s mass shooting to formally place the shooting suspect into custody, police said in a tweet Thursday. “This week several Boulder Police officers & others responded to a local hospital to formally place Monday’s shooting suspect into custody,” police said in the tweet. “As
Continue ReadingThe oil industry’s most powerful lobbying group announced Thursday that for the first time it will support setting a price on carbon, a significant shift that underlines intensifying pressure on Washington and business to tackle the climate crisis. But the devil will clearly be in the details. The American Petroleum Institute laid out a series
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said plans are underway to provide journalists access to border facilities, but didn’t provide a timeline on when that would happen. “I will commit to transparency and as soon as I’m in a position to be able to implement what we’re doing right now,” Biden said Thursday, when pressed if journalists would
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said he “can’t picture” US troops being in Afghanistan next year. Biden has been wrestling with a May 1 deadline to withdraw all US troops from the country under a deal between President Donald Trump and the Taliban, with his top diplomat consulting intensely this week with allies on the issue. The
Continue Reading A school district in Duxbury, Massachusetts, announced that they have “severed ties” with their high school’s head football coach after allegations that anti-Semitic language was used to call plays at a recent game. Duxbury Public Schools announced on Wednesday that Dave Maimaron would no longer hold the position of head football coach at Duxbury High
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — An expanding recall on apricot kernels is renewing focus on how the seeds can cause acute cyanide poisoning. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled 10 apricot kernel products over the past two weeks. If you have any of the recalled items, the
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Desert Sands Unified School District has approved for indoor sports to be played, pending test results. These sports include basketball and wrestling. Unfortunately, volleyball is not eligible to play since the end-of-season date has passed. Local high school basketball programs within the district – Palm Desert, Indio, La Quinta and Shadow Hills – are all
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