Some health experts believe we could start seeing children between 12 and 15 years old getting vaccinated within weeks from now. According to the UMass Medical School researchers, they began testing the Moderna vaccine on children 12 to 15 in February 2021. Right now, 3,000 adolescents are enrolled in this trial and researchers are waiting
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4/20 tuvo un comienzo interesante en Meca el martes por la mañana. El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside anunció que los agentes localizaron más de 10,000 plantas de marihuana en un sitio de cultivo ilegal en la comunidad no incorporada de La Meca. La marihuana fue localizada tras una orden de registro cumplida
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden welcomed Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer but said the outcome was “too rare” for the country to turn away now from issues of systemic racism. “I can’t breathe. Those were George Floyd’s last words,” Biden said, evoking the final utterance of the man Derek
Continue ReadingWere the strokes that killed US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick after the January 6 insurrection really natural? Some neurologists don’t think so. Sicknick suffered strokes that killed him, according to the medical examiner’s office. However, the medical examiner, Dr. Francisco Diaz, told the Washington Post, that “all that transpired” on January 6 “played a
Continue ReadingApple unveiled a slew of new products at its annual Spring launch on Tuesday, but waited until after the event to announce big changes coming to software for iPhones and iPads “next week.” The company said in a press release that it will roll out its much-anticipated iOS 14.5 software but didn’t specify which day.
Continue Reading 4/20 got off to an interesting start in Mecca Tuesday morning. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the deputies located over 10,000 marijuana plants at an illegal cultivation site in the unincorporated community of Mecca. The marijuana was located following a search warrant served in the 70-100 block of Johnson Street in Mecca Tuesday at approximately
Continue ReadingTop officials from the Biden administration’s national security team on Tuesday briefed lawmakers about the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, facing questions from skeptical Republicans and Democrats alike about whether they’re prepared for the ramifications of what happens once US troops are gone. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Director
Continue ReadingFormer President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama praised Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, but emphasized that more work must be done to achieve justice. “True justice requires that we come to terms with the fact that Black Americans are treated differently, every day,” the Obamas said in a statement.
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Derek Chauvin is guilty of killing George Floyd. A jury convicted the White former Minneapolis cop who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes, killing him and sparking a year of reckoning about US policing and how it is applied differently to Black Americans. A unanimous and diverse jury needed just 10 hours of deliberations
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The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ended Tuesday, almost a year after video showed him kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes, with Chauvin being found guilty on all three charges he faced. Floyd died after the incident, which occurred last May. His death sparked protests across
Continue ReadingDid you know that what you eat can affect your sleep? That’s right — there are foods that can help us enjoy a blissful night’s rest, while other foods and eating habits can prevent us from getting our needed zzz’s. “Foods higher in specific nutrients can enhance our ability to go to sleep and the
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi is offering a significant change to her plans for a 9/11-style commission to investigate what led up to the Capitol insurrection on January 6, proposing to create an independent panel with an equal number of Republican and Democratic members, a source familiar with the negotiations told CNN. Pelosi briefed her leadership
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 301 new coronavirus cases since Monday, bringing the total up to 297,620 cases The Coachella Valley reported 56 cases over the weekend (50,071 total) Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Metrics Update Riverside County moved further away from possibly being moved to the
Continue Reading Tyrannosaurus rex was a fearsome predator, but it sure wasn’t a particularly fast mover. In fact, most humans could easily keep up with the dinosaur without breaking a sweat. T. rex would have covered just under 3 miles in an hour — a speed similar to that of humans and many other animals — at
Continue ReadingBillionaire Leon Cooperman rejected Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to testify on her proposed wealth tax, saying he has no interest in appearing “at her show trial.” Warren invited Cooperman, with whom she has repeatedly clashed, to appear at an April 27 hearing on creating a fairer tax system. In a statement to CNN Business Tuesday
Continue Reading Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet in eastern Ukraine, where long-simmering tensions have resurged in recent weeks. Zelensky extended the invitation on Tuesday night during a public address, urging Putin to restore a ceasefire in the region where he said “millions of lives” are at stake. “A proposal
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Social media companies are on high alert for a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, knowing that their platforms have been used in the past to inflame tensions in the United States and that the same thing could well happen again in the wake
Continue ReadingA pair of recent real estate studies are shedding light on how people of color have been consistently disadvantaged in the US housing market for years and are largely missing out on the country’s ongoing home-buying frenzy. For nearly a decade, homes sold in mostly Black neighborhoods have been undervalued by an average of $46,000,
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Coal country is in free fall and is pleading for help from Washington. That’s why the largest union in one of the dirtiest industries is broadly backing President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion green infrastructure package — an ambitious plan that has also won support from climate activists. “Anybody who would not accept jobs where jobs
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Commentators weigh in on the guilty verdict against ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd last May. Issac Bailey: Why I’m not celebrating I don’t begrudge others who burst into celebration at the sound of “guilty” guilty” “guilty” in the case of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who slowly murdered George
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