President Joe Biden on Friday highlighted the economic opportunities of climate action a day after announcing an ambitious new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Leaders Summit on Climate from the White House. “Today’s final session is not about the threat that climate change poses, it’s about the opportunity that addressing climate change
Continue ReadingNow that he’s signed the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, President Joe Biden is turning to the next items on his legislative agenda — and laying the groundwork for raising taxes on wealthier Americans to pay for them. He is expected to outline the next step of his economic agenda during a joint session
Continue ReadingDiapers are a pricey, essential item for parents. Now, they’re getting even more expensive, hurting low-income families already struggling with the pandemic’s economic woes. Disposable diaper prices rose 8.7% during the year ending April 10, according to the latest numbers from NielsenIQ, which tracks point of sale data from retailers. Diaper makers recently said they
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A man is in custody after he allegedly shot a customer at a gas station and opened fire on several vehicles traveling down a busy northeast Atlanta roadway. The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. at the Exxon gas station at the intersection of Ponce De
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile Police Department on Thursday conducted underage drinking compliance checks at eight locations to see if they would sell alcohol to minors. Police said four locations completed the sale of alcohol to a minor. The four locations that sold to the minors were
Continue Reading Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest that earlier saw Jewish extremists marching through another city street shouting “Death to Arabs.” The violence marks a high point so far in a new phase of complex heightened tensions in
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(CNN Español) – En este episodio, el doctor Elmer Huerta responde las preguntas de la audiencia sobre las vacunas contra el coronavirus. También, aclaramos dudas sobre el contagio, las secuelas del covid-19 y más. Puedes escuchar este episodio en Spotify o tu plataforma de podcast predilecta o leer la transcripción a continuación. Hola, soy el
Continue Reading A female police official has been killed in a knife attack at a police station in a suburb of Paris, French officials said Friday. The attack took place at the station in Rambouillet, 35 miles southwest of the capital. The suspect is dead, officials said. The anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office, which usually handles investigations of terrorist
Continue Reading Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired — leaving one man dead. The shooting took place Wednesday morning in a working-class neighborhood of Elizabeth City in the northeastern corner of the state. The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A one-month-old lamb is learning to walk after a Metro East animal rescue stepped in to help. The lamb was born to a farmer along with 100 other lambs, but a deformity in its front legs made it difficult for the baby to stand,
Continue Reading (CNN) — «Estoy vacunado y estoy afuera. ¿Realmente necesito usar todavÃa una mascarilla?» «Si estoy corriendo y no estoy cerca de mucha gente. ¿Necesito una máscara?» «Si camino por la acera y me cruzo con alguien, ¿debo ponerme el tapabocas?»A medida que llegan los meses de clima más cálido y el porcentaje de personas vacunadas
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will embark upon his first foreign trip in June, the White House said on Friday, with plans to attend the Group of 7 summit in southwestern England and diplomatic meetings in Brussels. Biden hasn’t yet ventured outside the United States since becoming president, as Covid-19 limited travel overseas. Typically, new presidents begin
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Rapper Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died at age 57. When not using his stage name, he was known as Gregory Edward Jacobs. His Digital Underground groupmate Chopmaster J. posted the news Thursday night to Instagram: “34 years ago almost to the day we had a
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions. At the White House summit,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Some East Nashville residents woke up to the sound of heavy gunfire at about 3am on Thursday and it was all caught on a home security camera. The shootout happened on Inga Street. “I had just gone to bed it was just before 3
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 15-year-old Overton High School freshman is being charged at Juvenile Court with attempted criminal homicide for stabbing a classmate in the school’s gymnasium on Thursday afternoon. Police said the 15-year-old stabbed a fellow 14-year-old freshman in the neck around 1 p.m. The 14-year-old
Continue ReadingVaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scheduled to meet Friday to discuss how to move forward with the paused Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Friday and is expected to vote on updated
Continue ReadingWhen JPMorgan Chase agreed to finance a breakaway competition of some of the world’s richest soccer clubs, it expected some heated discussions. But America’s biggest bank didn’t foresee this: Following massive blowback from fans, the sport’s governing bodies, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and even the British royal family, efforts to
Continue Reading Russell Crowe has joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Greek god Zeus. The Oscar-winner casually revealed he will star alongside Chris Hemsworth in the forthcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder” during an interview with Australian radio show JOY Breakfast with The Murphys. “I’m going to get on my bicycle and ride up to Disney-Fox studios,
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I’ll never forget the look on my fertility doctor’s face, her eyes saddening as she gently turned toward my husband and me, looking away from the ultrasound scan. “I’m sorry,” she said. “I don’t hear the heartbeat today.” At that moment, I swear I could feel my actual soul fracture. How could this be happening?
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