This time last year, Indian entrepreneurs were in panic mode. The government had locked down the country’s entire population in a dramatic step to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Company founders feared the restrictions would leave them in a severe funding crunch that could hurt their ability to expand, pay salaries or even stay afloat. The
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A group of Desert Sands Unified parents and students rallied Friday night urging the district to revisit the proposal to bring all students back to campus four days per week instead of two for the last month of school. More than 50 people, both parents and students, brought signs and chanted on the corner of
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Update 4/24: According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a 36-year-old bail agent has been arrested and booked for murder after allegedly shooting a suspected fugitive while trying to take him into custody at his home. It was learned that the bail agent was not properly licensed, and due to his criminal history, was prohibited
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday morning, beginning their six-month stay in space. This launch marked the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk’s company and the first to make use of a previously flown rocket booster and spacecraft.
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Very gusty winds continued into last night, but gusts are dropping in speed as we move through today. This evening you can expect winds about 10mph lower in speed than yesterday evening. A Wind Advisory remains in effect areas north of Victorville through 8 p.m. but that’s the closest advisory to the Valley. An area
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Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — The authors behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), have long eluded historians and scientists alike. But artificial intelligence technology has now unveiled two possible scribes. Researchers with the University of Groningen conducted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. According to the prime minister’s itinerary for the day, the two will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at 12:45 p.m. in
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has built out one of its most gripping and complex investigations to date from the January 6 insurrection in a court case which has gotten far less attention than others about at least five rioters who dragged and beat police with flag poles and a crutch on the US Capitol steps. Investigators’
Continue ReadingFormer President George W. Bush wrote in the name of his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his 2020 presidential ballot rather than voting for his own party’s nominee Donald Trump for reelection, he told People magazine. “She knows it,” Bush told the magazine, referring to Rice, one of his closest advisers during his
Continue Reading A California police officer is facing multiple felony charges for the 2018 shooting death of a man during a slow-speed pursuit, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said in a Wednesday news release. The announcement came the same day local authorities released new body camera footage of a fatal shooting involving the same officer
Continue Reading An unidentified object has been spotted at the site of the ongoing search for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members on board, as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within 24 hours. An Indonesian naval vessel detected an object with “strong magnetic resonance” at a depth of 50 to 100
Continue ReadingBasketball player Terrence Clarke, who last month declared for the 2021 NBA draft after playing his freshman season for the University of Kentucky, died Thursday after sustaining fatal injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to the Kentucky athletics department. He was 19 years old. The accident occurred Thursday afternoon as Clarke’s vehicle
Continue ReadingThe fight in Congress to reform how the nation’s police officers go about their jobs has reinvigorated a discussion over so-called “qualified immunity,” a controversial federal doctrine that protects officers accused of violating the Constitution while on duty. While abolishing the more than 50-year-old doctrine remains one of the main sticking points between Republicans and
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden kicked off a virtual climate summit on Thursday with a pledge to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade. Angel GurrÃa, the head of the OECD, told CNN Business that the summit, which continues on Friday, is a huge step in
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Lourdes Leon is ready to talk. The 24-year-old daughter of pop icon Madonna has opened up about her career ambitions and love life in a rare interview with Vanity Fair. In the candid Facetime chat published in the magazine’s May issue, Leon recalled attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing
Continue Reading Russia appeared to be pulling back from a confrontation with the West on Friday as state media reported that troops were returning to their bases after taking part in exercises near the border with Ukraine and in Crimea. A buildup of Russian troops along the border in recent weeks had reignited tensions in eastern Ukraine,
Continue Reading Germany’s new “emergency brake” rules for areas with high Covid-19 infection rates, intended to curb the spread of the virus, will come into force Saturday, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. They will affect almost the entire country. The controversial new law gives the national government power to impose lockdowns on states for the first time,
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(CNN) — La Unión Europea rechazó una opción de compra de 100 millones adicionales de vacunas contra el covid-19 de AstraZeneca, según informó un portavoz el jueves. La decisión ocurre luego de meses de crÃticas públicas por parte de funcionarios de la Unión Europea hacia AstraZeneca. La Comisión Europea no ejerció la opción de compra
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Although there’s a growing sense that normalcy is within reach after the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, experts are continuing to push for more vaccinations — particularly as new research details the long-term consequences for those who are diagnosed with the virus. In what the authors say is the largest study to date of the long-term impact,
Continue ReadingMany people worry about cholesterol, and with good reason. More than a third of Americans have high cholesterol, putting them at greater risk of stroke and heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. What you eat can play an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health, and it is reasonable to think
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