India’s economy was turning a corner earlier this year as the country started to accelerate out of the recession it suffered in 2020. But a disastrous surge in Covid-19 cases threatens that progress. Asia’s third biggest economy recorded a rise in gross domestic product of 1.6% in the January-March quarter, compared with the same period
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Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON PARK, Illinois (KMOV) — A man was rescued from a burning home in Washington Park overnight. Firefighters were called to the home on Warren Avenue near Route 111 around 1 a.m. Monday. Five people were living in the home at the time it caught fire. Four of
Continue Reading The Chinese government will allow couples to have three children, according to state-run news agency Xinhua, the latest easing of strict family planning policies as the country tries to avert a demographic crisis. The Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership made the decision at a meeting on Monday, state media said, in a move designed to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SMYRNA, Tennessee (WSMV) — Dive teams from several agencies have recovered several components of an airplane that crashed into Percy Priest Lake as well as human remains, Rutherford County EMA officials said on Sunday afternoon. Dive teams from Rutherford County Fire Rescue, Metro Nashville Office of Emergency Management,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Many folks are visiting Battleship Memorial Park over the Memorial Day weekend to pay tribute to those who died serving our country. Families we spoke to say they wanted to not only remember the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice, but
Continue ReadingChina’s decision to allow families to have three children could produce a windfall for makers of strollers, car seats and baby formula. At least, that’s what investors think. Stocks tied to baby products and maternity services soared in mainland China and Hong Kong on Monday after the Chinese government announced a major change to its
Continue Reading A year ago, states were starting to ease coronavirus restrictions while warning Americans not to gather with large groups for Memorial Day out of concern for a second wave of infections. This year, celebrations for the unofficial start of summer may look a little more familiar now that millions of Americans have been vaccinated against
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Memorial Day, a day honoring American soldiers who died serving the country in wars. It is observed annually in the United States on the last Monday in May. Facts Several towns claim to be the originators of Memorial Day, but in 1966 Congress declared Waterloo, New York, to be the birthplace
Continue Reading“My job is to go out and sing, and entertain these residents in the senior living facilities. And I need to be able to hear the frequencies, and I lost those during my infection with Covid.” A battle with Covid-19 left singer Irena Schulz with pain in her ears and hearing loss, jeopardizing her job
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Sometimes all it takes is a little name change to bring attention to an underappreciated park. At least, that’s certainly the case with West Virginia’s New River Gorge. Hidden within a 5,593-page omnibus spending bill in the final days of 2020 was a provision to reclassify this one-time national river as America’s 63rd headliner national
Continue Reading(CNN) — Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, los científicos han estado buscando comprender mejor la inmunidad al nuevo coronavirus. ¿Cuánto tiempo es inmune una persona después de tener covid-19, después de vacunarse o ambas cosas? ¿Y qué podría significar la inmunidad duradera para los potenciadores de vacunas? Todavía es demasiado pronto para saberlo, pero
Continue Reading(CNN) — Las instrucciones del presidente Joe Biden a la comunidad de inteligencia de EE.UU. de redoblar sus esfuerzos en la investigación sobre los orígenes de la pandemia de covid-19 llegaron después de que funcionarios de inteligencia informaron a la Casa Blanca que poseían evidencia no revisada que requería un mayor análisis informático que potencialmente
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It’s Memorial Day — events are happening throughout the valley to honor those who have served and given their lives for our country. Early Monday morning, VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 3699 and local boy scouts gathered at the Coachella Valley Public Cemetery to lay flags on the headstones of all veterans buried there.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a nationwide recall for a brand of apricot kernels, warning that they may cause cyanide poisoning. The Bitter Apricot Kernels and the Extremely Bitter Apricot Kernels from the brand Our Father’s Farm have been affected
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — A 70-kilometre trek through Nunavut’s icy tundra couldn’t stop Pepper from finding her family. In late April, Donna Adams and her family decided to snowmobile to Whale Cove, Nunavut for the funeral of her young great-niece. Bad weather had forced them not to
Continue Reading(CNN) — Zinedine Zidane dijo el lunes que había dejado de ser el entrenador del Real Madrid porque la jerarquía del club no tenía suficiente confianza en él para reconstruir una plantilla envejecida. Zidane, que regresó al Madrid para una segunda etapa en el cargo en marzo de 2019, ganó dos títulos de la Liga
Continue Reading Days after appearing in one of the most eagerly-awaited cast reunions, Courteney Cox has given “Friends” fans another “Oh. My. God.” moment by teaming up with British singer Ed Sheeran to recreate the hilarious Monica-Ross routine she performed on the hit 90s sitcom. In the episode “The One with the Routine,” her character Monica Geller
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Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 102° Sunday. For Memorial Day, temperatures will remain above the average of 99°. A ridge of high pressure will be building over Northern California. A developing area of low pressure is setting up over Baja California. This set up will create an easterly flow aloft. This easterly flow
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court will decide as early as this week whether to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the draft filed by a group called the National Coalition for Men. The group is asking the justices to reconsider a 1981 decision that upheld the Military Selective Service Act under which men
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Memorial Day weekend has brought back images of family gatherings and crowded beaches, but though things may look more normal, a clinical psychologist told CNN many people may still be dealing with emotional impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Whether it’s someone they know that has Covid or someone that they know that died, or friends
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