When Bridget Wiedenmeyer learned Texas was banning mask mandates in public schools, she immediately worried about her 11-year-old daughter — who has a chronic lung condition but is too young to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “There’s a large contingent of people who are like, ‘Well, only this teeny tiny percent of kids …. die of
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Update 05/27/21: Espinosa was found dead within Joshua Tree National Park on the morning of May 26. The coroner positively identified Espinosa’s body the following day. Details: Person found dead in Joshua Tree National Park identified as missing man Original Report 05/20/21: A 20-year-old man dropped off in the Wonder Valley area near Twentynine Palms
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story O’AHU, Hawaii (KITV) — During the pandemic, Toni Floerke, a nurse at Project Vision Hawaii, has been putting shots in the arms of hundreds of homeless on O’ahu. Many of them are hard-to-reach and reluctant to receive a dose of a vaccine. It’s forced nonprofit groups to go
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Middle and high school students in the Desert Sands Unified School District will have Pfizer vaccine doses available to them thanks to a partnership between the district, the Desert Healthcare District, and Rite Aid. DSUSD will have mobile clinics set up at multiple school campuses within the district. Students ages 12-17 will be able to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — Police on Long Island are looking for the persons who vandalized a mosque, burning a sacred flag and spray painting pro-Trump graffiti on the marble base. It happened around 2 a.m. Monday at the Islamic Center of Suffolk County on 3rd Street
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday touted the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during a hastily arranged White House speech in response to the quick-moving developments in the Middle East. “We’ve held intensive high-level discussions, hour-by-hour, literally, (with) Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and other Middle Eastern countries with the aim of avoiding the sort of prolonged
Continue ReadingIt was a rubbish tee shot, wasn’t it? Sebastián Muñoz hit the rarest form of hole-in-one on Thursday at the 2021 PGA Championship, and one that he appeared to be unwilling to retrieve his ball from. On the 18th hole at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course, the Colombian golfer hit his drive off to the left
Continue Reading(CNN) — Una vacuna de refuerzo contra el covid-19, cuando esté autorizada, probablemente será necesaria dentro de un año después de la vacunación inicial, dijo el miércoles el Dr. Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas de Estados Unidos. «Creo que probablemente será dentro de un año», dijo Fauci durante una
Continue ReadingLondres (CNN) — No existe tal cosa como un nivel «seguro» de consumo de alcohol, y un mayor consumo de este está asociado con una peor salud cerebral, según un nuevo estudio. En un estudio observacional, que aún no ha sido revisado por pares, investigadores de la Universidad de Oxford estudiaron la relación entre la
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Palm Springs International Airport saw its best passenger travel numbers since the pandemic began last month, and May is shaping up to be good as well, officials said today. “We’re seeing consistent month-over-month improvement in our passenger numbers,” said Daniel Meier, deputy director of aviation, marketing & air service. “So far, our daily passenger numbers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A vehicle was stolen from a gas station in Manchester with a 9-year-old child sleeping inside. Police said they received the report about it around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. They said the vehicle was taken from the Shell Gas Station on Hartford Road. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Greater Hartford NAACP continues to push for something to be done after ropes tied like nooses were found at the Amazon construction site in Windsor. Last month, ropes tied into a noose was found at the Windsor jobsite. A few days later, five
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A silver coin found in Maryland after almost 400 years provided a big clue for archaeologists searching for St. Mary’s Fort — one of the earliest English settlements in the New World. The coin, a silver shilling with a portrait of King Charles I, was created by the royal mint in the Tower of London
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A restaurant in Buckhead is catching heat over perceived inconsistencies in its dress code. Monica Johnson had brunch reservations on Sunday at Le Bilboquet. She wasn’t aware the restaurant had a business casual dress code and showed up in a track suit. The restaurant lists
Continue ReadingNueva York (CNN Business) — Si no te importan los anuncios, HBO Max ahora será más barato. El servicio de transmisión de WarnerMedia, la empresa matriz de CNN, anunció el miércoles que una nueva versión de la plataforma con publicidad costará US$ 9,99 al mes. Eso es menos que la versión sin publicidad, que cuesta
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden plans to address quickly moving developments in the Middle East from the White House on Thursday evening. It will be the first time in a week that Biden has spoken publicly about the fighting that has raged between Israel and Hamas. He’ll speak at 5:45 p.m. ET Thursday. His remarks come as
Continue ReadingAfter taking back the House in 2018, Nancy Pelosi called herself “a bridge to the next generation of leaders” and agreed to a deal: she’d serve again as speaker for no more than four years. Time is now ticking — and no one knows what Pelosi will do in 2022. Confidantes of the 81-year-old speaker
Continue ReadingThe US military has seen a 55% jump in Covid-19 vaccinations among active-duty service members over the last month, a senior defense official told CNN. The increase comes after the Pentagon opened up vaccinations to the general population on April 19. Of the approximately 1.4 million active duty service members, some 500,000 had received their
Continue ReadingRepublican lawmakers have recently downplayed or outright denied the violence of the January 6 insurrection as a bipartisan agreement to investigate the siege is in limbo on Capitol Hill. But the mounting pile of evidence in the nearly 450 Capitol riot criminal proceedings — including hundreds of hours of videos, seized weapons, text messages and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A leisurely paddle along the Mississippi River is a great way to relax and enjoy a few hours. But what a foursome in one canoe just accomplished is anything but relaxing. They just set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to row the
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