Welcome to the Coachella Valley, Jaali and Nia! The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will be home to two eastern black rhinos this fall. “This is the first time The Living Desert will be home to rhinoceros, and the team has been hard at work preparing for their arrival,” Allen Monroe, President/CEO of The Living
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May’s “flower” supermoon will grace the sky this Wednesday. This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky. There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of
Continue ReadingHoneywell CEO Darius Adamczyk is cautioning Washington against doing more to boost a red-hot economy that’s already grappling with rising inflation, worker shortages and materials in short supply. “The economy is doing a little bit better than people expect. It’s actually humming along,” Adamczyk told CNN Business. “I do believe we have to be careful
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop detaining immigrants at two detention centers that came under investigation over allegations of inadequate medical care and poor conditions. It’s the latest move by the administration to address immigration detention following President Joe Biden’s executive order that called for a review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Continue Reading Rasha Abu Askar tested positive for Covid-19 less than two weeks ago. So too did her husband, Musa Abu Askar, leaving the couple unable to look after their four young children, a situation that many parents around the world have dreaded during the pandemic. But this couple live in Gaza and their problems are bigger
Continue ReadingA bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would reform the US Postal Service after the struggling agency made repeated requests to Congress to help its dire financial situation. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters of Michigan and top committee Republican Rob Portman of Ohio introduced the measure, which
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — La variante de covid-19 detectada por primera vez en la India, la B.1.617, ahora se ha vuelto global. La OMS clasificó la B.1.617 y sus sublinajes como una «variante de preocupación» el 10 de mayo. Esa clasificación significa que una variante puede ser más transmisible o causar una enfermedad más grave, no responder
Continue Reading(CNN) — El primer caso oficial de la variante del coronavirus encontrado por primera vez en la India (B.1.617.2) ya ha sido detectado en Brasil, informó el jueves el secretario de Salud del estado de Maranhao, Carlos Lula. Seis tripulantes del buque Shandong da Zhi, que viajaban desde Sudáfrica, dieron positivo en la variante B.1.617.2.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PEWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The class of 2021 has had an unusual senior year, to say the least. They’ve overcome a lot with the pandemic to get to graduation day. We recently met one senior who’s been working all year to bring people together, even while we’ve been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Kenosha firefighter and his bride got a surprise visit at their wedding reception. An uninvited guest gave them a gift they will not soon forget. It was a Kenosha area transit worker. He was driving his street car Saturday and spotted something on
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The 11-year-old girl who fought off an alleged kidnapping attempt this week credited “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” for some quick thinking that helped authorities identify a suspect. In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show,” the girl identified as Alyssa said she marked her attacker with the blue slime she had been playing with
Continue ReadingA group of Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to take “immediate and decisive action” to end Saudi Arabia’s “blockade tactics” in Yemen that have prevented food, medicine and other crucial supplies from reaching desperate and starving people there. A Saudi failure to meet those demands should result in consequences, the senators wrote
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bill into law on Thursday that’s aimed at countering a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes that’s come during the coronavirus pandemic. Biden has previously urged Congress to pass the legislation, called the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act. The bill will create a new position at the Justice Department
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (WRAL) — On Thursday morning, members of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Black caucus will hold a silent protest over a battle for a professor’s tenure. In April, Nikole Hannah-Jones was hired to be the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. Hannah-Jones is a New York
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WRAL) — Last week, after Gov. Roy Cooper lifted the mask mandate but recommended that those who aren’t fully vaccinated still wear a mask, Hisine McNeill, owner of Alpha Dawgs restaurant in southeast Raleigh, reached out to the state to see how business owners would
Continue Reading(CNN) — ¿Puedes dejar de usar la mascarilla o no? Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) publicaron nuevas pautas el 13 de mayo según las cuales las personas completamente vacunadas pueden dejar de usar las máscaras en casi todos los entornos. No tan rápido. Muchas personas están decidiendo
Continue Reading(CNN) — Estados Unidos reporta algunas de las métricas de covid-19 más bajas en casi un año y los funcionarios dicen que finalmente estamos dando la vuelta a la esquina. Pero las tasas de vacunación se han desacelerado en todo el país y son desiguales en las comunidades estadounidenses. Para algunas partes de EE.UU., será
Continue ReadingNational Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre sent an encouraging email to approximately 5 million members Wednesday assuring them the organization remains “strong and secure” despite their recently dismissed petition for bankruptcy in Texas. LaPierre writes that although the “case for reorganization was dismissed,” the decision has no impact on staffing, programs or advocacy — nor
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It’s amazing enough that Cher has turned 75, but now she says a biopic is coming. The singer, actress, and icon has appeared in plenty of acclaimed films and won an Academy Award for her performance in “Moonstruck.” And now her life is getting the movie treatment. Cher tweeted the news Wednesday. “Ok Universal is
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Fast-growing Swedish oat milk brand Oatly is headed for a splashy New York IPO that will test investor demand for companies that make plant-based foods. The company, which will list on the Nasdaq on Thursday, priced its shares at $17 each, giving it a valuation of $10 billion and raising over $1.4 billion from the
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