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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A year ago, two robots landed on Mars and forever changed the way we explore the red planet. The joy and excitement of the successful landing for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, taking place during a time of hardship for so many, echoed around the globe. “One year ago, Perseverance
Continue Reading CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN A year ago, two robots landed on Mars and forever changed the way we explore the red planet. The joy and excitement of the successful landing for the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter, taking place during a time of hardship for so many, echoed around the globe. “One year ago,
Continue ReadingBy Mary Alice Royse Click here for updates on this story WILSON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — Wilson County Fire and Sheriff’s departments responded to a fire Wednesday at Twin Oaks Guest Ranch. Twin Oaks Guest Ranch lost all their barns, out buildings, farm equipment, trucks, tractors, and hay to the fire. Twin Oaks Guest Ranch
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Infants and toddlers should be screened more for developmental delays, according to updated US guidelines released last week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics updated the checklists of developmental milestones used to monitor infant and young children’s development in an effort to
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Pearl and the Auburn men’s basketball team have an embarrassment of front-court riches. The second-ranked Tigers have the nation’s top shot blocker in 7-foot-1 Walker Kessler along with 6-10 freshman Jabari Smith, who also happens to be the team’s top 3-point shooter. Auburn also
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business After swinging through New York City as Spider-Man, Tom Holland returns this weekend with another film that has him dangling from great heights. This time he does so as adventurer and video game mainstay Nathan Drake. “Uncharted” — based on a best-selling Sony video game — hopes to use Holland’s
Continue ReadingBy Kandra Kent Click here for updates on this story VANCOVUER, Washington (KPTV) — Without a doubt, masks certainly stifle language, but for those who are deaf or hard of hearing it can be difficult to communicate at all. As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced an end to the mask mandate in most
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La más reciente evaluación de los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos indica que Rusia continúa con los preparativos para una invasión de Ucrania, según un alto funcionario de EE.UU. con conocimiento directo y otra fuente directamente familiarizada con la inteligencia. La evaluación, descrita como “desalentadora” por el alto funcionario, indica
Continue ReadingBy David Close, Jacob Lev and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva has become one of the faces of Beijing 2022, but as the Winter Olympics nears its conclusion the spotlight is likely to remain on the 15-year-old and her entourage for the foreseeable future. A blame game has already broken out between
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Oregon (KPTV) — An employee with the Oregon Department of Human Services was indicted for kidnapping and sexually abusing a woman with developmental disabilities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon said Zakary Glover, 28, of Lebanon, was indicted Friday by a federal
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Thursday charging the former president of the Portland Marathon for defrauding the charitable organization that had backed the event since the early 1980s. Lester V. Smith Jr., 80, of Tomball, Texas, has
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire and Rachel Janfaza, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced Friday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Murthy wrote in a long thread on Twitter that his wife and 5-year-old son were also positive for the virus and had mild symptoms. His 4-year-old daughter, who was the first in his
Continue ReadingCNN By Finn McSkimming, CNN Winter sports star Gus Kenworthy has a lot to thank his mom for. Her hometown is Chelmsford, Essex in southeast England, and also where he was born and the reason why he is able to compete in his third Winter Olympics. Kenworthy won a slopestyle silver medal for the USA
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine’s breakaway regions ordered the evacuation of civilians to Russia Friday, accusing Ukraine of planning a large military offensive against the two self-declared republics. The restive eastern part of the country has witnessed the worst shelling in years over the last two days. Ukrainian
Continue ReadingBy Mike TeSelle Click here for updates on this story YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California (KCRA) — If you needed yet another reason to visit one of California’s most majestic and picturesque spots, there is a Yosemite National Park Ranger who this week earned the 2022 American Park Experience award from the National Park Trust. A
Continue ReadingBy Jim Keithley Click here for updates on this story BIDDEFORD, Maine (WMTW) — One look at Janet Vitanza and you would never know she just fought and won a battle with COVID-19. “Laying there in the hospital with that drip, drip, drip knowing you had a blood clot.” Vitanza, 83, of Kennebunk, recalled those
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High pressure will keep the skies clear and help boost temperatures over the weekend. With lighter winds overnight, our morning lows dipped all the way to the freezing mark at the East end of the Coachella Valley, but warmer temps are on the way. You can anticipate highs in the mid-70s later this afternoon under
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story LECOMPTON, Kansas (KCTV) — A city block may as well be a mile when you’re the only plow in town. Rance Roberts fills that role as the utilities supervisor of Lecompton. He is one of just two full-time city employees. When snow blankets the town,
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is considering trying to expel Nicaragua from a lucrative regional free trade pact to retaliate against President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on his opponents. A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity says the action is still under analysis and no decision
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim and Eoin McSweeney, CNN A Russian invasion of Ukraine would send shockwaves across Europe and perhaps as far west as the United States. But a region further south may find itself an unlikely victim of a potential conflict. Ukraine and Russia account for 23% of the world’s wheat exports, according to
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