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Month: September 2023

Why health officials aren’t calling new COVID-19 vaccines boosters anymore

By Megan DeLaire/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — For many Canadians, the time has come to get another COVID-19 vaccination. If the language around the jab seems particularly confusing this fourth pandemic fall, it’s because it’s shifting again. When the United States Food and Drug Administration approved

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A Canadian instrument made NASA’s asteroid retrieval possible – and its job is still not over

By Alexandra Mae Jones/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In a little over a week, samples from the asteroid Bennu will streak down to Earth, a landmark achievement which couldn’t have been achieved without Canadian help. On Wednesday, scientists with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) dove into

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Progressive Councilmember Freddie O’Connell wins Nashville mayor’s race

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville metro councilmember Freddie O’Connell has resoundingly won the race to become the next mayor of the Democratic-leaning city. Unofficial results from the Davidson County Election Commission show the progressive candidate defeated conservative Alice Rolli in Thursday’s runoff election by a wide margin, with all precincts

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Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials say they have moved juvenile detainees from a former death row building at the state’s sprawling adult penitentiary. The state’s Office of Juvenile Justice says the youths were transferred Friday morning to a juvenile facility in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana. The office’s news

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Biden calls on automakers to improve their offer to striking workers as he faces the biggest labor crisis of his presidency so far

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday called on major American automakers to improve their offer to workers as a strike of the United Auto Workers poses a political and economic test for the White House. Speaking as walkouts began at three plants in the Midwest, Biden said he “respected” workers’

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A member of the secret panel studying Wisconsin Supreme Court justice’s impeachment backed her rival

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party. He was also investigated after a physical altercation with a liberal justice. David Prosser is

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Deteriorating Colorado public schools need $17 billion in repairs, state treasurer calls lack of funding a “crisis”

By KATI WEIS Click here for updates on this story     COLORADO (KCNC) — There’s a $17 billion need to fix deteriorating Colorado school buildings right now, according to the Colorado Department of Education, but CBS News Colorado has learned there’s no more money left to go around. State Treasurer Dave Young calls it a “crisis

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