President-elect Joe Biden is elevating the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position, a move that highlights the emphasis the incoming administration plans to put on science as it inherits a public health crisis. Biden on Friday named Eric Lander, a principal leader of the Human Genome
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President-elect Joe Biden on Friday outlined a plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines to the US population that includes opening up eligibility to get more people vaccinated, creating more vaccination sites and taking measures to increase the supply and distribution of the vaccines. His plan includes mobilizing more personnel to support the vaccination effort, launching a
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Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Leaders in the metro area business community said Thursday they were shocked to learn this week that the military wanted to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, when the Space Force was already headquartered in our state and the aerospace industry has such
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Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, who will leave office in less than a week. stated that he ‘cannot wait to leave this job,” according to a transcript released by the Department of Defense. The admission, during a press gaggle Thursday on his way back from a trip to Nebraska, Tennessee and Colorado, was one
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James Murdoch, the youngest son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, assailed “media property owners” and outlets that have promoted disinformation and conspiracy theories about the results of the 2020 election. Murdoch did not explicitly mention Fox News, which is controlled by his father and his brother Lachlan Murdoch. But it was clear that, even
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — As many students and staff prepare to head back into the classroom this semester, some argue if teachers aren’t vaccinated, it’s too soon to learn in-person. At least 600 students, teachers, parents, and staff at East High School have signed a new petition calling on
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SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A 27-year-old Clinton man will be sentenced in March for second-degree murder after a police chase ended with a bystander’s death. Westley Reid pleaded guilty this week in the death of 27-year-old Zachary Hancock Bottom of Sedalia on March 1. Police say Reid was driving a stolen vehicle out of Henry
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MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A fire in an inmate’s cell in a northwest Missouri jail forced authorities to evacuate all inmates through narrow, smoke-filled hallways. No one was injured in the fire Thursday night at the Nodaway County Jail in Maryville, while will be closed indefinitely. Sheriff Randy Strong said about 20 inmates are being
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Some Bay Area residents over age 65 got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday but others are finding out that — just because they’re eligible — it doesn’t mean the shot is easy to get. “It ended up being two
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Rep. John Garamendi said Friday that he was concerned that fellow representatives who want to be armed at the Capitol were a threat to him and other lawmakers. When asked by CNN’s Brooke Baldwin whether, regarding members trying to bring guns into the Capitol, he thought that one of his fellow members of Congress might
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, FL (WFOR) — An Orlando waitress is being hailed a hero after helping a boy escape from a possibly abusive home. Flavaine Carvalho was working at Mrs. Potato Restaurant on New Year’s Day when she noticed a family walk in. A man, woman, 11-year-old boy, and four-year-old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATHERTON, California (KPIX) — Hours of staring at our own faces on video calls during lockdown have gradually made certain features more prominent and bothersome. As a result, plastic surgeons across the country are seeing an uptick in patients seeking surgical and non-surgical treatments. Call it a “Zoom
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Rep. John Garamendi said Friday that he was concerned that fellow representatives who want to be armed at the Capitol were a threat to him and other lawmakers. When asked by CNN’s Brooke Baldwin whether, regarding members trying to bring guns into the Capitol, he thought that one of his fellow members of Congress might
Continue Reading WhatsApp is delaying updating its privacy policy following mass confusion over what data it shares with its parent company, Facebook. Last month, WhatsApp began notifying users of its updated terms of service and privacy policy, which people had to agree to in order to keep using the app after February 8. One particular section of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKDALE, California (KOVR) — We’ve already seen many hesitating before vaccinating. Even some frontline workers are resisting it. That’s what prompted local hospital officials to come up with the idea to pay their workers to get the shots. When the COVID-19 vaccine became available, Dean Berghorst didn’t hesitate
Continue Reading Rep. Jason Crow didn’t expect to vote to impeach a US President twice in when he came to Congress. The Colorado Democrat certainly didn’t expect to be transported back to his days in combat as a US Army Ranger while sitting above the House floor. But that’s where he found himself on January 6, surrounded
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TONIGHT: Cloudy with snow ending early. Gusty winds continue overnight with winds up to 20-25 mph. Lows in the upper 20s with wind chills in the teens. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and breezy with highs in the low to mid-30s and wind chills in the upper teens to low 20s. EXTENDED: Clouds stick around on Sunday
Continue Reading The Manhattan district attorney’s office has expanded its criminal investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances to include the family’s compound in Westchester County, according to lawyers and people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors’ interest in the 212-acre property called Seven Springs is a significant widening of an investigation that began more than a year ago.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A local couple who both lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic started their own food business, and now they’re giving back to those hardest hit by COVID-19. “I lost seven of my family members due to COVID,” Leticia, a Chatsworth resident,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FONTANA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — A 27-year-old Fontana woman died from COVID-19, just two weeks after giving birth her third daughter. Her widower, now raising his three young daughters without his beloved wife, shared their story Thursday in hopes it will prompt people to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously.
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