Click here for updates on this story Carson, Iowa (WOWT) — A frustrated senior citizen from Iowa has been left with a mystery. Living on social security, he’s still waiting on stimulus money dating back to last spring. Subzero temperatures outside aren’t the only reason Michael Carr feels a chill inside. “The hot water heater
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Bitcoin topped $50,000 Tuesday, continuing a stunning rise that has sent it soaring about $20,000 this year. The digital currency hit a record $50,602.53 before pulling back somewhat. Bitcoin is still up about 2% over the past 24 hours, and has rallied nearly 260% since the beginning of November. Investors have sent the price of
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When the federal government announced the Payroll Protection Program a few months after the pandemic began in 2020, many microbusiness owners — those with just one to 10 employees — assumed they’d have little problem securing one of the interest-free loans. Many of them were disappointed. In fact, nearly 79% of the PPP funds distributed
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Emergency crews blocked off a lane of Interstate 70 West for a crash Tuesday morning.
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NBC puts together a high-profile tag team in “Young Rock” and “Kenan,” comedies featuring Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson. While the former feels a tad overinflated in its biographical dive into the star’s early life, the latter crafts a pretty conventional series around the “Saturday Night Live” star, all the way down to the dead
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday offered a rare note of regret as he defended his administration’s decision to delay releasing data on Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities. In a news conference Monday, Cuomo said that the Department of Health had “paused” state lawmakers’ request for the Covid-19 death data because his administration
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Kenny Chesney has shared that he lost a close friend in a helicopter crash. The country star took to Instagram to share the sad news. “Today I have to say a very hard goodbye to my friend Maria Rodriguez in the Virgin Islands. Maria and others were killed today in a helicopter crash in St.
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The carmakers at the heart of Germany’s huge manufacturing industry are facing a new threat: border checks that could delay crucial parts deliveries and force their factories to close. Truck drivers have experienced lengthy delays after Germany introduced stronger Covid-19 checks and immigration rules at its borders with Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia on
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Move over, Robinhood, here comes Goldman Sachs. The prestigious investment bank, known mainly for advising the affluent how to manage their money and for helping to engineer big deals on Wall Street, unveiled a new robo-adviser Tuesday for the average investor. Marcus Invest, an offshoot of the company’s Marcus retail banking arm, will let Goldman
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Several gorillas are back in public view for visitors at the San Diego Zoo after making a full recovery from Covid-19, according to an update from the zoo. Eight western lowland gorillas caught the West Coast variant of the virus, despite employees adhering to all recommended biosecurity precautions, zoo officials said. A surge of Covid-19
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When President Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force One for the first time this month, he did not spend much time soaking in the moment. The flight, after all, was only 25 minutes long. He was headed home to Delaware for the weekend, in part to have his foot X-rayed at his orthopedist. And unlike
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — After spending around 252 hours in frigid temperatures, a group of 40 courageous Albertans have completed what is believed to be the world’s longest hockey game — all while making a difference for cancer patients. This year is the seventh edition of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Vaccine rollout across the country has been off to a rocky and slow start, but with more doses set to arrive in the coming days and weeks, here’s where each province and territory stands on getting shots in arms. British Columbia B.C.’s first
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A giant winter storm that’s brought ice and plummeting temperatures to a large swath of the country has left more than 5 million people without power, creating another possibly dangerous situation for millions of Americans who don’t typically see freezing temperatures. As people try to keep warm without power, they run the risk of carbon
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A genetic test used to detect common traits many people share is not reliable in identifying rare disease-causing variations, such as those that can predict breast and ovarian cancer, a new study has found. The SNP test, which stands for “single nucleotide polymorphism,” is used by direct-to-consumer DNA and ancestry companies to identify common traits
Continue Reading Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday in a hotel room in Brandon, Florida, officials said. The 38-year-old had been staying at the Homewood Suites in Brandon, about 12 miles outside Tampa, since January 11, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office officials said they spoke
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Joe Biden has been President of the United States for nearly a month, but his political agenda is only just coming into focus in Washington, now that the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump are over. Biden has largely zeroed in on economic relief and public health measures to get the country back on track amid
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Breaking off a piece of that vegan KitKat bar is now a reality. Nestlé is launching a non-dairy version of the popular candy bar, called KitKat V. The Swiss company is jumping on the the plant-based alternative food trend. Nestlé promises the new candy still has the “perfect balance between crispy wafer and smooth chocolate.”
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Wall Street is expecting the economy to come roaring back to life in the second half of this year. But there’s one crucial question: Are Americans ready to spend the savings they’ve stashed away during the pandemic? What’s happening: In a note to clients this week, Goldman Sachs strategists estimated that Americans are sitting on
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