Boone Health becomes an independent health care provider
Boone Health will officially become an independent healthcare provider Thursday as the hospital aims to be more community driven.
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The destinations open to travelers vaccinated against Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the travel industry, countless destinations around the world are rolling out vaccines to their most vulnerable citizens. Over 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses have already been rolled out around the world. At least 30 million people in the UK have received the first dose of the
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Tracking freezing temperatures as you head out the door
THURSDAY: We’re getting off to the coldest start we’ve felt in a few weeks. High pressure is settling overhead, which will settle the winds down today, but won’t bring some warm air back until tomorrow. Highs today will top out in the upper 40’s and low 50’s again, even with a healthy dose of sunshine.
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Will Joe Biden take his place alongside FDR and LBJ?
Will JRB take his place alongside FDR and LBJ? President Joseph Robinette Biden just unveiled the latest move in his quest to transform the US economy to boost working Americans rather than the wealthy. His $2 trillion infrastructure plan follows a $1.9 trillion Covid rescue program that doubles as a bid to lift millions of
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New Mexico bills legalizing recreational marijuana and erasing some criminal records head to governor’s desk
Two related pieces of legislation — one which legalizes recreational cannabis for adults 21 and older in New Mexico and the second which expunges arrest and conviction records for some cannabis offenses — are heading to the governor’s desk after gaining lawmakers’ approval. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham praised the bills, saying they would bolster the
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Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon Jimmy Lai and other activists over peaceful protest
A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests. The other defendants included “Hong Kong’s father of democracy” Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with
Continue Reading Egypt’s unreal ‘snowy’ mountains become a tourist hit
Images of people frolicking in snowy landscapes and sliding down icy mountains are not unusual, but one crucial thing made these snaps stand out. They’re shot in Egypt. Situated on the fringes of the arid, sandy Sahara desert, the Middle Eastern country rarely experiences rainfall, let alone snow. But rather than showing a sudden bout
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should lawmakers block Medicaid expansion?
Voters last year approved a measure to expand Medicaid’s health-care coverage to low-income, working adults.
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Win at virtual dating with body language tips from a former FBI agent
Virtual dating is hard. It can seem nearly impossible to make a genuine connection while constrained to the flat rectangle of a video screen, but one retired FBI agent knows there is still a lot that people can glean from a person’s body language. When on a video call, a person’s body language changes tremendously
Continue Reading Stress can be good for you, and here’s why
How’s it going in that boiling lobster pot of stress? The last year of living in a pandemic has stretched human coping skills so thin that experts fear many of us may soon snap, leaving people around the world coping with a mental health crisis of catastrophic proportions. In the United States alone, a recent
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Gibraltar has vaccinated most of its adults. This is what it’s like now
People clinking wine glasses in bars and restaurants. Fans watching live soccer and boxing matches. As summer approaches, life has almost returned to normal in one tiny territory in southern Europe — and there’s a very good reason why. Almost everyone is vaccinated. Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory that borders Spain at the point where
Continue Reading Taiwan’s TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking to prevent another shortage
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion into advanced chips over the next three years to keep up with rising demand. The investment is a massive increase over the $25 billion to $28 billion that TSMC planned to spend to make advanced chips this
Continue Reading Four people, including a child, killed in a mass shooting in Orange, California, police say
Four people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting at an office complex in Orange, California, on Wednesday night, a police official said. A fifth person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound, Lt. Jennifer Amat said. “Tonight around 5:30 pm officers arrived to a call of
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CDC director says Americans may soon return to everyday activities, but ‘we’re not quite there yet’
Though many Americans are eager to return to normal after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reminded Americans that “we’re not quite there yet.” “We are so close — so very close to getting back to the everyday activities we
Continue Reading Taiwan’s TSMC is pouring $100 billion into chipmaking over the next three years
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, announced Thursday that it expects to pour $100 billion into advanced chips over the next three years to keep up with rising demand. The investment is a massive increase over the $25 billion to $28 billion that TSMC planned to spend to make advanced chips this
Continue Reading Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests. The other defendants included “Hong Kong’s father of democracy” Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with
Continue Reading A former Oklahoma officer has been found guilty of murdering his police chief during a conference in Florida
A former Oklahoma police officer was found guilty Wednesday in the death of his police chief while they attended a law enforcement conference in Pensacola, Florida, in 2019. Michael Nealey was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Florida jury, according to CNN affiliate WEAR. Court records show his sentencing is scheduled for April 29.
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