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Month: July 2021

Auburn University is offering prizes to encourage students to get vaccinated.

Auburn University giving $1,000 scholarships, prime parking and other prizes to fully-vaccinated students

By David Williams, CNN Auburn University is giving away scholarships, unlimited meal plan upgrades, priority class registration and other perks to encourage students to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The Alabama school announced the program this week, as the state’s vaccination rate lags behind the rest of the United States. Only 34.2% of Alabama residents are

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Students wearing masks head to lunch break during summer school at Hooper Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles on June 23.

12 of the 20 biggest school districts now require masks in schools. The others can’t because of mask mandate bans

By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN More major school districts will require masks in schools following updated guidance Tuesday from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With the spread of the more contagious Delta variant, the CDC now recommends students from kindergarten through grade 12 wear masks in school. The American Academy of Pediatrics has

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said he backs moving forward with the budget resolution.

Manchin backs taking first step on Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar agenda as Democratic leaders grow more confident

By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Democratic leaders are growing increasingly confident that they will lock down support for the crucial first step to advancing President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar economic package after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin signaled on Thursday that he is in favor of pressing forward. Manchin told CNN that

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Tracking one last day of heat

THURSDAY: Hot again. Temperatures soar into the mid-upper 90’s, feeling close to 110 factoring in the humidity. TONIGHT: A cold front will slide in this evening. That will provide a spark for storms to get up and going after 6-7 PM. Some of these could be on the strong side, with all of the heat and humidity

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Televisión cubana informa la muerte del militar Gilberto Antonio Cardero Sánchez

Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La televisión de Cuba informó este miércoles la muerte del militar Gilberto Antonio Cardero Sánchez. El estatal Canal Caribe leyó durante su transmisión una nota del Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias con un breve repaso por su carrera. Sin embargo, no ofrecieron más detalles sobre la causa del fallecimiento.

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Emergency responders are attempting to recover a stolen vehicle that crashed into the Snake River Thursday morning.

Recovery efforts underway after stolen vehicle crashes into Snake River

By Eric Grossarth/EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story     IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Emergency responders are attempting to recover a stolen vehicle that crashed into the Snake River Thursday morning. It appears the vehicle entered the water near the intersection of Pederson Street and Glen Koester Lane sometime between 5 a.m. and 9

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CEO and founder of U.S. Nikola Trevor Milton faces federal charges of lying to investors.

Nikola founder Trevor Milton is indicted for allegedly lying about ‘nearly all aspects of the business’

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Nikola founder Trevor Milton faces federal charges of lying to investors, according to an indictment unsealed in New York on Thursday. The indictment alleges that from November 2019 through September 2020, Milton made false and misleading statements about “nearly all aspects of the business” of developing electric and hydrogen-powered trucks.

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Los programas de ayuda por covid están comenzando a expirar para millones de estadounidenses

Mariana Toro (CNN) — Dieciséis meses después de que la pandemia de coronavirus trastornara la economía y dejara a millones de estadounidenses sin trabajo, los históricos programas de ayuda que implementó el Congreso están listos para comenzar a expirar. Los legisladores se apresuraron en marzo de 2020 para amortiguar el golpe financiero provocado por el

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