DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Davenport Public Library has become the first in Iowa to add a social worker to its staff, with an eye toward connecting patrons in need with resources and services to help them. The Quad-City Times reports that the Davenport library hired Quinn O’Brian full-time in October, noting that some patrons
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent If the scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had their way, to curb the spread of Covid-19 right now, nearly every US school would cancel football, wrestling, band and loads of other mainstay school activities. In another piece of guidance, the CDC tells people
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Natalie Geisenberger has made it official: She’s heading to the Beijing Games and seeking a third consecutive Olympic women’s luge gold medal. The German slider, generally considered the best in the history of her sport, had considered skipping the Olympics for a multitude of reasons. They included human rights
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Police have reopened an investigation into the 2020 death of a 37-year-old Columbia man. Police initially ruled Freddie McKee’s death in July 2020 was a drug overdose. His mother, Doressia McKee, has consistently questioned that ruling and the police department’s investigation. She filed a complaint with the Columbia Police Department, which
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Justice has resumed his weekly briefings on the coronavirus, six days after he tested positive for COVID-19. Justice’s return coincided with the state surpassing 20,000 confirmed cases of the virus over a one-week period for the first time. The 70-year-old Republican governor developed a headache and high fever
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — K-way, the Franco-Italian brand synonymous with windbreakers, is stepping into luxury fashion with its first live runway show ever on the closing day of Milan Fashion Week. The Milan-based brand has been edging into the space with collaborations for such fashion houses as Fendi and YSL, DSquared2
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — K-way, the Franco-Italian brand synonymous with windbreakers, is stepping into luxury fashion with its first live runway show ever on the closing day of Milan Fashion Week. The Milan-based brand has been edging into the space with collaborations for such fashion houses as Fendi and YSL, DSquared2
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN The family of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday demanded the Senate pass voting rights legislation and said lawmakers who truly honor the late civil rights leader’s legacy must stand on the right side of history. “No matter what happens tomorrow, we must keep the pressure on and say no more
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s health regulator has approved a pill by Pfizer that treats the effects of COVID-19.  Health Canada authorized Paxlovid for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill. Health Canada did not authorize it for use on teenagers or on patients who
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La erupción el sábado del volcán Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, ubicado cerca de Tonga, puso en el centro de la discusión el tema de los volcanes submarinos. ¿Por qué? Para empezar, este volcán es de tipo submarino, de acuerdo con el Programa de Vulcanismo Global del Instituto Smithsoniano. Además, su erupción fue
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A spokesman said the Salvation Army’s Center of Hope Shelter was isolated over the weekend because of COVID-19. The organization teamed up with other local groups to provide overnight shelter at Building Community Bridges over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story STONEHAM, Massachussets (WBZ) — A Stoneham police officer is recovering after he was mauled by a dog on Sunday morning. Officer Joe Ponzo was making a routine call at a home when he was attacked. Police said the dog lunged at the officer when the
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll. The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week. South Carolina is off until hosting Vanderbilt next Monday. There was no
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Turkey have pledged to further boost their ties and increase their economic and cultural relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Albania on Monday to talk with Prime Minister Edi Rama on strengthening bilateral ties and also inaugurate new apartments funded by Turkey for
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Turkey have pledged to further boost their ties and increase their economic and cultural relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Albania on Monday to talk with Prime Minister Edi Rama on strengthening bilateral ties and also inaugurate new apartments funded by Turkey for
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Ghislaine Maxwell ya no luchará por mantener en secreto los nombres de ocho ‘John Does’ y dejará que el tribunal decida si los nombres deben ser desvelados, según una carta fechada el 12 de enero. Los documentos forman parte de una demanda por difamación contra Maxwell presentada en 2015 por
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours is asking Georgia’s highest court to overturn his convictions for murder and child cruelty. Justin Ross Harris is serving life without parole for malice murder in the June 2014 death
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Assistant coach Joseph Blair is set to coach the Washington Wizards against Philadelphia after acting head coach Pat Delany entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Coach Wes Unseld Jr. entered health and safety protocols last week, leaving Delany to coach the team against Portland on Saturday. Now Blair is the next
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Opinion by Marco Lambertini, Gim Huay Neo and Elizabeth Mrema for CNN Business Perspectives Almost two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, scientific breakthroughs powered by international collaboration have helped us create vaccines and other treatments that can help tackle the health crisis. But our broken relationship with the natural world continues to
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Bare shelves — a sign of supply chain disruptions that plagued stores and consumers earlier in the pandemic — are back in some places.
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