QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you keeping up with events in Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military forces across the border with Ukraine last week, drawing worldwide condemnation.
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military forces across the border with Ukraine last week, drawing worldwide condemnation.
Continue ReadingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidance Friday in a way that means masks are no longer recommended for a large number of Americans.
Continue ReadingCitizens of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv saw fighting break out in the streets Sunday, as Russian troops continue to advance and put pressure on the country’s ports.
Continue ReadingFormer Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday.
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses.
Continue Reading(CNN) — Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as “The Golden Girls,” “Boston Legal” and “Hot in Cleveland,” died Friday, her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People magazine in a statement. At 99, she was just weeks away from
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they’ve tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don’t have symptoms — and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.
Continue ReadingThis is the second Covid-19 antiviral pill authorized for ill people to take at home, before they get sick enough to be hospitalized. Merck has an agreement with the US government for the company to supply 3.1 million courses of molnupiravir upon this authorization.
Continue ReadingThis is the first antiviral Covid-19 pill authorized for ill people to take at home, before they get sick enough to be hospitalized.
Continue ReadingConversely, he warned those who have not yet received shots of the potential for severe illness or death in the coming months.
Continue ReadingFederal health officials said Monday that omicron accounted for an estimated 73% of new infections last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers show nearly a six-fold increase in the proportion of infections in only one week. Since the end of June, the delta variant has been the main version causing U.S. infections.
Continue ReadingTask Force 1 ran assessments on more than 1,600 structures and did wellness checks while in Mayfield. The team searched buildings for survivors and assessed the damage, which ranged from none to destruction. Task Force 1 uploaded its data into a GPS system that helped populate a map that local officials could use.
Continue ReadingThe members of Task Force 1 arrived in Mayfield on Monday. The team is based at the Boone County Fire Protection District.
Continue ReadingThe task force said in a news release that it received the assignment at 7 a.m. Monday. The group arrived early Monday in Kentucky, the state hardest hit by the December tornado outbreak that also destroyed an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois.
Continue ReadingIt’s been two days since tornadoes tore across eight states, killing dozens of people and pulverizing houses in Kentucky.
Continue ReadingThe omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in a person in Minnesota who recently traveled to New York City last month.
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organization designates Omicron a “variant of concern.” In a technical brief released this week, WHO noted that the variant poses a “very high” global risk. The variant was first identified by scientists in South Africa, and has since been detected in several countries.
Continue ReadingThree people died and six were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, authorities said.
Continue ReadingA jury found Travis and Gregory McMichael guilty of murder Wednesday on charges they chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, as he jogged last year through their neighborhood in Glynn County, Georgia.
Continue ReadingAt least 18 children were hospitalized after the Waukesha Christmas parade, said Children’s Wisconsin, a pediatric hospital in nearby Milwaukee.
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