The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuke from the UN agency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said two scientists on the United Nations team had already left their home countries for Wuhan when they were told that
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The family and supporters of Jacob Blake, who learned Tuesday that the officer who shot him seven times will not face charges, vowed to bring their protest to Washington, D.C. “Now our battle must go in front of the Congress, it must go in front of the Senate,” his father Jacob Blake Sr. said Tuesday.
Continue Reading When a freezer that was used to store the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a Northern California hospital broke, officials soon realized they only had about two hours to administer the more than 800 doses that were inside. And they took on the challenge. The executive team at Mendocino County’s Adventist Health Ukiah Valley Medical Center
Continue Reading Two fishermen brought home a bigger catch than they were expecting when they rescued a naked fugitive from a crocodile-infested mangrove in northern Australia. Cam Faust and Kevin Joiner were in a small boat laying crab traps in East Point, a suburb in the city of Darwin on Sunday, when they heard someone calling for
Continue Reading A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced three freelance journalists known for their criticism of government to between 11 and 15 years in prison, after finding them guilty of spreading anti-state propaganda. Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy and Le Huu Minh Tuan were convicted of “making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose
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Dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists were reportedly arrested Wednesday morning in Hong Kong, on suspicion of violating the city’s sweeping national security legislation, in the biggest crackdown yet since the law was imposed by Beijing last year. According to statements posted online, those arrested were all participants in a primary election held last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Here’s a real feel good story…. It goes back to October when a woman collapsed at Springhill Toyota. Three other women sprung into action and performed CPR until first responders arrived. The woman survived, and Tuesday she had a chance to meet her saviors
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Residents at a senior home in North Portland were urged to temporarily leave following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on Monday. Multnomah County Health Department said four residents at Rosemont Court located at 597 North Dekum Street had been hospitalized, and one has
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A father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after she assaulted another woman on a flight that had arrived at the Portland International Airport, according to court documents. Court documents filed on Monday say Daydrena Jaslin Williams is facing charges fourth-degree assault and harassment for an
Continue Reading Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith has been awarded the Heisman Trophy for the 2020 college football season. This is the first time a wide receiver has won the prestigious award since Michigan’s Desmond Howard in 1991, and Smith becomes just the fourth wide receiver to win the Heisman since its inception in 1935.
Continue Reading A Columbia University vice president was arrested Monday after allegations that he had “engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of 13” at his home in New Jersey, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Marcelo Velez, 56, was arrested at his home in Woodcliff Lake, and charged with one count of
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A man who tested positive for the coronavirus after Christmas has posted several videos on social media warning others to wear their masks and learn from his mistake. “I didn’t think masks would make that much of a difference,” Chuck Stacey told CNN on Tuesday. “I was wrong.” Stacey is currently in a Florida hospital
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An Uber driver is thankful after being shot in the head by his passenger on Dec. 30. Josh Rowe, a musician and driver, was shot shortly after he picked up his passenger “Brandon” on Lena Street in North Nashville around 7 p.m. “I am
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At a convent in upstate New York, a Covid-19 crisis has struck. Since late November, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham has seen 47 sisters become sick with Covid-19, nine of whom have died. Ten staff members at the convent have also been infected, Albany County spokeswoman Mary Rozak told CNN. The convent’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST ALTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A dash cam was rolling when a man beat up a cab driver in East Alton, Illinois on Dec. 30. The incident happened after the cab driver picked up the suspect at a strip mall. Police say the suspect became violent when he
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Another winter storm is about to hit and we’ll see snowplows on public streets and in private parking lots. The City of Omaha requires the 27 contractors it uses to have insurance and legal drivers. But private snowplow operators are on the honor system.
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YouTube star JoJo Siwa responded to backlash over a children’s board game with her name that contains questions she is calling “gross” and “inappropriate.” The 17-year-old singer and internet sensation posted a video to her social media accounts Monday night explaining she had “no idea” what types of questions were included on the playing cards,
Continue Reading A father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
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