BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people have blocked roads in several locations in Serbia demanding that the authorities scrap any plans for lithium mining that ecologists say would devastate the environment. Several minor incidents were reported on Monday as angry drivers sought to push through the crowds that halted traffic in the northern city
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By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that the nearly all of the side-effects for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children five to 11 years of age have been mild. The CDC analyzed data
Continue Reading By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — With cases skyrocketing and many scrambling to book third shots, one question feels more pressing than ever at the start of 2022: When will COVID-19 end? The trajectory of pandemics — a term which refers to an epidemic of an
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — About 700 sheep and goats have been recruited in Germany’s drive to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The animals were arranged on Monday into the shape of a roughly 100-meter (330-foot) syringe in a field at Schneverdingen, south of Hamburg. Shepherd Wiebke Schmidt-Kochan said it wasn’t difficult to work
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was hurt on Sunday afternoon after she crashed into a tow truck parked on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 70. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by Helen L. Gabris, 57, of St. Peters, Missouri, crashed into the back of the tow truck near
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks are getting the new year off to a solid start, posting gains on the first day of trading after closing out 2021 with big gains for the third year in a row. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% and the Nasdaq
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks are getting the new year off to a solid start, posting gains on the first day of trading after closing out 2021 with big gains for the third year in a row. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% and the Nasdaq
Continue Reading By RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Illinois (KMOV) — Questions are being raised about a suspicious pop-up COVID testing site that operated for a few hours on Friday in the parking lot of St. Clair Square Mall. A viewer contacted News 4 after visiting the site and become
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Patton Oswalt shared a heartfelt letter on social media explaining his longtime friendship with fellow comic Dave Chappelle as controversy over Chappelle’s jokes about trans people in his last Netflix special has continued. It started with one post where Oswalt explained he performed a recent show with Chappelle, Oswalt took to social
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday allowed extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and the FDA says they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds.
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday allowed extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and the FDA says they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Aoife Beary, una de las sobrevivientes del derrumbe del balcón de Berkeley de 2015 en el que murieron seis personas, murió a los 27 años. Beary sufrió lesiones que le cambiaron la vida después de que el balcón del cuarto piso de un edificio de apartamentos en Berkeley (California) se
Continue Reading By MARIYA MURROW Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A 5-year-old boy is dead after a tree fell onto his home in DeKalb County Monday morning. It happened just after 5 a.m. along Glenwood Road. First responders rushed to the scene where they found the home forcefully split in half. Firefighters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After this weekend’s winter weather and the below freezing temperatures, law enforcement is asking travelers to drive with caution Sunday night into Monday morning as some roads may be covered with black ice. One driver, Richard Powell, is traveling back home after the holidays and he said he will be driving slow
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is suggesting there will be no tightening of measures to slow the current surge in coronavirus infections, in spite of the country’s healthcare system remaining under strain for weeks. The highly transmissible omicron variant has sent Britain’s daily new caseload soaring over Christmas and the New Year,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Betty White left this world after having had a life well lived and well loved. Her agent and longtime friend, Jeff Witjas, told People magazine that White, who died New Year’s Eve at the age of 99, was aware of how much she was beloved. “She knew it, but I
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Schools in Davenport surprised parents Monday with an announcement that classes for the day had been cancelled because there weren’t enough drivers to run school bus routes. The Davenport Community School District informed parents early Monday that classes were cancelled because of a school bus driver shortage. All Saints Catholic School
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden only rarely talks about last January’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the conspiratorial lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Likewise, Biden has prioritized other matters ahead of voting rights — a matter that directly relates to the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN In a video looking ahead to 2022, Alec Baldwin reflected on the fatal shooting on the set of his film “Rust.” The actor and producer posted the almost 13-minute video on his verified Instagram account on New Year’s Day that he captioned, “Another chance to let go of anything that
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Evergrande, la asediada empresa china de bienes raíces, suspendió la cotización de sus acciones en Hong Kong este lunes. Una decisión que ocurre mientras la compañía, fuertemente endeudada, atraviesa una crisis inmobiliaria. Evergrande no puede pagar sus deudas y China se esfuerza por contener las consecuencias Evergrande dijo en un documento
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