The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released guidelines for reopening schools that focus on five key Covid-19 mitigation strategies: the universal and correct wearing of masks; physical distancing; washing hands; cleaning facilities and improving ventilation; and contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Vaccines and testing are not among the “key” strategies the
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced an overhaul of the state’s citizen’s arrest law Tuesday, one that was used to justify the death of Ahmaud Arbery last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men
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Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90% in the real world, Israeli researchers said Sunday. The findings, while preliminary, suggest that the vaccine remains remarkably effective in a mass vaccination campaign — outside the carefully controlled conditions of a clinical trial. The Clalit Research Institute, part of a large
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Beacon Hill barber is lucky to be alive after he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest with his own pair of shears. Steve Silva, 29, was cutting Max Cohen’s hair when he tripped and fell on top of the scissors. “He was walking around
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three) Education: Hangzhou Teachers College, 1988;
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first reference the Baltimore Historical Society could find to “salt boxes” in the Baltimore Sun archives is from 1969. It’s still not clear exactly how long the boxes have been a neighborhood fixture during Baltimore winters. “They’re full of salt for residents who are
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Several Mid-Missouri school districts announced Wednesday closures on Tuesday afternoon, as bitter cold kept snow clinging to some roads with more on the way.
Continue ReadingSome of the warmest places in Texas, where rolling power outages are occurring across the chilly state, are inside cars and trucks parked in the driveway of a home without electricity. Chey Louis of Irving told CNN his family in Grand Prairie had planned a small socially distanced gathering to celebrate his younger brother’s birthday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta (WGCL) — The final phase of the reopening of Atlanta Public Schools began with a two-hour delay Tuesday because of the potential for icy conditions. Still, returning students told CBS46 they were glad to be out of the house. “I’m pretty excited. It’s good to be back
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lawrence, Kansas (KCTV) — The University of Kansas has suspended head baseball coach Ritch Price for two weeks after he was arrested for a DUI over the weekend, school Athletic Director Jeff Long announced on the team’s website. Long said in part, “While I have tremendous respect and
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The Covid-19 vaccine rollout started as a trickle. But the pace has steadily picked up each week, more than tripling in the first month under the Trump administration and reaching President Joe Biden’s goal of 1.5 million shots per day just about three weeks into his term. But some aspects of the federal rollout plan
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Clair, Missouri (KMOV) — A Missouri man is accused of sexually assaulting two girls in St. Clair, Missouri. The afternoon of Jan. 21, 2020 officers were called to a mobile home in the 300 block of E. Springfield Road for a report of a man sexually assaulting
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Millions of Americans reeling from a deadly storm and massive power outages are about to get walloped by more winter weather. Already, about 2,000 records for low temperatures have been shattered this past week, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. On Tuesday alone, at least 20 cities suffered their coldest weather in history. Many more new
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A settlement has been reached after an undercover officer was beaten while working the Jason Stockley protests in 2017. A St. Louis city police detective beaten by his fellow officers filed a federal civil lawsuit Monday, naming the city, Mayor Lyda Krewson and a
Continue Reading When NASA’s Perseverance rover goes through the “seven minutes of terror” to land itself on Mars February 18, you can sit back, watch the NASA coverage and relax. It’s not every day that NASA lands an SUV-size rover on Mars. The last rover to land on Mars was Curiosity in 2012; the stationary InSight lander
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A University of New Hampshire faculty member has resigned after a school investigation into “serious allegations of misconduct” on social media, according to the university. A male assistant professor allegedly posed as a woman of color under the handle @piney_the, with the tagline “The Science Femme, Woman in STEM,” campus newspaper The New Hampshire reported
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — A man is charged with criminal homicide for shooting and killing his 21-year-old fiancé. Metro Police say officers responded to the shooting just before 10:15 p.m. in the 300 block of Ewing Drive on Monday night. The shooter, 28-year-old Brandon Dement, reportedly told officers he
Continue Reading Covid-19 is disproportionately sickening and killing Black Americans, the result of centuries of structural racism, a group of Harvard researchers says. If the US had paid reparations the descendants of Black Americans who were enslaved, though, the risk of severe illness and death from the virus would be far lower, according to a new, peer-reviewed
Continue Reading Severe winter storms can keep you stuck inside for days, knock out your power and leave you chattering from the cold. If you’re prepared when storms strike, though, you’ll make it through more comfortably. We’ve assembled guidance from the CDC, FEMA and Ready.gov, among other agencies, on what to have on hand if you’re stuck
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The 5-year-old girl who was injured during a car crash involving Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Britt Reid is “awake,” according to a GoFundMe created by Tiffany Verhulst, the child’s aunt, on behalf of her mother. The child was hospitalized in critical condition with a brain injury following the crash. She is breathing on
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