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A number of European nations have kicked off 2021 in familiar fashion, locking down residents and struggling to curb Covid-19 cases. The tightened restrictions come as a new variant of the virus causes alarm among governments across the continent. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a strict new national lockdown in England on Monday. The

US President Donald Trump — just like anyone from outside the country — would not be welcome in Scotland at the moment due to coronavirus-related restrictions, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday. Sturgeon was asked during a news conference about unconfirmed Scottish media speculation that Trump could be planning a trip to one of

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A man is facing several charges after he kidnapped and attacked a security guard in downtown Portland, according to court documents. Sir Kyle Den Bedeker, 32, has been charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping, felony strangulation, second-degree burglary, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle,

Click here for updates on this story     HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) — A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the suspects involved in a Hamden murder. On Dec. 8, 2019, 21-year-old Dennis Allen-Paige was found on Whiting Street, suffering from a gunshot wound. Police said while he was

Vincent Simmons has been fighting for 43 years to overturn a conviction that has netted him a 100-year sentence for a crime he says he did not commit. A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday to recuse the Avoyelles Parish prosecutors from the case. It looked to be the last chance for Simmons, 68, to receive

Imagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal

College students faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the country, prompting remote-learning provisions and shortening athletics seasons. For student-athletes playing football at bowl-bound schools, those changes coincided with a poor year for academic performance, the latest edition of an authoritative annual study has found. The overall academic performance of football

Alleged former Congolese warlord Roger Lumbala was arrested in Paris on December 29 and placed under formal investigation on January 2 for “complicity in crimes against humanity,” French anti-terror prosecutors said on Monday. An armed group he led is accused of crimes including rape, summary executions, mutilation and cannibalism during a deadly civil war in