A bust of Breonna Taylor erected to honor her memory was found smashed and vandalized in Oakland, California. The ceramic bust, which depicts a smiling Taylor, was installed in downtown Oakland near City Hall. The bust was secured on a base with a plaque that read “Say her name: Breonna Taylor.” But on Saturday, just
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Daily cases have been much higher in December, while deaths have been much lower than the triple-digit daily death tolls reported in July.
Continue Reading Metro Nashville Police Department Officer Tyler Luellen was the first to arrive on Second Avenue North in on Christmas morning to a call of shots fired. When he arrived, he didn’t hear any shots. As he was investigating, Officer Brenna Hosey arrived to back him up. “As soon as she got out of the car,
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President Donald Trump reversed course on Sunday, signing into law a massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill that he had objected to at the last minute. That signature does two important things for the US economy: It averts a government shutdown that was set to begin on Tuesday, and extends billions of
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An uptick in positive Covid-19 cases at Manchester City has forced the postponement of the club’s English Premier League game at Everton on Monday. “After the latest round of Covid-19 testing, the club returned a number of positive cases, in addition to the four already reported on Christmas Day,” said City in a statement on
Continue Reading The Boeing 737 Max is set to carry US passengers for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday, when American will use the jet on a round-trip route from Miami to New York. It will be a pair of notable flights for the 737 Max, which was grounded from March 2019 through November
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More people traveled through US airports Sunday than any other day this pandemic, setting the stage for waves of new infections across the country. Over 1.28 million people passed through security checkpoints Sunday, the Transportation Security Administration said. At the same time, more Americans were hospitalized this past week than any other week of the
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Companies and technology groups are starting to develop smartphone apps and systems for individuals to upload their COVID-19 tests and vaccinations before traveling or even enter concert venues.
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An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court.
Continue Reading More than 190,000 ceiling fans have been recalled because the fans’ blades can detach while in use. King of Fans, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company that makes the 54-inch Mara ceiling fans, announced the recall on Wednesday after receiving 47 reports of blades detaching, according to a statement from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives will vote on Monday on a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after President Trump signed a sweeping coronavirus relief bill into law Sunday evening. That legislation, which was negotiated on a bipartisan basis, provides for $600 in direct payments, but after a
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Monday afternoon after receiving a briefing from members of his national security and foreign policy agency review teams. A transition official tells CNN that the briefing will focus in large part on the findings of the review teams since the delayed beginning of the formal transition
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Manzanero was hospitalized in recent weeks with COVID-19 and at one point was on a ventilator.
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Hilaria Baldwin is responding to criticism that she has misled the public about her Spanish descent. The wife of actor Alec Baldwin posted a lengthy video on Instagram over the weekend after claims that she was faking her Spanish accent went viral on Twitter. “I’ve seen chatter online questioning my identity and culture,” she wrote
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Un programa que se aplica a nivel nacional y que invita a los niños a realizar sus compras navideñas en compañía de un oficial de policía o bombero con el proposito de tener una cercanía con la comunidad más joven.
Continue Reading Mexican composer and singer Armando Manzanero died Monday morning after battling Covid-19 for weeks. Manzanero, who was 85, died at a hospital in Mexico City, Mexico’s Society for Authors and Composers confirmed to CNN. He was hospitalized in mid-December after testing positive for Covid-19, CNN reported at the time. Manzanero was a prolific composer, with
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On Sunday night, as part of his face-saving efforts following his utter capitulation to Congress in signing the Covid-19 stimulus relief legislation, President Donald Trump insisted that “the Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud.” The last two claims
Continue Reading The top and bottom of the NFL regular season was sealed on Sunday. A narrow 17-14 win for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Atlanta Falcons earned the reigning Super Bowl champion the number one seed in the AFC with one game remaining. Secure a victory next week against the 6-9 Los Angeles Chargers, and
Continue Reading Getting through 2020 was no small feat — and among the hardest valleys to navigate were the conversations about race. It’s never easy to talk or listen to debates about it, but we were forced to be honest about where we stood and where we wanted to go. Who knew that a year that started
Continue Reading Was Jennifer Aniston being sarcastic or insensitive? That was the debate on social media after “The Morning Show” star shared a picture over the weekend on her Instagram stories of a Christmas ornament which acknowledged the Covid times in which we live. The engraved ornament read “Our first pandemic 2020.” Aniston didn’t include a caption
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