Michael Worobey, a biologist at the University of Arizona, has seen more than 100,000 different strains of the virus that causes Covid-19. But when he saw the new variant from the UK, he noticed something different. “This is the first variant I’ve seen during the whole pandemic where I took a step back and said:
Continue ReadingThe White House coronavirus task force has informed states that it will no longer proactively send its weekly state reports with tailored data and recommendations, according to multiple state officials. Instead, states will need to request the reports each week. This new policy, which one official said came via email, is a departure from the
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting up what could be the first veto override of his presidency, which would pit members of his own party against him. The House is expected to act Monday, when all eyes be watching to
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry said he was troubled when he first heard of the movement to defund the police. “I thought, OK, this is going to be weaponized in this political year. I completely thought that that was happening, and that’s exactly what’s happened. It’s been weaponized,” Perry told Anderson Cooper in July. “But I did
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(CNN) — Para aquellas personas a las que este año les puede resultar más difícil alcanzar la alegría navideña, hay una alernativa a los decorados festivos en los pasillos. Una opción para celebrar una fiesta y mantener una dosis sana de mal humor. Correcto, está Festivus. El 23 de diciembre es Festivus, un día reservado
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A historic amount of packages and rising employee Covid-19 rates are causing significant backlogs at US Postal Service processing facilities before Christmas. All the shopping and shipping Americans have done in the last few weeks has inundated the system with what the USPS says is a “historic volume” of mail and packages. “The packages are
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump vetó este miércoles el amplio proyecto de ley de Defensa que ambas cámaras del Congreso aprobaron recientemente con mayorías a prueba de veto. Esto da lugar a una posible anulación del veto que pondría a miembros de su propio partido en su contra. Trump había amenazado anteriormente con vetar
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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Wednesday a state Grand Jury has indicted two San Luis women on one count each of ballot abuse, also known as “ballot harvesting.”
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s father, Charles.
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has filed paperwork to participate in New York’s 2021 mayoral race, according to city records.
Continue ReadingEven in his waning days in power, President Donald Trump is still finding ways to inflict his signature loyalty tests on the Republican Party. As the President continues to deny his election loss, Republican members and aides on Capitol Hill are watching with angst as Trump threatens to unravel their entire year-end legislative agenda. After
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An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and been baselessly accused of swinging the results against the President is suing his campaign and conservative media figures for defamation.
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US officials and private sector experts investigating the massive data breach that has rocked Washington increasingly believe the attackers were ultimately discovered because they took a more aggressive “calculated risk” that led to a possible “unforced error”
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Several first responders in Yuma County got their first shot of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine on Wednesday. Yuma Fire Department posted photos on social media showing personnel helping to administer the vaccines.
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The 32 additional staff members from the Disaster Assistance Medical team have left El Centro Regional Medical Center but additional staff has arrived to assist both local hospitals.
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On the second day of the new NBA season, a game has been postponed due to Covid-19 — and a league star got hit with a fine for violating protocol. The NBA announced Wednesday that the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center in Houston has been postponed
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The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency — both from the President, and from members of his inner circle looking for protection before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.
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President Donald Trump announced a wave of pardons on Tuesday for people ranging from Republican allies to two men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Meanwhile, speculation grows about whether President Trump will pardon three of his adult children, his son-in-law, or even himself before his term ends on January 20. But what
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(CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump anunció el martes una ola de indultos poco antes de su salida del cargo. La lista de indultados incluye a dos hombres que se declararon culpables en la investigación de Robert Mueller, a aliados republicanos que alguna vez sirvieron en el Congreso y a contratistas militares involucrados en un
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Vaccines continue to roll out across the desert southwest, dozens of health care workers roll up their sleeves and getting doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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