US Central Command said Wednesday that the Sunday rocket attack on Baghdad’s International Zone near the US embassy was “almost certainly conducted by an Iranian-backed rogue militia group.” Captain William Urban, the CENTCOM spokesman, said the 21 rocket attack was the largest rocket attack since 2010 on the area in central Baghdad, also known as
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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 has violated 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 in accordance with the league’s
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The NFL’s Washington Football Team paid $1.6 million to a former employee in 2009 to settle a sexual misconduct claim she made against team majority owner Daniel Snyder, according to a report from the Washington Post. Details of the alleged incident and settlement were also reported by the New York Times. The woman alleged that
Continue Reading The global pandemic made 2020 an exhausting year, but for many people one thing brought some much-needed relief — animals. Shelters have reported so many foster and adoption applications that some have run out of animals for the first time ever. One New York nonprofit saw a 1,000% increase in dog foster applications in March,
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As tensions continue to rise within the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma, several correctional officers tell News 11 they fear for their safety during the pandemic.
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Iranian cyber actors were behind online death threats targeting US election officials, the FBI announced on Wednesday.
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First responders invite local children for a shopping spree
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Local church wants to show their appreciation for truck drivers who will be absent during the holidays
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Visa said Wednesday it will allow customers to make payments on some adult websites owned by Pornhub’s parent company, MindGeek. The allowed websites, Visa says, only host professionally produced adult studio content rather than user-generated content, which it currently bans. “Following a thorough review, Visa will reinstate acceptance privileges for MindGeek sites that offer professionally
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The Crane Elementary School District announced Wednesday students will continue with remote learning after the holiday break.
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President Donald Trump complained about a litany of federal spending in a video released Tuesday objecting to the new stimulus deal, claiming the line items had nothing to do with Covid relief. The expenditures were actually included in an omnibus spending bill that became a legislative vehicle for Covid relief and aren’t a part of
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At a secluded spot in southeast Arizona, the San Pedro River flows north from Mexico and crosses the United States border, running under a majestic canopy of tall cottonwood trees.
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(CNN) — El video sorpresa del presidente Donald Trump publicado el martes por la noche en el que expresa sus quejas sobre el proyecto de ley de alivio del coronavirus por US$ 900.000 millones, que fue minuciosamente negociado, planteó de inmediato el espectro de un cierre del gobierno y una agitación económica en un momento
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Thousands more families just lost a loved one this holiday season as the US reported its second-highest number of coronavirus deaths in one day — 3,401 on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. And in nine states, more people are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at any other point in this pandemic: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
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At least 23 people were injured, nine critically, after a partial roof collapse and explosion Wednesday in downtown Baltimore, according to the fire department. The incident occurred at the Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) building, according to a tweet from the Baltimore City Fire Department. Twenty-one people were transported to a hospital and two people
Continue Reading In June, Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center was so overwhelmed by the pandemic that two of its wings had been transformed into Covid-19 wards. Now, there are three. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer, hadn’t had a day off since the virus hit months earlier. He still hasn’t. Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was
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A small earthquake shook the Mexicali area Wednesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has criticized Twitter’s decision to not allow the millions of followers of the White House Twitter accounts to be automatically retained when the accounts are handed over to the new administration. “Twitter’s reluctance to transfer millions of followers from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration unnecessarily politicizes what otherwise should be
Continue Reading Sisters Jessica Cheatham and Jama Allen plan to do everything they can to preserve for their kids the family’s Christmas traditions — even as they mourn the crushing loss of their mom, dad and grandfather to Covid-19. The festivities would start each year with their mom, Lisa Cheatham, 58, setting out a plate-bending buffet with
Continue ReadingWhite House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien held a call on Tuesday with his counterparts in an international intelligence sharing alliance to discuss the suspected Russian cyberattack on US government agencies and propose a joint statement condemning the breach, according to a senior administration official and two officials from the other nations. O’Brien’s proposal for
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