People who are part of the LGBTQ community may be more vulnerable to getting Covid-19 and may be more susceptible to a severe form of Covid-19, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The LGBTQ community experiences more health disparities compared to their straight counterparts, in part due
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Safety Advocate and Attorney Marc Lamber warns Arizona that ‘Drugged Driving’ cases may go up.
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A man who was attempting to get his SUV out of a snowbank in New Jersey was killed after his vehicle caught fire, authorities said. The Little Ferry Police Department said two officers responded to a call on Wednesday about a vehicle that was stuck in a snowed-over parking lot near Losen Slote Creek Park,
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Ford reported surprisingly good financial results at the end of a tough year, and said it was increasing its commitment to vehicles of the future with a big bet on electric and autonomous driving vehicles. The company said it will invest $29 billion in EVs and AVs. It will require a bit of a catch-up
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(CNN) — Johnson & Johnson solicitó oficialmente el jueves a la Administración de Medicinas y Alimentos de EE.UU. una autorización de uso de emergencia de su vacuna contra el covid-19. «La presentación de hoy para la autorización de uso de emergencia de nuestra vacuna para el covid-19 de inyección única en investigación es un paso
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren once again called on President Joe Biden to use executive authority to cancel student debt on Thursday — but the President wants Congress to act first. “The President has and continues to support canceling $10,000 of federal student loan debt per person as a response
Continue Reading Police in Plant City, Florida, are searching for a person they say stole a car containing vials of Covid-19 vaccine. In a post on Facebook, authorities said the vehicle was stolen on Wednesday afternoon from the Strawberry Festival Grounds in Plant City, about 60 miles from Orlando. The driver got out to ask for directions,
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The House is voting Thursday evening on a measure to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the wake of recently unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from the congresswoman that have triggered widespread backlash from Democrats and divided congressional Republicans. House Democrats, who control the
Continue ReadingAnother effort aimed at ensuring college athletes make money off their names, images and likenesses was introduced by Democratic lawmakers on Thursday. The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act, sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts and Connecticut’s Sen. Chris Murphy, is the latest push for legislative action amid a debate on athlete compensation under a
Continue Reading Utah’s Evermore Park has filed a federal lawsuit against Taylor Swift claiming the title of her latest album infringes on the theme park’s trademarks. The park is seeking millions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed on Tuesday in the US District Court of Utah. Swift released the “Evermore” album in December. It
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik V de Rusia tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y 100% efectiva para prevenir enfermedades graves, según un análisis provisional de los datos del ensayo de fase 3 publicado en la revista médica The Lancet el martes. La mayor parte de los
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– Dos dirigentes de la opositora Alianza Universitaria Nicaragüense (AUN) fueron detenidos este jueves por fuerzas del gobierno, denunciaron la también opositora Alianza Cívica y familiares de los detenidos. La Alianza Cívica por la Justicia y la Democracia de Nicaragua denunció en su cuenta de Twitter la «nueva detención arbitraria de Santiago Fajardo,
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Amid the hustle and bustle of a new administration — especially one assembling in the aftermath of attempted insurrection and an ongoing pandemic — it can be difficult to remember that Americans just emerged from the most successful, secure election in our country’s history. Despite a similarly historic and unprecedented effort to deny that reality,
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(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – Archaeologists working at a burial site in Egypt have unearthed ancient mummies with golden tongues. The team, headed by Kathleen Martinez of the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, were working at the Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria when they discovered 16 burial shafts dating from the Greek and
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(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – A new study finds weekly rapid coronavirus antigen testing can cut infections by 50 percent in high schools and 35 percent in primary schools. Those figures were the result of weekly antigen testing of all students, teachers and staff. The Rockefeller foundation partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Continue Reading Back in the spring, no one was sure what an NFL season would look like with the coronavirus pandemic. Could it be pulled off? The virus led to shuffled schedules, including a Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers game being played on a Wednesday afternoon. The Denver Broncos had to play a game without a quarterback.
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(KYMA, KECY) – American Airlines on Wednesday said it will send furlough notices this week to about 13,000 employees as a second round of federal payroll aid is set to expire next month and travel demand remains in tatters.
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One of the indelible images from the January 6 invasion of the US Capitol is of Jacob Chansley dressed in horns, a bearskin headdress, red, white and blue face paint, and carrying a spear. Chansley had been deeply affected by the relentless assertions of former President Donald Trump that the election was stolen. And yet
Continue Reading A new and dangerous street drug is emerging in the US. It’s called xylazine, though it’s better known by its street name, “tranq”. It’s a non-opioid sedative used in veterinary medicine, typically with horses. And in Philadelphia, where drug overdoses have spiked to historic highs, it was present in nearly one-third of all fatal opioid
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