Sidewinders upend Lady Crims
From the opening minutes of the 1st half, the Sidewinders would pick up where they last left off, coming away with the 8-nil win.
Continue ReadingMonth: February 2021
Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccines won’t be available to the “general public” before mid- to late May or early June, he told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on Tuesday. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, acknowledged that previous estimates had placed vaccine availability for the general public — or nonessential workers under
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Hank’ Day Parade Happening Saturday
The Foothill’s annual parade kicks-off at 10 a.m. on Fortuna Boulevard Yuma County, Ariz. (KYMA) – The Foothills Rotary Club will be hosting its annual Hank’s Day Parade Saturday, Feb. 20. Like many other events throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be changes to ensure the safety of the public. While the parade is still
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Cómo evitar la intoxicación por monóxido de carbono mientras tratas de mantenerte caliente durante los cortes de energía
(CNN) — Una tormenta invernal gigante que trajo hielo y temperaturas heladas una gran franja del país ha dejado a más de 5 millones de personas sin electricidad, creando otra situación posiblemente peligrosa para los estadounidenses que no están acostumbrados a temperaturas bajo cero. A medida que las personas intentan mantenerse calientes sin electricidad, corren
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Weather in check
At the conclusion to the short-lived Wind Advisory in Ocotillo, we’ve keep the breezes to manageable levels here at home.
Continue Reading Los bares y las reglas de seguridad por covid-19 no combinan, encontró un estudio
(CNN) — ¿Es posible hacer que los bares sean seguros en una pandemia? Un experimento en Escocia el verano pasado fracasó en ese sentido, según una nueva investigación publicada el lunes en la revista Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. A pesar de la orientación del Gobierno y los esfuerzos de los dueños de
Continue Reading Qué hacer si te encuentras en medio de un corte de energía
(CNN) — Texas registra más frío de lo que ha vivido en décadas y es uno de al menos 25 estados bajo una advertencia de clima invernal durante el histórico brote de frío de esta semana. Pero mientras los texanos luchan por mantener el calor, han comenzado cortes de energía en todo el estado debido
Continue Reading‘Hell or high water:’ Manchin tells Biden he won’t back push to skirt Senate rules on relief bill
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won’t join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions in his economic rescue package if they are ruled in violation of strict Senate budget restrictions, the latest warning sign for Biden’s push for a hike to the federal minimum wage. Manchin’s declaration
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Biden says he feels ‘a sense of history’ living at White House
President Joe Biden on Tuesday described the “sense of history” he feels residing at the White House and all the ways living in the historic building is an adjustment, including being waited on by White House staff. “I get up in the morning and look at Jill and say: ‘Where the hell are we?’ ”
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Biden shows he is the voice of presidential sanity
On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper for a town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conversation spanned everything from immigration to White supremacist violence to student loan debt to Covid-19, and Biden struck a markedly different tone than his predecessor. He was polite and empathetic. He was thoughtful, if at times a
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Cuomo administration’s handling of nursing home deaths calls for serious investigation
Going back more than a hundred years, New York has held the dubious distinction of being a corruption leader among US states and has struggled to ensure integrity in state government. In recent years, high-profile bribery cases have ensnared the leaders of both legislative bodies and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s former right-hand man. Now, a different
Continue Reading Tercer cheque de estimulo económico: esto es lo que incluye el plan de alivio de los demócratas de la Cámara
(CNN) — Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes estuvieron ocupados la semana pasada promoviendo una amplia gama de disposiciones de alivio del coronavirus, todo parte del paquete de estímulo de US$ 1,9 billones del presidente Joe Biden. La semana que viene, la Comisión de Presupuesto de la Cámara de Representantes elaborará un proyecto de
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Biden again rejects $50,000 student loan debt forgiveness plan pushed by other top Democrats
President Joe Biden made it clear during Tuesday night’s CNN town hall that he disagrees with other members of his party who want to cancel $50,000 of student debt per borrower. “I will not make that happen,” Biden said after a member of the audience said his proposal to cancel $10,000 per borrower doesn’t go
Continue ReadingBiden continues to push $15 federal minimum wage
President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for raising the federal minimum wage — gradually — to $15 an hour at CNN’s town hall on Tuesday. While he acknowledged that increasing the wage could squeeze some employers, he pointed to economists and studies that say the impact would be minor. Plus, the President argued, it would
Continue ReadingBiden calls on Congress to ‘enact commonsense gun law reforms’ on third anniversary of Parkland shooting
President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to institute “commonsense gun law reforms,” including widespread firearm sales background checks and a ban on assault weapons — highlighting an “epidemic of gun violence” in the US on the third anniversary of the deadly Parkland school shooting. “Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense
Continue Reading Arqueólogos descubren una fábrica de cerveza de 5.000 años en Egipto
(CNN Español) –– Una masiva fábrica de cerveza de 5.000 años: ese es el más reciente descubrimiento de los arqueólogos en la antigua ciudad de Abydos, en Egipto, según anunció el Ministerio de Turismo y Antigüedades del país y reportó la agencia de noticias Reuters. De acuerdo a la publicación, la cervecería estaba ubicada en
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6 takeaways from Joe Biden’s CNN town hall
President Joe Biden took part in his first town hall since entering the White House last month, answering questions from CNN’s Anderson Cooper (and audience members) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I watched, took notes and have some thoughts about what mattered most — and why. My takeaways are below. 1. A hard deadline on vaccinations: Less
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First FEMA Covid-19 mass vaccination sites open in California amid supply shortage
Two new coronavirus mass vaccination sites opened in California on Tuesday, where cities continue to struggle with securing vaccine supply. The sites are the first to open as part of a wider effort by the federal government to establish 100 vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days. In a joint effort with the Federal Emergency Management
Continue Reading Casi todos los niños de EE.UU. viven en zonas rojas de covid-19 bajo las nuevas guías de los CDC para las escuelas
(CNN) — Cerca del 89% de los niños en Estados Unidos vive en un condado considerado como zona roja con niveles altos de transmisión de covid-19 bajo las nuevas pautas de apertura de escuelas compartidas por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) el viernes, de
Continue ReadingBiden says things may be back to normal by next Christmas
President Joe Biden would only commit to a return to normal by next Christmas during a CNN town hall on Tuesday, saying he did not want to boost Americans’ hopes when he could not be certain of a still-early vaccine rollout. The prediction of nearly another year in pandemic-dampened conditions was admittedly not optimistic. But
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