The largest asteroid that has been predicted to make a close approach of Earth this year will zip by from a safe distance on Sunday, according to NASA. Scientists estimate the asteroid is between 1,300 and 2,230 feet wide. The near-Earth asteroid, known as 2001 FO32, will be 1.25 million miles, or more than five
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EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY), Central Union High School and Calexico High School kicked of their football season.
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Hyun Jung Grant was one of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings Tuesday, leaving behind her two children. “She was a single mother who dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I,” her son Randy Park wrote on a GoFundMe page after the shooting. “It is only my brother and I
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Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will be out indefinitely after suffering a high ankle sprain in Saturday’s game, according to the team’s website. The injury occurred in the second quarter of the Lakers’ 99-94 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. While chasing after a loose ball in the second quarter
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(CNN Español) — La candidata del Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) a alcaldesa de Ocotlán de Morelos, en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca, Ivonne Gallegos Carreño, murió este sábado, sin que de momento se tengan detalles sobre el incidente en el que falleció. «Lamento y condeno el ataque en el que perdiera la vida Ivonne Gallegos»,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Nacional opositora de Venezuela aprobó este viernes destinar US$ 30.309.040 para la compra de al menos 12 millones de dosis para vacunar a 6 millones de personas contra el covid-19 a través del sistema Covax. El monto total contempla US$ 18.199.040 para Covax y US$ 12.110.000 para la inversión en
Continue Reading Perfectly Frank‘s customers are a loyal bunch. Last year, they carried the restaurant through the darkest days of the pandemic with donations. Now, they’re carrying each other — with donated meals. The restaurant, a nearly 16-year staple in Norfolk, Virginia, has begun a free meal initiative to feed the community with meal donations from customers.
Continue Reading After schools moved online a year ago because of the pandemic, one public school science teacher was determined to make his chemistry labs interactive and accessible. Jonte Lee, a teacher at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, DC, figured the way to do so was to connect to the students on social platforms. As a
Continue Reading Tom Cornish, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, continues to serve his country decades later by knitting and donating hundreds of hats to the Salvation Army. Cornish, who lives at the Champlin Shores senior living community in Minnesota, took to knitting hats during the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, the veteran donated 400 handmade hats to
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We’re all continuing to bounce back from the pandemic and now there is some hope for those needing help paying rent or bills to keep a roof over their head.
Continue ReadingRepublican Julia Letlow will win the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects. Letlow will take the seat that her late husband Luke, who won last year’s election but died in December after being diagnosed with Covid-19, was never able to hold. She will make history as the first Republican woman to represent
Continue Reading A Kentucky mother has been arrested after her 2-year-old son ingested fentanyl, according to a news release from the Ludlow Police. The mother, Lauren Baker, faces charges of murder, importing fentanyl and trafficking in a controlled substance, the release says. According to an initial post-arrest complaint obtained by CNN, Baker admitted to Ludlow, Kentucky, police
Continue ReadingThere are more than 5,000 unaccompanied children in US Customs and Border Protection custody, according to documents obtained by CNN, up from 4,500 children days earlier. The growing number of unaccompanied children at the border is adding greater stress to the system and has overwhelmed resources, which had already been strained as a result of
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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson falsely claimed there was no violence on the Senate side of the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, the latest in his continued attempts to downplay the severity of the attack. Johnson described the events of January 6 to a group of conservative Wisconsin residents at a local political
Continue Reading (CNN) — El alcalde de Miami Beach, Dan Gelber, declaró el estado de emergencia y estableció un toque de queda el sábado, y dijo que las multitudes que han llegado a la ciudad recientemente son «más de las que podemos manejar». «Demasiados vienen, realmente, sin la intención de seguir las reglas y el resultado ha sido
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The U.S. Border Patrol El Centro sector arrested a 28-year-old Mexican national with a prior conviction for a sexual offense on Thursday, March 18, at about 11 a.m.
Continue ReadingAs the number of unaccompanied children in Border Patrol custody ballooned this month, President Joe Biden‘s team raced to find more places to house them, leaving thousands of children stuck in jail-like facilities for longer than the 72 hours allowed under the law. But the process of scouring government sites for adequate shelters was taking
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Duke University said it will end its stay-in-place order for undergraduate students Sunday, citing a decline in new COVID-19 cases among students. In letter sent to students Saturday, Duke said most parts of the order will be lifted at 9 a.m. Sunday. All in-person courses can resume and students living in university housing will be able
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Sixteen children considered critically missing were rescued during a four-week operation that concluded this week, according to the US Marshals Service office in Philadelphia. At least four of the recovered children were connected to child sex trafficking, the marshals service said on Thursday. Dubbed Operation Safeguard, the initiative began on February 15 when a US
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The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) released the following information pursuant to A.R.S. 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law. Thomas Paddock, 58, has been convicted of a sex offense that requires a public announcement.
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