Rusten Sheskey, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times while responding to a domestic incident last year, has returned to active duty, according to a statement from Police Chief Daniel Miskinis.
Continue Reading
Iran has informed the international nuclear watchdog that it intends to massively ramp up its levels of uranium enrichment following an apparent attack on a nuclear site in the country over the weekend. On Tuesday, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and a top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi told state-run Press TV that the International Atomic Energy
Continue Reading
The pause in Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout could have a significant impact on the US — but not in the way you might think. Practically speaking, the effect is likely to be minimal. Even if the pause is prolonged, the US hasn’t relied very heavily on J&J’s vaccine, and the government said the
Continue Reading
Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump “abused the loyalty and trust” placed in him by his voters when he pushed falsehoods about the 2020 election.
Continue ReadingA long awaited Army fact-finding investigation is expected to shed new light on why military helicopters were authorized to fly at potentially dangerous low altitudes over protesters in Washington, DC, last June after the death of George Floyd, a move that fueled criticism over the broader federal response to unrest in the nation’s capital and
Continue Reading
President Joe Biden has picked statistician Robert Santos as the next Census Bureau director, the White House announced Tuesday, setting the stage for the first person of color to permanently head the agency if confirmed by the Senate.
Continue Reading
Six cases of thrombosis have been reported as of Tuesday by recipients of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The specific type of thrombosis is called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, which is a rare type of blood clots according to a joint statement issued by the Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration.
Continue Reading
Vaccine availability in Yuma County has gone up 160% in the last month, but Yuma County still ranks 9th in Arizona for the percentage of people vaccinated mainly because the demand has shifted.
Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 — the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — prompted a split on Capitol Hill among both Republicans and Democrats, creating some strange bedfellows over what to do about America’s longest war.
Continue ReadingTwo men were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, a spokesperson for the family and two law enforcement sources confirmed to CNN. John Segale, a Smart family spokesperson, told CNN the family was notified by law enforcement officials Tuesday that Paul Flores
Continue Reading
Remember the Tilt-a-Whirl? It was my favorite ride at the Fort Bend County Fair. You sit in a car that rolls and spins around an undulating track, moving in at least three different ways at once. The ride is a blast. When you get off it, it’s hard to walk. You get the sensation that
Continue Reading
Border Patrol agents arrested two people from Brawley after agents found more than seven pounds of fentanyl in their car.
Continue Reading
(CNN Español) — Una sensación paralizante, dolor intenso, contracciones incontrolables en los músculos, entre otras: estos son los efectos que podría sufrir una persona que recibe una descarga de una pistola eléctrica, también conocida como ‘taser’. Pero, ¿qué son exactamente y cómo funcionan? Este tipo de arma que es usada por parte de las autoridades
Continue Reading
White Claw’s newest product is even boozier than the original.
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin’s defense team highlighted George Floyd’s arrest and drug use in May 2019 in court on Tuesday after the prosecution rested its case against the former Minneapolis Police officer. The defense’s first witness was retired Minneapolis Police officer Scott Creighton, who testified that he approached Floyd on the passenger side of a red Ford
Continue Reading One encouraging sign that the pandemic-time panic among consumers is abating: Americans are no longer hoarding toilet paper, kitchen towels and wipes.
Continue ReadingWall Street has been riding high as America’s vaccination program exceeded expectations, lifting prospects of a speedy economic recovery. But a potential major disruption to that campaign overshadowed optimism on Tuesday and investors hit the brakes.
Continue Reading
Los bomberos ayudaron a un hombre en Yuma después de que su dedo se atascara en el puerto de combustible de un vehículo.
Continue Reading On the surface, the mix-up seems unfathomable: An officer intends to deploy a Taser but instead fires a handgun and kills someone. But that’s apparently what happened Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, when an officer shouted “Taser! Taser! Taser!” before pulling the trigger of her gun and killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the police chief said.
Continue Reading
Firefighters helped a man in Yuma after getting his finger stuck in the fuel port of a vehicle.
Continue Reading