The last call of 2020 for this Florida fire department was literally a dumpster fire
After an overall unfavorable year filled with uncertainty, one Florida fire department ended 2020 by responding to an ironic last call: a dumpster…
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ adds $5.5 million in 2nd US weekend
In its second weekend in U.S. theaters, “Wonder Woman 1984” earned an estimated $5.5 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates…
Continue Reading Nashville bomber mailed materials with his viewpoints to acquaintances, FBI says
The man who detonated a vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning sent “materials which espoused his viewpoints” to several…
Continue ReadingCDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to more than double the number of coronavirus genomes sequenced to watch for new mutations in…
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Students head back to school as distance learning continues
Students are heading back to school but most local school districts reverting to virtual learning following the holiday season. This, as state…
Continue ReadingMental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we’ll face in 2021
With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the…
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FDA to consider giving half doses of Moderna’s vaccine
(KYMA, KECY) – The FDA is meeting this week to consider giving half-doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to people ages 18 to 55. The head of…
Continue Reading A Texas church shooting leaves a pastor dead and 2 others injured
A man charged with killing the pastor of a Texas church Sunday had been hiding from police in the church bathroom after a high-speed chase the night…
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Sonoran officials anxiously wait for COVID-19 vaccine
The Sonora State Health Secretary Enrique Clausen says they’re ready to receive the vaccine against…
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Fauci: Vaccinations are increasing in a ‘glimmer of hope’
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to administer 100 million shots of the vaccine within his first 100 days in…
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Father arrested in Mexico for beating 3 sons to death
Prosecutors said the man had an argument with the boys’ mother and killed the kids “in order to cause her great…
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Help arrives for California hospitals short on oxygen
The collaboration comes as the six aging hospitals struggle to maintain oxygen pressure while treating an unprecedented number of patients with…
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Ducey rejects request for 2-week school ‘quarantine’
Despite the state’s surge of coronavirus cases, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Saturday rejected the state’s top education official’s call for him…
Continue Reading She lost her dad and uncle to coronavirus. Trump’s claim that the virus is exaggerated is an insult, she says
Most New Year’s Days, Rosa Cerna would be celebrating the birthdays of her dad and uncle — brothers born exactly one year apart. This…
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More than 4.2 million Americans have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine. Experts say the US needs to go faster
With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…
Continue ReadingCalifornia reports more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases as surge continues into new year
California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted…
Continue Reading More than 4.2 million coronavirus vaccines have been given and experts say the US needs to go faster
With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…
Continue Reading Europe has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. Now closures loom
The coronavirus pandemic transformed the working and social lives of millions of European adults in 2020. Children too have suffered immensely, with…
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Two men with parachutes leap from a hotel roof in Nashville
Two men BASE jumped from the rooftop bar of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Nashville on Friday, causing a “mass panic” among the bar’s…
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