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2,344 new COVID cases since New Year’s Day, in Yuma and Imperial counties

January 4, 2021 5:49 PM Jenny Day

Latest local COVID…

Home Grown: Frequent COVID testing important for farmers

January 4, 2021 6:00 PM April Hettinger

Day laborers responsible for the nation’s food source work in close quarters, so testing and preventative measures are crucial to keeping them…

Losing weight may lower COVID-19 risk

January 4, 2021 5:47 PM Mercedes Martinez

Obesity is one of the top underlying health conditions associated with COVID-19 deaths More than 40% of adults in the U.S are obese. COVID-19…

Southwest Airlines “wow” sale

January 4, 2021 5:39 PM Mercedes Martinez

Southwest Airlines will be having a temporary ticket sale Southwest Airlines launches a temporary four-day sale with tickets as low as $29.00 one…

Mcdonald’s will add new Chicken Sandwiches to its menu

January 4, 2021 5:32 PM Mercedes Martinez

Crispy Chicken Sandwich will launch February Mcdonald’s will be launching a new Cripsy Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich will be available february and…

Ex-YPD cop pleads not guilty in sexual misconduct case

January 4, 2021 11:50 AM Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

Bobby Garcia is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a high school…

Yuma man arrested in connection with house fire

January 4, 2021 4:20 PM Lisa Sturgis, Brandon Mejia

One man is in police custody, and a woman is in a Phoenix hospital after a fire in a Yuma home.…

Trump’s hospital price transparency rule is now in effect. Here’s what that means.

January 4, 2021 3:46 PM CNN

Hospitals now have to disclose the rates they privately negotiate with insurers under a Trump administration rule that took effect…

UK Prime Minister imposes harsh lockdown as new Covid-19 variant spreads

January 4, 2021 3:42 PM CNN

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and…

Charging decision in Jacob Blake shooting expected in first two weeks of January

January 4, 2021 3:33 PM CNN

A decision on whether to charge the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake is expected to come in the next two weeks, and city…

New York’s governor wants to make it a crime to sell or administer Covid-19 vaccines to people trying to skip the line

January 4, 2021 3:24 PM CNN

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer the Covid-19 vaccine to anyone trying to skip ahead in the line. The…

House Republicans rush to Trump’s defense over Georgia call as Democrats prep censure resolution

January 4, 2021 2:05 PM CNN

Many conservative House Republicans defended President Donald Trump in the aftermath of his phone call demanding Georgia Secretary of State Brad…

Saudi Arabia and Qatar agree to reopen airspace and maritime borders

January 4, 2021 2:34 PM CNN

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to reopen their airspace and maritime borders starting Monday, after a years long freeze on relations, Kuwaiti…

Trump’s call could put the President in jeopardy, legal experts say

January 4, 2021 1:53 PM CNN

Experienced prosecutors, election lawyers and some public officials have piled on calling for criminal investigations into whether President Donald…

Border Patrol agents arrest MS-13 gang member in Calexico

January 4, 2021 1:41 PM Sumiko Keil

Border Patrol agents added one more gang member on their list over the…

A drunk taxi passenger refused to wear a face mask — so his driver took him to the police station

January 4, 2021 1:10 PM CNN

A man in British Columbia, Canada, is starting the new year with hundreds of dollars in fines after police officials said he touched his taxi…

From new IDs to automatic college savings accounts, these new laws take effect in 2021

January 4, 2021 12:42 PM CNN

As years change, so too do the rules we live by. 2020 saw massive protests over police brutality, economic insecurity brought on by the coronavirus…

These stunning NASA satellite images capture 2020’s extreme climate events

January 4, 2021 11:14 AM CNN

As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. Alongside a deadly pandemic, 2020 also…

Health officials say tougher measures needed soon in Baja California to control COVID-19 cases

January 4, 2021 10:45 AM Sumiko Keil

The State Secretary of Health in Baja California, Alonso Pérez Rico, says officials will add restrictive measures to prevent more…

Arizona reports more than 5,100 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

January 4, 2021 10:11 AM The Associated Press

Arizona health officials have reported 5,158 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional…