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NYPD mistakes ‘likely escalated tensions’ at George Floyd protests, city report says

December 18, 2020 11:36 AM CNN

New York Police Department officials did not anticipate the large number of protesters or violence that came at them during the George Floyd…

City of Yuma launches Adopt-a-Nurse program

December 17, 2020 12:17 PM Arlette Yousif

The City of Yuma is moving forward with a program providing care to its frontline health care…

Cops discover an illegal winery operating out of an Alabama town’s sewage plant

December 18, 2020 11:20 AM CNN

Authorities say they’ve busted a large illegal winery operating out of a wastewater treatment plant in a small Alabama town. It happened in the…

He was sentenced to life in prison while a teenager. 18 years later, Myon Burrell walks free

December 18, 2020 10:48 AM CNN

A Minnesota man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager when Amy Klobuchar was the county attorney has been released, after years of claiming…

DES: Childcare scholarship program for essential workers

December 18, 2020 10:31 AM Sumiko Keil

The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) announced a new program that will provide essential frontline workers combating COVID-19 with…

This ‘crazy beast’ was a weird early mammal that lived among dinosaurs

December 18, 2020 10:20 AM CNN

Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and…

‘Crazy beast’ fossil discovery shows the evolutionary weirdness of early mammals

December 18, 2020 10:19 AM CNN

Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago on Madagascar, and…

Direct cash payments likely as lawmakers near Covid aid deal

December 18, 2020 9:36 AM CNN, Gabriel Salazar

Congressional leaders had set a Friday deadline to approve a $900 billion pandemic relief deal and tie that proposal to a $1.4 trillion funding…

Pence, wife Karen, surgeon general get COVID-19 vaccines

December 18, 2020 9:28 AM The Associated Press, Gabriel Salazar

Vice President Mike Pence became the highest ranking U.S. official to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday in a live-television…

A festive poem to celebrate National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

December 18, 2020 9:05 AM CNN

The pandemic may have paused your traditional in-person holiday parties and white elephant gift exchanges, but it doesn’t mean you can’t…

Morehouse dean takes vaccine on TV to remove the stigma as some Black Americans remain hesitant to get the shot

December 18, 2020 8:36 AM CNN

Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice wants to turn vaccine hesitancy into acceptance in the Black community. The dean at the Morehouse School of Medicine took…

Calling all Yuma artists!

December 18, 2020 8:10 AM Sumiko Keil

The City of Yuma Division of Arts and Culture seeks an artist to design, create, and install a large scale sculpture to be added to the existing…

Pence receives coronavirus vaccine Friday morning

December 18, 2020 8:51 AM CNN, Gabriel Salazar

Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning — an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of federal…

An angry customer threw his drink at a fast-food worker. The next customer responded in the most amazing way

December 18, 2020 6:32 AM CNN

Feroza Syed couldn’t believe what she saw happen in front of her: a man threw a large drink directly at the woman working in the drive-thru…

The forgotten history of the historic locomotive in Baja California

December 18, 2020 6:23 AM Sumiko Keil

Community members urge Mexican officials to rehabilitate the historic train machine’s maintenance that has become an icon in the…

Upstate New York driver gets stuck in car for 10 hours after snow plow covers him with nearly 4 feet of snow

December 18, 2020 6:23 AM CNN

A 58-year-old driver from Upstate New York was rescued by police after he was stuck in his car for more than 10 hours during the snowstorm that swept…