Amazon, Google’s parent Alphabet, and UPS all hope to one day deliver large amounts of goods by drone. New US government rules clear some hurdles to making that dream a reality.
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Tuesday night, we see a chance for the return of mixed showers
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President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s plan to distribute Covid-19 vaccines across the country has fallen “far behind.” “As I long feared and warned, the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should,” Biden said, delivering remarks on the Covid-19 crisis from Wilmington, Delaware. “A few weeks
Continue ReadingWith just a few days left in the year, alarm bells are going off among health officials across the country over the slow effort to administer tens of millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the year. The federal government’s Operation Warp Speed had promised that 20 million doses would be administered
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A 28-year-old man was killed in what police described as a road rage incident near Coos Bay.
Continue ReadingThe Columbus, Ohio, police officer who shot unarmed Andre Hill shouted that Hill had a gun before shooting him to death last week, according to a statement included in a report prepared by the Columbus police chief after the shooting. Adam Coy, the officer who killed Hill, was fired Monday afternoon for his use of
Continue ReadingA Colorado man has the variant of the coronavirus from the United Kingdom that health officials say is more transmissable than other strains of the virus, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday.
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The Oregon Health Authority said Tuesday it has expanded its multilingual Safe + Strong education and outreach campaign with a new theme and materials to help communities find simple, culturally specific information on safely connecting with family and friends this winter.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A Buford man is facing kidnapping and other charges after Gwinnett police rescued an infant from a car that he allegedly stole from the parking lot of a strip shopping center near the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and Sugarloaf Parkway on
Continue ReadingNearly two dozen downtown Nashville residents and business owners were to retrieve important items and pets Tuesday during their first up-close look at the devastation caused by the Christmas Day bombing, police said. Federal agents sifted through debris for evidence of an explosion that rocked a historic part of Tennessee’s capital on what was a
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President Donald Trump’s ability to scramble American political lines continues even from the golf course, with House votes Monday showing that his feverish hold over the GOP — and US government — is hurtling toward a humbling end. But be warned: Following along could induce some whiplash. The House of Representatives took a pair of
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Oregon State Police released an approximate sketch Monday of a young girl whose remains were discovered last month along the H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor in rural Lincoln County.
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President Donald Trump’s favorite newspaper has turned against him. The New York Post, in an editorial that got the front-page, giant-font treatment on Monday, told Trump he needs to give up his baseless fight to overturn the presidential election result. “Mr. President … STOP THE INSANITY,” read the front page of the tabloid, famous for
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story UNITY, Maine (WMTW) — Firefighters saved a 150-year-old Bible during a fire Monday evening. Crews were called to Unity United Methodist Church on Depot Street around 6 p.m. Monday. The fire chief says the fire appeared to have started in the basement, but the cause is under investigation.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A violent night pushes Philadelphia closer to reaching a grim milestone. The city could be on track to surpass the most homicides ever in a calendar year. The record is 504 homicides which was set in 1990 and with three days left to go in
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Jobless Americans won’t lose out on any benefits in the $900 billion stimulus deal, even though President Donald Trump did not sign it into law until Sunday. The unemployed will get the $300 federal boost in weekly payments for the full 11 weeks, the Labor Department said. Also, those in two pandemic unemployment programs will
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — UPDATE: The patient has been identified and his next of kin has been notified. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center are asking for the public’s help in identifying a patient who was apparently hit by a car that
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU ) — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating two suspects who are believed to be involved in multiple vehicle burglaries that happened early Monday morning in Treme. At around 4:15 a.m., the suspects were captured on surveillance video burglarizing
Continue ReadingOxygen supply issues led at least five Los Angeles County hospitals to declare an “internal disaster” Sunday, which included turning patients away. There are multiple issues involving oxygen delivery to patients, but generally the problem is not an absolute shortage of oxygen, according to Dr. Christina Ghaly, Los Angeles County Health Services director. Instead, at
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Manchester police are looking for a man in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident Tuesday morning. Police are searching for Franklin Castillo, 27, of Manchester. He is wanted on multiple charges including felony criminal threatening, felony theft, reckless conduct, endangering the welfare
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