For the first time in almost two months, less than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized for Covid-19. Sunday, the United States reported 95,013 Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. And 97,561 patients were hospitalized Saturday. The last time the number was below 100,000 was December 1. Yet the seven-day average of new
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Happy Sunday, Central Oregon! Sunday turned out to be a little better than expected, in more ways than one. It ended up being fairly dry and warm in town, while the Mt. Bachelor saw six inches of new snow throughout the day. The chance for rain will continue for the cities over the next few
Continue ReadingMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained, a spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy told CNN on Monday. “State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and some other senior figures are being detained in Nay Pyi Taw,” spokesman Myo Nyunt said. The move comes after days
Continue ReadingStock futures dropped Sunday after a week that saw volatile markets due to the recent GameStop situation. Dow futures were down 252 points, or 0.8%. S&P 500 futures were down 1%, while Nasdaq futures were down 1.2%. US stocks finished a turbulent week sharply lower on Friday. The Dow and the S&P 500 recorded their
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is open to some negotiation on his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, a senior administration official told CNN, but the $600 billion counterproposal announced by some Republican senators Sunday is “not going to scratch the itch.” The White House is specifically open to considering scaling down stimulus checks for families making more
Continue ReadingSomalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday that has claimed the life of the country’s former defense minister, according to police. Police told CNN the country’s former defense minister, Mohamed Nur Galal, is confirmed dead in the attack. Officials
Continue ReadingA skier died after being buried by an avalanche Saturday in the backcountry of Summit County, Utah. Kurt Damschroder, 57, of Park City, Utah, was killed after he was caught in the avalanche, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said in a tweet Sunday. Damschroder was one of two skiers who triggered the avalanche in an
Continue ReadingPolice in Waterbury, Connecticut, arrested and charged a local man for the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose 2004 death had long been unsolved. Willie F. Robinson, 52, of Matteson Street in Waterbury, was arrested Friday and charged with the murder of Jessica Keyworth, Waterbury Police said in a statement. He is being held on
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday announced a new “movement” to push back on the Republican Party’s embrace of former President Donald Trump and retire the “poisonous conspiracies and lies” that defined his administration. In a six-minute campaign-style video posted to the new “Country First” website, which is funded by Kinzinger’s Future First Leadership Political
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As President Joe Biden was ticking through a litany of grievances with his Russian counterpart on Tuesday, it wasn’t only his tone that made for a departure from his predecessor. Even his location marked a major difference: Instead of speaking with foreign leaders this week from his third-floor private residence, as President Donald Trump often
Continue ReadingRecord numbers of protesters were detained in Russia on Sunday, as demonstrations erupted across the country in support of detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny. At least 5,045 people were detained, with more than 1,600 in Moscow alone. That marks a record-high in detentions since 2011, when OVD-Info, an independent site that monitors arrests, started recording
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A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy and Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers came to the aid a 6-year-old Springfield girl injured in a sledding accident at Paulina Lake on Saturday, officials said.
Continue ReadingJoshua Embry took over as public health director in Grayson County, Kentucky just weeks before US officials announced the first case of coronavirus in the country. In the past 12 months, Embry and his staff have worked tirelessly to protect their community and promote measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. Yet their service has
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Two Republican senators said Sunday they’ll remain fair jurors and listen to the evidence presented during former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial set to begin February 9. Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a moderate Republican, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that he believed Trump’s comments leading up to the Capitol attack
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA ) — A Mardi Gras mega-store. Toomey’s never disappoints. All the way from Milbrook, Alabama. Members representing American Legion Post 133 — gearing up for a parade next weekend — drove 2 1/2 hours to stock up on must-have trinkets. “It’s not too bad… We
Continue Reading“Saturday Night Live” returned for its first show of 2021, and had one question on its mind: “What still works?” That’s how the NBC variety show opened its program on Saturday night, with cast member Kate McKinnon hosting a show that asked what still works in America. The first category was “government.” McKinnon brought out
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB ) — After COVID-19 reached his staff, a Hartford gym owner stepped up his fight against the virus at his business. Buying an air purifier for the space. Former UConn Football player Andre Dixon says in the last three weeks, his gym Dixon Sports Performance,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL ) — A fire on Saturday night destroyed the building that houses the 9-1-1 emergency services for a Georgia county. According to a Facebook post from the Jeff Davis County administrator, all the county ambulances as well as their 9-1-1 center is down.
Continue ReadingTen Republican senators on Sunday announced plans to unveil a roughly $600 billion Covid-19 relief package, a counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan meant to force relief talks with the White House back to the middle. The lawmakers, including Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV ) — While high school athletes await a return to their courts and fields of play, swimmers in Oregon are now looking towards the spring to jump back in the pool. There may not be any pools open to competing in right now to swim,
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