January 2021

Despite Covid-19 and stay-at-home orders, 2020 saw an increase in homicides across the US

January 1, 2021 7:50 am CNN

It’s been a deadly year, and that’s not just due to Covid-19. Despite less activity outside with the closing of businesses and schools,…

Sole Cherokee ‘Beloved Man’ for last 200 years gets highway named after him

January 1, 2021 7:34 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story SYLVA, NC (WLOS) — The only man in more than 200 years to be bestowed as Beloved…

Distilleries that pivoted in the pandemic to provide sanitizer now face FDA fees

January 1, 2021 7:29 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) — Many mountain distilleries stepped up to fill a pandemic…

NE County commissioner to continue pushing for renter support

January 1, 2021 7:26 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Douglas County set aside $10 million in CARES Act funds…

Omaha brewery hopes to increase production cap

January 1, 2021 7:22 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Ten thousand gallons and not one drop more. That’s how…

IL woman warns community to lock cars

January 1, 2021 7:13 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story GENESEO, Illinois (WQAD) — A Geneseo woman is warning others to lock their cars,…

‘Queer Eye’ star Jonathan Van Ness reveals he got married

January 1, 2021 7:11 am CNN Newsource

Jonathan Van Ness revealed he had some personal good news in 2020. The “Queer Eye” star revealed in a lengthy Instagram post that he…

UK chief medical officers defend delay of second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses

January 1, 2021 6:24 am CNN

The UK’s chief medical officers have defended a decision to delay second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in order to prioritize first…

Snow Report: New Year’s Day

January 1, 2021 6:17 am Max Goldwasser

All resorts are open for the holiday, and most of them added a healthy dose of new snow in the last 24…

What we forget about Jimmy Carter’s legacy

January 1, 2021 6:02 am CNN

While former President Jimmy Carter is often remembered as a strait-laced figure, he embodied countercultural cool in 1976, when he was the…

Families of US hostages and detainees look to Biden to keep up efforts to free loved ones

January 1, 2021 6:00 am CNN Newsource

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over from the outgoing Trump administration, the goal for the families of Americans unlawfully detained…

Covid-19 vaccines are an answered prayer for all faiths

January 1, 2021 5:57 am CNN

Bringing the Covid-19 pandemic to an end will require the active participation of religious Americans, who should view vaccines as an answered prayer…

Breezy, rainy conditions ahead

January 1, 2021 5:38 am Max Goldwasser

Happy New Year, Central Oregon! We start 2021 with cloudy skies and breezy conditions. Our sustained wind speeds will be between 10 to 20 mph for the…

It’s a new year but the politics of 2020 aren’t going away

January 1, 2021 5:02 am CNN

It is officially, finally 2021. But while everyone on Earth has had enough of the year that was, Americans need to gird themselves for a bit more…

Covid-19 hospitalizations across the US are the highest they’ve ever been as nation rings in new year

January 1, 2021 4:21 am CNN

As the US ushered in 2021, more than 125,300 Covid-19 patients remained hospitalized — another record for the fourth day in a row. The high…

The science of how to stick to New Year’s resolutions and truly change your habits

January 1, 2021 3:48 am CNN Newsource

Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a…