Bill Gates won’t join the space race. He wants to eradicate malaria and tuberculosis instead
CNN Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney Some of the world’s richest men are squaring off in what’s become a rivalry for the ages — the…
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Bill Gates won’t join the space race. He wants to eradicate malaria and tuberculosis instead
Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney Some of the world’s richest men are squaring off in what’s become a rivalry for the ages — the space…
Continue ReadingBritain battles Omicron ‘tidal wave,’ as infections double every two to three days and first death from variant is recorded
CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN Britain is facing a “tidal wave” of infections from the new Omicron coronavirus variant, ministers have warned,…
Continue ReadingMT. BACHELOR OPENS TODAY!
Mt. Bachelor opens today and reports a 31″ base to get things under way. They are expecting another 7-13″ of snow over the next 24 hours. Mt.…
Continue ReadingBanned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) — Researchers on an idyllic New Hampshire lake popular with tourists are hunting for…
Continue ReadingSouth Africans urge jabs as president ill in omicron wave
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says that he has postponed getting…
Continue ReadingCuatro consejos de seguridad que te podrÃan salvar la vida ante un tornado
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un tornado pueden ocurrir en cualquier momento y amenazar todos los rincones de Estados Unidos. Es hora de…
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More storm activity on the way
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… An atmospheric river that will deluge much of California will also deliver an 80-90% chance of mixed showers to the…
Continue ReadingDecember’s child tax credit payment is the last one unless Congress acts
By Tami Luhby, CNN The Internal Revenue Service sent out the last monthly infusion of the expanded child tax credit Wednesday — unless Congress…
Continue ReadingDemocrats face mounting obstacles to finishing social safety net bill before Christmas — and it’s not just Manchin
CNN By Lauren Fox and Ella Nilsen, CNN As Democrats race to finish the President’s Build Back Better legislation before the Christmas recess…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 2, injure 12 in attack on police bus in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police say a gun attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir has killed two police and wounded a dozen others, hours after…
Continue ReadingGM may be stuck with the Bolt, even if it makes sense to dump it
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business It seems like a good time for General Motors to pull the plug on the Bolt, the only electric vehicle currently in its…
Continue ReadingAustria’s new interior minister accused of antisemitism
BERLIN (AP) — A Nobel laureate in literature, Jewish students and other prominent figures in Austria want the country’s new interior minister…
Continue ReadingNHL postpones 3 Flames games due to COVID-19 outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL has postponed the Calgary Flames’ next three games after six players and a staff member entered the league’s COVID-19…
Continue ReadingOnline delivery is unprofitable. Why are discount chains using it now?
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Many of America’s leading discount chains have sat out the online shopping boom. Not anymore. Dollar…
Continue ReadingEU slaps sanctions on Russian mercenaries, Wagner Group
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on a group of private Russian military contractors it accuses of fomenting violence and…
Continue ReadingCyprus OKs COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5-11
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will start vaccinating kids between the ages of 5 to 11 in fresh bid to head off another COVID-19 surge following the…
Continue ReadingRussian lawmaker charged with killing elk, alleges politics
MOSCOW (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Communist Party lawmaker in Russia has been charged with illegal hunting for killing an elk. Kremlin critic…
Continue ReadingIn Hinduism, women creating spaces for their own leadership
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press In Hinduism, there aren’t a lot of women among pandits, the priests who perform Hindu religious rituals. But…
Continue ReadingGolden Globes 2022: la lista completa de nominados para la edición 79 de los premios
urielblanco (CNN Español) — Los nominados a los premios Golden Globes 2022 (los Globo de Oro) se dieron a conocer este lunes. Los premios…
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