Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Phoenix fire crews got creative to lift the spirits of one of their own who fought COVID-19 in the hospital. Friends describe Phoenix firefighter Dan Volcko as tough. After 20 years on the job, a bad case of COVID-19 now has the rescuer needing help.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expanded by the Trump administration, according to the Biden administration. Biden will be fulfilling a campaign promise in the memorandum, rescinding the so-called Mexico City Policy, a ban on US government funding for foreign
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — Of the very few good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, bed bug sightings plummeted in 2020. In a report released on Tuesday from Orkin Canada, bed bug sightings dropped by 20 per cent in 2020, marking the first decline in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller has a simple message for anyone thinking of following the lead of the Vancouver couple who allegedly flew to a remote community in Yukon to jump the COVID-19 vaccination queue: Don’t. “There’s extreme scarcity of the doses and
Continue ReadingCarey Mulligan has doubled down on her thoughts about a review which referenced her looks. Variety published a review written by freelancer Dennis Harvey of her film “Promising Young Woman,” a darkly comic #MeToo revenge tale. In it he wrote, “Mulligan, a fine actress, seems a bit of an odd choice as this admittedly many-layered
Continue ReadingA lot of snow in the last 24 hours and more is on the way.
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GameStop traders sent the stock on a wild ride Thursday. The stock was up about 13% Thursday morning after tumbling about 15% earlier. Sending it on a roller-coaster ride, Robinhood said it was restricting trading in the red hot stock as well as others. “We continuously monitor the markets and make changes where necessary. In
Continue ReadingKelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party who promoted President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, now faces an audit on her own recent electoral victory. Sergio Arellano, a Tucson small business owner who ran for Congress in 2018, is requesting an audit of the votes cast in
Continue ReadingThe European Union has been locked in a very public and acrimonious fight with AstraZeneca over vaccine delays. The temperature may have cooled slightly after a meeting late Wednesday, which both sides said was constructive, but the problem hasn’t been fixed yet and the stakes for EU countries are high. These are the battle lines:
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More than 30 House members sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday requesting more flexibility for using their congressional allowances toward helping their personal safety by hiring local law enforcement or other security personnel for their home district offices. “While the U.S. Capitol is protected by
Continue ReadingA Russian court rejected an appeal Thursday to overturn the 30-day detention of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny ahead of a hearing next month over whether he should face jail time for a years-old fraud case. Navalny appeared by video link at the court in the city of Khimki, on the outskirts of Moscow. He continues
Continue ReadingUnlike many who have to drive miles to get a Covid-19 vaccine, some travelers in southwestern Oregon had the vaccine come to them Tuesday under treacherous weather conditions. Josephine County Public Health workers were returning from a mass vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction when about 20 members of the group
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia, in the Caucasus Mountains region. Chechnya is bordered by Russia, the country of Georgia, and the Russian republics of Dagestan and Ingushetia. Facts Capital: Grozny Population: 1,465,791 (January 2019 est.) President: Ramzan Kadyrov (2007-present) Timeline 1991 – Chechnya begins fighting for independence from the crumbling
Continue ReadingHere is a look at the life of Stephen J. Hadley, former national security adviser to US President George W. Bush. Personal Birth date: February 13, 1947 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Stephen John Hadley Father: Robert Hadley Jr. Mother: Suzanne (Bentley) Hadley Marriage: Ann (Simon) Hadley Children: Kate and Caroline Education: Cornell University,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MAUSTON, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — For 25 years, Ronnie Ehle of Brunner Manufacturing in Mauston has not missed a minute of work. Ehle started at Brunner in 1989 as a die builder, but his streak of perfect attendance began in 1995. Since that time he has never showed up
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Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has faced intense criticism this week over incendiary remarks she made in recent years as well as a viral video in which she harasses Hogg. “My message to Kevin McCarthy is, take all of
Continue ReadingRep. Adam Kinzinger is willing to lose his seat over his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, the Illinois Republican told CNN’s David Axelrod during an episode of “The Axe Files” podcast released Thursday. “I did it knowing full well it could very well be terminal to my career,” Kinzinger said of his vote. “But
Continue ReadingStrengthen the Affordable Care Act. Restore abortion protections. Lower drug prices. President Joe Biden has a long list of health care promises — many of which center on reversing policies enacted by the Trump administration over the past four years. However, it will take the President’s health officials time to address all of the measures,
Continue ReadingHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy privately made a blunt appeal to his colleagues in the aftermath of the divisive fight to impeach former President Donald Trump: Stop attacking each other and instead focus on Democrats. “Cut that crap out,” McCarthy told his members, according to two sources on the call. McCarthy said he’s had personal
Continue ReadingBen Berman was planning to make pizzas for a dinner party with friends when the coronavirus pandemic hit. It was March last year, and it was clear that gathering in large groups wasn’t safe. So the Wharton graduate student came up with a way to get rid of all of the pizza dough he had
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