Severe allergic reactions to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A CDC report published Friday revealed just 10 people had severe allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis, out of more than 4 million people vaccinated with a first dose of the Moderna shot as of January 10. That’s
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Protesters again took to the streets of Portland, Oregon, on Thursday — the first full day of Joe Biden’s presidency — to let the Democratic establishment know they are still fighting for racial justice, some told CNN. “We wanted to symbolize that both parties are the oppressor,” said a 25-year-old protester who wished not to
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Continue ReadingA Texas public health doctor charged with stealing a vial of Covid-19 vaccine was trying to use leftover doses so they wouldn’t go to waste, his attorney said Friday. Dr. Hasan Gokal has been charged with theft by a public servant, a misdemeanor that carries a penalty of up to one year in jail and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Philadelphia Police are looking for a man who fired at least 11 shots at a 19-year-old female delivery driver in West Philadelphia, in what investigators describe as an act of road rage. It happened near the intersection of 47th and Chestnut Streets, just after 4
Continue ReadingThree former grand jurors are among the “concerned Kentucky citizens” petitioning the Kentucky Legislature to impeach state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, according to Kevin Glogower, one of the attorneys representing the petitioners. The citizens filed a petition Friday seeking the impeachment of Cameron on charges of “breach of public trust and failure to comply with
Continue ReadingFor Caroline Brant, attempting to get a vaccine appointment for her in-laws in Pennsylvania felt like trying to “win a seat at the big show.” “Except in Pennsylvania, there’s no show yet,” she told CNN. “Just spinning sites.” The 48-year-old, who lives in Collegeville, is referring to the confusion over websites where those eligible for
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A rise in Deschutes County COVID-19 cases — and a growing number of Redmond School District staff and students sick or in quarantine — will push back the planned reopening nearly three weeks, to Feb. 22, Superintendent Charan Cline announced Friday.
Continue ReadingHouston police officer Taylor Roccaforte was shocked when then-presidential candidate Joe Biden came to see him in the hospital after he was shot in the line of duty. Roccaforte was even more surprised that the future president wanted to keep the 2019 visit a secret. Roccaforte, 30, told CNN that Biden came to see him
Continue ReadingDerick Almena, the leaseholder of an Oakland, California, warehouse-turned-art collective that went up in flames in 2016, pleaded guilty Friday to 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter — one for each person killed in the blaze. In court Friday, Almena simply responded “guilty” to each of the three dozen counts as they were read out by
Continue ReadingThe New York Police Department says that evidence from three murders at a senior housing complex in Brooklyn point to one suspect: a well-known man who ran errands for the building’s residents. Kevin Gavin, 66, was arraigned Friday and charged with three counts of second-degree murder, according to a criminal complaint. Gavin confessed to all
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Click here for updates on this story LINDENHURST, New York (WCBS) — An initiative on Long Island is gaining attention. Customers are paying it forward, and it all begins with a post-it note. Alice Bopp and her family moved to Lindenhurst from Rio de Janeiro. “I’m from Brazil, I love coffee,” Bopp told CBS2’s Jennifer
Continue ReadingAstronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover Jr. are preparing for two upcoming spacewalks that will help to upgrade and maintain the International Space Station. The NASA astronauts will conduct spacewalks on Wednesday, January 27, and Monday, February 1. It will be the first spacewalk experience for Glover, who is a few months into his first
Continue ReadingAbout 6 in 10 Americans don’t know when or where to get a coronavirus vaccine, according to a survey released Friday from the Kaiser Family Foundation. This comes after reports that President Joe Biden’s administration must start from scratch with federal plans for distribution, having been left little to no framework from former President Donald
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — After more than 1,300 days, a Triangle pastor is leaving a Durham church and will be able to go home to his family. Jose Chicas is an undocumented immigrant. Since mid-July 2017 Chicas has not left Saint Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Durham.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed two more executive orders on Friday — one focused on expanding food assistance and delivering stimulus checks to very low-income Americans, and the other on raising the minimum wage to $15 for the federal workforce — as he continues his swift efforts to overturn his predecessor’s policies. The measures build on
Continue ReadingThe White House is keenly aware of the Republican objections that have arisen to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal, but they are urging Democratic allies to be patient for the moment, according to two administration officials. Biden has spent the last several days on the phone with lawmakers in both parties, and his
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — As COVID-19 continues to spread across Florida, the nation and the world, a team of researchers at Florida International University have trained detector dogs to identify the virus. Dogs have highly developed senses of smell. That’s why FIU’s International Forensic Research Institute is using its
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden had been inside the White House for only two hours on Wednesday before finding an opportunity to recall one of his many intimate meals with a foreign leader who, now they are both presidents, can officially be called a counterpart. “When I was with Xi Jinping — and I was on the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A man carjacked a woman and threatened to shoot her when she stopped for gas in north St. Louis, according to police. Just before 9 a.m. Thursday the 41-year-old woman stopped to get gas at the Gulf Gas Station at 5750 Natural Bridge.
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