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Month: February 2021

Kids get up close and personal with animals at petting zoo

Click here for updates on this story     BLOOMSBURG, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Children in part of Columbia County spent their afternoon Sunday learning about all different types of animals. The Peaceable Kingdom Petting Zoo hosted an educational, interactive experience at the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum. The Peaceable Kingdom is a mobile, traveling petting zoo. Workers travel all

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Winter keeps coming

Storm 3 of 3 in the last 5 days pushes more snow into the valley today and more into the highlands and central mountains tomorrow. Snow showers accompanied with winds 20+ from the SW will make for sloppy and some slick conditions. Highs around 30-32 and winds will drive temperatures above freezing for Blackfoot and

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‘I’m thankful to be at the right place at the right time’: Custodian, fifth grader save child’s life

Click here for updates on this story     MIDDLETOWN, OH (WLWT) — Whether brightening kids’ spirits or making them laugh, Kim Deaton seems to always be in the right place for students at Middletown’s Amanda Elementary School. Deaton, who’s better known as Miss Kim, is the lead custodian at the school. “These kids might be somebody

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Mitch McConnell Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky. Personal Birth date: February 20, 1942 Birth place: Colbert County, Alabama Birth name: Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. Father: Addison Mitchell McConnell Mother: Julia (Shockley) McConnell Marriages: Elaine Chao (1993-present); Sherrill Redmon (1968-1980, divorced) Children: with Sherrill Redmon: Porter;

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Daytona 500 Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the Daytona 500, the first race of the racing season for NASCAR. February 15, 2021 – Michael McDowell wins the 63rd Annual Daytona 500. February 17, 2020 – Denny Hamlin wins the 62nd Annual Daytona 500. Other Facts “The Great American Race” is 200 laps and covers 500 miles. February 22,

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Presidential memorabilia including George and Martha Washington’s hair are being auctioned

On Presidents Day, many are finding ways to honor America’s former leaders. At an auction house in Massachusetts, some are even bidding on their hair. Boston-based RR Auction is selling nearly 300 historic items related to the presidency, ranging from locks of George and Martha Washington’s hair to John F. Kennedy’s Harvard sweater. The auction

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Impeachment Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the process of impeachment, a misconduct charge that leads to a trial to determine whether a public official is guilty of abuse of power or other offenses. A conviction leads to removal from office. Process in the United States Article I of the Constitution gives the House of Representatives the “sole

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Biden’s special Obamacare enrollment period opens Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Uninsured Americans who want to buy Affordable Care Act coverage have another three months to do so, thanks to an executive order President Joe Biden signed last month. The federal Obamacare exchange, healthcare.gov, reopened Monday for a special enrollment period that runs until May 15. Most states that operate their own marketplaces are also doing

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Manchester United’s Anthony Martial racially abused on social media after draw

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has received racial abuse over social media following his side’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. It’s the second time in recent weeks that Martial, alongside teammates Marcus Rashford and Axel Tuanzebe, have been targeted by abuse online. After Sunday’s game, racist symbols were left in the comments

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The long, bumpy road to the Apple Car

For such a secretive company, Apple’s car efforts have been in plain sight for years. The headlines have been steady: prominent auto industry poaches, one approved car patent after another, sightings of mysterious self-driving cars around its Cupertino, California, headquarters, and most recently, widely reported talks of a multi-billion dollar partnership to build an autonomous

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Watch out, Wimbledon! Serena Williams shares video of daughter Olympia training with coach Patrick Mouratoglou

At just three years old, Serena Williams‘ daughter is discovering that practice makes perfect on the tennis court. The 23-time grand slam winner posted a video on Instagram of her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., perfecting her swing on the court, with the help of coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Williams, 39, captioned the clip: “Tennis Diaries.”

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Widespread vaccinations in the US won’t come until the summer. Here’s what’s been driving down Covid-19 cases so far

More than 38 million Americans have so far received at least their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine — but it’s not the vaccinations that have driven Covid-19 numbers down across the US, one expert told CNN. “It’s what we’re doing right: staying apart, wearing masks, not traveling, not mixing with others indoors,” Dr. Tom

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An officer stopped to help who he thought was a stranded motorist. Instead, he helped deliver a baby

It was a Valentine’s Day miracle. An officer who stopped to help who he thought was a stranded motorist near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Sunday morning quickly discovered the vehicle’s passenger was actually in labor, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. The officer immediately called the Chicago Fire Department for assistance. But the

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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine sharply reduces symptomatic COVID-19 in the real world, Israeli researchers say

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90% in the real world, Israeli researchers said Sunday. The findings, while preliminary, suggest that the vaccine remains remarkably effective in a mass vaccination campaign — outside the carefully controlled conditions of a clinical trial. The Clalit Research Institute, part of a large

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Flake says he’s been in touch with Biden administration and has interest in making sure ‘our foreign policy is bipartisan’

Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Sunday he has been in touch with the Biden administration when asked about recent reporting that the administration is considering him for an ambassadorship, but said there have been “no specific talks.” “All I’ve said is I would have an interest in making sure that President (Joe) Biden’s

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An earthquake at the Olympic torch relay start point is just the beleaguered Tokyo 2020 Games’ latest crisis

Less than six weeks before the Olympic torch relay was due to begin in Fukushima, showcasing the region’s recovery from a catastrophic nuclear disaster a decade ago, the Japanese prefecture has once again been rocked by a powerful earthquake. The 7.1 magnitude quake which hit the region on Saturday was, for many, a painful reminder

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Flake says he’s been in touch with Biden administration and cares about making ‘our foreign policy bipartisan’

Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Sunday he has been in touch with the Biden administration when asked about recent reporting that the administration is considering him for an ambassadorship, but said there have been “no specific talks.” “All I’ve said is I would have an interest in making sure that President (Joe) Biden’s

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The hardship beat: Why it’s essential for reporters to expose income inequality heightened by Covid-19

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Trump’s second impeachment trial has come and gone. The Senate has headed home on vacation again. The Biden administration has continued to prioritize a Covid relief package. So in the coming days you’ll probably hear

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How Brazil gambled on unproven drugs to fight Covid-19

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been a champion of drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to cure Covid-19, despite multiple studies that show that they are not effective. Now, documents show that his government spent emergency funds on the medicines and continued to produce and distribute them at unprecedented rates throughout 2020 while rejecting at least

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Western diplomats warn Myanmar military that ‘the world is watching’

Western diplomats on Sunday warned Myanmar’s military junta that “the world is watching,” as a communications blackout swept the country. Internet and mobile services were disrupted overnight Sunday into Monday, and Monitoring NGO NetBlocks said network connectivity across the country dropped to only 14% nationwide since at 1 a.m. local time. Mobile services from all

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Six takeaways from Trump’s impeachment trial

After a brief Saturday morning surprise, when it appeared former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented second impeachment trial could feature witnesses and drag on perhaps for weeks, senators rallied around the idea of wrapping things up instead and soon voted to acquit the former president. The vote was 43 not guilty to 57 guilty, short of

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A suspect is dead after 12-year-old shoots at intruders during attempted robbery, police say

A 12-year-old shot at two masked intruders who broke into his grandmother’s home just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to police in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The intruders had demanded money from 73-year-old Linda Ellis and subsequently shot her, police said in a statement posted on the Goldsboro Police Department’s Facebook page. Police said the

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DC attorney general weighs legal viability of charging Trump under local statute

Lawyers inside the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office are investigating whether former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in the insurrection at the US Capitol violated district law. The debate is taking place one month after Attorney General Karl Racine first floated the idea of charging Trump. A spokesperson for the attorney general’s office pointed to

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Church members head back to the pews

Click here for updates on this story     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Tomorrow morning more than 100 parishioners of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Shreveport will be walking through the doors. Today, the preparations are underway to keep them safe. “We have to make sure there’s enough people, but not too many. We divide people into

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$1,500 gift boxes and romantic poetry: Restaurants are getting creative for Valentine’s Day

Andrew Markert used to serve carefully plated Valentine’s Day specials to couples at his Washington, DC restaurant, Beuchert’s Saloon. This year, he’s dishing out poetry. With Beuchert’s temporarily closed, Markert is using the space for a takeout concept called Fight Club. On the menu this Valentine’s Day is a three-course meal of lobster bucatini, wagyu

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The world watches, stunned as Trump is cleared

The whole world watched the second impeachment of former US President Donald Trump and his acquittal. In many cases, if media coverage is an indication, the global audience paid rapt attention. The BBC was one of many outlets that carried the Senate proceedings live. France24 television broadcast much of the proceedings on their English and

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