Month: February 2021

A hotline set up to help people in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County schedule Covid-19 vaccination appointments was partially compromised, county officials said. The service opened at noon on Thursday to help residents 65 and older who lack internet access or need additional assistance, CNN affiliate KDKA reported. The county is home to Pittsburgh, the second-most populous

Just call them snow angels. A Rhode Island fifth-grader and a family friend swept snow off dozens of hospital workers’ cars during Monday’s nor’easter to thank them for all their hard work during the coronavirus pandemic. Christian Stone, 10, and Abbey Meeker went to Westerly Hospital at around shift change, when doctors, nurses and other

A pedigree heifer named after Posh Spice has been sold at a British auction for over $360,000 (£262,000,) breaking the world record for the prized Limousin breed. The fourteen-month-old Wilodge Poshspice also became the UK and Europe’s most expensive bovine animal with the sale on January 29, according to the British Limousin Cattle Society. The

Click here for updates on this story     HACKETT, Arkansas (KFSM) — Multiple sources have told 5NEWS that the Hackett Police Chief has been fired, though the mayor won’t confirm the information at this time. It’s confirmed that the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are patrolling the city now. On Friday (Jan. 29), audio from the

Click here for updates on this story     DUNMORE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Child care workers are considered essential and have been working throughout the pandemic. They say it has been hard, working to care for kids, keeping them safe and healthy, and keeping those child care facilities sanitized. “Very crazy, unconventional, kind of taking everything day

Click here for updates on this story     CHRISTIANA, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Humane Law Enforcement Officers with the Pennsylvania SPCA on Wednesday executed a search warrant and removed 17 dogs, including five unweaned puppies, from a property in Lancaster County over concerns about their welfare, the agency said. Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen,

Click here for updates on this story     Los Angeles (KABC) — Grandparents can pass along powerful life lessons to the next generation. One man is trying to do just that by teaching his grandchildren that it’s never too late to make amends. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Police Department posted on social media that its

Click here for updates on this story     New York (WABC) — The family of a man who was slashed across the face during a dispute on a subway train in Manhattan said his wounds were so deep, he was unable to talk. Noel Quintana, 61, was on his way to the first of two jobs

Romania’s Orthodox Church is under pressure to change its baptism ritual after a baby boy died following a ceremony in which he was immersed three times in water. More than 59,000 people have signed a petition urging the Romanian Orthodox Church to change the baptism ritual. “Given the tragic situations in which infants died after

A former secretary from the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has been charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, German prosecutors said Friday, in what is a rare case involving an alleged female concentration camp staff member. Prosecutors in Itzehoe did not name the woman but said in a statement that they charged her

Click here for updates on this story     St. Ann, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Ann man is suing the city’s Papa John’s Pizza after experiencing what he calls employment discrimination and getting fired after filing complaints. George Mitchell said racist remarks were common when he worked at the Papa John’s and were so frequent he

Gabbi Tuft is ready to show the world who she is. Tuft, a former WWE wrestling star, announced she is transgender this week. “This is me,” she wrote in an Instagram post coming out as transgender. “Unashamed, unabashedly me.” The former wrestler was active in the WWE from 2009-2012 under the ring name “Tyler Reks.”

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — The federal government says the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received only one report of a travel-related falsified COVID-19 test certificate, despite warnings from other countries. Under rules implemented Jan. 7 to help limit the spread of COVID-19, Canada requires all arriving air passengers

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all familiar with the “spike protein” – the thorny protrusions that allow the novel coronavirus to attach itself to the cells of its human host. Images of the SARS-CoV-2 virus give prominence to the spikes. They’re

It’s called COVAX — and it may be the best hope in vaccinating the world. The relative obscurity of this vaccine program belies its critical role in the global battle against Covid-19. Indeed, COVAX may well be the most important acronym of 2021. As vaccine nationalism rears its ugly head, it’s the best — perhaps

Hong Kong has introduced sweeping new restrictions for how schools operate, months after the Beijing government imposed a new national security law giving authorities wide-ranging powers to crack down on vaguely defined political crimes. For years, parents and students in the semi-autonomous city have feared a shift toward China-style “patriotic education,” with a previous attempt

Seattle Children’s Hospital canceled 1,300 Covid-19 vaccine appointments out of concern over equal access to sign up. “Shortly after releasing appointments, we decided we needed broader communication to the greater public of available vaccine appointments as we want to achieve the widest reach possible,” the hospital said Thursday in a statement sent to CNN. People

The North Carolina State Board of Education has passed a new standard for teaching social studies that will include a more diverse perspective of history. The board added language for educators to teach about racism, discrimination and the treatment of marginalized groups. But due to pushback from some lawmakers, the new standard does not include