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How NASA’s Webb Telescope works and other facts you need to know
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Christmas Day, NASA is launching into space its biggest, most expensive and most powerful telescope yet. The James Webb Space Telescope will rocket into the cosmos and [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Airline says omicron surge may create significant disruptions
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 810,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Kim Potter trial updates: Jury begins deliberations
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter charged in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop, continues with [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Unvaccinated ‘have good reason to be concerned,’ Biden says
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 809,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Controversial 110-year sentence to be reconsidered for truck driver responsible for fatal crash: DA
Runstudio/Getty Images (DENVER) — Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced on Dec. 13 to 110 years in prison for a 2019 fiery crash just outside Denver that killed four people and injured several others – [Read More…]
Unruly passengers could lose TSA PreCheck, FAA says
iStock (NEW YORK) — In an effort to stop bad behavior on planes, unruly passengers could lose their TSA PreCheck privileges. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is partnering with TSA to share information on passengers [Read More…]
Port of Los Angeles port set to break cargo record in 2021
iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The Port of Los Angeles predicts it will break a new cargo record in 2021. The port said it would process about 10.7 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) this year, a [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Dr. Jha on omicron surge, his prediction for next year
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 806,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
East Coast may get a warm Christmas, California braces for flooding
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Along the East Coast, residents are waking up to the coldest morning of the winter so far. The wind chill — or what temperature it feels like — plunged to [Read More…]
Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at Los Angeles concert
Kali9/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles music festival abruptly ended Saturday night when police were called to quill a backstage brawl in which rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed, a high-ranking law enforcement source [Read More…]
Fauci urges Americans to stay ‘prudent’ as omicron ‘something to be reckoned with’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the omicron variant appears to be overtaking all other COVID-19 variants, including delta, calling it “something to be reckoned with” as he advised Americans who [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Unvaccinated ‘looking at a winter’ of illness, death: WH
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 803,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Storms, more possible tornadoes dominate forecast after week of wild weather
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After a series of strong and devastating tornadoes struck the Midwest and South this week, killing at least 89 people, a winter storm is threatening parts of the Northeast and [Read More…]
COVID-19 ‘raging’ in New Jersey as leaders weigh next steps
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 “raging” in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said this latest surge could bring about the return of some restrictions. New Jersey reported back-to-back days [Read More…]
COVID cases in New York state triple, hit new record on Friday
ED JONES/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York State reported 21,027 positive COVID test results on Thursday, a new single-day record, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday. This brings the positivity rate in New York [Read More…]
Florida police issue missing child alert for 12-year-old Edilsy Roca, say she could be in ‘danger’
Getty Images (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Police in Fort Myers, Florida, issued a missing child alert for 12-year-old Edilsy Roca from Lee County. According to police, Edilsy was last seen in Fort Myers at approximately [Read More…]
Major sports and entertainment events canceled, rescheduled due to rising COVID-19 cases
Andrew Merry/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a rise in COVID-19 cases across the nation alongside spread of the new omicron variant, several major events this week have been rescheduled or canceled. New York [Read More…]
‘Shopping cart killer’ linked to at least 4 Virginia slayings, police say
Tadas Kazakevicius Copyrigted/ Getty Images (HARRISONBURG, Va.) — Police in Virginia said they believe an alleged serial killer whom they’ve dubbed the “shopping cart killer” may be responsible for the deaths of four people — [Read More…]
Parents refuse to give up hope in search for missing 26-year-old daughter
Yuri Arcurs/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Mercedes Clement was last seen in surveillance video on Oct. 11, 2020, walking across the parking lot of the Koko Apartments in Dallas, Texas, with a man. She hasn’t been [Read More…]
Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education on Thursday urged districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-relief aid, in a letter sent to [Read More…]