Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrate 73rd anniversary

Happy anniversary! Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are celebrating 73 years of marriage today. Top Featured Tags: – New Mexico News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Sometimes I don’t want to go home’: A man with a simple sign brings smiles to many

Matt Francis said greeting others has become his full-time job and hopes others pass along the kindness. Top Featured Tags: – New Mexico News Press Release Distribution Service

Cal/OSHA requires face masks, sick pay in new COVID-19 worker protections

Cal/OSHA approved temporary new standards Thursday, Nov. 19, that will require employers to establish stronger workplace protections against COVID-19 and make it easier for the state to pursue those who do not comply. Though several guidelines have been released in the past, including from Cal/OSHA, the new standards streamline and strengthen the agency’s enforcement efforts…

Photos: LA Kings join team effort to get tech into hands of distance-learning students

The LA Kings and Wells Fargo came together for “Team Up For Tech” – a new initiative designed to help address the educational needs of underserved youth, many of whom are learning remotely this year. “Trevor Moore LA Kings Forward hands out Tech bags filled with mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, headphones and Chromebooks Thursday November 19,…

Officials investigating whether banned Bahram Hojreh played in Florida tournament

At least two complaints have been filed with the U.S. Center for SafeSport about banned Orange County water polo coach Bahram Hojreh’s presence and possible participation in a Florida tournament last weekend, the Orange County Register has learned. The sponsors of the tournament are also investigating whether Hojreh played in a master’s division at the…

Will The New COVID Curfew Work Without Enforcement?

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Since California officials announced they would be issuing a curfew to limit the spread of the coronavirus, local law enforcement agencies have been saying they will not be enforcing it. The curfew is meant to keep people inside and away from crowds, but how effective a curfew can be without enforcement? “I…

Major Injuries Reported After Multiple Vehicle Crash On I-80 Near Antelope

SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CBS13) — One person sustained major injuries in a three-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 80 Thursday night. The crash happened between the Greenback Lane and Antelope Road off-ramps. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash may have been caused by a speeding driver. The crash is still under investigation. One person was…

Placerville Small Businesses Join Forces Against Chain Store Eyeing Main Street Location

PLACERVILLE (CBS13) — It’s a battle between businesses In Placerville. Mom and pop shops are joining forces to try and block a chain store from coming to Main Street, a place where no shop is the same. Even the pharmacy is local. “It feels old school but it doesn’t have to be old school in…

Some police agencies will not enforce new stay-at-home orders, is a ‘last resort’ for others

Law enforcement officials throughout Southern California said they do not plan on arresting people or issuing fines to those who do not comply with the state’s new late evening curfews, which were ordered to begin Saturday amid a surge of coronavirus infections. Instead of incarceration or fines, the region’s largest law enforcement agencies said they…

Police seek driver who crashed into Anaheim motel and injured 2 pedestrians

Two pedestrians were hospitalized after a driver backed into a motel, then fled on Thursday, Nov. 19, authorities said. At around 4:30 p.m., the car struck the Anaheim Lodge at 837 S. Beach Blvd., causing structural damage, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Erin Moore. The two victims, who were were standing outside the motel at…

USOPC ethics committee finds Anne Cribbs ineligible for Olympic alumni group post

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee ethics panel has declared former Olympic swimmer Anne Warner Cribbs ineligible to hold office with the U.S. Olympian and Paralympian Association, an influential alumni group. The ethics panel found that Cribbs, president and CEO of the San Francisco Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee and the former USA Table Tennis…

Hundreds of Senegalese fisherman struck by mystery skin disease, causing lesions and boils on their faces & extremities

Some 500 fishermen in Senegal have developed a mysterious skin disease of unknown origin in recent days, prompting a major investigation as authorities rush to identify the source. All the infected men come from fishing towns along the outskirts of the capital Dakar and have been placed in quarantine, according to Ousmane Gueye, national director…

War crimes report saying special forces executed Afghan civilians made Australian defense minister ‘physically ill’

Australia’s defense minister, Linda Reynolds, has said she felt “physically ill” after reading the military report into war crimes which provided evidence that the country’s special forces soldiers unlawfully killed 39 Afghans. In response to the report, Reynolds revealed she had discussed disbanding the Special Air Service Regiment’s second squadron with the chief of the…

Israeli scientists claim they’ve partially REVERSED cellular aging process for 1st time in history

Researchers in Israel claim to have partially reversed cellular aging using a somewhat controversial treatment. While only a small study, it improves our understanding of the aging process in humans. The shortening of telomeres, the caps at the end of each of our chromosomes, is one of the main underlying mechanisms behind aging. Cell division…

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, November 19, 2020

A screengrab from Coast Guard video shows rescue swimmer Grant Roberts (left) and survivor Kurt Brodersen (right), holding on to all that remains of Brodersen’s boat “Irony” — the hatch cover. (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. You can subscribe to Alaska Public Media’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and…

ConocoPhillips Alaska plans to restart drilling on the North Slope this year

A unit at the edge of ConocoPhillips’ Kuparuk oil field, on Alaska’s North Slope. (Rachel Waldholz/Alaska Public Media) Next year’s budget hasn’t been approved yet, but ConocoPhillips Alaska is planning to restart some of its drilling projects on the North Slope.  The company’s president, Joe Marushack, outlined plans at the annual Resource Development Council conference…

Enrollment in neighborhood schools drops statewide, leaders say budget crisis is on the way

An empty hallway at a Kenai Peninsula Borough School (Sabine Poux/KDLL) In addition to the coronavirus crisis, Alaska education officials say they’re preparing for a budget crisis. Lisa Parady, the Executive Director of the Alaska Council of School Administrators, and other officials spoke to legislators during a legislative committee meeting Wednesday. School districts need financial…

Authorities searching for missing Omaha inmate

Kabir Haywood, 21, left the Community Corrections Center-Omaha after attending his parole hearing Thursday. Authorities found the electronic monitoring device he was wearing near a hotel in Carter Lake, Iowa. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Watch Now: State Patrol lieutenant who recently died was featured on ‘Top Cops’

The Nebraska State Patrol is remembering Lt. Ken Dahlke, who died this week. Dahlke was featured in a 1993 episode of the TV show “Top Cops,” dramatizing the 1989 pursuit in Holdrege involving prison escapees from Colorado. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Watch Now: Kickoff of Nebraska coronavirus education campaign

Watch leaders of the state’s Do Right, Right Now coronavirus education campaign launch their efforts Thursday in a news conference. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Asian shares mostly climb amid tug of war between hope, fear

Asian shares mostly rose in muted trading Friday after Wall Street eked out modest gains amid a tug of war between worries about the worsening pandemic in the present and optimism that a vaccine will rescue the economy in the future. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.5% in morning trading to 25,507.95. Australia’s S&P;/ASX 200…

Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths Thursday, becoming only the fourth country — behind the United States, Brazil and India — to do so. José Luis Alomía Zegarra, Mexico’s director of epidemiology, said there were 100,104 confirmed COVID-19 deaths as of Thursday. The milestone comes less than a week after Mexico said it…

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