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Many people in the US are determined to get their Covid-19 vaccine, but a 90-year-old Seattle resident showed just how motivated she was by walking six miles in snow to make her appointment. Fran Goldman told CNN that she had been trying to get an appointment since they became available in Washington. She said she

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A robust vaccination program and strict physical distancing rules could be enough to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks without the need for stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new U.K. study. This was the case in most cities, according to epidemiologists and demographers at the

Click here for updates on this story     Stark County, Iowa (WQAD) — Stark County health officials took to the internet to highlight a worrying trend they have experienced after the onslaught of severe winter weather. In a Facebook post from Stark County Ambulance, officials tell the story of their experience with several patients suffering heart

Click here for updates on this story     Cheyenne, Wyoming (Cheyenne Post) — The body of a 2-year old boy was found in a dumpster on Desmet Drive in Cheyenne Friday night. Athian Rivera was reported missing around noon. Cheyenne Police, assisted by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cheyenne Fire

Click here for updates on this story     Matherville, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Evelyn Weakley remembers going with her family to deliver cards to senior living homes when she was little. “They were really happy when they saw the cards, that made me happy,” the sixth grade student said. “I wanted to do this because I

Click here for updates on this story     Covington, Georgia (Rockale Citizen) — Newton County’s controversial coroner has informed Commission Chairman Marcello Banes that she expects the county to pay for her legal defense against the county’s efforts to have her removed from office. County Manager Lloyd Kerr filed a petition Jan. 29 with the state

Staff members at a Denver hospital have said a sad goodbye to Wynn, their canine companion for nearly two years and a presence during the Covid-19 pandemic that proved especially helpful. Wynn, a Labrador mix that’s going to become a service dog, walked out of the Rose Medical Center for the last time on February

As Ted Minissale watched New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speak for the first time Monday about the heightening controversy around nursing home Covid-19 deaths and claims of a cover-up, all he could think about was his mother. “Every day you think of her and you miss so much, it’s just terrible,” he told CNN at

Winter storms ravaged swathes of the United States this week, creating dangerous road conditions from Texas to New York. Bad weather has led to at least 37 deaths — including several fatalities resulting from car crashes — across the country as one winter weather system followed another over the past six days. As states continue

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year prison sentence handed down earlier this month. The court did shorten the activist’s sentence by a month and a half, after taking into account time he spent under house arrest from December 2014 to February

A Hilton Garden Inn near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas went up in flames Friday night. According to a tweet from the Killeen Police Department, crews were battling a large structure fire at the hotel and urged nearby residents to avoid the area. There was no information on whether the hotel was occupied and whether

A Chicago woman who lost her wedding band nearly 50 years ago was reunited with the ring just in time for Valentine’s Day. Karen Autenrieth and her husband Robert, surrounded by their children and grandchildren on Valentine’s Day, opened the package holding the long lost ring. In a video taken by their daughter Michele, Robert

Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” has found a home on many surfaces. The instantly recognizable work of art has been plastered on posters, coffee mugs and even a bike path. It seemed like the painting had made it everywhere. That is, until 600 drones mapped it onto the night sky in northern China’s Tianjin Municipality,