Month: June 2022

COVID The state also reported 491 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Here’s the data reported Thursday, June 30, 2022. Newly reported cases: 1,915 Total confirmed cases: 1,765,659 Newly reported deaths: 8 Total confirmed deaths: 19,709 Newly reported tests: 34,925 Total tests: 46,034,639 Percent positivity (seven-day average): 5.85% Hospitalized patients: 491 Hospitalized patients who are fully vaccinated: 313 Hospitalized patients who are primarily hospitalized for COVID-19 related
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National public health officials investigating an outbreak of a potentially dangerous bacteria strain say they’ve linked most of the reported infections to Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that it was collecting data to pinpoint the source of what it called a multi-state outbreak of listeria monocytogenes infections. While the
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Over the past three years, Julie Contreras, an immigration and humanitarian activist from the Waukegan area, has visited the makeshift tent encampments filled with asylum-seekers on the southwestern border that were erected after the Trump administration enacted the “Remain in Mexico” program in 2019. Contreras said she has witnessed the unsanitary conditions in which they
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WASHINGTON, DC. (CW44 News At 10 | CNN) — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court, and is the first Black woman on the highest court in the nation. Jackson, 51, joins the court as its 116th member amid a time of heightened scrutiny of the court over recent
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Supreme Court history – CBS News Watch CBS News In a historic day, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th justice and first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. It follows a divisive term during which the court overturned Roe v. Wade. Jan Crawford
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Crash kills at least 4 in suspected human smuggling case 02:16 Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. Young adults who sacrificed to attend college thinking it would lead to success left their country disillusioned. A man already working in the U.S. who returned to visit his wife and
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NEW YORK — There’s a new name of the FBI‘s most wanted list. They’re looking for Ruja Ignatova, who federal investigators are calling the “CryptoQueen.” She’s accused of founding a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say she defrauded investors out of more than $4 billion. A reward of $100,000 is being offered
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Supreme Court rules EPA cannot set carbon emissions caps on power plants 03:14 The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to strictly regulate emissions from power plants, a move that signals a major setback in the fight against the climate crisis. In a 6-3 opinion along ideological lines, the
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Bison attacks family in Yellowstone National Park 00:24 A visitor was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. It was the second such attack in the park in three days.  The tourist, a 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, reportedly approached the animal by accident while she and her daughter returned to
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