[aggregation-styles] KTVU VACAVILLE, Calif. - A K-9 that was seen captured on video while a Vacaville police officer repeatedly punched it during a training exercise has been removed from his handler. Vacaville police say the dog was examined by a vet and shows no signs of physical injury. Read More...
Israel and the UAE Working Together to Eliminate UNRWA: Report
[aggregation-styles] Middle East Eye Israel and the United Arab Emirates have been working together to eliminate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) without solving the issue of Palestinian refugees, French newspaper Le Monde has reported. According to Le Monde, this process has been underway since...
Doctors Explain Vaccine Effectiveness Despite San Diego Area Nurse Getting COVID-19 After Taking 1st Dose
[aggregation-styles] ABC Los Angeles SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- In Southern California a nurse began showing symptoms of COVID-19 six days after getting the vaccine, then tested positive two days later. It happened in the San Diego area. Experts here in the Bay Area say that it takes time for the...
Latest Stimulus Check Could Already Be in Your Bank Account
[aggregation-styles] USA Today Stimulus money could already be in your bank account, according to the government's top money man. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin tweeted on Tuesday evening the department "has delivered a payment file to the Federal Reserve for Americans' Economic Impact Payments." His tweet continued: "These payments may begin...
Dancing Robots Show Off Slick Moves in Video That Would Top Most Humans
[aggregation-styles] The Verge Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and Spot robots can do a lot of things: sprinting, gymnastic routines, parkour, backflips, open doors to let in an army of their friends, wash dishes, and (poorly) get actual jobs. But the company’s latest video adds another impressive trick to our future robotic...
Flying Fresno? Look for Alaska Air’s Hilarious New ‘Safety Dance’ Video Starring Its Employees
[aggregation-styles] Travel + Leisure While many airlines have incorporated new speeches about COVID-19 protocol into their pre-flight safety announcements, Alaska Airlines released a fun music video complete with a catchy tune. Parodying the 1982 song “Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats, the video released Sunday was complete with dancing flight...
Trump Ends Obama’s 12-Year Run as Most Admired Man: Gallup
[aggregation-styles] The Hill President Trump has ended former President Obama's 12-year run as the most admired man in America, edging out his predecessor in the annual Gallup survey released Tuesday. Eighteen percent of the survey's respondents named Trump as their most admired man, compared to 15 percent who named Obama...
Lincoln Statue Vandalized Amid Calls To Rename Namesake School, San Francisco Sheriff’s Dept. Says
[aggregation-styles] The Sacramento Bee Subscription A statue of Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in San Francisco as a school district committee pushes for the renaming of Lincoln High School and others, authorities said. Deputies responded to a call about the incident at 12:55 p.m. Saturday, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department told...
Caltrans is ‘Evicting’ Thousands of Bats from Sacramento Freeway with Traffic Cones
[aggregation-styles] Sacramento Bee Why did Caltrans bolt hundreds of upside-down traffic cones to the underside of the W-X freeway in downtown Sacramento? The answer is almost as odd as the sight of rows of orange cones clinging like bats to the belly of a concrete bridge. In fact, the whole...
Octopuses Sometimes Punch Fish Out of Spite, Scientists Discover
[aggregation-styles] Live Science Why do octopuses have eight arms? The better to punch fish with, new research reveals. These brainy cephalopods sometimes team up with fish to find food; hunting collaboratively like this allows them to cover more area, and it increases their chances of catching prey. However, when big...