Pebble Beach, CA…(AP)..Nick Taylor opened with an eagle, closed with two birdies and made a gorgeous day feel even better with an 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula that gave him the lead Thursday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Most of the interest over three courses in the rotation was at Spyglass Hill, which […]
Hollywood, CA…”Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. A centenarian, he was one of the last surviving stars of the film industry’s Golden Age.[2] After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he made his film debut in The Strange […]
Punxsutawney, PA….In Punxsutawney they celebrate the humble ground hog. That may sound crazy for most small towns but for them it is their town. This year on Gobbler’s Knob the prognosticating Ground Hog predicted an early spring. From the official website… “One holiday that brings thousands of people together from all over the world to […]
Miami, FL…Down 10 points in the final quarter of their season, the Kansas City Chiefs saved their greatest comeback for the biggest stage. Patrick Mahomes, magnificent and magical in the final stanza, led an unbelievable rally that concluded with the Chiefs defeating the 49ers, 31-20, in Super Bowl LIV in Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday […]
Big Sur, CA…Traffic Update….Motorcycle Down With Injuries Near Old Coast Rd / Sr1. Initial reports are a broken clavicle & possible broken hip. Please use caution in the area… Incident: 00083 Type: Trfc Collision-Major Inj Location: Old Coast Rd / Sr1 Loc Desc: 1 MILE JEO Lat/Lon: 36.288527 -121.844377 Detail Information 11:23 AM 6 [20] […]
Pebble Beach, CA…To celebrate and honor Phil Mickelson’s five victories at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, including a three-stroke win in 2019, the tournament’s host organization – Monterey Peninsula Foundation – has worked with a Carmel-by-the-Sea artist to create a genuine silver dollar coin that will be presented to each member of the 2020 tournament’s […]
Atlanta, CA…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has spread between two people in the United States, representing the first instance of person-to-person spread with this new virus here. Previously, all confirmed U.S. cases had been associated with travel to Wuhan, China, where an outbreak of […]
Geneva, Switzerland…The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV in the People’s Republic of China, with exportations to other countries, took place on Thursday, 30 January 2020, from 13:30 to 18:35 Geneva time (CEST). The Committee’s role […]
Washington, DC…We’ve been monitoring this virus and preparing a response since back in December, but it’s more than that. Preparing for these kinds of outbreaks is part of daily life at HHS and for America’s public health professionals. Preparedness is a day job around here. We are constantly making investments, training personnel at all levels, […]
Washington, DC…To honor Holocaust victims, to preserve the Auschwitz and Birkenau Memorial and Museum so future generations never forget, and to further efforts to combat contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, the Department of State, working with Congress, intends to contribute an additional $2 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. This contribution is in addition to the $15 […]
