[ad_1] VALLEY CITY, ND (NewsDakota.com) – 2,977 people lost their lives after the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York on September 11, 2001, of those victims 412 were first responders, including 343 firefighters and 60 police officers. Valley City Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said the annual Red Knights 9-11 tribute hike on Sunday, … Read more
[ad_1] By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three U.S. studies suggest COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against hospitalization and death, even in the face of the highly transmissible Delta variant, but vaccine protection appears to decrease in older populations, particularly among those 75 and over. U.S. data on hospitalizations in nine states during the period … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK – The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at Ground Zero began with a bell ringing and a minute of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. President Joe Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, members of Congress and other dignitaries joined a crowd of … Read more
[ad_1] A lone man sits in a deserted Federation Square on the first day of a lockdown, as Victoria state seeks to curb the spread of an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. REUTERS / Sandra Sanders Australia surpasses 2,000 cases for the first time Police fine former PM Abbott … Read more
[ad_1] Three other soldiers were injured in an attack targeting Turkish forces in Idlib province. An attack on Turkish troops in Idlib province in northwestern Syria killed two soldiers and injured three others, according to the Turkish defense ministry. Saturday’s assault occurred following a search and trace operation in the Idlib de-escalation zone, the ministry … Read more
[ad_1] The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented data showing that unvaccinated people are four and a half times more likely to contract COVID-19 and 11 times more likely to die from it than those fully vaccinated . During a White House briefing on COVID-19 on Friday, CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky … Read more
[ad_1] Several of the photographs, mostly taken by Amy King, were found almost a year after her death in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Photos submitted Amy King in a black and white photograph taken in the summer of 2001. Amy King in a black and white photograph taken in … Read more
[ad_1] Tuolumne COVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuolumne Public Health reports 28 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday and 233 active cases. The Tuolumne County Public Health Department offers a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as shown in the image. A total of 27 of the new cases are community cases and one is … Read more
[ad_1] Amy King in a black and white photograph taken in the summer of 2001. The black and white photographs, almost lost in time, have become the perfect little time capsules for Amy King’s family. The photos were primarily taken by King – the 29-year-old Celoron native who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist … Read more
[ad_1] A cluster of five new infections in Brisbane may require a lockdown in Queensland, the Australian head of state said. The application of containment measures in other regions of the country has already sparked much debate. There were eight cases of Covid-19 detected in Queensland on Saturday, including five local transmissions, provincial health authorities … Read more