After blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in July, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed Thursday in the Jezero Crater on Mars.
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Feb. 27—A boil water advisory for customers of Kline Twp. Municipal Authority has been halted. The advisory began Tuesday for the entire system due to leaks that caused a loss of pressure. Customers in McAdoo, Kline Twp., Tresckow, Audenried and Beaver Brook were asked to boil water until further notice. That notice went into effect Friday at noon. Aaron DeBalko, general manager, said the ...
Firecrackers lit up the skies on Friday night as Taiwanese celebrated a cacophonous traditional festival in the island's south, pared back this year due to the coronavirus pandemic but still allowed to go ahead due to Taiwan's low case numbers. The Beehive Fireworks Festival in Yanshui, close to Taiwan's old capital of Tainan, is renowned for its noisy and fiery atmosphere - participants wear motorcycle helmets and thick coats to avoid being injured as the streets are bombarded with fireworks and firecrackers. Held to coincide with Lantern Festival, which marks the final day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, the event had been in doubt due to government worries about COVID-19, though Taiwan has fewer than 30 active cases.
Feb. 27—Luzerne County leaders say residents and businesses will be unfairly burdened by a proposal to toll two bridges along Interstate 80. State Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-116, Butler Twp., hosted a virtual forum on Friday bringing more than 80 stakeholders together to discuss the proposal, which would put tolls on bridges over the Nescopeck Creek and Lehigh River as soon as 2023. Luzerne County ...
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Feb. 27—ALTAMONT — Altamont City Council members unanimously approved the purchase of ball diamond lighting for the amount of $25,052.72. City Commissioner Dan Milleville said the new lights will replace old lighting on a ball field used for men's softball that faces Altamont Grade School. Currently, the field is using 1500 watt quartz halogen lights in 69 fixtures using a total of 103,500 ...
Feb. 27—ALTAMONT — Several members of the Mill Road Threshermans Association recently gathered for their annual banquet meeting at the Carriage House Event Center to plan their 40th show. Association members got a look at planned events and activities on tap for 2021. This year marks the 40th Annual Mill Road Threshermans Association Show to be held at the Effingham County Fairgrounds on Aug. ...
Feb. 27—SAINT ELMO — The Waldorf Motel has been a staple in the St. Elmo community for several years. Before Interstate 70 was built, U.S. Route 40 was considered to be one of the main east to west thoroughfares crossing the United States. So, it wasn't unusual to find a variety of motels and restaurants built along Route 40. Built in the early 1950s, The Waldorf Motel catered to Route 40 ...
Feb. 27—Former Hazleton Area High School and current Lehigh University wrestler Jimmy Hoffman finished runnerup. at the 117th EIWA Championships Friday at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Manheim, Lancaster County. Army's Pj Ogunsanya denied Hoffman the crown with an 8-3 decision in the title bout. Hoffman, who was seeded second for the tournament, reached the finals with two dominant ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has extended partial coronavirus curbs in the capital until the end of March, as the country awaits the arrival of vaccines, the presidential spokesman said on Saturday. With southeast Asia's second-highest tally of infections and deaths, the Philippines has suffered lengthy, strict lockdowns in Manila and provinces, hitting an economy that was among Asia's fastest growing before the pandemic. Curbs will stay for another month in Manila, which accounts for 40% of national economic output, the spokesman, Harry Roque, said in a statement.
Feb. 27—Stillwater High wrestling heads to the Class 6A state championship at Jim Norick Arena with an expectation of winning the program's ninth state title, but the knowledge that there is a lot of work to do in order to achieve that. The Pioneers didn't even win their regional — despite six champions — in large part due to Broken Arrow advancing 11 wrestlers to the championship round. ...
Kelly Oubre Jr. (Golden State Warriors) with an alley oop vs the Charlotte Hornets, 02/26/2021
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Feb. 27—All students in Stillwater Public Schools will be returning to full-time, in-person instruction after spring break, as long as community infection rates don't rise sharply between now and then. The Stillwater Board of Education made the decision Friday after debating whether secondary students should return to five-day schooling as soon as spring break ends or whether the older ...
Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors) with a 2-pointer vs the Charlotte Hornets, 02/26/2021
Feb. 27—WARRENTON — Warren County opened its football season on an excellent note Thursday evening by dominating J.F. Webb through all four quarters to secure a 40-7 victory. Head coach V.J. Hunt believed that the program had started to make strides near the end of his first year in 2019, and is optimistic that the efficiency displayed against J.F. Webb is a sign of more positive things to ...
Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner at Monteverde & Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018 and 2019 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ("CTB" or the "Company") (CTB) relating to its proposed merger with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Under the terms of the agreement, CTB shareholders will receive 0.907 shares of Goodyear common stock and $41.75 in cash per share.
Three weeks ago the 13-year-old weighed just nine kilograms (20 pounds) when she was admitted to al-Sabeen hospital in Yemen's capital Sanaa with malnutrition that sickened her for at least the past four years. They are among some 16 million Yemenis - more than half the population of the Arabian Peninsula country - that the United Nations says are going hungry. Of those, five million are on the brink of famine, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock warns.
Feb. 27—HENDERSON — Henderson Collegiate finds itself in the Elite 8 of the NCHSAA 1A Playoffs for the third consecutive year after COVID-19 issues at West Columbus High School forced the men's basketball team to forfeit a playoff matchup intended for Thursday evening. Head coach George Marshall said that the team had reached the northern part of Raleigh when he received word that the game ...
P.J. Washington (Charlotte Hornets) with an assist vs the Golden State Warriors, 02/26/2021
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