TikTok is a Chinese-owned app that has fascinated hundreds of millions of teens in just a few years with its entertaining dance videos, lip-syncing performances and comedy routines. But analysts who have seen the meteoric rise of social commerce in China – a mash of activity on social media and …

WASHINGTON – President Trump on Thursday promised a Covid-19 vaccine would be available by the end of 2020, the most concrete statement he has yet made about the coronavirus vaccine development scheme. “We are providing life-saving therapies, and will be producing a vaccine before the end of the year, or …

At least 79 people were arrested Thursday night as police, state troops and Minnesota National Guard soldiers patrolled Minneapolis. The Minnesota State Patrol said state troopers and Department of Natural Resources officials made 49 arrests, mostly for exiting exit, although one was for consumption under 21. The State Patrol said …

Dozens of private schools around San Luis Obispo County have received exemptions that allow personal instruction for TK through sixth grade. North County Christian School is one of a handful of private schools around San Luis Obispo County that have reopened their classrooms. School officials say the process was not …

Image: NASA Astronaut Gerald “Jerry” Carr died Wednesday at the age of 88. Selected for NASA’s astronaut program in April 1966, Carr performed Capcom tasks during the Apollo 8 and Apollo 12 missions and was involved in the development and testing of the lunar spacecraft (LRV) used by Apollo flight …