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DENVER (CBS4) – Denver will host the first-ever CONCACAF Nations League Finals in June in what will be the first large scale event since the end of the 2019 football season at Empower Field at Mile High. On June 3 it will be a soccer doubleheader featuring the U.S. Men’s National Team vs. Honduras and Mexico vs. Costa Rica. United States midfielder Weston Mckennie during the CONCACAF Nations League soccer match between the Canada and United States on Nov. 15, 2019 at Explorer Stadium in Orlando. (Photo by Andrew Bershaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The third place game and the championship will take place on June 6. All of the games will take place at Mile High and the capacity of the stadium will be limited to 42.6%, or approximately 32,000 seats. Tickets will go on sale on April 26 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. “Opening our doors for the first large scale event since the end of the 2019 football season is exciting for our organization as well as the entire … [Read more...] about Denver Chosen To Host CONCACAF Nations League Finals At Empower Field At Mile High

DENVER (CBS4) — The state has confirmed it has paid out more than $19 million in fraudulent unemployment claims since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment provided the update during a news conference we streamed live on CBSN Denver Friday morning. (credit: CBS) Earlier this week, the state unemployment administrators said they estimated fraudsters got away with as much as $30 million since the pandemic began. READ MORE: LA County’s COVID Positivity Rate Hits Record Low; 600K Vaccine Doses Available Next Week The state says while it lost the $19 million, it estimates it has prevented another $37 billion from getting into the hands of fraudsters. READ MORE: Popup Clinic In The Westlake District Delivers Vaccinations and Food Packages To A Community Hit Hard By The Pandemic They are currently investigating more than one million suspicious claims. MORE NEWS: Prince Philip Laid To Rest As England Mourns; Prince … [Read more...] about Colorado Paid $19 Million In Fraudulent Unemployment Claims During COVID-19 Pandemic

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There’s a good chance the valley sees its first 90-degree day of the season this Sunday, forecasters say. This past week has seen Northern California swing through a variety of seasons, especially for people living in the high country. While the valley stayed mostly dry, a system did bring temperatures down and also brought some snow to the Sierra. READ MORE: Man Recovering After Being Shot In Head At Citrus Heights Restaurant; 1 Arrested Warm weather may be on the way, but take a look at some of these Sierra snow storm totals! These are ski resort reports and include snowfall over the past 72 hours. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/0Z1s7N4YxM — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) April 16, 2021 On Thursday, some ski resorts reported 72-hour snowfall totals of up to a foot. But, the National Weather Service says things are going to warm up significantly by Sunday. Forecasters say valley highs will be pushing into the upper 80s into Saturday. Come Sunday, … [Read more...] about Sacramento May See Record-Highs As First 90-Degree Day Of Season For NorCal Possible Sunday

Non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, which funneled millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health grants to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, received a taxpayer-funded bailout in February 2021. The bailout was the second received by EcoHealth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. After receiving $738,861 in a bailout in May 2020, EcoHealth got an additional $719,570 in February of this year, according to a new report from watchdog group Whitecoat Waste . The bailout funds were a part of federal COVID-19 relief packages passed under both the Trump and Biden administrations. EcoHealth Alliance head Peter Daszak was the only American member of the China-led World Health Organization Team dispatched to China to search for the origin of COVID-19. Daszak has a past involving dangerous gain-of-function research on bat-based coronaviruses, which some have speculated could have played a role in a potential lab-leak origin of the pandemic. A complaint filed in March … [Read more...] about Non-Profit That Funded Wuhan Lab Got Taxpayer Bailout Again In 2021

Dr. Robert Redfield said he believes coronavirus virus likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China, and began spreading in late 2019. The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention joins former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and other former administration officials in supporting the lab leak theory. National security adviser Jake Sullivan has said the Biden administration is not ready to say how the virus originated. The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is just the latest official from the Trump administration to come out in support of the theory that coronavirus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Dr. Robert Redfield joins former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and other former administration officials in giving credence to the hypothesis. Redfield said that, in his opinion, the virus likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan and began spreading in late 2019. … [Read more...] about Former Director Of CDC Is Just The Latest Of Several Top Officials Supporting Lab Leak Theory