In the wake of Joe Biden‘s sweeping victories on Super Tuesday, a very odd pushback began among online forces supportive of Bernie Sanders (and fomented by President Donald Trump and his loyal allies) that the whole process has somehow been “rigged” against him. Hashtags like “#RiggedDNC” and “#RiggedPrimary” were trending on Twitter throughout the early
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Ben Affleck may have won many plaudits during his movie career, but there are some performances he would rather forget. The 47-year-old star has revealed that his part in the 1992 movie “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” was “so bad” that his voice was dubbed over in the final edit. Speaking on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle
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(CNN Español) — Un operativo realizado en farmacias y droguerías de Guatemala esta semana terminó con la aplicación de dos multas que suman 370.000 quetzales, cerca de US$ 48.360, informó este martes el Ministerio de Economía. Las multas fueron impuestas por presunta publicidad engañosa y obstrucción a la acción verificadora de la Dirección de Atención
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Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT ) — Molson Coors is addressing social media rumors about what may have led a 51-year-old Milwaukee man to shoot and kill five of his coworkers. A spokesperson for the company said their focus right now is on helping employees and healing, and part of
Continue Reading Super Tuesday was not so super for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. He lost most of the states up for grabs, and it’s quite possible that he’ll end up with fewer delegates on the evening than chief rival former Vice President Joe Biden. Sanders’ struggles reflect an inability to connect with older voters, while at the
Continue Reading On Wednesday, less than four months after Michael Bloomberg got into the 2020 Democratic race, he ended his campaign after a hugely disappointing showing on Super Tuesday. This is a very good thing for democracy. To be clear: I have nothing against Bloomberg personally. But his campaign was a massively important test case of whether
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA) dice que el crecimiento global de pasajeros durante el mes de enero de este año fue el más lento en casi una década, al aumentar solo un 2,4% con respecto al año anterior, debido al nuevo brote de coronavirus. Este es el aumento mensual más bajo
Continue Reading Alex Trebek offered a health update on Wednesday, and it’s good news. The official Twitter account of his game show “Jeopardy!” shared of video of Trebek talking about his prognosis a year after his cancer diagnosis. The one-year survival rate for the stage 4 pancreatic cancer Trebek was diagnosed with is only 18%, Trebek said.
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Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday and endorsed Joe Biden, closing out a costly run that saw the former New York mayor spend hundreds of millions of his own money to fund his late entry bid. Bloomberg exits the race the day after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday that left him with
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With her crisp white dress and beautifully done hair, the bride arrived at the wedding hall ready to be married. Then she saw her brother. And next to him, a llama. Riva Weinstock was unamused, but she didn’t need to say so — her reaction to the well-dressed wedding crasher was caught on camera and
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Honeywell, formerly known for its thermostats, is now rolling out a powerful quantum computer that’s been in the works for a decade. Honeywell says its quantum computer will be even more powerful than those built by big names such as Google and IBM. JPMorgan Chase has signed on as Honeywell’s first customer, and the companies
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEL-NOR, MO (KMOV ) — Bel-Nor resident Barb Fish said her 91-year-old mother-in-law was swindled out of a huge chunk her of life savings when she fell victim to a scam. Fish said it all started with a phone call. Her mother-in-law thought she won $4 million. “He
Continue Reading (CNN) — El vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, Mike Pence, dijo este martes que cualquier estadounidense, con una orden médica, puede ahora hacerse una prueba de coronavirus. La medida parece expandir los criterios que previamente habían limitado las pruebas a pacientes que habían sido hospitalizados, en ausencia de ciertas circunstancias atenuantes como el contacto con un
Continue Reading (CNN) — El día más importante de la carrera presidencial demócrata 2020, con más de 1.300 delegados en juego en 14 estados y Samoa Americana, ha quedado atrás. Si bien los votos del supermartes se siguen contando en California, y Maine todavía está demasiado cerca para declarar un ganador, aún así hay claramente ganadores y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Shreveport, LA (KTBS ) — Greedy Williams makes his living in Cleveland, but this offseason he accomplished a goal of buying a house for his family in Shreveport. “It was cool. It was one of my dreams, just buy a home for me and my family and my
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Multnomah County health officials are rapidly training nearly 200 people in the community on the coronavirus. It’s the first time they’ve trained at this level and pace on an emerging outbreak. ‘Coronavirus 101’ workshops are being offered for free, and they’re so popular
Continue Reading The novel coronavirus outbreak has been brutal for China and could plunge the country’s economy into its first contraction since the 1970s. Economic activity sharply declined across the board in February as companies struggled to reopen for business or hire workers during a government-mandated shutdown, according to official and private surveys released in recent days.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, OR (KPTV) — For nearly a month now, FOX 12 has been talking to a Forest Grove woman who tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus while on a cruise ship near Japan. Rebecca Frasure is still in a Tokyo hospital. She’s hoping she and her husband will
Continue Reading On Monday night, the rally crowd started chanting Amy Klobuchar‘s name. “Amy! Amy! Amy!” It was a bittersweet moment for the Minnesota senator, though — for the rally was for Joe Biden, and the crowd was saying her name after she ended her own bid for the presidency and endorsed her formal rival. It was
Continue Reading Journalist Ronan Farrow and his sister Dylan Farrow are publicly expressing their dismay about a forthcoming memoir by their estranged father, Woody Allen. The siblings took to social media to share a statement regarding the recent announcement that Grand Central Publishing will release Allen’s book, titled “Apropos of Nothing.” The publisher is a division of
Continue Reading (CNN) — Michael Bloomberg terminó su campaña presidencial este miércoles, cerrando una carrera audaz en la que el exalcalde de Nueva York gastó cientos de millones de dólares de su propio dinero para financiar su campaña tardía. “Hace tres meses, entré en la carrera por presidente para derrotar a Donald Trump. Hoy, me voy de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Kaplan, LA (WGNO) — Emile the Crawfish was transported from his home in a pond near Kaplan, La., to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Tuesday in a police car. He was brought to an area near Cypress Lake on campus in a wire mesh crawfish trap. He
Continue Reading In Calhoun, Georgia, a city of around 16,000 residents 70 miles outside of Atlanta, Walmart is testing out a new health center. If successful, Walmart may expand its initiative across the United States, potentially upending the way millions of Americans receive medical care. At “Walmart Health,” which has a separate entrance next door to a
Continue Reading BMW’s round logo is receiving its first redesign in more than two decades. The German automaker’s refreshed logo ditches the black ring for a transparent circle. The rest of it, including the typeface, has a flatter and more modern look. The blue and white emblem inside the ring remains. The new logo, which will be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — Molson Coors is addressing social media rumors about what may have led a 51-year-old Milwaukee man to shoot and kill five of his coworkers. A spokesperson for the company said their focus right now is on helping employees and healing, and part of that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STATE COLLEGE, PA (WNEP) — Newswatch 16 spoke to one Penn State student who is returning home from a semester in Florence this week. “It’s crazy. It happened in the blink of an eye.” For the last two months, Penn State junior Maddy Knight has been experiencing the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK, PA (WPMT) — A York couple is facing child endangerment and public drunkenness charges after police say they were seen pushing a 3-year-old child in a stroller across North George Street while in a state of intoxication. Jazlyn Winters, 23, and Chad Reed, 29, both of the
Continue Reading The Federal Reserve’s quest to avoid a coronavirus-fueled recession may just be getting started. The US central bank fired a weapon Tuesday it has in the past saved for such catastrophes as the September 11 terror attacks, the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the bursting of the dotcom bubble. The emergency rate cut, the Fed’s
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En el más reciente comunicado de Defensa Civil del estado de Sao Paulo (publicado este miércoles) elevaron el número de muertos a 21 mientras que los desaparecidos son 28. La ciudad más afectada hasta el momento es la de Guarujá, según el informe. En su cuenta verificada de Twitter el gobernador de
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Were it not for the brisk London wind that whipped through the pub every time somebody opened the door, you would have been forgiven for thinking that this was a bar in Rio de Janeiro. Only Portuguese fills the air — sometimes spoken but mainly sung — and the traditional red and black stripes of
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