How much longer President Donald Trump continues waging battle over an election he lost remained in question Thursday as more of his advisers voiced doubt his gambit to contest the results would succeed. One person who spoke to him called him “dejected” over the ordeal. Trump himself was waffling by the hour and day between
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A growing number of notable Republicans are beginning to recognize Joe Biden as President-elect, even as President Donald Trump and many GOP leaders are still refusing to do so. In the days following Biden’s projected win by CNN and other major news organizations, Trump has pressed forward with legal challenges to the election results, repeatedly
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Online shoppers trying to buy Sony’s long-awaited PlayStation 5 from Walmart and Best Buy reported error messages and glitches on the retailers’ websites as traffic surged throughout the day Thursday. Walmart staggered the release of the PS5 online every three hours beginning at noon ET on Thursday. But customers started experiencing problems with the retailer’s
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Americans weary of coronavirus lockdowns may be yearning for holiday get-togethers, but disease detectives say a summer wedding in Maine serves as a grim example of the far-reaching consequences of gatherings in the Covid-19 era. The wedding reception at a small town led to three separate Covid-19 outbreaks that infected 178 people, putting three into
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Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — In a potential pandemic casualty, hundreds of Chicago crossing guards fear they may lose their health insurance in just a few weeks. They say they are not getting answers from the city or their union. And as CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ, CA (KPIX) — The Santa Cruz County Registrar of Voters has gone on record to dispute a widely-publicized claim of voter fraud, asserting that a dog did not register and vote in the November 3rd election. The claim about a dog voting in the county was
Continue Reading Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is in quarantine after his wife tested positive for Covid-19, a spokesperson in Raffensperger’s office said Thursday as the state ramps up for an audit of the 2020 presidential race. “The office is confirming that Secretary Raffensperger is being tested for COVID and will work from quarantine following a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Steger, IL (WBBM) — Scammers hustled their way into an elderly woman’s far south suburban home – but they did not expect her son was watching it all go down on a home security camera. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported Wednesday night, the son has issued
Continue Reading A Department of Justice review found that Alex Acosta, President Donald Trump’s former Labor secretary, exercised poor judgment when, as a US attorney in Florida, he gave sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a non-prosecution agreement. But the review did not find that Acosta or other prosecutors engaged in professional misconduct. The review from the department’s Office
Continue Reading The Covid-19 pandemic brought the economy to a screeching halt, and while it has started its long road to recovery, the economy we knew is probably a thing of the past, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday. “We’re recovering, but to a different economy,” Powell said during a virtual panel discussion at the
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The Covid-19 pandemic brought the economy to a screeching halt, and while it has started its long road to recovery, the economy we knew is probably a thing of the past, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday. “We’re recovering, but to a different economy,” Powell said during a virtual panel discussion at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Newton, MA (WBZ) — Boston Marathon runners are getting some added inspiration with a new landmark along Heartbreak Hill. A homeowner at the corner of Commonwealth and Grant avenues in Newton asked sculptor Ken Packie to turn an old maple tree in his front yard into a runner.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cambridge, MA (WBZ) — As movie theaters look for a way to survive the pandemic, many are turning to private rentals, like The Brattle in Cambridge, where groups of up to 15 people can choose from a selection of in house titles or even bring their own film.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — Many places of worship have had to drastically change their ways of holding religious services throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Now, with the recent surge in cases, some have decided to suspend services for at least the next two weeks. As of Monday, the Episcopal
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New York City resident and wildlife rehabilitator Ariel Cordova-Rojas decided she wanted to immerse herself in nature the day before she turned 30, so she rode her bike from Harlem to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on November 5 to take a hike. What happened when she got there is something she said she’ll never forget.
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Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, calls Hankison a “sexual predator” who “used his police uniform and secondary nightclub employment as mechanisms to prey on innocent women
Continue Reading A Boston-based US appeals court has rejected a challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action policy brought by a group representing Asian Americans who claimed the school discriminated against them as it favored Black and Hispanic applicants. “Harvard has an ongoing obligation to engage in constant deliberation and continued reflection regarding its admissions policies,” Judge Sandra Lynch
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KETV) — A pair of billboards go up in the southwest Omaha area with an anti-mask message. “It’s not about a virus. It’s about control.” The founder of No Mask Omaha says they wanted to spread their message to more people, but others say the message
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BELMOND, IA (KCCI) — The Belmond-Klemme Community School District is mourning the loss of a beloved teacher. Jason Englert’s family said he tested positive for coronavirus three days before he died. “Jason was always such a pleasure to have because he had such a positive attitude, a lot
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTTS VALLEY, CA (KSBW) — Officers with the Scotts Valley Police Department were able to track down the elusive Bigfoot statue that had been stolen from the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton. The 4-foot tall statue, weighing between 150 and 200 pounds, was taken sometime between 11:30 a.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — In a week when there was good news about a vaccine trial, there is some bad news about the spread of COVID-19 in Nashville. The numbers of people testing positive continues to skyrocket with 540 new cases reported since Wednesday, putting the seven-day rolling
Continue Reading Twitter said it applied contextual labels to approximately 300,000 tweets for content that was disputed or potentially misleading during a two-week period covering the election. The figure comes as part of a wider post-mortem assessment of the company’s handling of political misinformation before and after Election Day. Twitter has witnessed a wave of misinformation as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — Sometimes little ideas can make a big difference. A simple idea from a 12-year-old is helping to feed thousands of people in our area. “We figured out how to actually make them and then we started making designs,” said Jonah Stein. Stein is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAYTONA BEACH, FL (WESH) — “it’s indescribable, it really is. I feel like I’ve been cheated out of half a year of my life,” Sean Carey told WESH 2 News. Carey has spent 130 days fighting to survive COVID-19. He doesn’t know how or where he contracted the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRANDON, MS (WAPT) — On the corner of Highway 25 and Castlewoods Boulevard, Don “The Flag Man” Hartness spent Veterans Day hoisting an American flag in the air. “It’s one thing to see a flag on a pole, but to see a veteran holding a flag, it hits
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SUFFIELD, CT (WSFB) — Someone tried to poison a dog in Suffield, according to a complaint received by the police department. According to Suffield police, a dog owner on Plantation Drive reported that they found a hot dog bun with peanut butter and brown pellets. The pellets appeared
Continue Reading Seven military members of a peacekeeping force in Egypt, including five Americans, were killed when a helicopter crashed in the southern Sinai Peninsula, the coalition force announced Thursday. One American survived the crash, which happened in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, the coalition said in a statement. The coalition initially reported that seven military members
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KOAT) — A woman found a high school yearbook in her front yard, but she had no idea who it belonged to. Back in August, the staff at Rio Grande High School got the yearbook along with a note in the mail from the woman who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHAMOKIN, PA (WNEP) — A statue of St. Theresa was horribly defaced by vandals at Mother Cabrini Church. Now, the church is in the somewhat uncomfortable position of pleading for someone to return the head of Jesus, which was smashed off the crucifix held by St. Theresa. Pictures
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(CNN Español) — Jennifer Lopez y Maluma se presentarán en vivo en el escenario de los American Music Awards 2020 en donde estrenarán los temas «Pa ‘Ti» y «Lonely». Estos temas fueron escritos en colaboración por la cantante de origen puertorriqueño y el mismo colombiano, quien hace su debut en los AMAs (American Music Awards)
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