AUSTIN, Texas — The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the probe. Federal agents are looking into claims by former members of Paxton’s staff that the high-profile Republican committed bribery, abuse of office
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George Clooney is opening up about a motorcycle accident that he thought might end his life. The actor spoke to GQ about the moments following the collision in Sardinia in 2018. “I was on the ground. I was really screaming. Like, really screaming. And Grant [Heslov] came back, and he was screaming at everybody to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — On Tuesday, the state of New Mexico reported a record 2,112 known new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total case count to over 67,000. Officials also reported a record-high 28 deaths in a single day, with one of those deaths being a boy between the ages of 10-12 in
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As Covid-19 spreads to nearly every community in the country, you may hear the terms “percent positive,” “test positivity rate” or “positivity rate” use to describe how dire the circumstances are in your area. It’s not a measure of how many cases. It’s the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that show someone has Covid-19.
Continue Reading States are issuing a new wave of mask mandates and social restrictions as record numbers of Covid-19 hospitalizations and soaring daily cases strain US medical systems. More than a dozen states have announced a variety of new rules in recent days — some requiring face covering, and others limiting gatherings and business occupancies or even
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Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is 87 years old, tweeted that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, after saying earlier he would self isolate after a possible exposure. “I’ve tested positive for coronavirus,” Grassley wrote. “I’ll (be) following my doctors’ orders/CDC guidelines & continue to quarantine. I’m feeling good + will keep
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has fired the director of the federal agency that repeatedly vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election. Christopher Krebs, a Trump appointee, was the first director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He ran the agency from its creation in the wake of Russian interference with
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President Donald Trump’s order of a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is the latest foreign policy move on a growing list in his final weeks in office that are meant to limit President-elect Joe Biden’s options before he takes office in January. The White House has directed newly installed acting Defense
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell doubled down on his remarks that the economy as we know it is over during a virtual appearance Tuesday at the Bay Area Council Business Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. “We’re not going back to the same economy, we’re going back to a different economy,” Powell said, echoing comments he
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Northern Minnesota resident Katie Mumm is celebrating her close encounter with three bull moose on the Gunflint Trail. “When I moved here I remember the day … I saw a cow moose with two yearlings, and then I was hooked, and I couldn’t stop
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago, IL (WBBM) — After a 14-year-old girl and two young men were shot and wounded at a Chatham neighborhood dance studio over the weekend, the owner of the studio said he felt like he had failed. Around 9 p.m. Sunday, the victims were among a group in
Continue Reading Student loan borrowers haven’t had to make payments since March — but that piece of federal pandemic relief is set to expire on December 31, unless President Donald Trump or Congress act to extend it. If neither push the deadline back, millions of student loan payments will come due a couple of weeks before President-elect
Continue Reading DALLAS, TX (KTVT) — COVID-19 has been tough on many industries, but sports cards evidently isn’t one of them. Collectors and sellers alike say buying, selling and trading cards is as popular as ever. It’s the ultimate comeback story after sports cards tumbled from their glory years several decades ago. “I don’t think I can
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRAND PRAIRIE, TX (KTVT) — An attorney for the family of a man shot and killed by Grand Prairie police officers plans to drop a federal lawsuit against the city. It comes after body cam video first obtained by CBS 11 revealed that Carlos High Sr. attempted to
Continue Reading Wall Street reversed course on Tuesday, with stocks pulling back one day after reaching new record highs. Stocks soared Monday after early results from Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial indicated its vaccine is highly effective, giving investors plenty of opportunity to take some profits. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at all-time highs, with
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Since Covid-19 hit US shores, Republican governors in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains have largely taken a hands-off approach. The results of that strategy have been poor. When adjusted for population, no states have had more new Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths over the past seven days than North and South Dakota. The nearby
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Since Covid-19 hit US shores, Republican governors in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains have largely taken a hands-off approach. The results of that strategy have been poor. When adjusted for population, no states have had more new Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths over the past seven days than North and South Dakota. The nearby
Continue Reading Persistence pays. After playing the same set of numbers for 26 years, one North Carolina couple finally hit the jackpot. Terry Coggeshall of Durham and his wife took home over $366,000 last week after winning the Cash 5 jackpot. “These are my wife’s numbers that we’ve been playing for 26 years,” Coggeshall is quoted as
Continue Reading For the transgender people who seek it, gender-affirming hormone therapy can be lifesaving. But if they’re uninsured or their insurance won’t cover it, some bypass the health care system entirely to get the care they need. Around 75,000 transgender Americans are likely using hormones that weren’t prescribed — close to 1 in 10 of the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump finally has something legitimate to take credit for in his coronavirus response: A vaccine that appears poised to reach Americans in record time. The federal government poured billions into developing and manufacturing vaccine candidates in the hopes they would prove safe and effective. The pricey gamble appears to be paying off, with
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in Texas and across the country, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones plans to continue his team’s “aggressive approach” to fan attendance at home games. Jones said more than 30,000 people attended the Nov. 8 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. “My plan
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s agenda listed “no public events” on Tuesday — the 10th time since the election that those words have appeared on his daily schedule. He has answered no questions from reporters, invited no cameras into the Oval Office and ventured no further than his namesake golf course, 25 miles from the White House
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President Donald Trump’s agenda listed “no public events” on Tuesday — the 10th time since the election that those words have appeared on his daily schedule. He has answered no questions from reporters, invited no cameras into the Oval Office and ventured no further than his namesake golf course, 25 miles from the White House
Continue Reading Tom and Jerry have been trying to kill each other for 80 years — and now, they’ll continue that tradition in a new movie scheduled for release in theaters in 2021. The violently antagonistic cat and mouse will star in “Tom and Jerry,” a hybrid live-action and animated film that sees the two square off
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It’s trending on social media and generating excited media reports — another study showing an ingredient found in mouthwash can kill the coronavirus. In this case, it’s as fast as 30 seconds. But mouthwash is unlikely to ever be a solution to the pandemic, or even someone’s own personal protection plan. That’s because many things
Continue Reading Pfizer has accumulated enough safety data on its Covid-19 vaccine and is preparing to file for emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration, company CEO Albert Bourla said Tuesday. Last week, the company released early clinical trial data showing its vaccine is more than 90% effective, and said it was waiting to
Continue Reading The top three highest-ranking House Republicans will remain in their leadership posts in the 117th session of Congress following elections held on Tuesday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was reelected by the members of the Republican conference to continue on as House GOP leader, while his deputies — GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and
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(CNN) — En abril, menos de un mes después de que el covid-19 fuera declarado oficialmente una pandemia, Dolly Parton donó US$ 1 millón para la investigación sobre el coronavirus en la Universidad de Vanderbilt. Más de siete meses después, se reveló que la donación de la legendaria artista ayudó a financiar la vacuna contra
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina acknowledged on Tuesday that his efforts to probe state officials went beyond Georgia into two other states where Democratic President-elect Joe Biden also won, while President Donald Trump sought to discredit the result of the election. Graham, a top Trump ally, defended his outreach to officials in Arizona,
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President Donald Trump cried foul about the 2020 election even before a single voter had cast a ballot. Now, at long last, we have testimony from a credible witness who says he was the subject of an attempt to alter the results of the election. Unfortunately for Trump, and alarmingly for the country, the man
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