Hate crime reports in America surged in 2019 to the highest level since 2008, according to new data released on Monday by the FBI. In its annual report on national hate crime statistics, the FBI found that murders classified as hate crimes more than doubled from 2018 to 2019, with 51 people killed last year
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The Boy Scouts of America will be facing at least 92,700 claims of sexual abuse as former scouts submit filings against the bankruptcy-bound organization, said one of the lead attorneys for the legal team representing the claimants. The initial estimate of 82,000 claims was released on Sunday. The updated number of 92,700 came from bankruptcy
Continue Reading Top Senate Republicans seemed unmoved Monday by President Donald Trump’s baseless charges that the election was “rigged” and his false assertions that he actually won the election, even though the results show he lost the race despite his efforts to sow distrust over a cornerstone of US democracy. As Democrats reacted with alarm to Trump’s
Continue Reading At least two members of the US House of Representatives announced Monday that they tested positive for Covid-19 and another member announced he was isolating after possibly being exposed, a sign of the looming threat of coronavirus on Capitol Hill. Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois and Republican Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan each separately
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Ethan Hawke says River Phoenix’s death is one of the reasons he never moved to Los Angeles. In an interview with The Guardian published Monday, Hawke spoke about working with the late Phoenix when they were both child actors. The pair appeared in the kids’ film “Explorers,” which bombed, but Hawke said he learned a
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Click here for updates on this story New York, NY (WCBS) — It’s starting to feel a lot like the holiday season in New York City. This year’s world-famous Christmas Tree officially arrived in Rockefeller Center Saturday morning. The tree was lifted by a crane from its trailer and put into place. The 75-foot tall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York, NY (WCBS) — t’s starting to feel a lot like the holiday season in New York City. This year’s world-famous Christmas Tree officially arrived in Rockefeller Center Saturday morning. The tree was lifted by a crane from its trailer and put into place. The 75-foot tall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York, NY (WCBS) — Harlem residents are complaining about more than a dozen addiction treatment programs saturating the community. They say they’re shouldering more than their fair share of the programs. “Four o’clock in the morning, all you hear is ‘yo! Ay, yo!’” Harlem resident Laurent Delly
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If you’re gluten-intolerant, traditional Oreos have been on the no-no list. But that’s about to change. Oreo is releasing gluten-free versions of its traditional and Double Stuf cookies early next year. The brand, which is owned by Mondelez, announced the news in a tweet, saying, “Milk’s Favorite Cookie, now in a Gluten Free version. Coming
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(CNN) — Si crees que un resultado negativo en la prueba de covid-19 significa que no tienes el virus, podrías estar equivocado. Pueden pasar días antes de que una infección nueva aparezca en la prueba de coronavirus. «Sabemos que el período de incubación del covid-19 es de hasta 14 días. Y antes de eso, puedes
Continue Reading Michelle Obama has weighed in on the refusal of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to move forward with a transition of power to the incoming administration, reflecting on where she was four years ago and how — though the process of ceding responsibility to the Trumps was difficult — she persisted. “I
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EL PASO, Texas – An annual El Paso tradition won’t be taking place in 2020. The Sun Bowl Association’s holiday college basketball tournament has fallen victim to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Monday, the Sun Bowl Association announced the 2020 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational will be canceled. The SBA Basketball Committee, which is led by Tournament
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is making a big bet on the health care sector at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a major crisis in the United States. Berkshire Hathaway bought new shares in pharmaceutical companies AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck and Pfizer during the third quarter. Pfizer has a promising coronavirus vaccine
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — A father and daughter rode their antique high-wheel bikes, to the delight of drivers along the way, from Michigan to Key West. The team of Randy and Amy Oleynik started their journey on October 9 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the northeastern end
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston, MA (WBZ) — This time of the year is normally a busy one for musicians, with Victoria Garcia sharing, “You have concert after concert, you’re always running from one event to another, everyone’s always in a festive mood.” Musician Hans Bohn added, “If you think Boston at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEYMOUTH, MA (WBZ) — At South Shore Hospital, medical personnel are fighting back against COVID-19 in a unique way. There are doing it with a type of COVID SWAT Team. A program at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth is sending health care workers to patients in their own
Continue Reading “I WON THE ELECTION!” President Donald Trump tweeted just before midnight on Sunday night. Trump did not win the election. So this was a fitting conclusion to his lie-filled weekend barrage of tweets, in which he continued to invent imaginary evidence in support of his attempt to deny Joe Biden’s victory. Almost nothing Trump is
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — Virgin Galactic said that it no longer plans to conduct a key test flight of its spacecraft this week because of a surge in new Covid-19 cases and resulting related restrictions in New Mexico, home to the company’s glitzy spaceport. New Mexico has reported over 1,000 new cases each
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Bacon and beer is a match made in heaven. Bacon beer, on the other hand, could be something even better. Waffle House, the iconic restaurant chain, has teamed up with Georgia-based brewery Oconee Brewing Company to offer the first Waffle House-branded beer called Bacon & Kegs. Leslie Tillery, Oconee’s media director, said the collaboration first
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A 23-year-old Las Cruces man has been arrested and charged with more than 100 counts of sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl and then trying to meet up with her, authorities said Monday. According to Las Cruces police, Jonathan Harris has been arrested and charged with 114 counts
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — The future of the controversial Captain John O’Donnell statue in Canton still remains up in the air. Now, after months of discussion, community members and leaders are calling on Baltimore’s mayor to step in and remove it. For nearly 40 years, the statue of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — While the number of people traveling this holiday season is expected to be dramatically lower, that hasn’t stopped hotels from trying to adapt and attract guests with some unique ways to get away. Winter fun is now being offered on the rooftop of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — The future of the controversial Captain John O’Donnell statue in Canton still remains up in the air. Now, after months of discussion, community members and leaders are calling on Baltimore’s mayor to step in and remove it. For nearly 40 years, the statue of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROUTT COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — A hunter who became lost in Routt County was found safely after a medical helicopter searched an area in the opposite direction of where the hunter was believed to be. The crew used night vision when they found the hunter in the Elkhead
Continue Reading The Wisconsin Elections Commission said Monday that if President Donald Trump’s campaign wants a recount of the razor-thin presidential race in the state, it will need to pay $7.9 million upfront. CNN projected that President-elect Joe Biden will win Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes. According to unofficial results, Biden leads President Donald Trump by
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly opposed the Trump administration’s plan to remove more troops from the Middle East in a Senate floor speech on Monday, hours after CNN and other organizations reported that the Pentagon had issued a notice to commanders to begin planning a drawdown in Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15. McConnell
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly opposed the Trump administration’s plan to remove more troops from the Middle East in a Senate floor speech on Monday, hours after CNN and other organizations reported that the Pentagon had issued a notice to commanders to begin planning a drawdown in Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15. McConnell
Continue Reading El Paso County, one of Texas’ Covid-19 hotspots, has recruited inmates to move bodies of coronavirus victims. They are temporarily relieving overworked personnel at the El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office, authorities say. Nine inmates from an El Paso County Sheriff’s Office detention facility have volunteered to assist the medical examiner’s office, which is currently
Continue Reading US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order will be given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week to begin a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq before Trump leaves office on January 20, according to two US officials familiar. The Pentagon has issued a notice to commanders known
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden warned that President Donald Trump’s unwillingness to accept the outcome of the 2020 election could hamper the incoming Biden administration’s ability to rapidly distribute a coronavirus vaccine. “More people may die if we don’t coordinate,” Biden told reporters Monday in Delaware, in a news conference after he met with labor and business
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