WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Friday approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto the bill because it does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election. The final vote was 84-13, mirroring a similarly overwhelming margin in
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Andy Cunningham, a longtime Silicon Valley communications professional who once worked with Steve Jobs and now leads her own marketing agency, the Cunningham Collective, said she heard from a concerned Tesla shareholder last year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was coming off a hectic 2018, in which he was criticized for smoking cannabis on a popular
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Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — On a typical Sunday at church, the Rev. Oscar Moses, who leads Salt Lake’s Calvary Baptist Church, is used to hearing several amens or other audible responses from congregants — sermons in the African American Baptist community are more of a dialogue than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (Lauren Bennett) — On a typical Sunday at church, the Rev. Oscar Moses, who leads Salt Lake’s Calvary Baptist Church, is used to hearing several amens or other audible responses from congregants — sermons in the African American Baptist community are more of a dialogue
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccines are on everyone’s mind, including investors in pharmaceutical and biotech stocks. But while Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making headlines — and money — several smaller drug companies are generating attention for work they are doing to combat another deadly disease: breast cancer, the second most common cause of death from cancer in
Continue Reading Consumer sentiment rebounded sharply — and surprisingly — in December on the heels of Joe Biden’s election win, which outweighed worries about the coronavirus pandemic, the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers showed Friday. An early reading of the consumer sentiment index for December came in at 81.4 points, up from 76.9 points in November.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KPHO/KTVK) — A Scottsdale teenager found an envelope full of cash and credit cards in a mall parking lot and turned it in to police, who were able to track down the rightful owner. “What’s going through my mind is, somebody wants this back and I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, CA (KABC ) — It’s been almost one week since two siblings – ages 12 and 13 – were found dead in a Lancaster home. Their father, 34-year-old Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., now faces murder charges for their deaths. He is accused of decapitating them and forcing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EASTVALE, CA (KABC) — History has been made in the city of Eastvale. Jocelyn Yow has become the youngest woman of color ever to serve as mayor of a California city. The 25-year-old mother of a 6-month-old baby and grad school student took over during the City Council
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Local lawyers are not letting the pandemic stop them from their annual Christmas gift event. The Bar Association of Metro St. Louis made a few changes to their “Motion for Kids” program to accommodate for the restrictions of COVID-19. Instead of a big
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Malicious cyber actors are continuing to wreak havoc on America’s educational institutions during the deadly coronavirus pandemic, according to US intelligence officials. In a joint cyber security bulletin issued Thursday by the FBI, DHS and a consortium that monitors nationwide online threats, officials said hackers are “targeting kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) educational institutions, leading
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(CNN) — Los fiscales generales estatales fueron a la batalla en la Corte Suprema este jueves tomando partido en el intento del presidente Donald Trump de lograr una victoria legal sin precedentes que paralizaría las elecciones. A última hora de la tarde, el expediente de la corte estaba repleto de informes que reaccionaban a una
Continue Reading If it wasn’t abundantly clear that content is king, especially in the Covid-19 era, Disney hammered that point home Thursday when it previewed dozens of new series and movies for its Disney+ streaming service. And investors are loving it. Shares of Disney jumped 13% Friday to a new all-time high. The stock is now up
Continue Reading Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 87-year-old California Democrat who has faced growing questions about her ability to do her job, defended her service but did not commit to serving out her full term that expires in 2025. “Well, if it changes, I’ll let you know,” Feinstein told CNN when asked if she would commit to serving
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In a high-stakes mission that could take five years to complete, NASA wants to land astronauts on Mars in the 2030s. Transporting enough oxygen and fuel on a spacecraft to sustain the mission for anywhere near that length of time, however, isn’t currently viable. The way NASA plans to address this problem is by deploying
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story East Lansing, Michiga (WNEM) — Michigan State University is requiring students who will be on any campus property this next semester to get a flu vaccine. In a letter to the MSU community on Thursday, MSU President Samuel Stanley announced students will be required to have a flu
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — As the Food and Drug Administration moves forward with approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the focus has shifted to the medical workers who will administer it. Hospitals and others have been getting ready for weeks to receive the vaccine. After approval, shipments could start within
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has been dismissed as the prosecutor in the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, according to court records. The McCloskeys had previously filed a motion to remove Gardner and her office from the case, citing fundraising emails
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, previously considered on Biden’s list of potential Vice Presidential candidates, was offered the Ambassadorship to the Bahamas, which she ultimately declined. According to The New Yorker, Mayor Bottoms had also been on President-elect Biden’s shortlists to head HUD, the
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MADISON, Wisconsin — President Donald Trump has lost a Wisconsin lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state. Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek on Friday ruled against every argument Trump made challenging ballots in Wisconsin’s two largest counties, saying the election was properly administered
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Lin-Manuel Miranda has signed on to write the music for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new animated feature “Encanto.” “Encanto takes you to Colombia, where a magical family live in a magical home,” Disney announced on Twitter. The story centers on young girl whose family possesses special powers but she does not. The musical will feature
Continue Reading Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020’s Person of the Year. The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who served only one term. Harris on that day became the country’s first female, first Black
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Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020’s Person of the Year. The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who served only one term. Harris on that day became the country’s first female, first Black
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — On the first day of Chanukah and 15 days until Christmas, the state announced a new shutdown order. The governor’s office said people should not get together indoors in groups of over 10 people. “I am taking the COVID very seriously. However, there
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Sarah Lizabeth is not just an event planner and venue owner, she’s also a bride-to-be herself. “After seeing how this has impacted the event industry and also brides across the United States, having to postpone my own personal wedding this year, I just thought,
Continue Reading Some Black and Latino Americans are breathing a sigh of relief in the days since the election, according to a new study. As Covid-19 cases spiked and a racial reckoning exploded over the summer, more than half of Black and Latino adults felt angry about the state of the country. Now, a new report from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Even a pandemic can’t stop Santa. Santa Claus made his annual trip from the North Pole to visit intensive care babies in three Kansas City-area hospitals recently, while masked up and socially distanced. Santa visited critically-ill premature babies at Center Point Medical Center
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) — The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a major blow to student athletes, making it so many have been unable to play this year. But a Vancouver teen cyclist is no stranger to overcoming adversity, as FOX 12’s newest High School Spotlight. McKenna McKee is a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKIE, OR (KPTV) — A father and son were arrested early Tuesday morning following a burglary in Milwaukie, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. At around 2:12 a.m., deputies responded to an industrial business on Highway 224 after someone had tripped an alarm at the entry gate.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Scranton, PA (WNEP) — The new state-wide pandemic restrictions were outlined by the state this afternoon. Governor Wolf said starting at midnight Friday, the state is shutting down indoor dining, after-school activities, indoor gyms, and theaters. Diners settled in for a good Italian meal here at Alfredo’s Pizza
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