In a single sentence, the Supreme Court on Tuesday unraveled Donald Trump’s grand plan to overthrow the 2020 election. “The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied,” wrote the Court in rejecting an attempt by Pennsylvania Republicans — with the President’s blessing — to block
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Senate Democrats are uneasy about granting a rarely invoked waiver that would allow President-elect Joe Biden’s pick of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to head the Defense Department, the first nominee to encounter resistance from senators in the incoming President’s own party. A number of top Democrats praised Austin’s service and credentials, and the historic nature
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is expected to make two additional Cabinet announcements in the coming days by tapping Tom Vilsack to lead the Department of Agriculture and Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Vilsack’s nomination was confirmed by two sources familiar with the matter, one of whom said the announcement could
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, two people familiar with the transition said, a decision that would add another African American woman to the ranks of his Cabinet. Fudge also had been under consideration for agriculture secretary, but in the last week the
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Click here for updates on this story Canton, Ga (WGCL) — Canton Police are investigating a deadly stabbing that claimed the life of a 13-month-old child. Police say a 20-year-old also suffered life-threatening injuries. The fatal incident unfolded at a residence on the 200 block of the Mountain View subdivision Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. Both
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EL PASO, Texas – Nonprofit organization Operation H.O.P.E. needs the community’s help to continue doing its work during the pandemic. Angel Gomez, the group’s president, says its funding is running out and without community donations, it will no longer be able to continue helping people bury their loved ones. Since April, the organization has helped
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Top health officials say New Mexico has a solid plan in place to stretch hospital and health care resources as far as possible before having to ration care, but they also warned Tuesday that the state could face that prospect if the coronavirus pandemic worsens. Confirmed infections in New Mexico are close
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Richard Smith wishes he could buy his groceries online and get them delivered right to his door in the pandemic. It’s not so easy. Smith, 74, is retired and has COPD, a chronic lung disease. He has trouble breathing from his years of smoking cigarettes. In September, he was hospitalized for his condition. Twice a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Grandview, Mo (KCTV/KSMO) — When a small red triangular flag starts waving across the road from Greg and Colleen Melchior’s house, everyone on the street knows what they’re about to hear. “It’s terrible,” Greg said. “When it goes on day in and day out it gets to you.”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — With thousands of New Mexicans confined to their homes during the pandemic, domestic violence experts worry there is abuse behind closed doors. “Right now with everyone sheltered in place, it makes it more difficult,” said Henry Brutus, the executive director of La Casa, Inc. “That means the abuse is constant.
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EL PASO – The Great Khalid Foundation took a pause Tuesday to celebrate a $15,000 grant given to it by Walmart late last year. The foundation, the charitable arm for rising R & B singer Khalid, dispersed the grant funds during the first quarter of the year, but a celebration was postponed because of citywide
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It’s been since late October since we picked up some precipitation – .12″. We will have an opportunity for some rain Thursday although not expecting much. The winds will pick up a bit with gusts around 30 mph from the west. Temps should dip a bit with highs in the low 60’s with added cloud
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A woman in Oklahoma with worsening cold-like symptoms tested negative for Covid-19 three times before receiving a positive test. Now, she wants others to know to not solely rely on test results if they are feeling sick. “Just like everything this year it was a perfect storm of just awful coincidences,” Lesley Shollmier, of Tulsa,
Continue Reading American actor and activist Ashton Kutcher is urging EU policymakers to grant tech giants like Facebook and Google a reprieve from new privacy rules that would prohibit them from using automatic detection tools to combat child pornography. The European Electronic Communications Code, which comes into effect on December 21, aims to rein in the broad
Continue Reading The Federal Trade Commission is continuing its crackdown on consolidation in the razor business. The FTC on Tuesday announced that it will file a lawsuit to keep Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer goods company, from acquiring Billie, an upstart seller of women’s razors and personal care products. Eight months ago, the antitrust agency
Continue Reading The head of the NAACP planned to push President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to create the role of civil rights czar, following a model Biden has already established in naming John Kerry to a Cabinet-level position as a climate envoy, during a virtual meeting Tuesday. The proposal was to come during a
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The Supreme Court’s action is a crushing loss for Trump, who has frequently touted the high court’s potential to overturn
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The Supreme Court’s action is a crushing loss for Trump, who has frequently touted the high court’s potential to overturn
Continue Reading (CNN) –– «Usa una máscara» y «No puedo respirar» están entre las 10 frases más populares del 2020, seleccionadas por un bibliotecario de la Facultad de Derecho de Yale. La lista anual fue creada por el director asociado de la biblioteca, Fred Shapiro. Y es una actualización de su libro, The Yale Book of Quotations
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El grupo de trabajo de coronavirus de la Casa Blanca advirtió a los estados que los planes de vacunación actuales no reducirán la propagación del covid-19 sino hasta, por lo menos, finales de la primavera boreal. El presidente Donald Trump dijo este martes que el plan de vacunación de EE.UU. «reduciría rápida y
Continue Reading Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time. The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening. In the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic prized by advertisers, “Greg Kelly Reports” on Newsmax out-rated “The Story with Martha MacCallum” on Fox.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Extremadamente frío, congelado e inhóspito para casi toda la vida silvestre, salvo los osos polares. Esa es la imagen del Ártico que se les viene a la cabeza a muchos. Sin embargo, en cuestión de décadas, un pestañeo en la historia de este planeta, el calentamiento global causado por los seres humanos ha
Continue Reading As the number of Covid-19 cases pushes medical facilities to the brink, one hospital has taken an unconventional approach: treating patients in its parking garage. Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, has turned its parking deck into an “Alternate Care Site” in an effort to serve additional Covid-19 patients. Since opening up last month,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El equipo legal del presidente Donald Trump durante semanas ha trabajado para retrasar la certificación de la victoria electoral de Joe Biden en un esfuerzo arriesgado por crear una oportunidad para que Trump permanezca en el poder. El martes, esa pequeña ventana para la subversión se cierra oficialmente. Eso es porque el martes
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reprise that role in his administration. That’s according to four people familiar with one or both of the decisions who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Pedro Brieger es un periodista y sociólogo argentino, autor de varios libros y colaborador en publicaciones sobre temas internacionales. Actualmente se desempeña como director de Nodal, un portal dedicado a noticias de América Latina y el Caribe. También es columnista de televisión en C5N de Argentina y en el programa «En la
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Saint Louis University is looking for COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers. As part of Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 of Janseen’s trial, researchers are looking for older adults over 60 from minority populations to help determine its ability to fight COVID-19. It’s a single
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden introduced top members of his health team on Tuesday and announced the team’s key objectives when he takes office. “It’s a team of world-class experts at the top of their fields, crisis-tested, defined by a deep sense of duty, honor and patriotism. Already ready to jump in. They’ve been advising me, many
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President-elect Joe Biden introduced top members of his health team on Tuesday and announced the team’s key objectives when he takes office. “It’s a team of world-class experts at the top of their fields, crisis-tested, defined by a deep sense of duty, honor and patriotism. Already ready to jump in. They’ve been advising me, many
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