WASHINGTON, DC — The Democratic-controlled U.S. House on Tuesday evening approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, even as President Donald Trump renewed his threat to veto the bill unless lawmakers clamp down on social media companies he claims were biased against him during the election. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he will veto “the very weak National
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Click here for updates on this story Pittsburgh (KDKA) — One New York family never thought they’d end up in Pittsburgh, let alone for life-saving surgery. Alanna Beecher was living a fairly normal teenage life. Then suddenly, the 14-year-old’s world changed with one devastating diagnosis. “Stage 5 kidney failure and I needed a kidney transplant.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Philadelphia (KYW) — Philadelphia police officers came to the aid of a woman who was allegedly scammed out of a new roof on her Port Richmond home. Police say 70-year-old Hatixhe Halite filed a police report after a repair man allegedly took $500 she paid for roof repairs
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FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have placed offensive lineman Zack Martin on injured reserve with a calf injury, sidelining the four-time All-Pro for at least three of the five remaining games – including Tuesday evening’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Dallas downgraded cornerback Anthony Brown (ribs) and safety Donovan Wilson (groin) to out for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — British researchers say they’ve found a new way to heal broken bones. It’s a type of bandage that uses stem cells to speed up the healing process. As CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports, scientists at a lab in England are working to revolutionize how
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — The FDNY says an EMS crew was robbed at gunpoint Monday in Brooklyn. Fire officials said the unit responded to a bogus 911 call around 11 p.m. on Sackman Street in Brownsville. When they arrived on the scene, their radios and other equipment were
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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
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(CNN Español) — El extécnico de la Selección Argentina Alejandro Sabella falleció este martes como consecuencia de una “miocardiopatía dilatada secundaria enfermedad coronaria y cardiotoxicidad de larga data”, de acuerdo con un comunicado del Instituto Cardiovascular del barrio de Belgrano en Buenos Aires, donde estaba internado. Sabella, de 66 años, había sido hospitalizado el 25
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Steven Soderbergh is going to the Oscars — as a producer of the show. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC on Tuesday announced a trio of accomplished producers who will oversee the 2021 award show that includes the Oscar-winning Soderbergh (“Traffic,” “Erin Brockovich”), Emmy-nominated producer Jesse Collins and Oscar-nominated producer Stacey
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — Neighbors are determined to stop a destructive vandal from targeting an elderly woman’s home on the city’s south side. The home along Cedar Avenue has been hit nine times since March with the most attacks on Sunday night. The home was also hit on
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EL PASO, Texas – At least 70 members of an Oregon National Guard unit have tested positive for Covid-19 since returning to Fort Bliss from a deployment to Kosovo, according to New Mexico’s congressional delegation. Ten soldiers from the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based out of Oregon, originally tested positive on Dec. 4, but
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LARKSPUR, CA (KPIX) — With less than 24 hours before Marin County joins the Bay Area shut down, many parents made their last trip of 2020 to a playground with their children on Monday. Some worry this latest lockdown is going too far. At Piper Park in Larkspur,
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Chris Krebs, the former top administration official for cybersecurity, whom President Donald Trump fired after the election, is suing the Trump campaign and a lawyer working with the campaign to overturn the results of the election, accusing them of defamation. Krebs was fired after he said the election was the most secure in American history.
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Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of President-elect Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson (1970-1975, divorced) Children: with Joe Biden: Ashley
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson (1970-1975, divorced)
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLACERVILLE, CA (KOVR) — A Toys for Tots event in Placerville took a troublesome turn over the weekend after police said a white supremacist group showed up to help. The group took a photo flashing a hate sign that spread fast on social media. Now city leaders
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En el partido más anticipado de este martes en la Liga de Campeones, la Juventus de Cristiano Ronaldo goleó al Barcelona de Lionel Messi por 3 a 0 en el Camp Nou. El conjunto italiano así desbancó al Barça y clasifica a octavos de final como primero en el grupo G. Era
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE, CA (KOVR) — As many pause to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, every day the memories of World War II – both the terrors and triumphs – diminish as hundreds of World War II veterans die. Dan Sokol flies a flag outside his house and remembers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — A new app developed in Maryland is helping law enforcement officers investigate crimes. The app, CSI Checklist, was developed by Thomas Mauriello, a former University of Maryland criminology professor who also worked for the state and federal governments. It tells law enforcement officers things they
Continue Reading Caitlyn Marie Kaufman’s mother held her daughter’s work badge and stethoscope Monday while pleading for answers in the death of the 26-year-old nurse. Kaufman was driving to work on December 3 in Nashville, Tennessee, when shots were fired into her Mazda CX-5 SUV on Interstate 440 West, according to Metro Nashville police. A police officer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore County, MD (WJZ) — With more people shopping online this holiday season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, police are warning there could be an increase in the number of porch pirates stealing peoples’ Christmases. One of the latest instances of a Grinch stealing packages happened in a
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DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Hospitals across the region and state have put out the call this week: they need nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and others to help care for the increased number of Covid-19 patients they’ve seen lately. Chris Van Deusen, Director of Media Relations at the Texas Department of State Health Services said: “That’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Christina Hill finally got a job after 10 months of unemployment – but now, she is getting letters saying she should never have gotten unemployment money and she owes $30,000 back to the State of Illinois. As CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas reported, this puzzling
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden has named retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense, the Biden transition team announced Tuesday. The former commander of the US Central Command would make history as the first Black person to lead the Pentagon if confirmed by the US Senate. “Today, I ask Lloyd Austin to
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When Dr. Rochelle Walensky began her career at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the mid-1990s, finding ways to take on the HIV/AIDS epidemic was an urgent medical priority. That challenge motivated Walensky to devote her career to the treatment of infectious diseases. Now, when Walensky becomes the Director of the Centers for Disease Control under
Continue Reading (CNN Español)– Se terminó la espera. Por primera vez en dos años Cristiano Ronaldo y Lionel Messi se volverán a encontrar en una cancha de fútbol. El Barcelona recibe a la Juventus por el cierre de la fase de grupos de la Liga de Campeones. Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo no se enfrentan desde que el portugués
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Brasil informó este lunes que el gobierno y Pfizer avanzan en negociaciones para adquirir 70 millones de dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19, que se administrarían en 2021. “Los términos están muy avanzados y deberían finalizarse a principios de esta semana con la firma del memorando
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If you had said at the start of 2020 that the economy would shut down, the unemployment rate would skyrocket and earnings would plunge due to a highly contagious and lethal virus and we’d still end the year with stocks near all-time highs, people would think you were crazy. Heading into 2021, investors are optimistic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Blue Springs, MO (KCTV) — Thieves backed a SUV through the front of HDS Firearms on Main Street in Blue Springs during the early morning hours Tuesday. Gavin Hughes owns the gun shop. He says surveillance cameras caught three people trying to steal guns from his store. Fortunately,
Continue Reading (CNN) –– El presidente de Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, anunció este lunes que el Estatus de Protección Temporal, conocido como TPS, se extenderá a los ciudadanos de ese país en EE.UU. El TPS es una forma de ayuda humanitaria que otorga EE.UU. «Durante nuestra reunión con el secretario interino del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (Chad
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