Ifi Akpandak has a new venture he hopes will make it easier for Americans to find and support Black-owned restaurants in their local communities. The 29-year-old VueBox co-founder and CEO launched a company called Brava in New York City a week ago after realizing over the summer that many of his friends and colleagues looking
Continue Reading
(CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Salud de Chile confirmó este martes la detección en el país de la nueva variante del coronavirus originada en el Reino Unido. Según detalló la subsecretaria de Salud Pública, Paula Daza, el caso corresponde a una pasajera chilena que llegó en un vuelo el 22 de diciembre a las
Continue Reading
Click here for updates on this story POPE COUNTY, Arkansas (KHBS/KHOG) — UPDATE: The Pope County sheriff released the names and ages of those involved in the Christmas Day homicide near Atkins. He said it is being investigated as a murder suicide. According to a release from the Pope County Sheriff’s Office, their department received
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — One year ago Sebastian Sharpe was playing basketball in Sacramento when he was shot. The avid basketball player says he had not been back to the park since the shooting. CBS13 joined Sebastian, who’s now paralyzed from the waist down, and his father as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO Staff) — The St. Paul Police Department is reviewing its policy on how officers are able to express political views. The review comes after an officer decorated a private vehicle with the sticker of a far-right group known as the Three Percenters, a militia group that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new app being used in Hennepin County could keep people out of jail. The county’s public defender’s office is partnering with Uptrust, a two-way messaging app specifically for defense attorneys and their clients. Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County’s chief public defender, sees Uptrust as a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story REDONDO BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — Every other week, Rozanna Handrich stands on the sidewalk and looks up to her grandmother’s balcony at her Redondo Beach apartment complex. It’s often the only social interaction 95-year old Klara Kharkats gets now that she stays inside to protect herself from COVID.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLETON, Colorado (KCNC) — A 15-year old boy in Littleton is in need of a kidney for the second time in his life. From the outside looking in, 15-year-old Joe Wren is your typical high schooler with a deep passion for country music. While he often plays covers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITKIN COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the Black Hills Energy system, leaving about 3,500 customers in the Aspen area without heat or water on Monday. A multi-jurisdictional investigation is underway with the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, Aspen Police Department and FBI. “This incident
Continue Reading
PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A horrible, multi-vehicle crash northwest of Fort Worth has taken the life of a mother and two young children. According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the 25-year-old mother, 7-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl all were killed in the wreck on State Highway 199 — just
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM Staff) — A South Side Lyft driver says his own passenger carjacked him, and the police later found his car wrecked. Then, thanks to Lyft’s insurance policy, he was told to pay a $2,500 deductible to get reimbursed for the car. The driver says one of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM Staff) — A transgender woman was shot and killed in East Chatham on Christmas Day, and her family and friends spoke out Monday only to CBS 2. They told CBS 2’s Tara Molina her homicide is a possible hate crime. She was listed as a John
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The controversial Emancipation Group Memorial in Boston’s Park Square was removed Tuesday morning. The statue depicts a formerly enslaved Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln. Critics said the memorial was racist and demeaning. Dorchester native and social media influencer Tory Bullock started a petition
Continue Reading
His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes to his private quarters, many of which were overseen by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, were not to President Donald Trump’s liking, and he was mad about it, according to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials from the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland are trying to identify victims who may have lost money as part of a $28 million Ponzi scheme based in Maryland. In a news release, the FBI said three people, Dennis
Continue Reading
(Editor’s note: An initial version of this article referred to a state audit. Rather, this is a city audit that had been forwarded to the state auditor.) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 767-page city audit released on Tuesday alleges criminal activity and $1.8 million in mismanaged funds by former employees and contractors of the
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Vidas perdidas, familias destrozadas, economías arruinadas… Estas tragedias son apenas una parte de la devastación causada por el coronavirus mortal que arrasó el mundo en 2020. Pero, la salud también enfrentaba otras amenazas. MIRA: El 2020 fue un año terrible. Pero el mundo se encuentra en mejor estado de lo que podrías pensar
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas — A woman in her 70s was seriously injured after being trapped beneath a pair of crashing cars in downtown El Paso on Tuesday, authorities said. It happened near the intersection of East Overland Avenue and South Kansas Street. Police investigators were summoned to the scene about 12: 15 p.m. It was
Continue Reading
About 20 people will be escorted by authorities to survey and secure their homes and businesses in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday — their first close look at what was left behind by a bombing on Christmas Day, police said. Federal investigators collecting evidence from the rubble have sifted through half the crime scene and
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La explosión de al menos dos bombonas de gas dejó más de 30 heridos en el oriental estado Monagas de Venezuela, informó este lunes la diputada de Voluntad Popular a la Asamblea Nacional María Gabriela Hernández a través de sus redes sociales. La parlamentaria opositora señaló que los depósitos eran distribuidos en
Continue Reading (CNN) — El diseñador de moda francés Pierre Cardin murió a la edad de 98 años, anunció el martes la Academia de Bellas Artes de Francia en un comunicado en Twitter. «El Secretario Perpetuo, Laurent Petitgirard, y los miembros de la Academia de Bellas Artes están profundamente entristecidos de anunciar la muerte de su colega
Continue Reading
A coalition of environmental groups sued the Energy Department on Tuesday in an effort to block a new federal rule that would allow for faster dishwashers, arguing it could possibly lead to “higher household utility bills and more pollution.” The rule finalized by the department in October would create a product class of dishwashers “with
Continue Reading
All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald Trump’s veto on the National Defense Authorization Act and to pass $2,000 stimulus checks, it’s Senate Republicans’ turn to navigate whether they’re willing to cross Trump in his final days in office. McConnell blocks
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked an effort to quickly pass a measure to increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000, though the legislation could be voted on at a later time or date if McConnell so chooses. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York,
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will explore making cuts to the country’s nuclear modernization program, potentially reversing Trump administration efforts to enhance America’s nuclear arsenal by developing new weapons. Instead, Biden intends to place greater emphasis on arms control, according to two transition officials and an outside adviser to the incoming administration. Any significant cuts to the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Novavax anunció este lunes el inicio del ensayo de fase 3 de su vacuna covid-19 en Estados Unidos y México. Es la quinta empresa en lanzar una prueba a gran escala de una vacuna contra el coronavirus en los Estados Unidos. El ensayo para la vacuna candidata, conocida como NVX-CoV2373, evaluará la seguridad,
Continue Reading
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert’s federal lawsuit seeking to empower Vice President Mike Pence in his “discretion” to unilaterally reject certain Electoral College votes — specifically and conveniently, the ones that went for President-elect Joe Biden from key swing states — is dead on arrival and accomplishes nothing beyond giving false hope to the last and
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, indicó este martes en su cuenta de Twitter que su gobierno comenzó la gestión para obtener 3,3 millones de vacunas contra el coronavirus. Ya se inició la gestión para que Guatemala tenga las vacunas para el COVID-19 y la primera semana de enero presentaremos una iniciativa
Continue Reading
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have released their first podcast through their multi-year deal with Spotify, saying they hope it brings “warmth, a smile and something to think about” to listeners at the end of a difficult year. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reflect on the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, kicking off the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU Saff) — The Arizona truck driver involved in a deadly crash that killed five cyclists outside of Las Vegas was declared an “imminent hazard to public safety” by a federal transportation authority and ordered to cease all operations of commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce,
Continue Reading