Joe Biden is facing dueling headwinds as he looks to fill out his Cabinet: Senate Republicans want the President-elect to consult with them and choose nominees who could win their support, while liberal Democrats are pushing him to name progressives who could shape the policies of his government. And Republicans, if they keep control of
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Click here for updates on this story Grand County, CO (KCNC) — The second largest fire in Colorado’s history is now fully contained. The East Troublesome Fire burned 193,812 acres and killed two people — Lyle and Marilyn Hileman. It destroyed more than 300 homes and at least 100 other structures. The U.S. Forest Service
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Summit County, CO (KCNC) — Dining and ski restrictions in Summit County are an added strain on local businesses, but officials say the rules on the mountain are keeping COVID-19 transmission rates low. “The ski areas were similarly not excited to further reduce their capacity but they’re community
Continue Reading Democrats picked up a Senate seat on Wednesday when former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn in as a US senator for Arizona after defeating Republican Sen. Martha McSally last month. While other senators-elect will have to wait until January to be sworn in for the new Congress, Kelly was able to take the oath of
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Democrats picked up a Senate seat on Wednesday when former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn in as a US senator for Arizona after defeating Republican Sen. Martha McSally last month. While other senators-elect will have to wait until January to be sworn in for the new Congress, Kelly was able to take the oath of
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — This could be just the thing that signals things are turning around after a rough 2020 for all. Meet Albuquerque’s answer to a snowman. The city does get snow, but there’s something else it gets a lot more of: Tumbleweeds! So this frosty might better be named prickly, as he’s made
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(CNN) — Perdóname. Es algo que le pides a alguien más por algo que ya has hecho. Y así, más o menos, es como ha sido visto en la Constitución el indulto. Pero cada día trae nuevos reportes sobre cómo el presidente Donald Trump podría modificar creativamente los límites de su amplio poder de indulto
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Angelina Friedman is a survivor, in every sense of the word. When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsis. In April, she survived coronavirus — a virus that has taken nearly 1.5 million lives worldwide. And now, the 102-year-old New York resident just
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Angelina Friedman is a survivor, in every sense of the word. When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsis. In April, she survived coronavirus — a virus that has taken nearly 1.5 million lives worldwide. And now, the 102-year-old New York resident just
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Wanna make your house smell like Drake? Now you can. The rapper has released a line of scented candles, one of which “actually smells like Drake.” And according to the description from Revolve, the company he teamed with on the scent, the $80 candle emits a “Smooth musk fragrance is introspective as in an interpretation
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HOUSTON (AP) – The Houston Rockets have traded Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for John Wall and a future lottery-protected, first-round pick. Both teams announced the trade Wednesday night. The move ends Westbrook’s tenure in Houston after just one disappointing season. Westbrook was traded from Oklahoma City or Chris Paul and draft picks in
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, California – Another sighting of a mysterious monolith has appeared in the world, this one in California’s central coast region. The large metal obelisk appeared in San Luis Obispo County at the top of Pine Mountain Loop at Stadium Park in Atascadero. The metal monument is located at the pinnacle of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Pittsburgh, PA (KDKA) — Pittsburgh police Chief Scott Schubert joined kids for a friendly snowball fight in the park Tuesday. Pittsburgh police said on Twitter Chief Schubert was “walking the beat” in Regent Square after the first big snowfall of the season when he got in on the
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Rafer Johnson, who ended his famed track and field career with an exciting win in the 1960 Olympic decathlon, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to UCLA and USA Track & Field. He was 86. No cause of death was given. A statement from the school said he died at his Sherman Oaks, California, home
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO, California –The parents of 628 migrant children separated from their families due to Trump administration policies at the US-Mexico border between 2017 and 2018 have still not been located, according to a Wednesday court filing. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of an ongoing effort
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lake Forest, CA (KCAL/KCBS) — The co-owner of a Lake Forest wine bar spoke out Tuesday after a pair of suspected disgruntled customers were caught on camera vandalizing the Orange County restaurant on Thanksgiving night. “We were waiting for a one star Yelp review,” Kimberly Smith, co-owner of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sacramento, CA (KOVR) — Sacramento police recruitment is coming under new scrutiny as a Sacramento County grand jury report is calling vacancies in the department a “crisis.” Critics say the report is a “cut and paste” job to give police what they want. The report shows the police
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday they are backing a new $908 billion pandemic relief bill introduced this week by a bipartisan group of Senate and House lawmakers in a sign of movement in a stalemate that has dogged Congress for months. “While we made
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sacramento, CA (KOVR) — Plenty of homes on Mandel Street in Natomas are decked out with decorations, but there’s one house near the corner of Mandel and Rockmont Circle that has a special decoration aimed to please every wishful boy and girl this Christmas. “This year because of
Continue Reading The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will block imports of cotton, reportedly produced with forced labor, from China’s western Xinjiang region. US Customs and Border Protection will detain shipments containing cotton and cotton products originating from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a major cotton producer in the region, which is home to about
Continue Reading Francesca McCall and her younger sister Chantale had always promised to take care of each other’s kids if anything ever happened to either. When Chantale died in September from Covid-19, her sister, who was already raising seven kids of her own, didn’t hesitate to welcome Chantale’s five children into her Birmingham, Alabama, home. “We always
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Francesca McCall and her younger sister Chantale had always promised to take care of each other’s kids if anything ever happened to either. When Chantale died in September from Covid-19, her sister, who was already raising seven kids of her own, didn’t hesitate to welcome Chantale’s five children into her Birmingham, Alabama, home. “We always
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Temps will still be chilly the rest of the week but the coldest air arrives the next couple of mornings. Temps by Friday morning will likely hit the upper teens and low 20’s – Brrr. Skies will be partly cloudy overnight with lows Thursday AM dropping down to 28. The winds will make it feel
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — A South Florida doctor has come up with a design for a shield said to be effective against the spread of the coronavirus for athletes required to wear helmets to play sports. They call it CAGEMASK, a two-layer reusable, washable cloth mask that is
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Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter and adviser, sat for a deposition Tuesday with investigators from the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office as part of its lawsuit alleging the misuse of inaugural funds, according to a court filing. In January, the DC attorney general’s office sued the Trump Organization and Presidential Inaugural Committee alleging they abused
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DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Dallas County had an extremely rare visitor last week. But it’s the kind of visitor that could cause some chills. It was in a neighborhood near Lake Ray Hubbard off Dalrock in Rowlett where a homeowner’s security camera captured one of the rarest creatures in Texas, a mountain lion. It’s an
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico marked more grim milestones Wednesday with confirmed Covid-19 infections surpassing the 100,000 mark and the daily death toll reaching a new high of 40 as some public health restrictions were eased following a two-week lockdown. Health officials reported an additional 1,549 confirmed cases for the day, bringing the statewide total
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Riverdale, IL (WBBM) — Spotty mail service has people in the south suburbs fired up – and worried about the holiday season. They are issues that CBS 2’s Tara Molina first investigated months ago. On Tuesday, she learned that COVID-19 outbreaks inside postal offices could be to blame
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La escudería de Formula Uno Hass F1 Team anunció este miércoles a través de su pagina oficial el fichaje de Mick Schumacher, hijo del mítico piloto y siete veces ganador de la Fórmula Uno, Michael Schumacher. La escudería estadounidense anunció que el piloto, actual líder de la Formula 2, firmó un contrato
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Roselle, IL (WBBM) — John Little is 22 years old and has his first teaching job – and he wasn’t going to let a house fire get in the way of teaching his students remotely. As CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot reported Tuesday, Little, of Roselle, was teaching
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