President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced key nominees for his economic and jobs team, including Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for labor secretary. The two picks mark the completion of Biden’s announcements for his Cabinet secretary nominees, and come less than two weeks from the President-elect’s inauguration. Biden touted
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A new study provides early evidence that a Covid-19 vaccine might be effective against two new coronavirus strains first identified in South Africa and the UK, despite a concerning mutation. The two strains share a mutation known as N501Y that scientists worry could allow the virus to evade the immune protection generated by a vaccine. In research posted online
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(CNN) — El hombre fotografiado sentado en el escritorio de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, durante los disturbios del miércoles en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, fue arrestado y acusado de tres cargos federales, incluido el robo de propiedad pública, dijeron el viernes funcionarios federales. Funcionarios federales dijeron que Richard Barnett
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Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley distanced herself from her onetime boss, President Donald Trump, in a closed-door speech on Thursday night, telling members of the Republican National Committee that the President’s actions after the election “will be judged harshly by history.” “President Trump has not always chosen the right words,” Haley said, according to a
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Bad news was good news for Wall Street early Friday. Stocks rose at the opening bell to hit more new records — despite the fact that the United States government reported a surprise loss of 140,000 jobs in December. The hope was bad news would lead to more stimulus. But the Dow gave up its
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be his successor, for the first time since he was picked for the role on Friday. Pompeo confirmed the meeting in a tweet, saying the two met “in order facilitate an orderly transition, and to ensure American interests are protected abroad.”
Continue Reading (CNN) — La vacuna de covid-19 de Moderna ha sido autorizada por el regulador de medicamentos del Reino Unido «tras meses de rigurosos ensayos clínicos en los que participaron decenas de miles de personas y un análisis exhaustivo de la seguridad, calidad y eficacia de la vacuna», dijo el Departamento de Salud del país en
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump no asistirá a la transferencia pacífica del poder al presidente electo Joe Biden en el Capitolio en 12 días, confirma en un tuit. To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
Continue Reading Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley offered pro-Trump demonstrators who stood outside the Capitol a raised fist salute as he walked into the Senate early on Wednesday, buoyant about his leading role in objecting to President Donald Trump’s electoral defeat. Mere hours later, some of those same Trump supporters would be marauding through the Capitol in a
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UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — An unconscious bicyclist who fell along a mountain trail in northeast El Paso has been rescued, fire officials say. The bicyclist, identified as a 28-year-old woman, was transported to the hospital with what were described as serious injuries. ORIGINAL STORY: EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Fire Department is
Continue Reading On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affiliate KGTV reported. Stories like this will become more common as millions of Americans are administered the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines over the coming months. Over time, many
Continue Reading House Democrats are furious at President Donald Trump and are quickly building momentum to move on impeachment in the next several days — as soon as the middle of next week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told the House Democratic caucus on a call Friday that she prefers Trump resigning or Vice President Mike Pence and
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV ) — Tennessee Titans fans are always coming up with unique ways to prove their loyalty to the Two Tone Blue. The latest show of support is a brand new mural from the “I Believe in Nashville” group. The new mural will proudly display an
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The US may have its own version of a more transmissible coronavirus and that might be helping fuel the already aggressive spread of the virus, the White House coronavirus task force said in its latest report to states this week. Reports sent by the task force to states dated January 3 warned of the possibility
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAYNE COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — It’s not every day a state representative and a state senator knock on your door. But that was the case for Ed Jonas of Wayne County. Representative Jonathan Fritz and Senator Lisa Baker came as ambassadors of Little League to surprise Ed with
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente electo, Joe Biden, tendrá como objetivo liberar todas las dosis disponibles de la vacuna contra el coronavirus cuando asuma el cargo, una ruptura con la estrategia de la administración de Trump de contener la mitad de la producción de vacunas de EE.UU. para garantizar que las segundas dosis estén disponibles. Liberar
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UPDATED: El Paso, Texas — The annual El Paso Marathon and its associated events will still happen this year, but the race will look a little different than the past. Due to Covid-19, the marathon, half-marathon, and 5K events will be held on three separate days and will have to follow state and federal health
Continue Reading (CNN) — Tommy Lasorda, quien pasó siete décadas en la organización de los Dodgers, primero como jugador, luego como mánager ganador de dos Series Mundiales, murió el jueves por la noche a la edad de 93 años. Según un comunicado del equipo, Lasorda sufrió un paro cardiopulmonar repentino en su casa el jueves por la
Continue Reading US diplomats are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to denounce President Donald Trump’s role in the violent insurrection attempt on the US Capitol on Wednesday. Pointing out that the US routinely denounces “foreign leaders who use violence and intimidation to interfere in peaceful democratic processes and override the will of their voters,” the
Continue Reading White House counsel Pat Cipollone is considering resigning, sources familiar with his thinking tell CNN. Since the election, he had considered it multiple times but has been urged to stay for the good of the country by members of the Senate and the Cabinet. Despite being at loggerheads with President Donald Trump in recent weeks,
Continue Reading Joe Biden will begin his new journey as the 46th President of the United States in a familiar way: riding Amtrak from Wilmington to Washington. A day before he is sworn into office, Biden is planning to make his way to the nation’s capital on a family train trip that will be part of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BLUE SPRINGS, MO (KCTV ) — Blue Springs police are investigating a shooting incident during an eviction. Officers were called about 9:20 a.m. Friday to the 400 block of Northwest Wechester Drive where Jackson County court deputies were serving an eviction notice. Upon arrival, it was determined that
Continue Reading (CNN) — Este se perfila como un buen año para Beijing. Mientras el resto del mundo continúa lidiando con la pandemia de coronavirus, China, donde las infecciones han sido mínimas durante meses, sigue adelante, reviviendo su economía y persiguiendo objetivos geopolíticos de larga data. Una cosa que ha permitido esto último es el caos en
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Digital security experts are raising the alarm over Wednesday’s breach of the US Capitol, which not only threatened lawmakers’ physical safety but also created potential national security and intelligence risks, they say. As rioters stormed the Capitol building, they broke into congressional offices, ransacked papers and in at least one case, stole a laptop, according
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Apple is reportedly in talks with Hyundai about cooperating on electric cars. A partnership with the South Korean company makes a lot of sense, but it might not be the only carmaker keen to develop a relationship with the iPhone maker. This is not the first time Apple has been caught kicking the tires. Senior
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be his successor, for the first time on Friday. Blinken and Pompeo were originally slated to meet in mid-December, but the meeting was canceled after Pompeo went into quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
Continue Reading After four years of using social media platforms to bypass traditional media and spread his message directly to millions of people, President Donald Trump is now as close as he’s ever been to losing his digital bully pulpit. On Thursday, Facebook and Instagram banned Trump’s account from posting for at least the remainder of his
Continue Reading Identical twins may not be quite as identical as we thought; researchers in Iceland have discovered genetic differences that begin at the early stages of embryonic development. Scientists have long used the study of identical twins to examine the effects of nature versus nurture, as the accepted view has been that, because they share the
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members in a letter Friday that she spoke to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley about President Donald Trump and the nuclear codes. Milley said in a statement that Pelosi initiated the call and he “answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority.” The text
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WASHINGTON, DC — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Donald Trump from initiating military actions or a nuclear strike. Pelosi said in a statement to colleagues that she spoke with Gen. Mark Milley “to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating
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