As US lawmakers began to count the electoral votes Wednesday that would confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s win, a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters — egged on by the President — made its way to the US Capitol. Chaos erupted. Hundreds of rioters pushed through barriers outside the Capitol, scaled the walls and smashed windows
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Vice President Mike Pence, not President Donald Trump, helped facilitate the decision to mobilize members of the DC National Guard Wednesday when violence at the US Capitol building started to escalate, according to a source familiar with the move and public comments from top officials. Trump, who has proven over the past year to be
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LIVE BLOG: The latest on what else is going on in the transition of power WASHINGTON, DC— Top Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to remove him from office following Wednesday’s violent assault on the U.S. Capitol by the president’s supporters. In a statement Thursday, Schumer said the attack
Continue Reading The Democratic sweep of Georgia’s Senate seats has ushered in a heady new reality for President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office in two weeks with a mandate to act and the numbers on Capitol Hill to deliver on some of his most ambitious promises. Freed from the constraints that soon-to-be Republican Minority Leader Mitch
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Burger King’s identity is getting a whopper of a refresh, with its first new logo in more than 20 years. Using colors inspired by its “real and delicious food,” the fast food chain unveiled Thursday a retro-influenced new identity that includes a redesigned (yet recognizable) logo and new food packaging, employee uniforms and signage in
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The disgusting events Wednesday at the Capitol will, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said, live in infamy. For the first time since the British sacked Washington in 1814, the Capitol was overrun. This time it was not by an invading foreign power. Instead, it was an unhinged right-wing mob of our fellow Americans, jacked up
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Across the United States, millions watched in horror Wednesday as unprecedented scenes of chaos unfolded at the US Capitol. Supporters of President Donald Trump breached the building — just as Congress kicked off a joint session to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win. At least four people died. But in the hours that authorities scrambled to
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Click here for updates on this story Lancaster, PA (WPMT ) — Gibby is a black Labrador-Boxer mix who was rescued by the Landefeld family about 4 years ago. Maya Landefeld, the youngest of the Landefeld sisters says, “He was always a really healthy and active pup. He would always play soccer in the yard
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(CNN) — El orden se convirtió en caos el 6 de enero en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos. Mientras en una sesión conjunta del recién instalado Congreso contaba los votos electorales de la elección de 2020, una turba de seguidores del presidente Donald Trump irrumpieron en el Capitolio. Varias horas de caos terminaron con la
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cerca del 86% de las personas con casos leves de covid-19 pierden el sentido del olfato y el gusto, pero lo recuperan dentro de un periodo de seis meses, según un nuevo estudio de más de 2.500 pacientes de 18 hospitales europeos. Se consideró leve un caso de covid-19 si no había evidencia
Continue Reading (CNN) — La Comisión Europea autorizó el miércoles el uso de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Moderna en los 27 países miembros de la Unión Europea. La medida llega horas después de que la Agencia Europea de Medicamentos del organismo internacional recomendara aprobar la vacuna para su uso. La de Moderna es la segunda
Continue Reading (CNN) — El médico forense del condado de Miami-Dade investiga la muerte de un médico quien falleció semanas después de recibir la vacuna contra el covid-19, según Darren Caprara, director de operaciones de la oficina del forense. Caprara dijo que su oficina está trabajando con el Departamento de Salud de Florida y los Centros para
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s history of offering a wink and a nod, if not outright support, to his far-right base is well-documented. Since he descended from a Trump Tower escalator in New York in 2015 to begin his presidential campaign, Trump has made little effort to hide his affection for increased violence against his perceived enemies.
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It’s not a surprise that stocks mostly rallied Wednesday and were up again Thursday morning, despite the ugly and tragic events during a riot at the nation’s Capitol. It’s simply a case of history repeating itself. Wall Street has often been unfazed by civil unrest in America. As long as the turmoil didn’t have a
Continue Reading (CNN) — El descubrimiento de nuevas variantes de coronavirus importantes en el Reino Unido y Sudáfrica comenzó con una apuesta de una botella de vino. A mediados de noviembre, Tulio de Oliveira, quien dirige un laboratorio de genética en Sudáfrica, comenzó a recibir llamadas telefónicas ansiosas de médicos en la provincia Cabo Oriental, que estaban
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Going into the new year, dozens of the 262 homicides in St. Louis City in 2020 remain unsolved. Part of the problem is a lack of tips from police. Gloria Shields-Snulligan knows the pain of a case going unsolved all too well. Her
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Some dog owners like to feed their pets tidbits from the table — and this friendly habit may have had a role in the domestication of dogs at the end of the last Ice Age, scientists say. Historically, humans and wolves were both pack hunters, and would compete for large prey, especially during leaner, winter
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Missouri state lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Under the plan, dentists would be able to volunteer as vaccinators during emergencies. There is no word yet on where the vaccinations would actually occur. Right now
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — In first public comment, the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says the siege of U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob was “criminal riotous behavior.” The chief says the violent mob that stormed the building wielded metal pipes, chemical irritants and other weapons against law enforcement. Steven Sund issued a statement Thursday
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LIVE BLOG: The latest on what else is going on in the transition of power MENLO PARK, California — Facebook and Instagram have barred President Donald Trump from posting on their systems at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. In a post Thursday morning, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump
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“The Masked Dancer” revealed the celebrity under the Ice Cube costume Wednesday night. Bill Nye the Science Guy, who loves to dance and appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2013, took off the costume to reveal himself after performing a swing dance to a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” Clues dropped included hints
Continue Reading British singer Tom Parker, best known for being part of popular boy band The Wanted, has told fans there has been a “significant reduction” in the size of his inoperable brain tumor. The 32-year-old said in October that he was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with a grade four glioblastoma tumor. In an update posted
Continue Reading The day after supporters of President Donald Trump attempted to thwart Congress’ certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win, US lawmakers are starting to process the violence and destruction that broke out. House members and senators were forced to pause proceedings, leave the chambers, and shelter in place as rioters stormed the Capitol building
Continue Reading Chef José Andrés is once again feeding people in need. Thanking the “heroic women and men” who were working to secure Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Andrés announced that he was delivering 120 pizzas to the National Guard and police officers after rioters stormed the Capitol building. Due to an emergency curfew put in place, he
Continue Reading Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who still had an administration job as special envoy to Northern Ireland, told CNBC in an interview Thursday morning that he called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last night and resigned. “I called Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that. I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A grocer in metro Atlanta announced it is increasing its minimum wage for store employees. According to a press release, Lidl will increase hourly employees minimum wage to $15 per hour. The increase will take effect on February 8, 2021. “Lidl is committed to offering
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President-elect Joe Biden will introduce federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland as his pick for attorney general and other key justice nominees at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday afternoon, according to his transition team. To serve under Garland at the Justice Department, Biden has chosen Lisa Monaco, who served as assistant attorney general
Continue Reading Late-night hosts, typically some of the most jovial personalities on television, were somber and angry Wednesday night after rioters stormed the halls of Congress in a failed attempt to block the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Stephen Colbert, the top rated late-night host, kicked off a special live version of CBS’ “The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Before the start of flu season, health officials and hospitals pled with Oregonians to take this flu season seriously. “If we have a bad influenza season hitting on top of Covid-19, we’re really going to overwhelm our hospitals. So, now, in particular, it’s important
Continue Reading Elon Musk is getting close to grabbing the title of world’s richest person from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The Bloomberg real-time billionaire tracker now has the two multi-billionaires within $3 billion of each other, with Bezos at $184 billion and Musk at $181 billion. Bill Gates is now a distant third at $132 billion, according
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