Bill Gross started off his investment outlook for 2021, titled “A Little Bit Softer Now,” on an unusual note, discussing a legal spat involving a neighbor and complaining that his new automatic toilet seat didn’t lift as quickly as it should. Then he got down to brass tacks. His favorite market sector: natural gas pipelines,
Continue Reading
Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery was recovering from appendix surgery when she got the phone call that parents of college-age kids have come to dread in this time of coronavirus: Her daughter tearfully explained that she had moved out of her dorm at Texas A&M University-San Antonio days earlier after her suitemates threw a party and 14 unmasked
Continue Reading
If you think quarantine needs a better publicist in the United States, you might be right. New Zealanders went into a strict lockdown and so did Italians. So did the residents of China, Spain, Bolivia, Morocco and South Korea. The idea of isolating for a stretch of two weeks either because you’ve been exposed to
Continue ReadingUPDATE #2: The Associated Press projected Wednesday afternoon that Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has won his Senate runoff election. His victory gives Democrats control of the U.S. Senate for the opening of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency. Democrats needed to win both of Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on Tuesday to claim the Senate majority. The 33-year-old
Continue Reading
Imagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal
Continue Reading Shake Shack is kicking off 2021 by introducing a new contender to the fast food industry’s already-crowded chicken sandwich wars. The burger chain announced the rollout of its Korean-style Fried Chick’n Sandwich and Korean-style Gochujang Chick’n Bites on Tuesday. Both items use Gochujang, a fermented red chili paste common in Korean cuisine. The new sandwich
Continue Reading
The Trump administration is continuing to award border wall contracts in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency, including in areas where private land hasn’t yet been acquired, an unusual move that will complicate President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to halt construction. Asked by CNN Tuesday whether there are plans to continue to finalize contracts, even
Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has torn apart the Republican Party that ruled Georgia for nearly two decades, imperiling its candidates in two elections on Tuesday that will determine the control of the US Senate. Since losing the Peach State in November, Trump’s ongoing onslaught against the Republican officials in charge of the elections pressured GOP Sen.
Continue Reading The Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Attorney’s Office is nearing its decision on whether to charge the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, last year. Rusten Sheskey, a White officer, shot Blake, 29, in the back seven times on August 23, 2020. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley is tasked with investigating Blake’s shooting.
Continue Reading
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — A Mid-Michigan businessman is in hot water with federal prosecutors after allegedly dumping nearly 50 million gallons of untreated landfill waste liquid into Flint’s sewer system. “It’s unconscionable to have a company in our midst doing these types of things,” Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley
Continue Reading
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was working with faulty information when he pushed Raffensperger in a phone conversation Saturday to “find” votes that would overturn the presidential election results. “As he talked further what was pretty obvious to me is that he just has bad data,” Raffensperger told
Continue Reading
The Grammy Awards will not be happening later this month as planned. The awards ceremony, which celebrates the best in music, has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a joint statement from the Recording Academy, CBS and show producers. It will now take place on Sunday, March 14, 2021, the statement
Continue Reading
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — A 12-year-old boy who designed what turned out to be lucky cleats for Green Bay Packers star running back and El Paso native Aaron Jones has died from a rare cancer, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. Ethan Haley, who gave Jones the colorful, custom-made cleats in November, has now died just weeks
Continue Reading
Control of the Senate majority will be decided on Tuesday night — or maybe Wednesday morning! — in Georgia, as Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue try to hold onto their seats. Lose both and Democrats retake the chamber. Win either one and Republicans retain the narrowest of majorities heading into the 117th Congress.
Continue Reading
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies investigating the massive hacking campaign targeting American government agencies and private sector companies issued a joint statement Tuesday saying the group responsible “likely originated in Russia” and the attack is believed to be an act of espionage rather than cyber warfare, as some lawmakers have suggested. While top US
Continue Reading Georgia voters who cast ballots in the runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate mostly say that their state’s presidential election in November was conducted fairly, and around three-quarters say they are confident their vote in this election will be counted accurately, according to the early results of an exit poll conducted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOLDSBORO, PA (WPMT ) — Temporary restrictions put in place by the Wolf Administration shut down gyms, as well as other industries like indoor dining, on December 12. The administration issued the temporary closure as COVID-19 cases hit record highs in the state. As cases have begun to
Continue Reading
(CNN) — El líder de los Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, fue liberado de la custodia el martes, un día después de que fuera acusado de quemar una pancarta de Black Lives Matter tomada de una iglesia negra el mes pasado durante las protestas en la ciudad después del mitin “Stop the Steal”. Un agente
Continue Reading
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leader Kim Jong Un has opened North Korea’s first ruling party congress in five years with an admission of policy failures and a vow to set new developmental goals. State media reported the Workers’ Party Congress began in Pyongyang on Tuesday with thousands of delegates in attendance. Kim was quoted
Continue Reading
KENOSHA, Wisconsin — Rusten Sheskey will not face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday. Sheskey, a White officer, shot Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, seven times in the back while responding to a domestic incident on August 23, 2020. Blake survived the shooting but was left
Continue Reading Tyler Perry had a problem. Tuesday is Election Day in Georgia — a runoff race for two seats that will determine which party will have control of the US Senate — and by Monday, the movie mogul’s absentee ballot hadn’t arrived. Though Perry said he had ordered it on December 2 and was told it
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico (DRC) informó este lunes de un brote de covid-19 que afecta 143 presos en el módulo 1 de la Institución Correccional Bayamón 501. Las autoridades indicaron que, al momento de hacer las pruebas, había 174 reclusos en ese módulo. La secretaria designada de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Carroll County, GA (WGCL) — Carroll County fire investigators are working to find the person who set fire to a historic church. According to a Facebook post, firefighters responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Smith Chapel Church in Bowdon on Monday. When units arrived, the church was
Continue Reading Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday night, her partner, Lance O’Brien, told CNN on Tuesday. Roberts was 65. CNN and other media outlets, citing her longtime publicist, Mike Pingel, had previously reported Roberts died Sunday evening. O’Brien told CNN he was distraught after saying goodbye to Roberts at her hospital bedside on Sunday and left believing
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. “President and Mrs. Carter will not travel to Washington for the inauguration but have sent their best wishes to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris and look forward to a successful administration,” Deanna Congileo,
Continue Reading Parts of the US are beginning to feel the brunt of last month’s holiday celebrations — at a time when many hospital systems are already at their breaking point. Experts have said holiday travel and gatherings could help fuel another surge of Covid-19 infections. Yet millions of Americans traveled anyway — with more than 1.3
Continue Reading Two conservative lawmakers got into a contentious exchange with House staff Tuesday over rules requiring members to wear a mask on the floor, which prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get involved and order them to follow the chamber’s rules. The two lawmakers, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Chip Roy of Texas, were voting
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El gobierno del estado de Amazonas, ubicado en el noroeste de Brasil, suspendió este lunes las actividades económicas no esenciales durante 15 días por la pandemia. La decisión se da en cumplimiento de un fallo de la Corte de Justicia estatal, debido a la «grave emergencia» en la salud pública causada por
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERTOWN, CT (WFSB) — Watertown High School’s mascot could become a thing of the past. The school’s mascot committee is holding a virtual meeting Tuesday evening, where anyone can speak for or against the school’s current Indian mascot. After 2009, when former student Colleen Murphy graduated high school,
Continue Reading The National Guard has been mobilized in Wisconsin ahead of anticipated protests following the Kenosha County District Attorney’s announcement that he will not charge the officer who shot Jacob Blake. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley made the announcement on Tuesday, during which he also said there will be no charges for the other two
Continue Reading