Last February, a group of Instacart employees who worked as in-store shoppers at a Mariano’s grocery store in Skokie, Illinois, voted to unionize in a historic moment for the gig economy. Nearly one year later, those workers have been informed that their jobs are being cut as part of a broader change to how Instacart
Continue Reading A federal judge has denied Parler’s request for a court order blocking Amazon from kicking the social media app off its platform, marking yet another setback in Parler’s efforts to get back online. Judge Barbara Rothstein issued a ruling on Thursday saying that Parler had not met the legal requirements for a temporary restraining order
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Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — People have been coming to Gwin Oaks Elementary School to stand in its parking lot in silence and remembrance for the last week. They are coming to the school to look at a sea of 10,000 small white flags placed by
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The Bidens moved quickly on Wednesday to fire White House chief usher Timothy Harleth, who was installed by the Trumps, two sources with knowledge have confirmed to CNN. Harleth was hired by Melania Trump in 2017 to fill the important role of chief usher. Harleth came to the White House from Trump International Hotel DC,
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Republicans are already making moves toward the 2024 election, jockeying to succeed former President Donald Trump now that he has departed Washington, either by picking up his mantle or by trying to steer the party in a new direction. A handful of ambitious GOP politicians are positioning themselves against President Joe Biden and building the
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Eli Lilly and Company’s monoclonal antibody combination therapy helped prevent symptomatic Covid-19 infection among nursing home residents and staff in a Phase 3 trial, the company announced on Thursday. The study findings were described in a company news release, but Eli Lilly noted that the full results will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed
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When Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to the White House briefing room on Thursday, he did so without the sour reality of a hostile president watching him from feet away in the Oval Office. “I can tell you, I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the President,” Fauci told the
Continue Reading Both chambers of Congress on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African American to run the department, had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has sent President Biden the first bill that he’ll sign into law, a measure to allow retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense. Both the U.S. House and Senate on Thursday easily passed a waiver that would allow Austin to hold the position, clearing the way for
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EL PASO, Texas — Rain-slicked road conditions led to multiple vehicle crashes along Interstate 10 through El Paso on Thursday afternoon, leading to significant traffic backups for motorists. Among the incidents were at least three separate crashes on I-10 between Executive and Redd on the city’s westside. One of those crashes involved at least three
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TRYON, North Carolina (WHNS) — We first introduced you to the wife of the man that was behind the wheel of a tanker that crashed and you couldn’t even see beyond this large cloud of smoke and raging fire. It happened on I-26 in Polk County back in
Continue Reading Newly sworn in President Joe Biden and his advisers are inheriting no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration, sources tell CNN, posing a significant challenge for the new White House. The Biden administration has promised to try to turn the Covid-19 pandemic around and drastically speed up the pace of
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Florida issued new health guidelines Thursday in an attempt to cut down on “vaccine tourism,” requiring that Covid-19 vaccines be given only to permanent and seasonal residents. State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees signed a Public Health Advisory prioritizing Florida residents for the vaccines, days after Gov. Ron DeSantis said publicly that the shots should
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINDEN, LA (KTBS) — A mother and father have been arrested in the death of their 7-month-old daughter after an autopsy confirmed the infant died from methamphetamine intoxication, Minden Police Chief Steve Cropper said. Randavious Mosley, 26 and Shondreka McGlothen, 26, both of Minden were booked into the
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday rejected Republican demands to back away from an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, even as she would not say when she would send the impeachment article to the Senate to begin the process. The timing of former Trump’s Senate impeachment trial after the House impeached him on
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WASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s top expert on infectious diseases and President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci offered a glimmer of hope at a White House press briefing on Thursday, saying that despite “a very, very high rate” of new infections, he thinks that cases may be hitting a plateau. “Right now,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GAFFNEY, South Carolina (WHNS) — The Gaffney Fire Chief said Thursday afternoon that crews responded to a home to rescue a man who had fallen into a well. The incident happened at an address on Broad Street. A 73-year-old man was doing work in the house when he
Continue Reading The Defense Department will pause construction of the wall along the US-Mexico border as it reviews President Joe Biden’s executive order calling for construction to grind to a halt. The Army Corps of Engineers, which provides direction and oversight of border projects, “will take the appropriate actions in accordance with the (executive order),” said Raini
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin (WDJT ) — As the Green Bay Packers get ready for the NFC Championship game on Sunday, January 24, local retailers are also staying busy. “As they win, us in the sports memorabilia business, we win also,” Jeff’s Sports Inc. owner Jeff Lemieux said. The Brookfield
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(CNN Español) — El 21 de enero de 2020 Estados Unidos confirmó el primer caso del nuevo coronavirus, que había aparecido en 2019 en Wuhan, China, y que en enero 7 fue identificado como un nuevo virus. El paciente, que no fue identificado, acababa de regresar de Wuhan y recibió atención en un hospital a
Continue Reading The House on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African American to run the department, must be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before
Continue Reading The Biden administration will seek a full five-year extension of a key nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia, according to a US official. The New START Treaty expires in just over two weeks on February 5. Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, will meet with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser,
Continue Reading As researchers around the world race to see if new coronavirus variants will pose a problem for the vaccines, a second study in two days says a variant from South Africa could possibly do just that. The variant was first spotted in South Africa in October and has now been found in more than a
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It had once been a transatlantic art scandal — or at least various actors of questionable intent would have you believe it was. Overheated, confusing and laden in the end with blatant racism, the case of the White House bust of Winston Churchill still persists. President Joe Biden has removed it from the Oval Office
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UPDATE, Jan. 22: A Chaparral man who allegedly carjacked a gas tanker truck from University Medical Center, and then led police on a high-speed chase along I-10 from El Paso to the outskirts of Las Cruces, made an initial court appearance on Friday. Noe Garcia, 32, appeared before a federal magistrate on a charge of
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The Covid-19 death toll in the United States will likely top 500,000 next month, President Joe Biden said in a news conference Thursday, as he portrayed his administration’s plan to respond to the pandemic as a “wartime undertaking.” Part of that plan involves asking Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his
Continue Reading Questions have arisen over the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump’s impending trial in the Senate. Trump is the first president to be impeached twice and would be the first ex-president to have his impeachment tried in the Senate while out of office. House Democrats are expected to send the articles of impeachment to the
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Every day lately, there are headlines about carjackings in Chicago. Now, one woman is taking matters into her own hands to protect other women. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reported Wednesday, Afrika Porter of Hyde Park is turning to men to be part of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is moving quickly to install retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense. The House on Thursday easily passed a waiver that would allow Austin to hold the position. All signs point to quick action in the Senate after that, which means Austin could be confirmed as defense
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have moved out of their Washington, DC, home, and have signed a one-year lease on a luxury condo in Miami at the Arte, an expensive oceanfront residential building, a source familiar with the couple’s move confirmed to CNN. The last of their moving trucks departed the now-vacant property in the
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