Jack Ma just made his first public appearance in months as his tech empire continues to face scrutiny from Chinese regulators. The billionaire co-founder of Alibaba resurfaced Wednesday, in a video published by Chinese state media. He was shown speaking to teachers in rural China as part of a philanthropic event. The video was published
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The Trump administration will not have its own signature collection to display in the White House China Room — another departure from protocol for the outgoing first family. Timing and exorbitant cost prevented outgoing first lady Melania Trump from following through on the collection, the patterns and colors for which she had selected, according to
Continue Reading The jobs crisis roared on during Donald Trump’s last full week as president, with 900,000 Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis. It was down from the prior week’s upswing, when claims rose to 926,000. It’s a good sign that benefit applications fell again, but “good” is relative here: Millions of
Continue Reading The formal dress and matching coat worn by first lady Jill Biden Wednesday night for inaugural festivities were designed with inspiration from new administration’s message of unity, says the designer Gabriela Hearst. “Unity makes strength, and it is needed for the road ahead,” Hearst said in a statement. In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden
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Amanda Gorman is fast becoming a household name after she delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the US Capitol on Wednesday, challenging Americans to unify and “leave behind a country better than the one we were left.” And if her words to the country weren’t incredible enough, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate has two
Continue Reading US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Wednesday that he has been asked to leave his role as the nation’s top doctor by incoming President Joe Biden’s team “I’ve been asked by the Biden team to step down as Surgeon General. Its been the honor of my life to serve this Nation, and I will
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HOLLYWOOD, California — Occasionally a reboot comes along that’s so different from the original you wonder why they bothered. “Walker” is one of those, dropping the “Texas Ranger” part of the title from the CBS series that signed off 20 years ago, and trading in Chuck Norris for “Supernatural’s” Jared Padalecki, in what feels more
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You wouldn’t know it from her commanding delivery at the inauguration, but up until a few years ago, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman struggled to overcome speech impediment. For much of her life, including when she was still an undergraduate at Harvard, Gorman had trouble pronouncing the letter “R.” To practice saying the letter,
Continue Reading US President Joe Biden’s foreign policy to-do list is long, complicated, and may soon hit speed bumps left by his predecessor. In the past four years, tensions with China and Iran have grown, Russia has gone rogue, North Korea has become a greater nuclear threat and relationships with allies have been damaged. But perhaps the
Continue Reading In remarks prepared for delivery ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday, transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg previews his vision for the department. Read his statement: cnn.com/2021/01/21/politics/buttigieg-transportation-opening-statement/index.html
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(Editor’s note: Winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 40-53-60-68-69 and a Powerball of 22.) LONACONING, Maryland — The latest jackpot-winning Powerball ticket, worth $731.1 million, was sold in a struggling coal mining town whose biggest previous claim to fame was being the hometown of baseball legend Lefty Grove. Someone bought it at Coney
Continue Reading A leader of the Proud Boys, an extremist group that took part in the US Capitol insurrection, was taken into custody and is facing charges, federal officials said. Joseph Randall Biggs, 37, of Florida was arrested Wednesday and is facing three counts — obstruction of a proceeding, entering restricted grounds and disorderly conduct — for
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President Joe Biden’s first full day in office Thursday will include an intelligence briefing and a meeting with his administration’s Covid-19 team, according to a schedule released by the White House late Wednesday. Read the schedule, which is subject to change and doesn’t reflect all of the President’s daily activities, below: 10 a.m. ET: The
Continue Reading Tim McGraw did not feel like a spring chicken when he learned that Taylor Swift was naming a song named after him. As you may recall, Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw,” was released in 2006 off her self-titled album. “I thought, have I gotten to that age now to where they’re singing songs about me?
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On Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. He was not arrested beforehand. Nor were any of the other high-profile Democratic politicians who attended the inauguration. Donald Trump didn’t declare martial law. He flew to Florida quietly. And thus died one of the longest-lasting and most widespread conspiracy theories
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — State funding could be on the line if school systems like Metro Schools don’t reopen their doors soon. It’s a new proposal being considered in this week’s special legislative session. It would require school systems to provide in-person instruction for a minimum of 70
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A woman called News 4 Nashville in tears after she says the puppies that she wanted never arrived. “I feel really stupid. And there’s nothing I can do about it,” Deborah McCahon said. $1,000 gone and no puppies to keep her company. “And now,
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We are all better after a decent night’s sleep — and insects are no different. But two new studies have found a commonly used pesticide is disrupting the sleep of bees and flies — with big consequences for the important insects. In one study, researchers looked at the effect of pesticides on bumblebee behavior by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KCTV) — Teneka Moore is St. Louis’ queen of bling. She’s been making everyday items sparkle since 2012. She started making sparkly baby gifts for her daughter, Taylor, who her company “TaylorMade Bling” is named after. Moore’s latest project stood out on a historic day
Continue Reading Good news and bad news for Chrissy Teigen. President Biden followed her on Twitter but she also lost a tooth. The model and cookbook author was at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration to support her husband John Legend, who performed Wednesday evening. While indulging in a late-night Fruit Roll-Up she revealed the sticky snack had yanked
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues Thursday as an upper low moves through the borderland. We will see scattered rain showers this morning and afternoon with rain totals ranging from .10 to .50 inches. There will be periods of light to moderate rain, cloudy skies, and cold temperatures. The rain will move out tonight. The next
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The Negro League Baseball Museum is holding a news conference Thursday morning to make what they are calling a “major announcement.” That is set to happen at 10 a.m. Jackson County Executive Frank White and Mayor Quinton Lucas will be on hand. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — College students across Oregon have been back on their college campuses for a couple of weeks, and COVID-19 cases among students were trending up again. The University of Oregon reported 27 new positive cases among students on Tuesday. Oregon State University reported the most
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BAINBRIDGE, Pa. (WPMT) — A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Lancaster County sold a winning Mega Millions® ticket worth $1 million for Tuesday night’s drawing. The ticket matched all five white balls are drawn, 10-19-26-28-50, but not the yellow Mega Ball 16, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Police said at least four gatherings of demonstrators and protesters were planned for Inauguration Day in Portland. By Wednesday afternoon, one group that gathered at Revolution Hall and marched toward the Burnside Bridge had already shown “aggression” toward police, including swarming and throwing objects
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We have entered the era of coronavirus anniversaries. Today marks one year since the announcement of the first patient with Covid-19 in the United States. It happened in Washington state, where a male in his 30s who had just returned from visiting Wuhan, China, started experiencing symptoms and quickly sought help at a clinic. Unlike
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(CNN Español) — El coordinador del coronavirus de la Casa Blanca, Jeff Zients, dijo que cree que el suministro de vacunas será adecuado para cumplir con el objetivo de la administración Biden de administrar 100 millones de inyecciones en 100 días. «En términos de proyecciones específicas de los fabricantes, sabemos que hay suficiente suministro para
Continue Reading (CNN) — El recién juramentado presidente Joe Biden y sus asesores no heredarán ningún plan de distribución de vacunas contra el coronavirus del gobierno de Trump, dijeron fuentes a CNN, lo que representa un desafío significativo para la nueva Casa Blanca. La administración de Biden ha prometido tratar de revertir la pandemia de covid-19 y
Continue Reading For years, believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory had been waiting for the moment when a grand plan would be put into action and secret members of a supposed Satanic pedophilia ring at the highest ranks of government and Hollywood would suddenly be exposed, rounded up and possibly even publicly executed. They were nearly always
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President Joe Biden is calling for unity, but with an impeachment trial of an ex-President around the corner, a long list of nominations still to be confirmed in the US Senate and Republicans already casting doubt on the need for another massive Covid-19 relief package, don’t expect the mirage of bipartisanship to last long. Biden’s
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