Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — On the eve of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris’ inaugurations, they invited Americans across the nation to come together to remember those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The death toll in the United States hit 400,000 Tuesday. They hosted a ceremony
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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump has arrived in Florida after leaving the White House for the final time as president. Trump said farewell to Washington early Wednesday, leaving before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Trump’s plane flew low along the coast as Biden’s inauguration played on TV on Fox News Channel. Trump’s family
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Sometime Monday, some of the remaining dead-enders convinced that President Trump will remain in office for at least the next four years got a sign. A Telegram account falsely purporting to be run by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was telling them that the moment they’d been waiting
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEB STAFF (KMOV) — Authorities have arrested and charged a man they say vandalized several businesses and non-profits in Jennings. St. Louis County Police Department had earlier identified the suspect as 40-year-old David Jackson of the 7100 block of Lamont Drive. He was taken into custody Tuesday. Authorities
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s era in Washington is over. The all-consuming, camera-hungry, truth-starved era that fixated the nation and exposed its darkest recesses officially concludes at noon Wednesday. The President, addled and mostly friendless, ended his time in the capital a few hours early to spare himself the humiliation of watching his successor be sworn in. “We
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Howard University’s marching band has taken part in presidential inaugurations before. But during today’s inaugural parade, they’ll be escorting one of their own. The renowned Showtime Marching Band will accompany Vice President Kamala Harris — an alumna of Howard University herself — to the White House shortly after she takes her oath of office, along
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(CNN Español) — Una explosión en un edificio en la calle Toledo de Madrid, España, deja varios heridos y al menos dos muertos. En declaraciones a la televisión autonómica de Madrid, el alcalde de la ciudad, José Luíz Martínez-Almeida, informó que la causa de la explosión en un edificio en la Calle Toledo este miércoles
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Novak Djokovic says his “good” intentions were “misconstrued” after a list of proposals he sent to Craig Tiley, the CEO of Tennis Australia, prompted a backlash from sections of the public. The Serb’s suggestions would have loosened the restrictions on the quarantining tennis players ahead of next month’s Australian Open and make their acclimation to
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President-Elect Biden has arrived at the capitol. @ABC Live coverage here: https://t.co/zGB9Qq55MT pic.twitter.com/fiMK8jUxsA— KVIA ABC-7 News (@abc7breaking) January 20, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has arrived at the U.S. Capitol ahead of his inauguration as the United States’ 46th president. Biden and his wife, Jill, arrived at the complex on Wednesday morning, about 90
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Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is resigning Wednesday at noon, ending a tenure marked by the things that didn’t happen, including no special counsels appointed despite pressure from the White House. In his nearly month-long tenure as acting attorney general, Rosen withstood pressure from President Donald Trump, who personally and through White House officials had
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The federal government didn’t act aggressively enough in 2009 to fight the Great Recession. And the economic recovery was weaker as a result. Joe Biden, as former President Obama’s vice president, learned that painful lesson firsthand. That’s why Biden is taking a go-big, or go-home approach now that he’s inheriting a fragile economy and the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un funcionario de la Corte Suprema le dijo a Ariane de Vogue de CNN que sí hubo una amenaza de bomba en la corte, pero que el edificio no ha sido evacuado. Información en desarrollo…
Continue Reading First lady Melania Trump did not write her own “thank you” notes to the White House residence staff who have cared for her and her family for the last four years, according to two sources with knowledge of the notes and Trump’s handling of them. The 80 or so staff who received the type written
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baldwin Co., AL (WALA) — A Baldwin County man was still in critical condition two days after being shot in the chest. That’s according to investigators with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office who said Colton Sims was shot by his stepdad during an altercation at the family’s home
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — As many hospitals and county health departments continue vaccinating, locally-owned pharmacies are pushing to join the fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Jerry Callahan owns five Medicine Shoppe locations in the St. Louis area. He said four of his sites were approved by
Continue Reading After campaigning on a promise to heal a fractured nation, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the work of uniting the country Wednesday when he is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on the West Front of the US Capitol — a mere two weeks after insurrectionists incited by President Donald Trump
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday as the next president of the United States on an Inauguration Day that will look like no other in modern history. In a major break with tradition, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will not welcome Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, TN (WSMV) — For 30 years, the Barry Family have lived in a quiet area of Lebanon. “It’s a peaceful neighborhood even for the animals,” said Allen Barry. For the last 11 years, their son’s dog Della was raised there like their own child. “This was, by
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak has ripped the facade off a residential building in central Madrid. The mayor says two people have died and at least two have been injured. The first images and footage shared on social media showed a tower of smoke coming out from the
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In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump refrained from the most outrageous possible abuses of the pardon power. Perhaps wary of causing political backlash, given his impending Senate impeachment trial, Trump has not pardoned himself, his children or his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. But make no mistake: With his final batch of
Continue Reading At the moment Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States, another transition of power will take place on social media. On Wednesday, Biden and his team will gain access to a long list of official government accounts across the major social media platforms, including the @POTUS account on Twitter.
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HOUSTON, Texas — Bow Wow has apologized for taking the stage in a packed nightclub in Houston over the weekend. The rapper, who also acts under his legal name Shad Moss, had received backlash on social media after he was seen in footage on stage appearing to perform for a mostly maskless crowd at Cle
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, MO (KMOV) — In just a few weeks, donors from across the country have helped a local business give away about $5,000 to restaurant servers across the St. Louis area. Nicole Genz, owner of RF Home Co. in Kirkwood, saw videos of the Venmo challenge on TikTok
Continue Reading The invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States will still have plenty of pomp. The National Mall has been shut down to keep people away, so we will all be spared another comparison
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The morning started out wet as rain moved in from the south and spread widespread showers through the area. The Gila region and Hudspeth county did see freezing rain and a rain-snow mix. It appears that most of the active weather will move out during the morning hours, although there will be slick spots on
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When President-elect Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech Wednesday, civil rights leaders are hoping for more than just promises, but a plan of action for racial healing. Biden will be entering the presidency at a time when the nation is divided after White rioters stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 in their refusal to
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On Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court justice, will meet on the largest stage in the country in an attempt to reset a nation in crisis. Harris and Sotomayor will exchange only a few words as they recite and repeat the vice presidential
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — After ten months of learning from home, students in New Haven returned to the classroom on Tuesday. They’ve been out since last March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Justin Elicker, who originally pushed for schools to reopen during the fall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (WNEP) — On almost every corner, there’s an opportunity to play the lottery nowadays. But it wasn’t one of these places where Newswatch 16 went to find out what players would do with their winnings. Instead, we turned to Facebook and asked viewers to joins us
Continue Reading Among incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration, many of which were rollbacks of Obama-era or earlier rules. Biden’s advisers have compiled a list of more than 100 rules and policies developed by the Trump administration that it sees as targets for review, CNN
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