President Donald Trump seemed to be a teflon president. It didn’t matter how big things seem to get — Trump’s political career seemed to be impermeable. That was until Trump ran into President-elect Joe Biden. Now, Trump is just days away from leaving office and Biden is about to be inaugurated. Biden proved to be
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The American Petroleum Institute, the nation’s largest and most powerful oil lobby, is losing one of its biggest members over a disagreement about addressing the climate crisis. France’s Total announced Friday it is quitting the API because of the lobby’s stances on regulation and carbon pricing as well as its support for politicians who oppose
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(CNN Español) — Este sábado en una ceremonia en la Casa Grande del Pueblo el presidente de Bolivia, Luis Arce, posesionó a Jeyson Auza como nuevo ministro de Salud y Deportes, luego que Edgar Pozo, el anterior ministro, dejara el cargo por motivos de salud. “Valoramos la decisión de nuestro exministro de dar un paso
Continue Reading A realignment in TV news is under way. Fox News Channel’s ratings have sagged ever since Election Day. And CNN’s ratings have surged to historic levels. These shifts are related, but complicated. It’s not as simple as “X is up so Y is down.” People who don’t normally watch a lot of cable news are
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WASHINGTON, DC — Thanks to the pandemic and the push to get stimulus payments out quickly, the 2021 federal tax filing season will start a little late this year. The IRS now says it will begin accepting federal tax returns on February 12. Normally, tax filing season begins in the second half of January. Pushing it back a few
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Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Police are searching for a person reported missing in Carlisle on Friday. Authorities say Jean Dumorin was reported missing/endangered by his father. Jean left his house at his unknown time, police said. He is described as a black male, 5 feet 10 inches
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Jared McCune says the ice rink at the Wright Township Recreational Park used to look a lot different than it does now and he remembers spending a lot of time playing hockey there. “We’d skip school. We’d play all day; we’d be at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VAN BUREN, Arkansas (KFSM) — Fort Smith Attorney Joey McCutchen announced Friday (Jan. 15) that he has filed suit against the City of Van Buren and Mayor Joe Hurst after a float displaying the Confederate flag was not allowed in the city’s Christmas parade. According to McCutchen, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Adrian Amos has the Packers defense hitting their stride at the perfect time, but who knows where they’d be without Geraldine Thompson. “I was a grandma’s boy.” Grandma’s house was Adrian’s second home growing up. She was a little weary of football. “She
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WASHINGTON, DC — Officials are warning Americans not to mistake their new pandemic economic stimulus payments for junk mail. The IRS says about 8 million people will receive their payments in debit cards mailed to their homes. That’s on top of others who will get checks in the mail. So government officials are asking Americans to keep
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There is already a reward for information leading to the person or people responsible for writing “TRUMP” on a manatee in Florida, but actor Dave Bautista is taking it a step further. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star announced an additional reward on his Twitter account on Monday. “If there’s not already a reward for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — The Gresham Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing 14-year-old girl who ran away from home. Brianna Hoard was last seen at 6 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Northeast Hale Place. Brianna is described as 5 feet 3
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — More waiting for Honolulu residents hoping to receive more rent relief. The city wants to continue the program but Mayor Rick Blangiardi told KITV4 on Friday night there is no money for it in the latest round of Federal assistance. “Right now best I
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Kamala Harris will be sworn in Wednesday as the next vice president of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a Harris aide. Harris will make history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president, and she will be sworn in by the first Hispanic and third
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One month after the first dose was administered in the United States, Covid-19 vaccinations lag far behind early promises from the federal government. Yet, despite reports of technology hiccups, changes to allocated supply and other logistical hurdles, some states have risen as clear leaders in efficient Covid-19 vaccination efforts. More than 31 million Covid-19 vaccine
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Donald Trump may be leaving the White House in a few days, but the umbrella of conspiracy theories he inspired is only just arriving in Washington. The chief theory known as QAnon — that the US government is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles only Trump can expose — began nearly four years ago
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his White House science team, including his nominee for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. “These are among the brightest, most dedicated people not only in the country but the world,” Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware. Eric Lander is the President-elect’s nominee to
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have dropped a playlist to keep your at-home celebration in tune with the upcoming inauguration’s “America United” theme. The 46 songs feature artists from across the music spectrum to honor the 46th President taking the oath of office. The playlist is part of the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s
Continue Reading President Donald Trump‘s “actions and rhetoric” have tarnished the administration’s legacy, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a resignation letter submitted this week. Azar submitted the standard resignation letter for a Cabinet secretary to offer an outgoing president, dated January 12 and obtained by CNN Friday. In the letter, addressed to Trump,
Continue Reading Amanda Gorman was about halfway through writing the poem that she’ll deliver at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week when she watched in horror the deadly siege on the US Capitol. Typically, it takes the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate days to craft a new poem. She finished this one immediately. “It was like someone
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UPDATE, Jan. 22: An El Paso attorney maintained Friday that plans to have a historic district downtown that includes the Duranguito neighborhood are now effectively dead since a majority of property owners in the area have come out in opposition to it. Mark Osborn of the Kemp Smith law firm represents (on an unpaid, pro
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Colorado health officials will resume their review of a program allowing ketamine to be administered outside of hospital settings, an investigation initially announced after the death of Elijah McClain in police custody. The 23-year-old Black man died in August 2019 after paramedics administered the powerful anesthetic during a confrontation with police. A grand jury investigation
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UPDATE, Jan. 18: President-elect Joe Biden will now send his immigration bill to Congress on Wednesday, which is his inauguration day. The Washington Post reported Monday afternoon that in addition to the pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, the measure also includes “a heavy focus on addressing the root causes of migration from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PISGAH FOREST, North Carolina (WLOS) — In the confines of his garage, Chris Lewis gives new life to vehicles with a lot of mileage. “Last thing you want is a single mom stranded somewhere,” he said as he worked on a 2005 Acura MDX with about 145,000 miles
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHARLOTTE, Iowa (WQAD) — UPDATE: Twenty-nine-year-old Jesse Doran is now charged with two felonies, along with a parole violation. He’s facing charges for “control of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon” and first-degree burglary. He’s in the Clinton County Jail without bond. ORIGINAL: Two people, including
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President Donald Trump’s supporters were still rampaging through the US Capitol when the question arose: If these had been Black Lives Matter demonstrators instead of overwhelmingly White, militant Trump backers, how different would the police response have been? The Black Lives Matter Global Network hit the question hard in a statement following the Capitol siege.
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Electric will resume its standard billing, payment and collection practices in the coming weeks, but says it will work with customers who have fallen behind because of the pandemic. More than 40,000 El Paso residents are behind on their electric bills, according to the utility. That’s a major concern
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has been working to bolster conspiratorial claims that left-wing agitators played a dominant role in the last week’s Capitol riot. Giuliani claimed in a tweet on Friday that has since been removed by Twitter that the Capitol siege was carried out “by groups like ANTIFA trained to riot.”
Continue Reading Federal authorities are piecing together a chilling picture of the January 6 insurrection that reveals major security and intelligence failures, underscores profound fissures in American society and hints at the political challenges ahead for President-elect Joe Biden, even as they race to ensure the safety of US leaders and next week’s inauguration. Emerging details paint
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WASHINGTON, DC — The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and FBI Washington Field Office are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect that attacked a Capitol police officer as he wad being crushed by a door during the Jan. 6 siege. “During the insurrection at the United States Capitol, the suspect assaulted and used a clear
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