WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden told House Democrats on a conference call Wednesday he is open to narrowing the distribution of $1,400 stimulus checks in his Covid-19 relief proposal to focus on poor and middle-class people, according to audio of the call obtained by CNN “I think we can better target the number,” he
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The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine appears to substantially reduce transmission of the virus, rather than simply preventing symptomatic infections, UK researchers have suggested. The rate of positive PCR tests declined by about half after two doses, according to preliminary results by researchers at the University of Oxford that have yet to be peer reviewed. Their analysis,
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Along Portland’s Northeast 33rd Drive near Sunderland Avenue, an abundance of garbage, debris is mixed in with the long string of cars and RVs parked along the roadside and spilling into an empty muddy tract of land. “This is very depressing but it’s also
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Two Ohio Republican state lawmakers want to designate June 14 as an annual state holiday honoring former President Donald Trump. In a memo sent last week to members of the Ohio state House, GOP Reps. Jon Cross and Reggie Stoltzfus called on their colleagues to co-sponsor their bill, which looks to declare June 14 —
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“Jeff is not leaving.” That is what Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky told analysts on the company’s earnings call Tuesday — a call that Bezos wasn’t even on, despite the announcement moments earlier that he would be stepping down as CEO later this year, with Andy Jassy as his successor. (Bezos will remain as
Continue Reading “Jeff is not leaving.” That is what Amazon chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky told analysts on the company’s earnings call Tuesday — a call that Bezos wasn’t even on, despite the announcement moments earlier that he would be stepping down as CEO later this year, with Andy Jassy as his successor. (Bezos will remain as
Continue Reading Ashley Vanderbilt says her four-year-old daughter Emmerson knew “something was wrong with her mom.” “I wasn’t one hundred percent there like I should have been,” she recalls. After November’s election she spent days on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube becoming indoctrinated into the world of QAnon. By inauguration day, she was convinced that if then President-elect
Continue Reading Ford revealed a redesigned version of its F-150 Raptor high-performance pickup truck Wednesday with a more squared-edged looks and a wider headlight-to-headlight grill. It also comes with a new high-tech suspension that responds almost instantaneously to changing terrain. What it won’t have is a lot more power than the last F-150 Raptor, so Ford is
Continue Reading Critics have slammed Tesla for Model 3 quality issues for years. And now CEO Elon Musk is admitting even his harshest critic was right. In early 2018 engineering consultant Sandy Munro, who tears apart and reverse-engineers cars to assess quality, issued a brutal appraisal of the Model 3 citing “flaws that we would see on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WALA) — The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday passed SB 126, a bill to allow home delivery of distilled spirits in original containers from package stores, and from restaurants and bars with a meal purchase. Senator J.T. Waggoner introduced the bill in the Senate, and a
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(CNN) — México emitió una autorización de uso de emergencia para la vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik V de Rusia, dijo el martes el viceministro de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell, durante una conferencia de prensa. La vacuna rusa Sputnik V tiene una efectividad del 91,6% para prevenir el covid-19, sugiere un análisis provisional “México ya firmó
Continue Reading The pandemic is shining a spotlight on America’s inequality problem, but the nation’s economic playing field was far from level long before the virus hit — even as the US job market grew to its strongest point in 50 years. Covid-19 exacerbated the wage, wealth and income inequality that that was already present. Politicians and
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Athletes and officials will not be required to receive a Covid-19 vaccine in order to take part in this year’s Tokyo Games, organizers announced on Wednesday. It comes as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published its first version of the Tokyo 2020 “Playbook” which outlines the rules and safety regulations that will be put in
Continue Reading The number of Black executives at the very top of the biggest companies on the London Stock Exchange has fallen to zero. There are no Black CEOs, CFOs or chairs in the FTSE 100 index for the first time in six years, according to a study published on Wednesday by Green Park, an executive recruitment
Continue Reading As China sharpens its antitrust crackdown on the country’s massive tech companies, two of the industry’s biggest players are taking the fight to each other. Douyin — the Chinese version of short-form video app TikTok -— sued Tencent on Tuesday, claiming that the Shenzhen-based social media firm has abused its “market dominance” to edge out
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Police are asking the public for information to help identify people seen in video driving snowmobiles on the interstate in Kenosha County during this weekend’s snowstorm. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department said if the public has any information on those individuals, they should contact
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday, Feb. 3, that he has granted another 37 pardons. The Governor’s Pardon Advisory Board heard from applicants virtually on Dec. 11, 2020, and again on Jan. 8, 2021. Applicants whom the Board recommended for pardon were forwarded to Gov.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Lincoln police say a 25-year-old man suspected of breaking into two jewelry stores Jan. 4 searched on his phone for a jewelry store near him before targeting the shops early that morning. Bryce Peterson was in court Tuesday on two burglary charges.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The Super Bowl is coming up, and restaurants in our region are busy preparing. The big game means big business for bars and restaurants — serving up tons of takeout pizza, sandwiches, and of course, wings. “We anticipate selling about 30,000 wings on Super
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — One day a dispute over shoveling snow ended in a double murder-suicide in Luzerne County, another fight broke out in Scranton. This time no one was hurt. While digging out from nearly a foot and a half of snow in North Scranton, police said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A 71-year-old Lebanon County man was carrying an AR-15 rifle, two handguns, rope, gloves, a large amount of ammunition, and $5,000 in cash and was allegedly on his way to Washington, D.C. to kill government officials when he was arrested in Shippensburg last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Firefighters responded to a second alarm structure fire on the 200 block of York Street near East Middle Street in Hanover Borough, York County on Feb. 3. The person who called the fire in reported seeing smoke in a hallway between two of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Key West, Florida (WRAL) — A tourist from North Carolina died following a snorkeling trip off the Florida Keys, sheriff’s officials said. Erica Michelle Brown, 42, had been snorkeling with family and friends on a Fury Watersports boat on Sunday afternoon when she began signaling for help, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — “I didn’t have my taste, I didn’t have my smell, I was extremely tired,” said Chandler Maynard as she thought back to when she had COVID-19 around Halloween last year. “I had about every single symptom that they tell you,” she said. But like many
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Houston (KTRK) — Experts say vaccines are the best bet at fighting the more contagious COVID-19 variants, and while some are pushing back, many more are anxiously awaiting their turn. Now, there’s a new push to get truck drivers to the front of the line. Eyewitness News spoke
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Decatur, Georgia (Herald & Review) — Dramatic body cam footage shows the moment Decatur police say one of their officers had to draw and fire his service firearm to defend himself from an armed suspect who had just shot at him. Both the suspect, 47-year-old Springfield man Gregory
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Willie Shorter woke up early Tuesday morning, donned some heavy canvas overalls and a thick knit hat, and found a pair of gloves. His anger didn’t need to be warmed. Shorter, 52, who has lived in The Heritage, 501 W. 3rd St., Davenport,
Continue Reading Joseph Flavill slipped out of one world and woke up in another. On March 1, 2020, when the 19-year-old was struck by a car in Staffordshire, central England, the United Kingdom had recorded just 23 cases of a concerning new virus. The vast majority of Covid-19 infections were still confined to China, and the United
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Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best in television and film, were announced Wednesday. This year’s nominees are a mix of old and new, highlighting what we’ve been watching from home while in quarantine. Netflix led in both television and film nominations, including the drama “Mank,” which led with six nods.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York City (WABC) — The major nor’easter on Monday didn’t stop the violence in NYC as at least six people were shot during the blizzard-like conditions. One of the victims was a 26-year-old woman who was shot through the wall of her apartment on Washington Avenue in
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