Sidney Powell, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, filed an eye-popping brief this week that could potentially doom her chances of dismissing a $1.3 billion defamation suit and provide ammunition in a separate lawsuit seeking her disbarment. Powell, who repeatedly pressed unfounded claims of voter fraud on the airwaves and in court, now says that “reasonable”
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Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WFOR) — Disney is testing facial recognition technology. A company blog reports the park is testing the feature for guests. According to the blog, the technology captures an image of a guest’s face, converting that picture into a unique number. That number is then linked to a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The remains of a World War II hero are finally home, nearly 80 years after his death. A procession carried the remains of Marine Private Jacob Cruz after his flag-draped coffin was taken back to Southern California. Cruz was among the 1,000 Marines
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After centuries of carrying out executions, Virginia on Wednesday became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty after Gov. Ralph Northam signed historic legislation into law that ends capital punishment in the commonwealth. “We can’t give out the ultimate punishment without being 100% sure that we’re right. And we can’t sentence people to that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOULDER, Colorado (KCNC) — Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley was among the 10 people killed when a gunman opened fire at a King Soopers Monday afternoon. The 51-year-old father of seven was the first to respond to the scene at the grocery store on Table Mesa Drive. In
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Authorities in Los Angeles County say they are investigating an incident at a “Stop Asian Hate” rally over the weekend as a potential hate crime. As demonstrators marched through a crosswalk in the city of Diamond Bar on Sunday to protest racism and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a male suspect drove through a red light at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLANO, Texas (KTVT) — Plano police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who was caught on-camera abusing a horse. The incident happened February 28, at 12:28am. The barn manager confronted the suspect, who said he was “just petting the horses” and fled the location on
Continue Reading President Joe Biden announced the release of $81 billion in funding from the Covid-19 relief law for school reopening Wednesday, part of the administration’s efforts toward getting the majority of schools opened in his first 100 days in office and addressing inequity caused by the pandemic. “I’m really proud to announce that starting today, states
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — It appears as though Justin Rohrwasser’s Patriots career is over without the kicker ever playing in a game for New England. The team waived Rohrwasser on Tuesday. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Mike Reiss. The Patriots went off the board by drafting Rohrwasser
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Months before the US Food and Drug Administration even authorized the first Covid-19 vaccine, there were many conversations and debates going on about who should be put at the front of the line to get it. Different advisory panels and patient advocacy groups came out with suggested recommendations. Eventually, the US Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading When President Barack Obama was in office and the White House needed to reach Sen. Joe Manchin, one person was always tasked with making the call: then-Vice President Joe Biden. Manchin arrived in Washington as a former governor, filling the seat of the legendary Robert C. Byrd. He had little interest in talking to staff
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Prince Harry has found a new gig: The Duke of Sussex joined a startup called BetterUp as chief impact officer, which provides mental health services and coaching to clients online. The job announcement came weeks after he and wife Meghan Markle’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they spoke on the mental health struggles
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is tasking Vice President Kamala Harris with overseeing efforts with Central American countries to stem the flow of migrants to the US southern border, the first major issue Biden has assigned directly to his No. 2. “I asked her, the VP, today, because she’s the most qualified person to do it, to
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(CNN Español) –– El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, anunció este martes varias medidas de prevención contra el covid-19, como toque de queda, que se aplicarán durante los próximos días, incluyendo Semana Santa, en municipios donde la ocupación de camas UCI esté por encima del 50% y 70%. «Pico y cédula en aquellos municipios donde
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The White headmaster of a Catholic school on Long Island has resigned following reports that he had a Black student kneel in apology last month, calling it “the African way” to apologize. The headmaster was temporarily removed from his job at St. Martin de Porres School in Hempstead, New York, over the weekend, after parent
Continue Reading HuffPost has finally found its new editor in chief. Danielle Belton, the editor in chief of The Root, will take the helm of the publication that is now owned by BuzzFeed and which faced significant layoffs earlier this month. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced the news in an email to staff on Wednesday. “When I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Harold Meyer has made this trip before. He has been making it for years now. He spends the night at a friend’s condo at the Lake of the Ozarks, then continues on to Jefferson City where he sits in a parole board room with
Continue Reading Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to know why the Biden administration isn’t more concerned that BlackRock manages $9 trillion in assets — more than the annual GDP of any country not named the United States or China. At a hearing held by the Senate Banking Committee, Warren noted that the Federal Reserve began designating very large
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Connecticut (WFSB) — Plymouth police have arrested a man who is accused of spreading roofing nails across the roadway to target police cars. Police said from December 24, 2020 to January 14, 2021, the police department was the subject of multiple criminal mischief incidents. On three separate
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Dos meses después de iniciada la vacunación contra el covid-19 en Ecuador en medio de críticas, tropiezos e investigaciones judiciales, el presidente Lenín Moreno admitió que no existe un plan de vacunación oficial para inocular a la población. Moreno insistió en que el exministro de Salud Juan Carlos Zevallos, quien renunció a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville man and his family were heading to dinner when a rock came crashing down into their windshield. It happened Sunday while Jayson Chance and his family were heading south on Ellington Parkway in East Nashville. “It was a scary moment for sure,”
Continue Reading The White House is weighing whether to issue a number of gun safety measures through executive action even as they publicly press Congress to move ahead on legislation aimed at curbing violence. The executive actions could include requiring background checks on sales of so-called “ghost guns” and other measures, Biden administration officials tell CNN. The
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NEW MEXICO – The state’s Department of Health provided a Covid-19 update Wednesday, pointing out the state no longer has any county in the ‘Red’ in its Covid-19 ‘Red to Green’ map. Doña Ana County remained in the Yellow level. The county will stay in the Yellow for the next two weeks, until officials update
Continue Reading Both of the President and first lady’s dogs, Major and Champ, have returned to the White House after spending some time in Delaware following a biting incident involving Major, according to Jill Biden’s press secretary Michael LaRosa. The two German shepherds returned to Washington after Major worked with a trainer at the Bidens’ home in
Continue Reading (CNN) — El príncipe Harry tiene un nuevo trabajo. Ahora es Chief Impact Officer (director de Impacto) en Betterup, una empresa de coaching tecnológico con sede en San Francisco. El príncipe Harry se describe en la página del equipo de liderazgo de la empresa como «un veterano humanitario, militar, defensor del bienestar mental y ambientalista».
Continue Reading A leader among the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers said he was coordinating with the Proud Boys about how their members would work together at the US Capitol on January 6, according to a new court filing from prosecutors late Tuesday night. Facebook chats made public in the filing by the Justice Department show Kelly
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When Luke Stark sought money from Google in November he had no idea he’d be turning down $60,000 from the tech giant in March. Stark, an assistant professor at Western University in Ontario, Canada, studies the social and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence. In late November, he applied for a Google Research Scholar award, a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DARIEN, Illinois (WQAD) — A baby boy was born during rush hour on an interstate outside of Chicago. Around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, Illinois State Police troopers were called to a vehicle on Interstate 55 where a baby was being delivered, south of Darien, Illinois. When troopers
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In an exclusive story with ABC-7 the Executive Director of the Gospel Rescue Mission said it will soon undergo a quarter million dollar renovation. The Gospel Rescue Mission is located at 1050 West Amador Ave., it is now 30 years old, it can house up to 100 people. Henry Young,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — Just hours after its sibling hatched, a second eaglet hatched in the Hays bald eagle nest in Pittsburgh on Tuesday evening. The Audubon Society confirmed the second eaglet emerged from its shell just before 10 p.m. Its sibling hatched around 4 a.m. Tuesday. “This is
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