Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — It’s a first for one major local beauty pageant: a transgender person is now the reigning titleholder. Kataluna Enriquez won Miss Silver State USA, the biggest preliminary competition for the Miss Nevada USA pageant. Enriquez has won transgender pageants before and entered other cisgender
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After a year of criticism by health experts, mockery from comedians and blistering critiques from political rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing unabashedly tall among the nation’s governors on the front lines of the coronavirus fight. “Everyone told me I was wrong,” DeSantis, a Republican, said in a fundraising appeal on Tuesday, drawing attention
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Here’s a look at the Iditarod dogsled race. The event is named after the Iditarod Trail, an old mail and supply route, traveled by dogsleds from Seward and Knik to Nome, Alaska. March 15, 2021 – Dallas Seavey wins his fifth Iditarod. March 18, 2020 – Thomas Waerner wins his first Iditarod. Facts The race
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — It was in the parking lot of Parkview Flats on Bradyville Pike Monday morning in Murfreesboro when Latoya Moore’s car was stolen. She was about to drive her daughter to school when she turned the car on and noticed she forgot her wallet. So
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London is fighting to maintain its standing as the best city outside New York for bankers and traders to do business. The British capital lost significant ground in the first Global Financial Centers Index published since the United Kingdom completed its exit from the European Union, barely holding onto its No. 2 spot in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ONTARIO, California (KABC) — A house full of fireworks exploded in Ontario Tuesday, setting multiple structures on fire. At least two people were killed in the incident. The huge blast was felt and seen for miles. Residents as far away as Anaheim and Huntington Beach reported feeling the
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The jurors selected so far in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd are unnamed and unseen on camera, but we do know basic details about them. As of Wednesday, four men and three women have been chosen to serve on the jury during the trial in Minneapolis. Of the seven jurors, four
Continue Reading Winter is on its way out. The days are getting longer, vaccinations are ramping up and an end to the pandemic could be in sight. But murder hornets don’t care about any of that. Warmer weather is when they thrive, and scientists in the US and Canada are preparing for the next Asian giant hornet
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Thousands of pennies, dumped at Andreas Flatens house in the middle of the night as a form of payment for his final check from A OK Walker Luxury Auto shop, according to him. “Probably a thousand dollars’ worth of pennies and a little love note,”
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Scott Disick is finally revealing what went wrong between him and his ex-girlfriend, Sofia Richie. The reality star spoke to his ex, Kourtney Kardashian, in a new clip from the final season of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which premieres on Sunday. “I think people come into our lives and think it’s maybe easier than
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(CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden desalentó a los posibles migrantes de ir a Estados Unidos mientras su administración se apresura a responder a una oleada de niños inmigrantes no acompañados que ingresan al país. «Puedo decir con bastante claridad: no vengan», dijo Biden a ABC en una entrevista transmitida el martes. El presidente continuó:
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A mother and father on Staten Island are showing gratitude to the New York cops who saved their baby girl when she stopped breathing. Through a hallway and down four flights of stairs, Franklin Mansari was racing for help. The frantic father’s baby girl
Continue Reading Senate Democrats on Wednesday are set to introduce the sweeping election and voting rights package passed by the House earlier this month, one that, if passed, would counteract Republican efforts at the state level to curb access to the ballot box. The For the People Act, or S1, aims to expand voting access nationwide. Democrats
Continue Reading A string of shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday left eight people dead — six of them reported to be Asian women, raising concerns from some public officials that the attacks could be racially motivated. Police have not yet offered a motive in the shootings, which happened over an hour Tuesday before
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President Joe Biden said that his dog, Major, is working with a trainer at Biden’s home in Delaware following a biting incident at the White House. “Is Major out of the dog house?” ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos asked in a one-on-one interview with the President that aired on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday. “The answer
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso health officials announced eight coronavirus-related deaths and 180 new cases Wednesday morning. The latest deaths include: 1 man in his 40s2 woman in their 60s1 man in his 60s3 men in their 70s1 woman in her 80s El Paso County’s pandemic death increased to 2,275. The number of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO ) — While communities are pitted against each other a woman facing a troubling diagnosis found genuine connections through a social media app known for dancing influencers. “There’s a lot of stereotypes and negative connotations with social media in general,” said Tricia Melland. “Sure,
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Strawberries continue to lead the “Dirty Dozen” list of fruits and veggies that contain the highest levels of pesticides, followed by spinach, a trio of greens — kale, collard and mustard — nectarines, apples, and grapes, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Cherries came in seventh on the
Continue Reading President Joe Biden again reiterated he intends to raise taxes for the most wealthy Americans in an ABC News interview aired Wednesday, saying “anybody making more than $400,000 a year will see a small to significant tax increase.” He also pledged that individual Americans who make less than $400,000 — which is more than 90%
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — “You see it happening across the country and I didn’t expect that it would hit us so close to home,” Noah said Tuesday afternoon about an incident that involved his father-in-law, John. It was a scary moment for John, who takes a walk in
Continue Reading Here’s a look at immigration to the United States. Legal Immigration Statistics 2019 – 1,031,765 people are granted lawful permanent residence in the United States. The top countries of origin of these “green card” recipients, or LPRs: — Mexico = 153,502 — China = 60,029 — India = 51,139 — Dominican Republic = 49,815 —
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer Mother: Ruth (Nuneviller) Steinem Marriage: David Bale (2000-2003, his death) Education: Smith College, B.A., 1956 Other Facts Steinem’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Perlmutter
Continue Reading “The Talk” co-host Sharon Osbourne is fighting back against accusations she has used racist and homophobic language while speaking about her former colleagues on the CBS talk show. The accusations were made Tuesday in a story written by journalist Yashar Ali, citing former “Talk” co-host Leah Remini, who spoke on the record in the piece,
Continue Reading Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before lawmakers Wednesday morning, where he is expected to face questions about the ongoing influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. His appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee comes as the Biden administration struggles to accommodate the growing number of children crossing the US-Mexico border alone against
Continue Reading Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no vibrant, green parades, group celebrations, or religious coming-togethers for a second year in a row in Ireland today. The country is confined to the strictest level 5 lockdown with a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) travel limit. And while we will still be adorned in shamrocks, and landmarks across
Continue Reading St. Patrick’s Day was the first major holiday of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, and we’ve learned sobering lessons since then. Young, healthy people who were infected around St. Patrick’s Day have suffered long-term complications. And infections have been spread by people with no symptoms. But this St. Patrick’s Day, Americans have a new
Continue Reading As business leaders warn about the risks of a corporate tax hike, the world’s largest asset manager is decidedly unfazed. The resurgent US economy can handle it, BlackRock executive Rick Rieder told CNN Business. The White House is laying the groundwork for lifting the corporate tax rate above its current level of 21% to help
Continue Reading The statistics are staggering. More than 400,000 migrant children have crossed the US border without their parents since 2003. And each time a new wave arrives, political controversy follows. The numbers are on the rise again, with some children arriving who are as young or 6 or 7. This increase is sparking fierce debate in
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “will pay a price” for his efforts to undermine the 2020 US election following a landmark American intelligence assessment which found that the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with the aim of “denigrating” Biden’s candidacy. “He will pay a price,” Biden said of Putin in an interview
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general says a lawsuit he filed against the energy company Griddy will keep about 24,000 Texans from having to pay $29.1 million in unpaid bills related to last month’s winter storms. “My office sued Griddy Energy, under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, to hold them accountable for their
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