Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina offered a blunt assessment on Thursday of where things stand in the bipartisan effort to craft a compromise to overhaul policing in the US, telling CNN, “I think we have a long way to go.” Calling progress “incremental,” Scott said the three key negotiators — himself, Democratic Sen.
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Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, CA (KOVR) — Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones is praising the Good Samaritan who risked his own safety, to save the little boy caught in the middle of the shooting that left an officer and a suspect dead Tuesday. That hero is choosing to stay out of
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s top health official is out of a job after the mayor said he learned human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of the group MOVE had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members. Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement Thursday that Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley
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WASHINGTON, DC — A bill named after U.S. Army specialist Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered at Texas’ Fort Hood Army base last year, was reintroduced Thursday in Congress. Guillen, 20, was allegedly killed by another soldier at the Killeen base on April 22, 2020. Her family says she told them she’d been sexually harassed by a sergeant months before her death.
Continue Reading After years of encouraging Democrats and voters to take a meritocratic approach when evaluating candidates for office, Republicans are coming under fire for insisting that ousted House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney must be replaced by another woman. Before the Wyoming congresswoman was booted from her leadership post in a vote on Wednesday, House Republicans
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Tesla’s Chinese sales last month were much weaker than they originally appeared. Although Tesla does not report monthly sales or regional revenue, the China Passenger Car Association earlier this week estimated Tesla’s Chinese sales were down 27% from March to just under 26,000 cars — much worse than the overall 10% decline in China’s electric
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Seven members of the New York Yankees’ coaching and support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 despite being inoculated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the baseball team’s manager said. Six of the seven do not have symptoms, Aaron Boone said Wednesday. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 72% effective against Covid-19 among US
Continue Reading Streaming has carried Disney through the pandemic with Disney+ growing to more than 100 million subscribers. Yet on Thursday, the biggest star in Disney’s universe shined a little less bright. Disney+ now has 103.6 million subscribers, which was below the 110 million that what many on Wall Street were expecting. This seemed to follow the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — Western North Carolina is home to millions of acres of forest land with more than 70 species of trees. Many once-dominant tree species no longer prevalent in WNC thanks to non-native species Forest experts say the health of the region’s trees is being
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(CNN) — La firme creencia del presidente Joe Biden en cobrar impuestos a las corporaciones y a los ricos se ha convertido en un pilar central en su agenda legislativa, incluso cuando advirtió sobre el peligro político y las líneas rojas de los republicanos. Los senadores republicanos, algunos de los cuales Biden recibirá en la
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOVER, Tennessee (WSMV) — A school counselor at Stewart County High School has been indicted on charges of improperly changing academic records, the TBI announced on Friday. Gayla Grise, 51, was indicted on Monday by the Stewart County Grand Jury on two counts of falsifying of educational and
Continue Reading Stocks rebounded Thursday from the inflation-fear weakness earlier in the week — though they pulled back a bit from earlier sharp gains. The Dow, which rose more than 500 points at its peak, finished up 1.3%, or 434 points. It was the index’s best performance since late March. The broader S&P 500 closed up 1.2%,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The mayor of Flint wants to crack down on drag racers by taking away their vehicles. Mayor Sheldon Neeley proposed revisions to the city’s ordinances covering drag racing. The changes would classify drag racing and other related dangerous activity as a public nuisance, which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Vancouver Police Department is searching for a man they say fired shots at another vehicle during a road rage incident on Wednesday. The incident began at about 7:20 p.m. on northbound Interstate 205 and ended near 7500 Northeast 41st Street. Police said the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — According to Florida Highway Patrol, a vehicle pulling a trailer with live chickens and roosters came to an abrupt stop due to traffic on I-10 near mile marker 7. They state multiple cage doors opened, which allowed around 100 chickens to escape onto
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The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is calling on the Biden administration to enact sanctions in response to the ongoing human rights abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after a CNN investigation found that Eritrean soldiers were blocking critical humanitarian aid to starving and wounded civilians. In an investigation published Wednesday,
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People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A Princeton man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing property valued at nearly $33,000 after breaking into a room at Comfort Inn in Walcott. According to court documents, John David Daniels, 42, broke into a hotel room on March 26, with the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Prayers and support from around the state and even across the country continue to pour in for the New Haven Fire Department. Ricardo Torres Jr. lost his life on Wednesday while responding to a house fire on Valley Street. During an update on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POYNETTE, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A teacher in the Poynette School District has been placed on administrative leave following an incident at the high school Tuesday. A video being shared on social media allegedly shows a Poynette teacher berating a student for failing to wear a mask,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, Montana (Missoulian) — A Missoula man accused of dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and having 9 pounds of the substance on his property admitted to a trafficking crime on Tuesday. Terry David Starrett, 53, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth, a Tuesday press release
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s steadfast belief in taxing corporations and the rich has become a central plank in his legislative agenda, even as he’s warned of political peril and red lines from Republicans. GOP senators, some of whom Biden hosted in the Oval Office on Thursday as he seeks a bipartisan infrastructure deal, have rejected them
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said Thursday he does not believe the Russian government was behind a cyberattack that shut down the pipeline supplying gasoline to the eastern US but said Moscow must do more to stop such attacks coming from Russia. When asked directly if he would rule out any sort of cyberattacks targeting the criminal
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (The Courier) — When an Animal Rescue League of Iowa Animal Control Services officer responded to a call about a puppy in distress, she came across a dire situation: the young puppy’s collar was deeply embedded in her neck, nearly killing her. The person responsible
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BISMARCK, North Dakota (The Bismarck Tribune) — The Dakota Access Pipeline has faced cyberattacks like the one against the Colonial Pipeline last week that forced it to shut down and disrupted fuel supplies to the East Coast, Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren said Wednesday during an appearance
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROBBINSVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The first days of May in Robbinsville, Snowbird Cherokee artists and community members gathered to see the official installation of a 400-square-foot mural honoring women of the Snowbird Cherokee community. The long-awaited project was initially launched in 2019, when the Graham Revitalization Economic
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It’s a good thing Liz Rodriguez’s daughter doesn’t turn 12 until January. That will give the New York City mom time, she says, to see how the first groups of children as young as 12 respond to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. It will also give her time to consult a pediatrician and then — the hard
Continue Reading More than 1.2 million jobless Americans are set to lose their pandemic unemployment benefits early, with Georgia becoming the latest Republican-led state to announce it would cease providing enhanced federal jobless payments. Citing workforce shortages, at least 14 states have announced since last week that they would terminate the $300 weekly federal boost to state
Continue Reading (CNN) — La pandemia de covid-19 ha tenido un efecto enorme en los adultos hispanos en comparación con los adultos blancos y negros, según una investigación publicada el jueves por la Kaiser Family Foundation. Entre los encuestados, los adultos hispanos tenían más probabilidades que los adultos negros o blancos de decir que ellos o alguien
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The first band to compete on “Masked Singer,” The Russian Dolls were revealed on last night’s show. Along with The Russian Dolls, Wednesday nigtht also featured Black Swan, Chameleon, Piglet and Yeti. The judging panel, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke, did guess The Russian Dolls were a band, but were throwing
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