The House on Wednesday passed a joint resolution that would remove a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, after a recent federal court ruling said the deadline for the ERA expired long ago. Proponents of the ERA believe the court ruling signaled that it’s now up to Congress to validate their argument
Continue Reading The US Department of Health and Human Services is funneling $10 billion to states to help implement coronavirus surveillance testing in K-12 schools across the country, the agency announced Wednesday, as part of the Biden administration’s push to help schools reopen safely for in-person learning. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a statement on Tuesday outlining the Biden administration’s plans to try to deal with the influx of migrants at the border with Mexico. Mayorkas used the statement to blame the Trump administration for some of the Biden administration’s current immigration challenges. And Mayorkas made a notable projection, saying that
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(CNN Español) – Este miércoles, el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Cabo Verde negó un recurso de apelación y confirmó la extradición del empresario colombiano Alex Saab a Estados Unidos, según la decisión judicial a la que tuvo acceso CNN. “La extradición que ahora se autoriza es para que el extraditado sea sujeto al procedimiento
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las estadísticas son impresionantes. Más de 400.000 menores migrantes han cruzado la frontera de Estados Unidos sin sus padres desde 2003. Y cada vez que llega una nueva ola, sigue la controversia política. Los números están incrementándose de nuevo, con algunos niños que llegan de tan solo 6 o 7 años. Este aumento
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD deployed officers to the city’s Asian communities Tuesday night in response to the deadly shootings in Georgia. The NYPD said officers from the NYPD Critical Response Command were sent to areas such as Flushing, Sunset Park and Chinatown in Manhattan. As CBS
Continue Reading Senate Democrats on Wednesday introduced 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 have said the
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris addressed Tuesday’s lethal shootings at a series of spas in the Atlanta area, expressing concerns about any violence against Asian Americans. Biden said on Wednesday that brutality against Asian Americans is “very troubling.” In her most formal remarks about the ongoing issue of violence against the Asian
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — It was a literal wild goose chase in the middle of a Sacramento park. Incredible video shows the rescue of a Canada goose impaled by a fishing hook and struggling to survive at Land Park. It’s one glimpse of a much bigger problem than can
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una nueva alerta de tornado fue emitida para partes del sureste de Texas y el suroeste de Louisiana y estará vigente hasta las 7 pm (hora de Miami) según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas. La alerta incluye Beaumont, Texas y Lake Charles, Louisiana. Es probable que se produzcan algunos tornados, con un
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Comic book giants DC Comics and Marvel Comics are celebrating Pride month by releasing graphic novels celebrating queer characters. The companies both announced they will launch LGBTQ anthologies in June. Here’s what we know so far. ‘DC Pride #1’ will have trans woman superhero DC Comics will release “DC Pride #1″ June 8 and new
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The birds are chirping, the crocuses are sprouting and we have one extra hour of daylight upon us. Spring is within spitting distance (no germs, please) and in this pandemic year, we understand perhaps better than ever how precious our time is. This extra hour of daylight may be more meaningful than ever before, particularly
Continue Reading We’re one year, or roughly 31,536,000 seconds, into this new, strange pandemic life. We’ve missed loved ones and weddings and funerals, dance recitals and baseball playoffs, more “firsts” and simple pleasures than we can even count at this point. We’ve learned how to laugh with our eyes, through masks, from 6 feet away. We’ve learned
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Topps apologized after it shared an insensitive trading card image of K-pop band BTS bruised and beaten. The sticker card depicts BTS members in whack-a-mole holes with bruised faces, a Grammy trophy over their heads and text that reads “BTS Bruisers.” The band did not take home any Grammy awards on Sunday. The trading card
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Grocery store workers are now pushing to be moved up the vaccination priority list in Massachusetts. They say they’ve been on the front lines since the pandemic began and they need protection. In the rush to get vaccinations, it has been somewhat of a bumpy
Continue Reading Former Trump White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman won’t be allowed to get testimony from former President Donald Trump, former Trump chief of staff John Kelly or a member of the White House counsel’s office in a lawsuit she faces related to her exit from the government, a federal judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday.
Continue Reading The largest union-owned bank in the United States announced its support for reparations for African Americans on Wednesday. Amalgamated Bank became the first major American bank to endorse HR 40, a piece of legislation sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee that creates a commission to develop reparation proposals for African Americans. The bank also called
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Two people were killed Tuesday after a powerful commercial fireworks explosion in Ontario, California, according to the city fire department. Multiple police and fire units responded to the scene — about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles — around 12:30 p.m. PST. A house was in flames, the department said. Dramatic cell phone video
Continue Reading Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon to go mainstream. And after Christie’s auction house sold the first-ever NFT artwork — a collage of images by digital artist Beeple for a whopping $69.3 million last week — NFTs have suddenly captured the world’s attention. So what are NFTs? In the simplest terms, NFTs
Continue Reading West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin rejected major changes to the Senate rules that have long been sought by liberals seeking to gut the filibuster, the latest sign of the high hurdles facing proponents who are eager to weaken the power of the minority party to derail the legislative agenda of the majority. Manchin’s view
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una nueva alerta de tornado fue emitida para partes del sureste de Texas y el suroeste de Louisiana y estará vigente hasta las 7 pm (hora de Miami) según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas. La alerta incluye Beaumont, Texas y Lake Charles, Louisiana. Es probable que se produzcan algunos tornados, con un
Continue Reading (CNN) — Ocho personas murieron en tres salones de masajes del área metropolitana de Atlanta el martes, y el principal sospechoso fue arrestado a 240 kilómetros de distancia después de una dramática persecución en automóvil, según la policía. Los sangrientos ataques, que ocurrieron en el espacio de aproximadamente una hora, ocurrieron en dos salones en
Continue Reading WASHIINGTON, DC — About 90 million stimulus payments, totaling more than $242 billion, have been sent as of Wednesday, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said. That likely covers more than half of the households eligible for this third round of payments, which were included in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill signed into
Continue Reading It’s been a long year for Disneyland fans, but “The Happiest Place On Earth” is finally set to reopen its doors. The flagship Disney resort, which houses Disneyland and its sister theme park California Adventure, plans to reopen with limited capacity on April 30, the company announced on Wednesday. Disneyland’s doors in Anaheim, California, have
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DALLAS, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke on Wednesday about the influx of unaccompanied children crossing into the state across the U.S.-Mexico border. Abbott made his remarks at a news conference in Dallas, one of two Texas cities the Biden administration has recently identified to host temporary shelters for thousands of migrant children. The Washington Post reported the locations
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Fernando Alonso just can’t get enough of the thrill of traveling at speed. That goes for both two wheels as well as four. After stepping away from Formula One in 2018, the two-time world champion is back this season, on a familiar team — formerly known as Renault, but now racing under the new name
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las estadísticas son impresionantes. Más de 400.000 niños migrantes han cruzado la frontera de Estados Unidos sin sus padres desde 2003. Y cada vez que llega una nueva ola, sigue la controversia política. Los números están incrementándose de nuevo, con algunos niños que llegan de tan solo 6 o 7 años. Este aumento
Continue Reading House Republicans on Wednesday voted to reverse their conference-wide ban on earmarks, according to two sources familiar with the vote, marking a change after the spending practice had been banned for a decade. The vote, which was conducted via secret ballot, happened as Democrats are preparing to allow earmarks in upcoming spending and infrastructure legislation.
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The largest union-owned bank in the United States announced its support for reparations for African Americans on Wednesday. Amalgamated Bank became the first major American bank to endorse HR 40, a piece of legislation sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee that creates a commission to develop reparation proposals for African Americans. The bank also called
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EUREKA, Missouri (KMOV) — Eureka High School parents say patches on the baseball team’s hats weren’t meant to be political, but rather a show of support for the military and first responders. “Eureka is a really strong community when it comes to military, their firefighters, their police, EMS,
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