The 78th Golden Globe Awards got off to an awkward start, seeking to address controversy regarding the organization behind the ceremony, while experiencing technical glitches amid a pandemic-dictated format. Although they honor both movies and TV, the Globes are watched most closely as a bellwether for the Academy Awards. This year’s ceremony proceeded under what
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Major League Baseball celebrated Black History Month this year by merging America’s favorite pastime with art. The MLB commissioned 10 artists to celebrate the careers of legendary Black baseball players, in an effort to “honor the past and current game changers in baseball,” said Barbara McHugh, MLB’s senior vice president of marketing. “We also wanted
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Facebook has turned the news back on. In Australia, the websites that were previously blocked by Facebook are now accessible and sharable once again. But the battle involving social networks and news is just beginning. Australia’s government passed a law that offered a glimpse at the future for Facebook and media consumers around the world.
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We’re going to have to talk about Donald Trump. To be frank, it’s been a relief over the last month not to spend every hour on alert for a world-rattling tweet or wondering which article of the Constitution would be crushed next. Now Trump has made a comeback from the golf course, in an appearance
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A White House aide with close ties to progressives is leaving the administration to play a role in a nascent outside advocacy group being put together to bolster President Joe Biden’s policy agenda, according to a person familiar with the matter. Rosemary Boeglin, who has been handling the economic portfolio in the White House press
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump repeated his election lies on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, looking to reclaim his role as the Republican Party’s kingmaker in the 2022 midterm elections and positioning himself for a 2024 presidential run. “It is far from being over,” Trump said. “We will be victorious
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The US Coast Guard is searching for a small airplane that went missing Friday off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida. Pilot Brendan Spratt, 87, was the only person aboard, according to a tweet Sunday from the Coast Guard’s 7th District headquarters in Miami. “USCG assets will continue searching for the missing aircraft throughout the
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The United States is poised to get a third coronavirus vaccine — this one made by Johnson & Johnson. The US Food and Drug Administration has given the vaccine emergency use authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended it, and the federal government is scheduled to start distribution almost immediately. Two vaccines
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(CNN Español) — Jorge Oñate, uno de los grandes exponentes de música vallenata de Colombia, falleció este domingo a los 71 años en el Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe de Medellín por secuelas que le dejó el coronavirus, así lo confirmó Mario Puerta, uno de los representantes del artista, en su cuenta de Instagram. Oñate, oriundo
Continue Reading The chief executive officer of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue, made a series of false claims about the 2020 election at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday — a little more than a month after the company board took action to limit his polarizing public political remarks. In 2020, Unanue’s compliments of then-President Donald Trump
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It’s easy to get caught up in all the good news about the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously voted Sunday to recommend the distribution of a third vaccine for Americans 18 and older: the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. And for the first time since early
Continue Reading Two men have been arrested following a manhunt on Saturday that crossed from Florida into Georgia and left a deputy in critical condition, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI said preliminary information indicated the deputy was shot during a pursuit that began in Seminole County, Florida, when a deputy tried to conduct
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump repeated his election lies on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, looking to reclaim his role as the Republican Party’s kingmaker as he positions himself to play a major role in the 2022 midterm elections. “It is far from being over,” Trump said about the “incredible
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El Paso, Texas- Windy conditions have developed all across the Borderland this afternoon. An upper level low will sweep through the area as a cold front also approaches, causing west winds to strengthen in speed. The strongest of these winds will remain towards the west. Lordsburg, Deming, Silver City could see wind gusts around 35-40
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has acknowledged for the first time that some of his behavior with women had been “misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation.” He said Sunday he would cooperate with a sexual harassment investigation led by the state’s attorney general. In a statement released amid mounting criticism from within his
Continue Reading The Biden administration is disappointed after Iran rejected an offer by the European Union to partake in nuclear talks with the US and the other signatories of the nuclear deal on Sunday, but said they remain open to diplomacy with Iran. “While we are disappointed at Iran’s response, we remain ready to reengage in meaningful
Continue Reading In 2016, Belqees Al-Doais won a lottery that she was sure would change her life: the chance at a visa to come to the United States. She was in her fourth year of university, living in Yemen, a newlywed and soon to be pregnant when she found out she won the US Diversity Visa Lottery,
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference Sunday, looking to reclaim his role as the Republican Party’s kingmaker as he positions himself to play a major role in the 2022 midterm elections. “I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together four years ago
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo changed course on Sunday and asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the state court of appeals to jointly select an independent attorney to conduct “a thorough review” of sexual harassment claims against him. The Democratic governor’s office had initially selected former federal Judge Barbara Jones
Continue Reading Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Sunday urged Americans to take any of the three “highly efficacious” coronavirus vaccines now available to them and not delay getting one vaccine over another. His comments come after the US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, adding a
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Click here for updates on this story MAUI, Hawaii (KITV) — The Hawaii Department of Health reported 75 new cases of COVID-19 in Maui County. This includes 31 historical cases dating back to November 9, 2020 and 19 cases from the Maui Community Correctional Center cluster, nine cases attributed to a Pacific Islander cluster and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A planned protest happening this weekend in Northwest Portland has some business owners on edge. The Fields Bar and Grill was vandalized on Feb. 26, and now the owner is boarding up the windows and doors as a precaution. The protest is planned at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Good news: There’s no serial killer going around the Kansas City metro area. The Kansas City Police Department tweeted on Saturday about a rumor apparently going around the city right now concerning a serial killer. The flyer the department tweeted out claims that
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ORLANDO, Florida — Taking the stage for the first time since leaving office, former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for Republican Party unity, even as he exacerbated intra-party divisions and trumpeted lies about the election in a speech that made clear he intends to remain a dominant political force. Speaking at the Conservative Political
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — It’s a day that rocked the Milwaukee community. Friday, February 26, was the one year anniversary of the Molson Coors deadly shooting. Five people were shot to death before the shooter turned the gun on himself. Among those was 33-year-old Jesus Valle Jr. Family
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisers voted Sunday to recommend the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for the US. It is the first of the three authorized Covid-19 vaccines that comes in a single dose. It is a vaccine one member called “highly effective.” The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the J&J
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Like many small businesses around the country, Black-owned barbershops and hair salons have had to adapt to operating during a pandemic. Many locally have had to evolve to survive, but business remains strong because it’s a staple for the Black community. Hair salons and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman was seriously injured after being pinned between a vehicle and a wall on Friday. Meriden Police say that a box truck had gone off of Old Colony Road and struck three parked cars, a utility pole, a granite post, and a tree.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An innocent child was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance as an officer trailed behind and taken into emergency surgery Saturday night after he was shot while sitting in a car, just outside of his fathers home in Mobile. The 5-year-old boy was
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[Breaking news update at 3:16 p.m. ET] Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously voted Sunday to recommend the distribution of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine. [Previous story, published at 3 p.m. ET] It’s easy to get caught up in all the good news about the Covid-19 pandemic.
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