Supporters of then-President Donald Trump brought dozens of weapons to Washington on the day of the insurrection, according to the Justice Department, undermining claims from at least one Republican senator who said the attack wasn’t an “armed insurrection,” according to a CNN review of court records. Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been
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Promotions of two female generals were delayed by Pentagon officials until after the 2020 presidential election out of fear of “turmoil” from President Donald Trump’s White House, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, according to the newspaper, worried that if
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Republican state legislators and secretaries of state on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission that will look at election laws amid a push to curb expanded access to voting. The announcement from the Republican State Leadership Committee comes as GOP state lawmakers in key battlegrounds are now racing to roll back provisions that expanded
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Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Police officers are not among the groups who are next in line for vaccines. But calls are growing louder from South Florida to change that. “A report came out, Florida’s ground zero for this new strain, this B117,” said El Portal Police Chief David
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Dallas (KTVT) — Now that we are past the preparedness phase of the winter blast we are experiencing in North Texas, hundreds of our neighbors are reporting being stranded in their homes without power, gas, or running water. For many of them, survival mode has kicked in. Retired
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Ford is spending $1 billion to modernize a plant in Germany as part of a plan to sell only electric passenger cars in Europe by 2030. The factory in Cologne, Germany, will be overhauled to produce the US carmaker’s first European-built, mass volume all-electric passenger vehicle starting in 2023, according to the company. Ford said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHERRY HILL, NJ (KYW) — A South Jersey man made it his mission to collect books for classrooms. He gave away a quarter-million of them before the pandemic. But he hasn’t stopped! We met Larry Abrams in February 2020, hard at work in Cherry Hill. Piling up tens
Continue Reading Lowering Covid-19 cases across the US is critical not only to preventing another surge fueled by variants — but it also makes vaccines more likely to continue working against mutations, one expert says. “The best thing we could possibly do to improve the chances that the vaccine will continue working … is to reduce cases
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Manchester, New Hampshire (WBZ) — New Hampshire police issued a warrant for a 24-year-old who is accused of leaving severed rabbit heads on a woman’s car. Manchester Police said Tuesday the warrant stems from a December incident involving 24-year-old Estevan Hincapie. On December 29, a woman told police
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President Joe Biden took questions from Wisconsin residents and from Anderson Cooper at a CNN town hall event in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. We’re still looking into some of the claims Biden made, so this article is not comprehensive. But we can tell you now that he made at least four false claims — all
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Baltimore (WJZ) — We’re all trying to take steps to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially wearing a mask when traveling. But one man said he was recently taken off a flight because of the mask he was wearing. Rob Joseph said he was taken off his
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The man who allegedly struck and killed Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run was arrested on Wednesday, according to Nassau County Police. Nassau Police Homicide Squad Detective Lt. Stephen Fitzpatrick announced that Charles Polevich, 70, had turned himself in on Wednesday, and was charged with leaving the scene of an auto accident with a fatality
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — A Sacramento woman was excited to receive her new Real ID until she opened it up and saw the driver’s license photo shows her wearing her face mask. Lesley Pilgrim received the ID in the mail with a greeting reading, “Congratulations, enclosed is your
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MORAGA, CA (KPIX) — A coyote that attacked and bit a child walking with a parent in a Moraga neighborhood Tuesday morning may be responsible for other recent attacks in the area. Moraga police said the attack happened at about 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of Calle la
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This was supposed to be the year Robinhood turned the page on its troubles and launched a massive IPO. And then GameStop mania happened. Robinhood ignited a firestorm last month when the free trading app suspended purchases of GameStop, AMC and other stocks that were sent to the moon by an army of traders on
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People with mental disorders have been found to be at higher risk of developing age-related diseases, but not necessarily at greater risk of aging faster — until now. Experiencing mental disorders early in life may lead to poorer physical health and accelerated aging in adulthood, found a study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PLYMPTON, MA (WCVB) — Police say they are working with Amazon to complete the delivery of dozens of undelivered packages after they were found in the woods Wednesday. The packages were found near Brook Street in Plympton, police said. Photos from the department show that many of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, CA (KCRA) — A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder after the deadly shooting of the owner of a taco truck in Modesto. Modesto police said officers went to the 1600 block of Monterey Avenue around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday after there were reports of a shooting.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (WLWT) — After a winter storm swept through Greater Cincinnati on Monday, many residents had to clear their driveways of snow — but one family got creative. Kevin Koch of Bridgetown handcrafted a small snowplow using his son’s motorized toy car. Koch’s 2-year-old son, Owen,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WISN) — Two Marquette students are facing backlash over a video posted to social media that shows them using racial slurs. The students involved are a Marquette sophomore and a Marquette freshman, who was a member of the university’s lacrosse team. Marquette officials confirmed the student-athlete
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, referring to the coronavirus pandemic, is urging fans not to throng to Atlanta for the NBA All-Star Game. “Under normal circumstances, we would be extremely grateful for the opportunity to host the NBA All-Star game, but this is not a typical year,” Bottoms tweeted Tuesday. “I have shared my concerns related
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Lots of people living in Chicago are dealing with a one-two punch. Not only are they buried under a foot or more of snow, but they also are stuck with what is in some cases weeks’ worth of garbage. As CBS 2’s Charlie De
Continue Reading House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 US Capitol riot is facing skepticism and opposition from congressional Republicans warning that the outside probe should not become a vehicle to attack former President Donald Trump. The initial resistance from Republicans to Pelosi’s plan underscores the tricky balancing act
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(CNN Español) — El Paris Saint-Germain dejó al Barcelona de Ronald Koeman al borde de la eliminación en la Liga de Campeones. La victoria del cuadro parisino a domicilio por 4 a 1 les da a los dirigidos por Mauricio Pochettino un amplio margen de error para cuando se juegue el partido de vuelta en
Continue Reading Severe weather around the United States will delay Covid-19 vaccine deliveries in the coming days, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. “Shipping partners are working to deliver vaccine where possible, contingent on local conditions, but the adverse weather is expected to continue to impact shipments out of the FedEx facility in
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AUSTIN, Texas — As millions of Texans continue to struggle with power outages during a massive winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered Texas natural gas producers to sell the fuel to in-state power generators in an effort to restore electricity. There were three million Texas households and businesses still without power as of Wednesday afternoon,
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors charged three North Korean hackers with conspiring to steal more than $1.3 billion from banks and companies around the world, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. In an indictment unsealed in California, authorities described a range of brazen operations carried out by the trio from 2014 to 2020, targeting high-profile movie studios and cryptocurrency
Continue Reading Nigerians are recreating the distinctive signature style of new World Trade Organization boss Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to celebrate her confirmation for the role. The former Nigeria Finance Minister was appointed by the WTO on Monday. She is the first woman and African to lead the global trade body. To honor this feat, Nigerians are donning her signature look: a full outfit and
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico ranks as third in the U.S. when it comes to vaccine distribution, having boosted the number of vaccines given daily by more than 20% over the past two weeks, state health officials said Wednesday. State Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins and Human Services Secretary Dr. David Scrase said during an
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