Click here for updates on this story DIX HILLS, New York (WCBS) — A Long Island teenager is getting attention for playing a fiery version the national anthem at the AFC Championship game Sunday night. It was an electrifying rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner by 17-year-old Brandon Niederauer who wowed the nation before the Kansas
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What used to be homes are now mangled piles of debris, with personal belongings strewn across lawns and streets. That’s the new reality near Birmingham, Alabama, after a “large and extremely dangerous” tornado late Monday night annihilated parts of Jefferson County. The storm killed at least one person and injured dozens more, officials said. The
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The Senate tabled an effort by Sen. Rand Paul to force a vote on Tuesday on the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, but the vote offered an indicator for support among Republican senators who have been sworn in as jurors for the trial. Paul’s motion was killed on a 55-45 vote, with
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, a vote that allows the case on “incitement of insurrection” to move forward but also foreshadows that there may not be enough votes to convict him. The procedural vote to set aside an objection from Kentucky Sen.
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Goya’s board of directors had enough of CEO Robert Unanue’s public comments in support of former President Donald Trump and his unfounded claims of voter fraud. On Friday, it voted to muzzle him. The board of the privately held Latino food company voted to censure Unanue, following his most recent controversial remarks that questioned the
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Black and Latino Americans are receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at significantly lower rates than White people — a disparity that health advocates blame on the federal government and hospitals not prioritizing equitable access. A CNN analysis of data from 14 states found vaccine coverage is twice as high among White people on average than it
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Nearly a week into his administration, President Joe Biden is focused on creating a path toward equity after inheriting a deeply divided nation. After picking the most racially diverse Cabinet in US history, Biden jump-started his efforts by proposing a sweeping immigration overhaul, disbanding the 1776 commission and reversing a Trump-era ban on most transgender
Continue Reading Seeking to fulfill a long-standing Democratic ambition, a coalition of lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that would raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour. The measure, which is also included in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package, calls for gradually increasing the hourly wage in increments until it hits $15 in
Continue Reading If there was any doubt about the urgency of President Joe Biden’s mission to tackle racial inequality, it was erased in the searing moment an insurrectionist rioter brazenly paraded the Confederate flag through the US Capitol. Just 20 days on from one of the most shocking moments in modern US history, Biden on Tuesday made
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Rafael Nadal says he feels “privileged” to be playing in this year’s Australian Open as he called on his fellow stars to have a “wider perspective” on the mandatory quarantine period ahead of the tournament. The Spaniard, like every competitor from overseas, is having to isolate with his support team for two weeks after arriving
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The world has now surpassed 100 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It’s a figure that seemed almost unimaginable 12 months ago, when the first case had only just been confirmed on US soil. A year later, the pandemic shows little sign of loosening its stranglehold on billions of people’s everyday lives. Cases continue to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EVERGLADES CITY, Florida (WBBH) — A new species of Baleen Whale has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC) responded to a report of a stranded whale in the Everglades National Park in January of 2019. The dead male whale was recorded to
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HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s pause on deportations Tuesday, delivering a blow to one of the administration’s first immigration actions. The court order stems from a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the 100-day pause on deportations, which took effect Friday. The complaint cited
Continue Reading President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions revolving around racial equity policy on Tuesday, focusing on nondiscrimination policy, prison reform and public housing, saying it is “time to act.” “It’s what the core values of this nation call us to do. And I believe the vast majority of Americans — Democrats, Republicans and
Continue Reading Just 40 light-years from Earth is a planetary system that has intrigued scientists since its discovery in 2016. While some of the planets in this system will be observed by the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in October, researchers continue to uncover new details that make TRAPPIST-1 even more distinct. The planets,
Continue Reading Many people living on America’s East Coast were without Internet for part of Tuesday because of Verizon Fios service issues. Tens of thousands of people reported outages from Boston to New York to Washington and locations in between, according to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks complaints about service disruptions. People also reported outages on several
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, WI (WDJT) — Former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah has been sworn in as a Waukesha County Deputy Sheriff. The news came Tuesday, Jan. 26. According to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department Mensah will enter a supervised field training program. Sheriff Eric Severson said Mensah progressed through
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — School districts across New Mexico will be allowed to bring students back into classrooms early next month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced during her State of the State speech on Tuesday afternoon. In a major pull-back of restrictions that were based on county-level Covid-19 case rates and hospital capacity, the governor said
Continue Reading President Joe Biden held his first call Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House, confronting President Vladimir Putin over a range of issues from a recent massive cyberattack to the suspected poisoning of the country’s leading opposition figure. The call, which occurred midday, amounted to Biden’s opening bid at diplomacy with one
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(CNN Español) — En plan de conquista, pueden colgarse durante horas y levantar unos pliegues de piel en la barbilla, creando un efecto de máscara sobre su cara, para atraer a las hembras. Es así como el macho del Centurio senex, una especie poco conocida de murciélago, inicia la seducción hasta llegar al apareamiento. En
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UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial, a vote that allows the case on “incitement of insurrection” to move forward but also foreshadows that there may not be enough votes to convict him. The procedural vote to set aside an objection from
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is revamping its vaccine delivery system mid-stride, centralizing what has been a hodgepodge of county systems and streamlining appointment sign-up, notification and eligibility for its 40 million residents. The state’s health agency on Tuesday said third-party administrators would take over ordering and distributing vaccine doses with a new state secretary
Continue Reading US Capitol Police officers are in preliminary discussions over holding a no-confidence vote targeting department leaders who were working on the day when Donald Trump supporters led an insurrection into the building, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The vote would target acting USCP Chief Yogananda Pittman, who was promoted into the agency’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PENSACOLA BEACH, Florida (WALA) — Coasting off of Pensacola Beach, Edithe, a great white shark pinged on January 10th, 103 days after she pinged for the very first time in the northern Atlantic. She’s not yet fully matured, but already weighs 1,185 pounds and is 12 feet long.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Atlanta topped the list for the most firearms found at airport security checkpoints last year, according to a 2020 gun statistics report released by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA officers discovered 220 firearms at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in 2020, ranking Atlanta number one
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A water tower that has been transformed into a work of art in a growing area is catching people’s attention. “We wanted to create something that was really bright and colorful,” artist Myla said. The mural is called “magical unity” and is painted
Continue Reading Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest person on the planet, but he’s apparently still happy to shop on handmade craft site Etsy. And in a sign of just how much influence Musk has on social media, shares of Etsy soared nearly 10% in premarket trading Tuesday just because he said he’s a fan. “I
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It was February 2008 when a snowstorm suddenly overwhelmed the flight path of two American helicopters, forcing them to make an unexpected landing on a mountaintop in Afghanistan. On board the aircrafts overlooking Taliban territory were Joe Biden and Antony Blinken, his then-top adviser on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with a few other
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday afternoon on his vision to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, and is expected in part to focus on actions his administration plans to take to increase the supply of vaccines, a senior White House official tells CNN. The President is also expected to address ways his administration hopes
Continue Reading Alejandro Mayorkas’ nomination to be Homeland Security secretary moved forward Tuesday after a Senate panel vote as a top Democrat rejected Republican calls for another hearing that would delay his confirmation. President Joe Biden’s nominee was voted out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee with all Democrats voting yes, paving the way for Mayorkas to
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