MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russia and the United States have exchanged documents to extend their last remaining nuclear arms control pact days before it is set to expire. A Kremlin readout of a phone call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the two leaders voiced satisfaction
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Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, was banned from Twitter Monday night, according to a Twitter spokesperson. Twitter made its decision based on a new policy it enacted after the Capitol insurrection whereby people who repeatedly share election misinformation can be permanently banned. “The account you referenced has been permanently suspended due to repeated violations
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The acting head of the US Capitol Police told congressional members during a closed-door briefing Tuesday that the “department failed to meet its own high standards” on January 6 when a crowd of pro-Trump rioters overran the Capitol building. Acting US Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman called the insurrection a “terrorist attack” and offered her
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North Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson announced his 2022 bid for Senate on Tuesday, setting up a divisive Democratic primary for the open seat that will be pivotal to the party’s future control of the Senate. Jackson launched his “100-county campaign” in a video with his wife Marisa and his young sons, who are seen
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Chelsea has confirmed former Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel as its new boss, a day after Frank Lampard was let go by the Premier League club. The German joins on a 18-month contract with the possibility of an extension. “It is never easy to change Head Coach in the middle of the season but we
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have held their first conversation as counterparts in a phone call that underscored troubled relations and the delicate balance between the former Cold War foes. According to the White House, Biden raised concerns Tuesday about the arrest of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russia’s
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — News4 Investigates confirmed 135 Metro Parks employees are being told they have to pay back thousands of dollars each in hazard pay from 2020. In an email to News4 Investigates, Metro Parks spokeswoman Jackie Jones wrote, “Regarding hazard pay, this is an unfortunate situation
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
Continue Reading Sen. Rand Paul plans to force a test vote on Tuesday that will show how many Republicans support holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump and how many believe a trial should not take place. Paul, a Kentucky Republican, told reporters he’s going to force a procedural vote on the constitutionality of a
Continue Reading The Department of Homeland Security, largely hollowed out over the last four years, is moving with urgency to staff agencies with people who had front row seats to the hardline immigration limits rolled out under former President Donald Trump, in order to rescind them. The department — the third largest in the US government —
Continue Reading Martha Stewart wants to help pet owners turn dog days into dog daze. The lifestyle guru is bringing a new line of CBD dog treats to the market. Stewart’s CBD for Pet line includes soft-baked chews and oil drops in three different formulas, including wellness, calm and mobility, with flavors such as chicken and cranberry,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Tatyana Moaton served as an intelligence analyst in the military for 8 years. She’s celebrating President Biden’s executive order reversing the ban on transgender military personnel. “Trans people are people and they are willing and ready to serve this country and fight and die as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) — Investigators revealed more information about a fire in New London that killed the founder of a popular online shoe company. The New London police and fire department released a new report on the death of 46-year-old Tony Hsieh Tuesday. They said there was
Continue Reading The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Antony Blinken as the new US secretary of state. Blinken, a longtime Biden associate, was approved by a vote of 78-22. With Blinken’s confirmation, President Joe Biden now has a number of key members of his national security team in place. In addition to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
Continue Reading UPDATE: President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon ordered the Department of Justice to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role the government has played implementing discriminatory housing policies. The moves came as Biden signed a series of orders and memorandums Tuesday to spotlight the new administration’s effort to make combating racial
Continue Reading Two of TikTok’s rivals in the United States are joining forces at a time when TikTok itself now appears to be here to stay. On Tuesday, Clash announced it was acquiring Byte, a short-form video app launched by a cofounder of Vine, the beloved six-second video app owned and shut down by Twitter. Terms of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLCHESTER, Vermont (WPTZ) — Two people driving in a pickup truck escaped serious injury this weekend in Colchester, Vermont, after they drove on the frozen surface of Lake Champlain’s Mallets Bay Sunday night and broke through the ice, sinking into the water below. The two people in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Ohio (WLWT) — A 10-year-old and his family were kicked out of a youth basketball league after his mother, attending the game, refused to wear her mask over her nose. The family, from Lebanon, wants the league’s decision reversed and said the incident never should have gone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WBAL) — A U.S. Army soldier got home to Maryland just in time for the birth of his son. Pvt. Tyrell Hicks obtained leave from Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and was able to get home just in time to witness the birth of his third
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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 Click here for updates on this story WINTER HAVEN, Florida (WESH) — A paramedic with the Polk County Fire Rescue Department has been arrested for allegedly stealing COVID-19 vaccines. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said 31-year-old Joshua Colon stole three doses’ worth of the Moderna vaccine, then forged the vaccine screening and consent
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(CNN) — Estados Unidos cruzó el terrible hito de 400.000 muertes por coronavirus a principios de la semana pasada, y actualmente hay más de 2,1 millones de muertes reportadas en todo el mundo, según muestran los datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins. También hay nuevas variantes con mutaciones que podrían hacer que covid-19 sea aún
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A registered nurse working at a COVID-19 field hospital in Massachusetts is going above and beyond the call of duty. Rebecca DeCoteau, who works in the field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester, says a number of the patients are homeless and many
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MERRIAM, KS (KCTV) — Throughout the month of February, puppy love can be delivered across the Kansas City area. Great Plains SPCA volunteers will deliver puppygrams to recipients to play with, smooch and snuggle for 15-30 minutes. They can be delivered to businesses or residences. “Puppygrams are a
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as secretary of state. Antony Blinken becomes the third Cabinet member to win approval as the Biden administration forges ahead with a foreign policy intended to reverse former President Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine and restore U.S. global standing. The 58-year-old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PINE GROVE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Assault charges have been filed in Schuylkill County against a man in connection with the death of his grandmother. Police were called to a home along North Tulpehocken Street in Pine Grove around 3 p.m. Sunday. Kalvin Clark, 32, of Pine Grove, told
Continue Reading In prepared remarks obtained by CNN, acting US Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman told congressional members the department was aware of a “strong potential for violence” and did not take the appropriate steps to prevent the January 6 riot at the Capitol. Read the statement as prepared:
Continue Reading The biggest tech companies spent much of the last four years in Washington playing defense: Answering to threats of regulation and repeatedly being called before congressional committees; serving as former President Donald Trump’s foil on social media moderation; and protesting his approach to immigration and tariffs. Now, with President Joe Biden in the White House,
Continue Reading Paleontologists have long been puzzled about how the Spinosaurus — a giant dinosaur and aquatic predator — would have behaved. Now, they believe it would have been less like an otter, and more like a huge, flightless stork or heron. Rather than hunting fish in the water, the massive dinosaur would have likely caught prey
Continue Reading The acting head of the US Capitol Police told congressional members during a closed-door briefing Tuesday that the “department failed to meet its own high standards” on January 6 when a crowd of pro-Trump rioters overran the Capitol building. Acting US Capitol police chief Yogananda Pittman called the insurrection a “terrorist attack” and offered her
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