The federal government didn’t act aggressively enough in 2009 to fight the Great Recession. And the economic recovery was weaker as a result. Joe Biden, as former President Obama’s vice president, learned that painful lesson firsthand. That’s why Biden is taking a go-big, or go-home approach now that he’s inheriting a fragile economy and the
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(CNN) — Un funcionario de la Corte Suprema le dijo a Ariane de Vogue de CNN que sí hubo una amenaza de bomba en la corte, pero que el edificio no ha sido evacuado. Información en desarrollo…
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First lady Melania Trump did not write her own “thank you” notes to the White House residence staff who have cared for her and her family for the last four years, according to two sources with knowledge of the notes and Trump’s handling of them. The 80 or so staff who received the type written
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Click here for updates on this story Baldwin Co., AL (WALA) — A Baldwin County man was still in critical condition two days after being shot in the chest. That’s according to investigators with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office who said Colton Sims was shot by his stepdad during an altercation at the family’s home
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — As many hospitals and county health departments continue vaccinating, locally-owned pharmacies are pushing to join the fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Jerry Callahan owns five Medicine Shoppe locations in the St. Louis area. He said four of his sites were approved by
Continue Reading After campaigning on a promise to heal a fractured nation, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the work of uniting the country Wednesday when he is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on the West Front of the US Capitol — a mere two weeks after insurrectionists incited by President Donald Trump
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday as the next president of the United States on an Inauguration Day that will look like no other in modern history. In a major break with tradition, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will not welcome Biden and incoming first lady Jill Biden to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, TN (WSMV) — For 30 years, the Barry Family have lived in a quiet area of Lebanon. “It’s a peaceful neighborhood even for the animals,” said Allen Barry. For the last 11 years, their son’s dog Della was raised there like their own child. “This was, by
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MADRID (AP) — A powerful explosion apparently caused by a gas leak has ripped the facade off a residential building in central Madrid. The mayor says two people have died and at least two have been injured. The first images and footage shared on social media showed a tower of smoke coming out from the
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In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump refrained from the most outrageous possible abuses of the pardon power. Perhaps wary of causing political backlash, given his impending Senate impeachment trial, Trump has not pardoned himself, his children or his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. But make no mistake: With his final batch of
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At the moment Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president of the United States, another transition of power will take place on social media. On Wednesday, Biden and his team will gain access to a long list of official government accounts across the major social media platforms, including the @POTUS account on Twitter.
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HOUSTON, Texas — Bow Wow has apologized for taking the stage in a packed nightclub in Houston over the weekend. The rapper, who also acts under his legal name Shad Moss, had received backlash on social media after he was seen in footage on stage appearing to perform for a mostly maskless crowd at Cle
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, MO (KMOV) — In just a few weeks, donors from across the country have helped a local business give away about $5,000 to restaurant servers across the St. Louis area. Nicole Genz, owner of RF Home Co. in Kirkwood, saw videos of the Venmo challenge on TikTok
Continue Reading The invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States will still have plenty of pomp. The National Mall has been shut down to keep people away, so we will all be spared another comparison
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The morning started out wet as rain moved in from the south and spread widespread showers through the area. The Gila region and Hudspeth county did see freezing rain and a rain-snow mix. It appears that most of the active weather will move out during the morning hours, although there will be slick spots on
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When President-elect Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech Wednesday, civil rights leaders are hoping for more than just promises, but a plan of action for racial healing. Biden will be entering the presidency at a time when the nation is divided after White rioters stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 in their refusal to
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On Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court justice, will meet on the largest stage in the country in an attempt to reset a nation in crisis. Harris and Sotomayor will exchange only a few words as they recite and repeat the vice presidential
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — After ten months of learning from home, students in New Haven returned to the classroom on Tuesday. They’ve been out since last March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Justin Elicker, who originally pushed for schools to reopen during the fall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (WNEP) — On almost every corner, there’s an opportunity to play the lottery nowadays. But it wasn’t one of these places where Newswatch 16 went to find out what players would do with their winnings. Instead, we turned to Facebook and asked viewers to joins us
Continue Reading Among incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration, many of which were rollbacks of Obama-era or earlier rules. Biden’s advisers have compiled a list of more than 100 rules and policies developed by the Trump administration that it sees as targets for review, CNN
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US, Biden’s transition team announced Wednesday. The commission had been formed as an apparent counter to The New York
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Department of Education released updated guidance and metrics Tuesday for when schools can return to in-person learning. ODE first released “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance in Aug. 2020 for public schools across the state. The guidance was developed under the direction of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV) — Two people are facing charges for the starvation and malnourishment of two young children, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. Mena Kamel, 33, and Marina Zaki, 28, are charged with four counts of first-degree assault and 14 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment.
Continue Reading Joe Biden will be sworn in as president at noon Wednesday. During his campaign, he made sweeping promises to restore the economy and speed up the recovery from the pandemic. Here are some of the policies he plans to institute to get Americans back to work, boost the number of jobs, increase racial equity and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — Following the attacks at our Nation’s Capitol on January 6th, Amtrak has increased its security along the Northeast Corridor. As inauguration events kick off Wednesday, they want to make sure all their travelers and employees feel safe. Amtrak officials want to make sure they
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President-elect Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders, memoranda and directives to agencies implementing his first moves to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of Donald Trump’s signature policies. His first action will be to impose a mask mandate
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President-elect Joe Biden, who plans to make the coronavirus pandemic his top priority, will begin his presidency by asking Americans to wear masks for 100 days and requiring their use on federal property. His first executive order, the “100 Days Masking Challenge,” will symbolize the administration’s sharp turn from the Trump era by emphasizing recommendations
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump left the White House for the final time as president Wednesday morning. Trump emerged from the building and strode across the South Lawn to board Marine One. He said, “It’s been a great honor, the honor of a lifetime.” Trump headed to Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland, where he
Continue Reading You didn’t win Mega Millions’ top prize on Tuesday. The upside is that the game’s second-largest jackpot in history will be up for grabs on Friday. The Mega Millions jackpot is rising to an estimated $970 million for those who’d like their prize in an annual payment, or $716.3 million for a lump-sum option, after
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In a matter of hours, President Joe Biden will inherit a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Senate. But the narrow majorities in both chambers will challenge his administration’s agenda, his timeline and the goal Biden set to restore unity in the country after four years of tumult under President Donald Trump. Bottom line: When Biden
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