WPVI By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — SEPTA and the unions representing suburban and city transit workers have come to a tentative 1-year agreement, avoiding a transit strike in the Philadelphia region. Action News has learned Wednesday that the agreement includes a 5% wage increase, as well
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats’ gut-wrenching defeat at the polls. After warning voters for years that a Donald Trump win would be calamitous for American democracy, Biden has gone largely silent on his concerns about what lays ahead for America and he has yet to
Continue Reading KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man who was arrested for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot has been convicted of planning to kill federal law enforcement agents. The U.S. attorney’s office in Knoxville says Edward Kelley was found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a
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Belén Liotti (CNN) –– El animal más alto del mundo está en problemas. Las poblaciones de jirafas están disminuyendo a un ritmo tan alarmante – debido a la pérdida de hábitat, la caza furtiva, la urbanización y la sequía provocada por el cambio climático– que los funcionarios de vida silvestre de Estados Unidos anunciaron este
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes. Conservative
Continue Reading By Cindy Bae Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — A group of leaders are worried about a $7 million loan given to Saint Augustine’s University The group includes religious leaders, social justice advocates and SAU alumni. Together, they spent Wednesday raising awareness about the loan and pushing for a
Continue Reading By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KGO) — A candlelight vigil was held in Santa Rosa Tuesday night to remember 33-year-old Irvin Hernandez, the postal worker who was killed on his job Monday night. “We’re all brothers and sisters and we’re all here for each other, you know,
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province says all of the country’s provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico. Ontario Premier Doug Ford chaired a call with all 13 provincial and territorial premiers.
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Archegos Capital Management, a hedge fund, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his conviction in a securities and market manipulation fraud that prosecutors say cost global investment banks billions of dollars. Bill Hwang was told the length of his prison term Wednesday in
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislators have given final approval to a series of political power moves that would weaken the incoming governor and other Democratic elected officials. The Senate voted Wednesday along party lines for a measure that would alter yet again how the State Board of Elections is appointed.
Continue Reading HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi, where he had escaped from a county jail. Joshua Zimmerman is being extradited, Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed Wednesday
Continue Reading HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff at a restaurant a few blocks from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi, where he had escaped from a county jail. Joshua Zimmerman is being extradited, Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed Wednesday
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Se espera que el nuevo Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental del presidente electo Donald Trump, una entidad no gubernamental dirigida por el multimillonario Elon Musk y el empresario de biotecnología y ex aspirante republicano a la presidencia Vivek Ramaswamy, impulse el fin del trabajo remoto en las agencias federales como una forma
Continue Reading Associated Press OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday, promising to resume and grow its manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges there to enrich uranium at its facility in Ohio. The expansion by Centrus Energy at its massive facility in Oak Ridge
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN) — El Diccionario de Cambridge lo puso en el universo, nombrando “manifestar” como su palabra del año para 2024. Popularizada por celebridades como la cantante Dua Lipa, “manifestar” se refiere a la práctica de usar “métodos como la visualización y la afirmación para ayudarte a imaginar lograr algo que deseas, con la
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — American Airlines is expanding its new boarding technology that stops passengers from cutting in line during boarding to over 100 airports nationwide before Thanksgiving. The airline has given the technology a test-run at Albuquerque International Sunport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Tucson International Airport over the last month
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Comcast acaba de iniciar una nueva temporada de cambios importantes en toda la industria televisiva. Y nadie sabe exactamente qué sucederá después. En la mañana de este miércoles, el gigante de los medios confirmó que escindirá la mayoría de sus canales de cable, incluidos MSNBC y CNBC, en una empresa pública
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — FC Dallas has hired Eric Quill, who most recently coached New Mexico United in the USL Championship, as the Major League Soccer club’s new head coach. Quill takes over for Peter Luccin, who served as Dallas’ interim head coach after Nico Estevez was dismissed in June after a 3-8-5 start. Estevez
Continue Reading Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Religious communities are increasingly seeking to invest in companies that match their faith values and ethical concerns, but experts say the financial market lags in providing the appropriate options. A conference in London on Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 11-12) sought to bridge that gap by bringing together financial
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — With two games left in the regular season, No. 15 Texas A&M has a chance to reach the Southeastern Conference title game for the first time since joining the league in 2012. If the Aggies win their remaining games against Auburn and No. 3 Texas they will
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Gautam Adani, 62, was charged in a
Continue Reading By Micah Smith Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KMGH) — Santa’s Layover Lounge, a holiday pop-up bar and restaurant, is now open at Denver International Airport. “Denver International Airport has a history of always trying to think of ways to surprise and delight passengers. Last year, we were thinking, ‘What would
Continue Reading KMGH By Micah Smith Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KMGH) — Santa’s Layover Lounge, a holiday pop-up bar and restaurant, is now open at Denver International Airport. “Denver International Airport has a history of always trying to think of ways to surprise and delight passengers. Last year, we were thinking, ‘What
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed a line of guitars, following up on the Bibles, sneakers, watches, photo books and cryptocurrency ventures launched during his third White House campaign. Trump on Wednesday posted to Truth Social a photo of himself holding what he said was a “Limited Edition ‘45’ Guitar,”
Continue Reading By Jake Anderson Click here for updates on this story ATCHISON COUNTY, Missouri (KETV) — A crash that killed three people and injured three others in Missouri on Sunday morning started after an alleged kidnapping in Nebraska. According to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report around 6:12 a.m. Sunday after a
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By Ramishah Maruf and Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New York/New Delhi (CNN) — Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives were indicted in New York on Wednesday by US prosecutors for their alleged roles in a yearslong, multi-million-dollar bribery and fraud scheme involving plans to develop a major solar power plant. The Department of Justice (DOJ)
Continue Reading By Julie Cornell Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — If you vape or smoke and want to quit, you’re not alone. Multiple studies and surveys show about 60% of people who smoke or vape want to stop. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, health concerns are the
Continue Reading AP Pro Football Writer Donald Trump and the National Football League had an adversarial relationship during his first term in the White House. Now, players are breaking out the ‘Trump dance’ to celebrate sacks and scores. It involves swaying one’s hips slowly and swinging the arms back and forth like Trump has long done on
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, which led to the death of a coworker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients, federal prosecutors said. A jury convicted Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 60,
Continue Reading By Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — A Baltimore City man was attacked and injured by a deer while on foot. “I took my dog for a run down to the park. My dog and this big buck in the park came face-to-face. He was barking at the
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