Pompeo willing to meet with incoming Biden team, officials say
State Department officials who work with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have told the department’s career transition team that he will meet…
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NASA is paying startups for moon rocks. It’s not what you think
How much is a moon rock worth? According to new contracts inked between NASA and four startups, it’s somewhere between $1 and $15,000. NASA…
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This 6-year-old girl is helping the homeless with care packages
Most kids want toys or candy for their birthdays, but 6-year-old Bethany Moultry’s wish was to help more people. Months before the pandemic…
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CNBC’s Rick Santelli starts shouting match on air over Covid-19 restrictions
CNBC anchor Rick Santelli is once again under fire for misguided comments about coronavirus after a screaming match erupted on air Friday morning…
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CNBC’s Rick Santelli starts shouting match on air over Covid-19 restrictions
CNBC anchor Rick Santelli is once again under fire for misguided comments about coronavirus after a screaming match erupted on air Friday morning…
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DA won’t press charges against officer filmed pushing down elderly man
Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KSL) — Though offering a scathing rebuke of the…
Continue Reading Hospital nurse shot and killed while driving to work
Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A Nashville nurse was shot and killed while driving to work…
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Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier says Brexit talks are ‘paused’ to brief principals on talks
LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s chief negotiator says he and his British counterpart have agreed to “pause” trade negotiations while they…
Continue Reading HHS begins national vaccine ad campaign with YouTube ads
The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday launched a national ad campaign promoting awareness about the forthcoming coronavirus vaccines…
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U.S. House passes bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level
The House of Representatives has approved legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and seek to “address the devastating injustices caused…
Continue Reading Invoking ‘Tiger King,’ House passes bill banning big cat ownership
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bipartisan bill that would ban private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers, after the…
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Al menos 10 muertos por caída de autobús en Brasil
(CNN) — La Policía Federal de Carreteras de Minas Gerais informa que la caída de un autobús de un puente dejó hasta el momento 10 muertos. Los…
Continue Reading Mom of 4 who served 21 yrs in prison shares encouraging message
Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG, SC (WHNS) — A mother in Spartanburg County is home from prison after…
Continue Reading Coroner releases names of 2 killed in 150 mph chase, fiery crash
Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WHNS) — An Upstate police chief says a high-speed chase…
Continue Reading Study shows Oregon has fewest number of hospital beds per capita in nation
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Oregon has fewer hospital beds per capita than any other…
Continue Reading Historic restaurants that survived Great Depression, World Wars, and pandemic
Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Two Portland institutions that survived the last pandemic,…
Continue Reading Cheesecake Factory settles charges it misled investors about how badly Covid-19 was hitting its business
The Cheesecake Factory has agreed to pay a fine of $125,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges of misleading investors about the…
Continue Reading City shows continued improvement in 2020 Equality Indicators Report
Click here for updates on this story Tulsa, OK (Tulsa World) — The city released its annual Equality Indicators Report…
Continue Reading Officials say park ‘very safe’ despite stabbing death
Click here for updates on this story Sauk County, WI (WiscNews) — Despite a still unsolved murder this fall at…
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The 2017 travel ban may be associated with preterm births among women from the targeted countries, study says
The 2017 travel ban imposed by the Trump administration on seven Muslim-majority countries may be associated with an increase in preterm births among…
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Doctors worry women aren’t getting the health care they need during pandemic
It was early spring, about the time the novel coronavirus was spreading like wildfire in the US Northeast. Fear was keeping some ill people at home,…
Continue Reading Woman ejected from car after Corvette running from police crashes into her
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — A Corvette running from Alabama State Troopers crashed into a…
Continue Reading Hackers apuntan a actores clave en la cadena de suministro de las vacunas contra el coronavirus
(CNN) — Los piratas informáticos están apuntando a actores clave en la cadena de suministro de la vacuna contra el coronavirus a medida que se…
Continue Reading Many nursing homes now require to test staff twice a week for COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (Hartford Business Journal) — As COVID-19 positivity rates creep up…
Continue Reading Indian village schoolteacher wins $1 million global prize — and gives half to the runners-up
An Indian schoolteacher has been awarded the 2020 Global Teacher Prize — and has vowed to give half of the $1 million prize money to the…
Continue Reading Suspect in state trooper’s shooting is killed and two US marshals are wounded in Bronx shootout
A suspect is dead after a confrontation in the Bronx Friday morning in which two US marshals were shot and wounded, according to law enforcement…
Continue Reading Stimulus talks end week on optimistic note
What a difference a week makes. On Monday, it looked like nothing was going to happen on stimulus. Now, it’s possible a deal is brokered in a…
Continue Reading Businesses pitch in to keep critical hunger program going for rural Montana
Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA, MT (KPAX/KAJ) — We usually think of Neptune Aviation responding to the…
Continue Reading A Jewish doctor who treated a patient with Nazi tattoos says the pandemic has tested his compassion
Dr. Taylor Nichols has faced hate in the emergency room before. He’s treated racist patients, and each time the Jewish physician has dipped…
Continue Reading Even beloved public schools may lose students forever
The Newhart family moved to their Chicago suburb for the public schools. But when William Hatch Elementary closed its doors at the beginning of the…
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