Ron Johnson to bring Ken Starr to testify at controversial hearing on 2020 elections
Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and…
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Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown at midnight
President Donald Trump signed a one-week stopgap funding bill, passed by the Senate earlier Friday, to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The…
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Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown at midnight
President Donald Trump signed a one-week stopgap funding bill, passed by the Senate earlier Friday, to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The…
Continue ReadingOracle is moving its headquarters to Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — Oracle is joining the growing exodus from Silicon Valley to Texas. The company will move its corporate headquarters to the…
Continue ReadingManhattan DA interviewed employees at Trump’s bank and insurance broker in criminal probe
Investigators with the Manhattan district attorney’s office have interviewed several employees at President Donald Trump’s lender and…
Continue ReadingBiden says coronavirus vaccine ‘free from political influence’ as Trump administration pressures FDA for authorization
President-elect Joe Biden sought to instill public confidence Friday in a coronavirus vaccine that could soon be available, insisting that its safety…
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Biden says coronavirus vaccine ‘free from political influence’ as Trump administration pressures FDA for authorization
President-elect Joe Biden sought to instill public confidence Friday in a coronavirus vaccine that could soon be available, insisting that its safety…
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Analysis: More Black people need to be part of Covid-19 vaccine trials. Here’s why I participated
From the outside, it looks like any other doctor’s office — patients waiting in chairs, nurses and doctors bustling in and out of exam…
Continue ReadingThe Mississippi home of civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument
The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is now a national monument. The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in…
Continue ReadingPfizer and FDA in negotiations before coronavirus vaccine authorization
Pfizer and the US Food and Drug Administration are “negotiating” what information should be on the label for the company’s…
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown at midnight
The Senate on Friday passed a one-week stopgap funding bill by voice vote to avert a government shutdown at midnight. The bill will next go to…
Continue ReadingBiden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, an approach in dealing with the virus that…
Continue ReadingCockfighting operation busted: 60 live roosters and hens recovered, 3 men arrested
Click here for updates on this story HICKORY CREEK, TX (KTVT) — A search warrant for a property in Hickory Creek…
Continue ReadingKey lines from unveiling of Biden’s Cabinet nominees and top admin roles
President-elect Joe Biden introduced several Cabinet nominees and other top administration picks on Friday at an event in Wilmington, Delaware.…
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White House chief of staff told FDA chief vaccine must be authorized Friday or he needs to resign
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn he needed to grant an emergency use…
Continue ReadingBoston biotech conference led to 245,000 Covid-19 cases across US, genetic fingerprinting shows
A biotech conference in Boston last February that’s already been flagged as a Covid-19 superspreading event led to at least 245,000 other cases…
Continue ReadingThree snow leopards test positive for coronavirus, making it the sixth confirmed animal species
Another big cat species tested positive for coronavirus, this time a snow leopard. It’s the sixth animal species confirmed to have been…
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Fact checking Trump’s falsehood-filled Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump filed a brief at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that featured some of the same false and misleading claims Trump has been…
Continue ReadingFact checking Trump’s falsehood-filled Supreme Court brief
President Donald Trump filed a brief at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that featured some of the same false and misleading claims Trump has been…
Continue ReadingA Michigan judge rules companies don’t have to serve gay customers. The attorney general says she’ll appeal
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she will appeal a Michigan Claims Court judge’s ruling that allows discrimination against a same-sex…
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Bipartisan group struggles to finalize Covid-19 deal as leaders look to spending bill as last chance for relief
A bipartisan group of senators is struggling to finalize negotiations over a massive package once viewed as the best bet in Congress to give relief…
Continue ReadingThomas ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr., ‘Friday’ actor, dead at 62 after apparently experiencing Covid-19 symptoms
Actor and wrestler Thomas Lister Jr., also known as “Tiny,” was found dead in his home Thursday after experiencing Covid-19 symptoms, his…
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner to head south as she explores political future
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are currently in the final stages of purchasing a plot of land in an exclusive enclave nicknamed “billionaire…
Continue ReadingSenate approves defense bill with veto-proof majority in rebuke to Trump
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve a sweeping defense bill with a veto-proof majority, a major rebuke to President Donald Trump who…
Continue ReadingAttorney says Casey Goodson Jr. pointed a gun at the deputy who fatally shot him
An attorney for the Ohio deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. says the young Black man pointed a gun at his client — an allegation that…
Continue ReadingHallelujah! ‘Sister Act 3’ is in production, with Whoopi Goldberg starring
Disney has announced that a third installment of “Sister Act” is in development, with Whoopi Goldberg reprising her starring role nearly…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next in the states’ fight over the election at the Supreme Court
State attorneys general went to battle at the Supreme Court on Thursday, taking sides on President Donald Trump’s bid to pull off an…
Continue ReadingTeen builds food pantries for people in need
Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — A high school senior in Sacramento is going above and…
Continue ReadingElon Musk appears immune to criticism as Tesla ignores the media
Andy Cunningham, a longtime Silicon Valley communications professional who once worked with Steve Jobs and now leads her own marketing agency, the…
Continue ReadingBiotechs working on breast cancer treatments see shares soar — then tank
Covid-19 vaccines are on everyone’s mind, including investors in pharmaceutical and biotech stocks. But while Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are…
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