Trump purges Pentagon advisory board and gives seats to former campaign managers
President Donald Trump has purged a Pentagon business advisory board and replaced its members with his former campaign manager and deputy campaign…
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Act of kindness leads to entire family contracting COVID, with deadly consequences
Click here for updates on this story ELMWOOD PARK, NJ (WCBS) — We know COVID is easily transferrable, so it’s not…
Continue ReadingStocks rally to new record highs on jobs day
Stocks hit new all-time highs Friday — even though the government reported a lower-than-expected increase in jobs in November. Investors appear…
Continue Reading71-yo homeless man heartbroken after his service dog ‘Skyp Dim’ is stolen
Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — A 71-year-old homeless man says he’s heartbroken and driven…
Continue ReadingGift card giveaway draws hundreds in need of food
Click here for updates on this story Miami, FL (WFOR) — Hundreds of people waited hours in Little Haiti on Friday…
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How Elvis Presley can help us with a Covid vaccine
On October 28, 1956, a young Elvis Presley went on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” A phenom who had burst onto the national music scene earlier…
Continue ReadingTeen builds Christmas trees, raises $13,000 for friend injured in accident
Click here for updates on this story WALPOLE, MA (WBZ) — This year, the season of giving has special meaning in the…
Continue ReadingSome COVID patients struggling with lingering effects months later
Click here for updates on this story Boston, MA (WBZ) — Researchers are still trying to figure out COVID-19. One of the…
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s Washington Monument shines with new led light system
Click here for updates on this story Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — If a monument is lit in the city and no one is around to see…
Continue ReadingThe US added just 245,000 jobs in November as labor market stalls
Hiring in the US is now so slow, it could take another 40 months for the job market to fully recover from the pandemic. The US economy added 245,000…
Continue ReadingNASA 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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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…
Continue ReadingCNBC’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…
Continue ReadingHHS 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…
Continue ReadingU.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 ReadingInvoking ‘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…
Continue ReadingMom 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 ReadingCoroner 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 ReadingCheesecake 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 ReadingOfficials 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingDoctors 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 ReadingIndian 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 ReadingSuspect 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 ReadingStimulus 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 ReadingA 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 ReadingEven 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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Stocks rally to new record highs on jobs day
Stocks soared to new all-time highs Friday — even though the government reported a lower-than-expected increase in jobs in November. Investors…
Continue ReadingBiden wrestles with politics in effort to depoliticize the Justice Department
Political questions from Democrats and a new Republican litmus test have suddenly become complicating factors in one of President-elect Joe…
Continue ReadingFour more states just legalized recreational weed. Here’s how long you’ll have to wait to buy it
In a matter of hours on election night, recreational cannabis measures got the go-ahead in four more states: Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South…
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