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Vice President Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 elections. Earlier this month, Georgia elected two Democrats — the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff —
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Click here for updates on this story BAY MINETTE, Alabama (WALA) — Authorities have arrested the second woman connected to a case earlier this month when two women were accused of allegedly leaving drugs for an inmate outside of the courthouse in Bay Minette. On the day of the incident, officials obtained a video showing
Continue ReadingBarack Obama greeted Kamala Harris with a fist bump at the inauguration on Wednesday, a gesture that carried symbolic weight as the history-making former president prepared to watch Harris make some of her own. The moment came as Harris walked to her seat on the inaugural stage Wednesday morning shortly before being sworn in as
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is waiting for an answer from President Joe Biden’s director of national intelligence nominee Avril Haines before he agrees to a speedy Senate confirmation vote, a sign of the challenges that the new President faces getting his Cabinet nominees installed in the evenly divided Senate. Many of Biden’s Cabinet
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La ciudad de Palm Desert está ofreciendo un programa de préstamos de $800,000 para los propietarios de restaurantes con problemas impactados por las directivas estatales ordenadas en respuesta a Covid-19.Los préstamos no están obligados a ser reembolsados si los beneficiarios siguen las pautas estatales de salud pública mientras dirigen sus negocios. La cantidad máxima que
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Las autoridades identificaron públicamente a una madre de 31 años que murió en una colisión frontal cerca a Moreno Valley, sus tres hijos pequeños sobrevivieron.Lucrecia Garland de San Jacinto murió en el Centro Médico de la Universidad Riverside en Moreno Valley unas dos horas después del accidente, que ocurrió alrededor de las 6:50 a.m. Martes
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El Condado de Riverside ha creado más citas de vacunas COVID.La inscripción estará disponible el jueves (21 de enero) al mediodía para seis próximas clínicas de vacunas COVID-19 en Lake Elsinore, Perris e Indio.Puede registrarse en ruhealth.org/covid-19-vaccine. Si usted o alguien que conoce necesita más ayuda, puede llamar a la línea directa del Condado al
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is directing the Department of Education Wednesday to extend the suspension of federal student loan payments and interest. Borrowers will not have to make payments until October 1 at the earliest, extending the already unprecedented pause on payments by eight months. When the economy began to shut down in response to the
Continue ReadingHours after he was sworn in, President Joe Biden announced the US plans to reenter the Paris climate accord, the landmark international agreement signed in 2015 to limit global warming, in a sign of Biden’s urgency to address the climate crisis. The US abandoned the agreement late last year on former President Donald Trump’s orders.
Continue Reading Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th United States President, taking the reins of a country in crisis. But his task on the global stage will be daunting, too. World leaders reacted to Biden’s inauguration by offering congratulations, jockeying for position at the forefront of his foreign policy agenda, and in some cases
Continue Reading UPDATE: 12:54 p.m.: According to Dr. Kaiser, the appointments have all been filled. The county will announce more clinics soon. He did not specify a day or time. UPDATE: 12:30 p.m.: Multiple viewers have called in to the newsroom to report that the Riverside County vaccine page is down. Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the county’s public
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WLOS) — The former North Carolina state record for a channel catfish held steady for 50 years, but the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reported Jan. 20 that a Pinehurst man broke that record last September. John Stone, of Pinehurst, now holds the new record after
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump made false claims from the first hours of his term to the last. Trump repeated some of his favorite falsehoods in both his farewell video address, which was released on Tuesday, and in his final speech on Wednesday morning at Joint Base Andrews. One more time, here is a fact check roundup.
Continue ReadingJoe Biden took a brief walk along the inaugural parade route Wednesday before entering the White House for the first time as the 46th President of the United States, jogging to the sidelines to greet reporters and the few guests in attendance in a city that is locked down following the security breach at the
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday looked a bit different from past ceremonies ushering in a new administration. There is, after all, immensely heightened security in Washington, DC, and a swirling pandemic, not to mention the absence of the outgoing president, the first time that’s happened in more than a century and a half. It’s
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(CNN) –– El sitio web de la Casa Blanca, Whitehouse.gov, se actualizó este miércoles para reflejar que Joe Biden es el nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos, y ahora también incluye una sección en español, la cual se eliminó durante el mandato de Donald Trump. La página de inicio de la Casa Blanca para sus comunicaciones
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For the first time ever, the American Express golf tournament in La Quinta will not have the three-day pro-am. In its place was the first-ever Charity Challenge. Two of the top 30 golfers in the world, alongside celebrity partners, battled it out on the back nine of the PGA West Pete Dye Stadium course. The
Continue ReadingIn a sharp break with his predecessor, President Joe Biden vowed during his inaugural address Wednesday to tackle the information crisis plaguing American politics and society. “We must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured,” Biden said shortly after taking the oath as the 46th President. “There is truth,” Biden
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Después de cuatro años de la política Primero EE.UU. de la administración Trump, el presidente Joe Biden envió un mensaje claro a otras naciones en su discurso de toma de posesión. «El mundo nos está mirando, vigilándonos hoy. Así que aquí está mi mensaje para quienes están más allá de nuestras fronteras:
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and confirmed by the US Senate. “These individuals, nearly all of whom are career civil servants, will temporarily lead federal agencies while Cabinet nominees continue moving through the confirmation process,”
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