Click here for updates on this story KIRKWOOD, MO (KMOV) — In just a few weeks, donors from across the country have helped a local business give away about $5,000 to restaurant servers across the St. Louis area. Nicole Genz, owner of RF Home Co. in Kirkwood, saw videos of the Venmo challenge on TikTok
Continue ReadingThe invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th president of the United States will still have plenty of pomp. The National Mall has been shut down to keep people away, so we will all be spared another comparison
Continue Reading When President-elect Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech Wednesday, civil rights leaders are hoping for more than just promises, but a plan of action for racial healing. Biden will be entering the presidency at a time when the nation is divided after White rioters stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 in their refusal to
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court justice, will meet on the largest stage in the country in an attempt to reset a nation in crisis. Harris and Sotomayor will exchange only a few words as they recite and repeat the vice presidential
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — After ten months of learning from home, students in New Haven returned to the classroom on Tuesday. They’ve been out since last March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Justin Elicker, who originally pushed for schools to reopen during the fall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (WNEP) — On almost every corner, there’s an opportunity to play the lottery nowadays. But it wasn’t one of these places where Newswatch 16 went to find out what players would do with their winnings. Instead, we turned to Facebook and asked viewers to joins us
Continue ReadingAmong incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration, many of which were rollbacks of Obama-era or earlier rules. Biden’s advisers have compiled a list of more than 100 rules and policies developed by the Trump administration that it sees as targets for review, CNN
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US, Biden’s transition team announced Wednesday. The commission had been formed as an apparent counter to The New York
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Department of Education released updated guidance and metrics Tuesday for when schools can return to in-person learning. ODE first released “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance in Aug. 2020 for public schools across the state. The guidance was developed under the direction of
Continue ReadingOptimism about the end of the pandemic and support from governments and central banks have rescued the Trump stock market. Now, investors will see if those gains can hold under Joe Biden, who will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. A look back: Shares shot up after Trump’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV) — Two people are facing charges for the starvation and malnourishment of two young children, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. Mena Kamel, 33, and Marina Zaki, 28, are charged with four counts of first-degree assault and 14 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — Following the attacks at our Nation’s Capitol on January 6th, Amtrak has increased its security along the Northeast Corridor. As inauguration events kick off Wednesday, they want to make sure all their travelers and employees feel safe. Amtrak officials want to make sure they
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden, who plans to make the coronavirus pandemic his top priority, will begin his presidency by asking Americans to wear masks for 100 days and requiring their use on federal property. His first executive order, the “100 Days Masking Challenge,” will symbolize the administration’s sharp turn from the Trump era by emphasizing recommendations
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died at a local hospital after catching Covid, said government spokesman George Charamba, on Wednesday. Moyo was the army officer who went on state television on November 15, 2017 to announce the military’s takeover of power from former late president Robert Mugabe. “The Nation will be kept apprised of
Continue ReadingAfter campaigning on a promise to heal a fractured nation, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the work of uniting the country Wednesday when he is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on the West Front of the US Capitol — a mere two weeks after insurrectionists incited by President Donald Trump
Continue Reading You didn’t win Mega Millions’ top prize on Tuesday. The upside is that the game’s second-largest jackpot in history will be up for grabs on Friday. The Mega Millions jackpot is rising to an estimated $970 million for those who’d like their prize in an annual payment, or $716.3 million for a lump-sum option, after
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Americans are sharing what top priorities they think President-elect Joe Biden and VicePresident-elect Kamala Harris and their administration should tackle first. Ahead of the inauguration Wednesday, a new poll by The Associated Press found containing the coronavirus outbreak and repairing the economic damage from the pandemic were the top priorities. According to that poll done
Continue ReadingIn a matter of hours, President Joe Biden will inherit a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Senate. But the narrow majorities in both chambers will challenge his administration’s agenda, his timeline and the goal Biden set to restore unity in the country after four years of tumult under President Donald Trump. Bottom line: When Biden
Continue Reading Nigerian artist Burna Boy will feature on the official playlist for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The award-winning singer’s song ‘Destiny’ will be played alongside other international artists such as Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, and Kygo. The playlist was curated by American actress Issa Rae’s record label Raedio and
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(CNN) — A continuación puedes ver el calendario público publicado por el equipo de transición de Biden para Joe Biden y Kamala Harris el dÃa de la toma de posesión: Minuto a minuto: la toma de posesión de Joe Biden y Kamala Harris MIÉRCOLES 20 DE ENERO DE 2021 El miércoles 20 de enero, el
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