New York City is terminating its business relationships with the Trump Organization in response to last week’s attack on the US Capitol. On the day President Donald Trump faces a second impeachment for his role inciting the rioters who ransacked the Capitol, officials in New York City announced plans to immediately end the Trump Organization’s
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Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Trey Gordon has been baking ever since he’s been able to reach his kitchen counter. Now the 13-year-old can add appearing on Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship to his list of achievements. Gordon, of Davenport, is no stranger to the Quad-Cities’ limelight. The
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The legendary Betty White turns 99 on January 17 and like many others this year she is planning a birthday in quarantine. White recently spoke with “Entertainment Tonight” about how she will spend the start of her last year as a nonagenarian. “What am I doing for my birthday?,” she said. “Running a mile each
Continue ReadingMississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday ratified the new state flag, and Mississippi flew its new banner over the state Capitol for the first time, months after the state retired its decades-old flag that displayed a Confederate battle emblem. The moment was historic for the southern state that had been the last in the nation
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The federal government announced Tuesday that states can now vaccinate people older than 65 and those in the ‘high risk’ category. News Channel 3 reached out to our local health officials to see how this will impact their vaccine rollout plan. Riverside County Public Health says people 75 and up could start getting vaccinated as
Continue ReadingOne of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees. It’s a sign that scrutiny of the country’s tech champions is broadening, and could become even more intense. Pinduoduo — the country’s third largest e-commerce firm after Alibaba and JD.com — became a target of public
Continue Reading Yes, Martha Stewart received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine near a facility named for her, but rest assured, she says she didn’t jump the line. The lifestyle mogul posted a video Monday on her verified Instagram account showing her getting vaccinated near the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown in
Continue ReadingA week after the mob stormed the US Capitol leaving staff and members cowering in their offices, in their chambers and waiting out the siege in secure locations, the House will vote — for the first time in history — to impeach a sitting President twice. This time around, a handful of Republicans will be
Continue ReadingNational Guard members supporting US Capitol security in Washington, DC, ahead of Inauguration Day will be armed, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. The decision comes as law enforcement in the nation’s capital and around the country brace for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol last week. The first wave
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Masters will allow a limited number of spectators in attendance, Fred Ridley — chairman of Augusta National Golf Club — announced Tuesday in a statement. “While we are disappointed that we will be unable to accommodate a full complement of patrons this year, we will continue our efforts to ensure that all who
Continue ReadingFaith in massive Covid-19 vaccination efforts has been a key reason stocks have kicked off 2021 by notching a string of record highs. But early evidence shows that the vaccination drive in many countries is stumbling out of the gate, posing a risk to market expectations that the economy — and therefore corporate earnings —
Continue ReadingTwitter’s decision to ban President Donald Trump from its platform on Friday sent shock waves through the political and tech worlds. But a different tech crackdown that began later that night and continued through the weekend arguably has the potential to shift how people think about the internet and the companies that power it. Citing
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(CNN) — Con el progreso en los esfuerzos de las vacunas contra el covid-19 y las predicciones de cuándo la mayor parte de la población las recibirá, parece haber una luz al final del largo y angustioso túnel pandémico. Sin embargo, dado que los riesgos fÃsicos se manejan mejor con vacunas, lo que probablemente aún
Continue Reading Eddie Lee Howard was wrongfully sentenced to death in 1994. Now, after decades of fighting, he has been exonerated. Howard, who is Black, was sentenced to death in 1994, after being wrongfully convicted for the murder and rape of 84-year-old Georgia Kemp, who is White, in Columbus, Mississippi, according to the Innocence Project, which represented
Continue Reading (CNN) — Sufrimos una experiencia desgarradora y, a continuación, tenemos una clara sensación en el estómago. Muchos de nosotros sentimos instintivamente la conexión entre nuestro intestino y nuestro cerebro. Esa conexión y la manera en que la variedad de bacterias que residen en nuestro tracto digestivo —nuestro microbioma— podrÃan ayudar a tratar las enfermedades mentales
Continue ReadingManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his team will do its best to keep within the new Covid-19 guidelines as the Premier League looks to clampdown on celebrations. In a document reportedly sent out to teams on Tuesday, made public on social media, organizers underlined that behaviors during training and matches must change, whilst
Continue ReadingIn the run-up to the Consumer Electronics Show last year, Gina Muoio was pulling 60-to-80-hour weeks at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Muoio worked as an event coordinator for a third-party electrical vendor and carefully choreographed the power needs for exhibitors, presenters and attendees at trade shows held in the massive hall.
Continue Reading Japan will expand its state of emergency to seven more prefectures, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. The country reported 4,527 new cases and 51 deaths Tuesday, bringing the national total to almost 300,000, with a death toll of 4,158. More than 61,500 patients are in hospitals across the country, which have been struggling to
Continue ReadingAs a fourth-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Amanda Walker knows that vaccinations are both safe and essential. Getting one, however, is still an ordeal for Walker, who has needle phobia. “I’ll start to get really clammy, and then get cold sweats,” she said, describing her reaction to routine injections. “Then I
Continue Reading Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is about to be indicted on criminal charges by a special counsel for his role in the Flint water crisis, news outlets including CNN affiliate WXYZ report. Snyder and several other officials will face state criminal charges in connection with the crisis, the outlets report. Snyder’s attorney calls the reports
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