Visa and fintech startup Plaid have terminated their $5.3 billion merger agreement after facing a legal challenge from the Department of Justice. The proposed deal was announced a year ago, but in November the DOJ sued to block the acquisition on antitrust grounds. In a statement announcing merger’s end Tuesday, Visa CEO Al Kelly cited
Continue ReadingThe Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s business has slowed as investigators wait for a ruling by the US Supreme Court, according to people familiar with the investigation, making it likely that a decision on whether there is a case to bring will be weeks or months away. A fight over a
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(CNN Español) –– Un atentado con una granada en una zona comercial de la ciudad de Barranquilla, Colombia, dejó al menos 14 personas con heridas leves. Así lo dio a conocer el alcalde de esa ciudad, Jaime Pumarejo. El funcionario afirmó que, según las investigaciones preliminares, los responsables del hecho serían miembros de una estructura
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats’ drive to impeach President Donald Trump for his role inciting last week’s riots at the US Capitol is putting many Republicans in a bind as they weigh how to vote Wednesday on the conduct of a President who had previously been unassailable in the House GOP conference throughout his four-year term. While the
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Oficial: Seis hospitales del condado llenos, otros agregan capacidad siempre que sea posible Los hospitales en todo el condado de Riverside están lidiando con la escasez de camas, y algunos han llegado a su límite, pero otros continúan abriendo espacio donde sea que puedan encontrarlo en medio del aumento actual del coronavirus, dijo hoy el
Continue ReadingThe fight over the future of gig economy work in California isn’t over. A labor union and a group of gig workers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Proposition 22, or Prop 22, the controversial California ballot measure passed by voters in November that exempts firms like Uber and Lyft from having to classify their
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Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said in a statement Tuesday that Trump “summoned” the mob that attacked the Capitol last week, “assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.” She says, “Everything that followed was
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LifeStream Blood Bank enfrenta una escasez “crítica” de sangre donada LifeStream Blood Bank anunció hoy que enfrenta una escasez “crítica” de sangre donada, lo que pone a los pacientes quirúrgicos en riesgo de que se cancelen sus procedimientos. “La situación es extremadamente grave”, dijo el director ejecutivo y presidente de LifeStream, el Dr. Rick Axelrod.
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A hot and rocky exoplanet known as a super-Earth has been discovered orbiting one of the oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study. The exoplanet, called that because it’s located outside our solar system, is about 50% larger than Earth and has three times the mass — which makes it
Continue ReadingThe FBI has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it is considering preventing those who attacked the US Capitol last week from boarding planes by adding them to the federal no-fly list. FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven D’Antuono said Tuesday that the bureau would consider adding rioters to the no-fly
Continue ReadingA defiant President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday his speech inciting the riot at the US Capitol was “totally appropriate” while at the same time calling for “no violence” in his first public remarks to reporters after the insurrection last week. Later, Trump likened attempts to impeach him for a second time to a “witch hunt”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — The Fort Smith School District is reconfiguring some of its grades as part of its vision 2023 plan. The announcement was made Monday (Jan. 11) night at the board meeting. Grade reconfiguration is a transition to the grade models in the district. Meaning
Continue Reading LifeStream Blood Bank announced today it is facing a “critical” shortage of donated blood, putting surgical patients at risk of having their procedures canceled. “The situation is extremely serious,” LifeStream CEO and President Dr. Rick Axelrod said. “We are very, very low on all blood types; surgeons can only do so much without an ample
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday it will require a negative Covid-19 test from all air passengers entering the United States — a move it says may help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Air passengers will be required to get a viral test within three days before their flight to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A Twin Cities family of five lost everything in a fire over the weekend, but a hockey community has stepped up to help. The fire happened at a home on Nightingale Court in Chaska. Neighbor Billy Way saw a haze out the front window
Continue Reading A Florida sheriff’s deputy who was just one shift away from retirement was killed Monday by a suspect in a fatal car crash, Hillsboro County Sheriff Chad Chronister said during a press conference. Hillsboro County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) Master Corporal Brian LaVigne, 54, was in a marked vehicle when a suspect who had been tased
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has told associates that he thinks President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses when he incited a deadly mob to attack the US Capitol last week and that he’s “pleased” Democrats are working to impeach the President, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Citing conversations with people familiar with his thinking,
Continue ReadingThe magnitude of loss from Covid-19 is now on par with suffering the 9/11 attacks every day. The US averaged more than 3,223 Covid-19 deaths a day over the past week, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s a few hundred more deaths daily than the 2001 strikes. After widespread concerns about delays in vaccinations, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — A Minnesota couple says they are not waiting for the pandemic to decide what is next for their business. They plan to turn their axe-throwing entertainment business mobile and travel out of state to make it profitable. Even though Gov. Tim Walz loosened COVID-19
Continue Reading Hospitals throughout Riverside County are contending with bed shortages, and some have reached their limit, but others are continuing to open up space wherever they can find it amid the current coronavirus surge, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors today. “We have 3,322 patients in our hospitals, and we’re at 91%
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