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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — Kansas City Tenants launched “Zero Eviction January.” It will involve rallies at the Jackson County Courthouses for twice a week for the month of January. The first rally will be Jan. 7 at the downtown Jackson County Courthouse. It will start at 8:30
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Change is inevitable in our new world amid an ongoing pandemic, especially here in California. Below are some of the key points in regards to the 2021 American Express golf tournament. Despite format changes, tournament contributions to local Coachella Valley charities will exceed those made in 2020Due to local COVID-19 circumstances, the tournament will be
Continue Reading Here’s a look at college football’s Heisman Trophy. Facts The Heisman Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the “most outstanding football player in the United States.” January 5, 2021 – Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith wins the Heisman via a virtual ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. He is the first wide receiver to
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning, a White House official and a person familiar with the situation tell CNN. She’s the first Cabinet member to leave in wake of President Donald Trump’s response to a mob of his supporters breaching the US Capitol. She is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. This story is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — A police chase in south Baldwin County ended in the arrest of five individuals suspected of stealing the car they were in and several vehicle break-ins in Spanish Fort. The break-ins happened over the weekend and then Monday night, January 4, 2021 a
Continue ReadingAfter rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to protest Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, players and coaches across American sports leagues voiced their concerns about what they witnessed in Washington. “This is what’s going on. It has been incited. People can’t be surprised at what’s happening, because it’s kind of been provoked for a
Continue ReadingAmerican gun manufacturers saw their stock prices surge Wednesday afternoon as a group of Trump supporters stormed into the US Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Shares of Smith & Wesson Brands, Sturm, Ruger & Co. and Vista Outdoors Inc began rising Wednesday as Democrats secured both
Continue ReadingActing Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf urged President Donald Trump and all elected officials to condemn the violence on Capitol Hill in a sharply-worded statement Thursday, while vowing to stay in his position until President-Elect Joe Biden takes office. “What transpired yesterday was tragic and sickening. While I have consistently condemned political violence on both
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A woman who embezzled more than $400,000 from Creola and Prichard – and gambled part of it at casinos – will spend a year in prison, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer imposed the sentence on Kim Wright Green. He
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(CNN) — American Airlines dice que tomará nuevas medidas «de precaución», que incluyen dejar de servir alcohol en los vuelos hacia y desde Washington ya que un sindicato informó de varios incidentes durante los cuales los asistentes de vuelo «se vieron obligados a confrontar a los pasajeros que mostraban agresión por razones políticas hacia otros
Continue ReadingA handful of states and the District of Columbia are mobilizing approximately 6,200 National Guard members to Washington to provide security to the city following Wednesday’s deadly riot at the US Capitol, a US defense official tells CNN. The guardsmen will be activated from the National Guards of Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, New York
Continue ReadingIt’s not a surprise that stocks mostly rallied Wednesday and were up again Thursday morning, despite the ugly and tragic events during a riot at the nation’s Capitol. It’s simply a case of history repeating itself. Wall Street has often been unfazed by civil unrest in America. As long as the turmoil didn’t have a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, OR (KPTV) — A group from the Salem area are thankful for family and friends who came to their rescue after spending nearly two days stranded in the Oregon Cascades. The trip into the Cascades for R.J. Hampton, his brother Kheigan Hampton and their girlfriend’s Haley Davis
Continue ReadingUS Capitol Police, facing criticism over an apparent lack of preparedness to deal with Wednesday’s violent mob on Capitol Hill, provided first details about the deadly incident that left lawmakers and staff fearful for their lives. In a statement released Thursday morning, chief of police Steven A. Sund detailed the violent actions of the rioters
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (East Idaho News) — An apartment manager in Idaho Falls is accused of shooting a man on New Year’s Eve and shooting himself in the arm. The information comes from an affidavit of probable cause obtained by EastIdahoNews.com about the shooting leading to the arrest
Continue ReadingAfter violent pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, a growing number of Republican leaders and Cabinet officials told CNN that they believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before January 20. Four of them called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, and two others said the President should be impeached. “He
Continue ReadingThe FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies are planning a push to make arrests and bring charges against those who led the insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday, federal law enforcement officials said. Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said in a statement Thursday that “some participants in yesterday’s violence will be charged today,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El caos en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos el miércoles no fue la primera vez que hubo violencia en uno de los edificios estadounidenses más emblemáticos. Durante más de cuatro horas, partidarios del presidente Donald Trump ocuparon el Capitolio en un intento de luchar contra el recuento ceremonial de los votos electorales para
Continue Reading A rare note written by a doctor who treated Napoleon Bonaparte has revealed how the French military leader and emperor suffered with sickness and pain in the years before his death. The letter, dated June 4, 1818, was written by Irish surgeon Barry Edward O’Meara, who treated Napoleon when he was in exile on the
Continue Reading South Africa has reported a “grim milestone” with 844 deaths and 20000 new Covid cases reported in 24 hours on Wednesday, sparking fears of stricter lockdown measures as the country battles with an influx of immigrants from neighboring Zimbabwe. Covid cases have spiked to unprecedented levels since the start of the year, and the government
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