Even mighty Texas, the energy powerhouse of America, is feeling the wrath of Mother Nature. A deep freeze this week in the Lone Star state, which relies on electricity to heat many homes, is causing power demand to skyrocket. At the same time, natural gas, coal, wind and nuclear facilities in Texas have been knocked
Continue ReadingThe White House is relaunching its official Snapchat account on Tuesday, featuring a message from President Joe Biden focused on Covid-19. In his first official Snapchat story as president, Biden sits in the White House dining room, wearing a face mask. He tells Snapchatters why he is wearing a mask and asks them to do
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will answer questions at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, less than a month after taking office. The “CNN Presidential Town Hall with Joe Biden” will be moderated by Anderson Cooper and will air live at 9 p.m. ET. The town hall comes as the Biden administration continues its
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden, no longer encumbered by his predecessor’s impeachment trial and eager to seize the national spotlight, will bring the case for his massive coronavirus relief plan to the country on Tuesday when he participates in a CNN town hall at 9 p.m. ET in Milwaukee. Biden’s first work trip outside Washington since taking
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At least three people were killed and 10 more were injured after a tornado ripped through Brunswick County, North Carolina, late Monday, officials said. The National Weather Service in Wilmington confirmed Tuesday the tornado “has been rated as a high-end EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita damage scale with winds estimated at 160 mph.” Dozens of
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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have once again opened their hearts and checkbooks to help those affected by the pandemic-fueled hunger crisis. The celebrity couple donated $500,000 to two organizations — Feeding America and Food Banks Canada. Those groups were also the beneficiaries of the couple’s other million-dollar donation to aid the fight against hunger.
Continue ReadingSony’s PlayStation 5 has been hugely popular — and hard for consumers to get their hands on — since it was released last fall. But not everyone who managed to snag one has been satisfied. A class action lawsuit accuses Sony of violating consumer fraud statutes and breaching warranty agreements because of an alleged defect
Continue Reading HOLLYWOOD, Florida (WFOR) — A devastated mother and father are pleading for the public’s help in the search for their 21-year-old daughter, who they say vanished without a trace from Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood last Thursday. Marycel and Jose Bolivar told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench that their daughter, Noemi Bolivar, was last heard from
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is “not currently representing President Trump in any legal matters,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told CNN on Tuesday. The former New York City mayor was the face of Trump’s failed bid to overturn the presidential election results, but his legal work with the former President
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(CNN) — Los procedimientos legales en la batalla por la tutela de Britney Spears se habían mantenido relativamente privados durante el año pasado. Eso cambió durante una dramática audiencia el mes pasado en la que el abogado de Spears, Samuel D. Ingham III, declaró que su clienta tenía «miedo» de su padre, Jamie Spears, al
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAVERHILL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Steven Hart darted across Route 125 in Haverhill early Saturday morning after a car crashed through the front of Li’s Asian Restaurant. “They didn’t even hit the brakes they just went straight in,” he said. Hart called 911 and went inside to see if
Continue ReadingA federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the United States The regulation, which prohibited migrants who have resided in or traveled through third countries from seeking
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About 105 million Americans throughout the county remain under a winter storm warning or watch as many deal with frustrating power outages and stinging cold temperatures. “Significant snow, sleet, and freezing rain accumulations will spread across most of the Mid-South Wednesday and Thursday,” the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings are in effect in
Continue ReadingEgyptian authorities raided multiple homes and detained family members of Egyptian-American human rights activist Mohamed Soltan, his organization, the Freedom Initiative, said on Tuesday. A lawyer for Soltan, who now lives in the United States after almost two years in prison in Egypt, said the arrests were part of a campaign against the family to
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After an afternoon with highs in the mid-70s for Palm Springs, clear skies and cool temperatures will accompany us through the night. Still a breezy day in the desert with gusts near 30 MPH in the more wind-prone valley communities. The wind direction will shift to become off-shore through Wednesday and Thursday as the trough
Continue ReadingThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released guidelines for reopening schools that focus on five key Covid-19 mitigation strategies: the universal and correct wearing of masks; physical distancing; washing hands; cleaning facilities and improving ventilation; and contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. Vaccines and testing are not among the “key” strategies the
Continue Reading Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced an overhaul of the state’s citizen’s arrest law Tuesday, one that was used to justify the death of Ahmaud Arbery last year. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A Beacon Hill barber is lucky to be alive after he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest with his own pair of shears. Steve Silva, 29, was cutting Max Cohen’s hair when he tripped and fell on top of the scissors. “He was walking around
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three) Education: Hangzhou Teachers College, 1988;
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The first reference the Baltimore Historical Society could find to “salt boxes” in the Baltimore Sun archives is from 1969. It’s still not clear exactly how long the boxes have been a neighborhood fixture during Baltimore winters. “They’re full of salt for residents who are
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