The unprecedented second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will take place under extraordinary security inside the US Capitol — a physical reminder that federal officials still believe threats to lawmakers and federal buildings are possible more than a month after the January 6 insurrection. Members of the National Guard still patrol the exterior
Continue ReadingHouse Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package. Rep. Richard Neal, who is leading the crafting of the legislation for the stimulus package as the Ways and Means Committee chairman, introduced the enhanced
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Andy Jessen was the mayor pro tempore of Eagle, Colorado. Sarah Moughamian, a lover of all things outdoors, spent all the free time she had in the Utah snow. Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska’s Bear Mountain.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the insurrection attempt on the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s followers has hurt the United States’ ability to speak up for democracy and human rights, though he remains optimistic about American institutions. “There’s no doubt that our ability to speak with that, that, that strong
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(CNN) –– Una mujer de Louisiana buscó tratamiento médico después de usar por error el pegamento en aerosol Gorilla Glue, en lugar de la laca para el cabello. La difÃcil situación de Tessica Brown se volvió viral a principios de febrero. En ese momento, la mujer reveló que su cabello llevaba un mes entero pegado,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (WQAD) — A Davenport man is dead and another is in the hospital after their car went into the river just after 6 a.m. Sunday. It happened on 23rd Street in Moline, near the Celebration Belle and River Drive. Police say a construction employee arrived at
Continue ReadingThe leadership of the USS Theodore Roosevelt failed to put in place measures to stop a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier and exacerbated a growing problem by releasing sailors too early from quarantine, a Department of Defense inspector general investigation concluded. The report, consistent with a deeper investigation into the outbreak in which
Continue ReadingThe New York state appeals court denied the Manhattan district attorney’s effort to bring criminal charges against Paul Manafort after he was pardoned by then-President Donald Trump. In a brief ruling, the chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals denied Cyrus Vance’s application to have the appeal re-argued after a lower court threw
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department chief of staff Laura Schiller said in a statement. Schiller’s statement says the agent has been in “close contact” with Buttigieg as recently as Monday morning. Buttigieg tested negative Monday and has not shown
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Blue skies were seen for most of this Monday with some passing clouds this afternoon. Afternoon highs climbed into the mid-70s creating a somewhat seasonal day in the desert. The average for the date is 71°. A series of troughs will move into the west coast this week; each one impacting California differently. The first
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — Health care workers at one mountain hospital received handmade thank yous from local quilters. Members of the Western North Carolina Quilters Guild filled the lobby of Transylvania Regional Hospital with more than 140 handmade pillows, wall quilts and quilt mats as part of
Continue ReadingThe US has ramped up its genome sequencing efforts in the hunt for coronavirus variants, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday. “Over the last three weeks or so we’ve increased our sequencing about tenfold,” Walensky said during a White House briefing. “So as we look more, we certainly
Continue ReadingAntigen test results still are not included in the total count of Covid-19 cases for some states — not even as probable cases, as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Five states — California, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri and Nevada — publicly report only cases confirmed with PCR tests in their online tallies,
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Monday confirmed Denis McDonough as President Joe Biden’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, a vote that took place just before the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump gets into full swing. As a result, the McDonough confirmation could be the last confirmation vote for a Biden Cabinet official until after the
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump gave a January 6 speech near the White House in which he exhorted his supporters to march on the US Capitol to challenge the final certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. That speech is now at the heart of the House Democrats’ case against him on a single impeachment charge
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Hombre de Cathedral City arrestado en investigación de extremismo doméstico. Un hombre de Cathedral City ha sido arrestado como parte de una investigación sobre el extremismo doméstico por una Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta contra el Terrorismo del FBI, que alega que el sospechoso era un partidario de la teorÃa de la conspiración QAnon y un
Continue Reading (CNN) — Funcionarios de salud sudafricanos dijeron el domingo que habÃan suspendido la aplicación en el paÃs de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de AstraZeneca después de que un estudio mostró que ofrece una protección reducida contra la variante del covid-19 identificada por primera vez allÃ. Durante una sesión informativa el domingo, el ministro de
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Police have identified a person of interest in the stabbing of a teenager in downtown Palm Springs last week. Benjamin Olsen, 31, of Desert Hot Springs is wanted by police for questioning in the case. “A suspect is someone who we’ve developed enough probably cause and ultimately have the probable cause to arrest them,” said PSPD Sgt.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDLAND, Michigan (WNEM) — An apartment fire left nearly dozens of people looking for a place to stay, but the newly renovated building is ready for new tenants to move in. “It was hectic though, but I’m alright now,” said Brent Anderson, tenant. Anderson was at Greenhill Apartments
Continue Reading It’s something Azadeh Shahshahani dreads hearing. And something she says she’s heard too many times already. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced last week that a man who’d been detained at the privately run Stewart Detention Center in South Georgia died after contracting coronavirus. The 57-year-old, identified by Mexican authorities as Félix Montes de Oca Marcelino,
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