Deputy Inspector James Francis Kobel, a high-ranking official with the New York Police Department, has been fired, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter, following an internal disciplinary process after a string of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic posts he made on the online message board Rant. “The NYPD carried out a
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Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ ) — A new program hopes to attract more Black-owned businesses to Baltimore’s downtown. The Black-Owned and Occupied Storefront Tenancy program will give up to $50,000 in grants to five Black-owned businesses. It will also give business owners connections to help with marketing, accounting and other
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story San Mateo, California (KPIX) — A car traveling along Highway 92 in San Mateo County just west of Skyline Blvd. plunged through a guardrail and down a hillside, but emergency crews found no sign of any victims, except for footprints leading away from the crash site. Cal Fire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A former Lincoln Police Officer has been ticketed for allegedly assaulting a 51-year-old man while working off-duty at a Lincoln hospital Oct. 31. Benjamin D. Rieker resigned Jan. 26 for policy violations, acting Police Chief Brian Jackson said. Rieker, 32, had gone
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Virtually all of the world’s major automakers are shifting to an all-electric future — and that’s as much about the bottom line as it is the environment. Volkswagen plans to launch roughly 70 pure electric models by 2030 and has already overtaken Tesla in electric vehicle sales in many European markets. General Motors said last
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is joining the Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow, according to a press release from the conservative think tank. In a tweet, Pence said the Heritage Foundation “is a flagship of the conservative movement and I am profoundly honored to join them as a distinguished visiting fellow to advance
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Governor Newsom spoke about reopening schools for in person learning Wednesday in Oakland while opening a new mass vaccination site. “We can safely reopen schools as we progress through a prioritization to our teachers of vaccinations,” said Newsom. Newsom’s stance on the topic of teacher vaccinations is being met by resistance from teacher’s unions around
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story East Chicago, Indiana (The Times of Northwest Indiana) — A man with convictions in Wisconsin for attempted first-degree homicide and armed robbery was arrested on drug charges Monday after he tried to flee from an officer who stopped him for driving the wrong way down a one-way street,
Continue Reading(CNN Español) – La Fiscalía de Tamaulipas, en el norte de México, informó a través de un comunicado que encontraron 49 personas migrantes en la colonia Lomas de la Torre. Fiscalía General de Tamaulipas confirma detención de 12 policías con relación a la masacre de Santa Anita La fiscalía informó que llegó a la zona
Continue Reading(CNN) — La confianza mundial en las vacunas está aumentando, según una encuesta publicada el miércoles que muestra que el 54% de los encuestados en 15 países recibirían una vacuna contra el covid-19 si se les ofreciera una. La encuesta realizada por el Instituto de Innovación en Salud Global en el Imperial College de Londres
Continue ReadingThe House impeachment managers are requesting former President Donald Trump testify before or during his Senate trial. Read the letter from lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin: Dear President Trump, As you are aware, the United States House of Representatives has approved an article of impeachment against you for incitement of insurrection. See H.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — AWisconsin Dells resident recently published her latest children’s book, which she plans to make into a series. Amy Laundrie recently published, “Follow Me Into the Woods,” which teaches children its OK to be afraid of things or situations at first. “It’s like the
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Click here for updates on this story SHELTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A father and son from Orange are facing charges after they allegedly broke into a Shelton homeowner’s garage last month. Shelton police arrested 47-year-old Christopher Barretta Sr., and his 18-year-old son Christopher Barretta Jr. According to police, they were contacted by a homeowner back
Continue ReadingSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that, thanks to her state’s “unique” approach to the coronavirus pandemic, they “got through it better than virtually every other state.” Noem, a Republican who has opposed mask mandates and many pandemic-related restrictions, delivered the boast after Fox host Laura Ingraham favorably
Continue Reading The deputy chief physician of the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning has died, according to a statement published by the hospital on Thursday. Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician of the Omsk emergency hospital, died at the age of 55, according to the hospital. “With
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The chartered jet landed at the Hastings airport early Sunday, after a three-hour trip from New Jersey. And then the rumor took off. Fueled by photos on Facebook, south-central Nebraskans were quick to identify the mystery visitor. “Bruce Springsteen came into Hastings
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Cryptocurrency dogecoin has an important fan — Elon Musk, who has 45 million followers on Twitter and more money than any other person on the planet. A series of tweets Musk sent overnight sent the Bitcoin rival up more than 50% in trading Thursday. The first in a series of tweets was only one word:
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Click here for updates on this story San Francisco (KGO) — The city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against its own school district in an effort to reopen in-person instruction. City Attorney Dennis Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the
Continue ReadingThree progressive lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, arguing that the US is “out of time and excuses” to deal with the climate crisis. The National Climate Emergency Act, introduced by Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, along with
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Republicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools — and blaming Democrats and their allies in organized labor for continued closures — will lure back suburban voters who spurned them in 2020. The Republican Senate and House campaign arms, along with Republican
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