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House Republicans voted Wednesday night that Rep. Liz Cheney should keep her post in House GOP leadership after she defended her support for impeachment as a vote of conscience during a contentious closed-door GOP conference meeting, a source with knowledge of the process told CNN. “I won’t apologize for the vote,” Cheney told the House
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Wednesday approved a power-sharing agreement that will allow Democrats to take control of committees after winning a narrow majority in the chamber and flipping it from GOP control. Democrats won control of the Senate in January after winning a pair of US Senate seats in Georgia and the White House. However, without
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Update: The teen has died from his injuries. He was identified as James Bernard, 17, of Twentynine Palms. Original Story: As of Wednesday evening a teenager was in critical condition following an early morning stabbing in downtown Palm Springs. Palm Springs police were called out to the 300 block of South Palm Canyon Drive near
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans are voting by secret ballot Wednesday night on whether Rep. Liz Cheney can keep her post in House GOP leadership after she defended her support for impeachment vote as a vote of conscience during a contentious closed-door GOP conference meeting, a source with knowledge of process told CNN. “I won’t apologize for the
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(CNN Español) — A una semana de las elecciones presidenciales en Ecuador, el correísmo reaccionó frente a la publicación de este sábado de la revista Semana, de Colombia, sobre un supuesto financiamiento por parte de la guerrilla colombiana del Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) a la campaña del candidato a la Presidencia de Ecuador de
Continue ReadingGlobal vaccine confidence is rising, according to a survey released Wednesday showing that 54% of respondents across 15 countries would get a Covid-19 vaccine if one was offered to them. The survey done by the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College in London showed that willingness to get vaccinated has increased in 11
Continue ReadingHouse GOP leader Kevin McCarthy broke his silence on Wednesday over the uproar caused by freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theory views, suggesting Republicans would not move to strip her from her committee assignments, effectively forcing Democrats to take action on their own. McCarthy’s move is a sharp break from a growing number of
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California is opening two mass Covid-19 vaccination sites as part of a federal pilot program to quickly boost the number of available doses, as the state continues to see improving numbers in cases, deaths, positivity rate and hospitalizations. “Everything that should be up in relationship to this virus is up. Everything that should be down
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Crematoriums throughout Riverside County were cleared today to conduct operations without regard to daily emission caps, under a temporary waiver granted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District stemming from the coronavirus surge. AQMD officials said the waiver previously granted to Los Angeles and Orange counties now applies to Riverside County, and it will
Continue ReadingThe White House, in the wake of President Joe Biden’s lengthy two-hour meeting with 10 Senate Republicans Monday night, sent two detailed memos to the group the next morning addressing specific concerns raised about school funding and direct payments. Republicans have yet to respond, according to an administration official. The memos, obtained by CNN, provide
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik V de Rusia tiene un 91,6% de efectividad para prevenir el covid-19 sintomático y 100% efectiva para prevenir enfermedades graves, según un análisis provisional de los datos del ensayo de fase 3 publicado en la revista médica The Lancet el martes. La mayor parte de los
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Hispanic people, who make up about half the population here in Riverside County, have received about 18 percent of the doses administered so far, according to county data. According to the county’s health records, white people are the most likely to have been vaccinated so far, receiving nearly 45 percent of doses already given. But
Continue Reading Three skiers are missing after getting caught in a large avalanche between the Colorado towns of Silverton and Ophir, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The three belonged to a larger group of back-country skiers who were traveling Monday and triggered the avalanche in an area locally known as “The
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The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced in Moscow on Tuesday to two and a half years of prison. His supposed crime was a probation violation committed while he was in a coma in Berlin after being poisoned by the same state security forces that have locked him up again. It’s pointless to talk
Continue Reading The Navy’s efforts to improve equality have clearly fallen short of “addressing the societal challenges of today,” a military task force created following the nation’s racial reckoning found. Task Force One Navy issued dozens of recommendations on Wednesday after months of evaluating the military branch’s diversity and inclusion practices. “We have fallen short in the
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(A version of this piece appeared in Wednesday’s The Point newsletter. Sign up for more!) Congress is more popular than anytime since the early spring of 2020 — and its approval rating has jumped by 10 points since December! Good news, right? Well … the thing is that just 25% of the public approves of
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– La Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua, de mayoría oficialista, aprobó este martes la reforma al Código Procesal Penal que permite la detención de una persona por entre 15 y 90 días mientras se realiza la investigación de un presunto delito. El término que rige actualmente para esto es de 48 horas. «Ese corto
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About 70% to 85% of the US population should be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country can begin to return to a sense of normalcy, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Tuesday night. So far, less than 2% of Americans have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data from the Centers for
Continue ReadingTwo prominent members of the Proud Boys face new conspiracy charges related to the US Capitol riot, as the Justice Department laid out a planning and funding effort within the Trump-supporting extremist group in a major court development on Wednesday afternoon. The Justice Department unveiled the new conspiracy charges in a federal grand jury indictment
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — On Monday, Feb. 1, Asheville city officials say a homeless camp of about seven to 10 people was cleared out from underneath the Lexington Bridge below I-240 in downtown Asheville by crews with North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (NCDOT). They say NCDOT had
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