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There’s a story President Joe Biden likes to tell about himself. It’s from a time when he was a first-term senator. He had objected angrily to some remarks from archconservative Sen. Jesse Helms, who was opposed to a proposal for broader rights for people with disabilities. Biden was furious, and let Senate Majority Leader Mike
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Congress passed this week into law Thursday. That’s welcome news for Americans in need of aid because of the pandemic. But it’s also a big plus for investors. Stocks have resumed their rally this week — following a brief pullback after bond yields spiked and inflation
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Stacey Plaskett, a Black Democratic delegate, on Wednesday forcefully rebuked her White Republican colleague in the House of Representatives for accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of being a “group that doesn’t like the old-fashioned family,” a statement she derided as racist. In speaking against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, Wisconsin GOP
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — In an effort to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines in communities of color, Walgreens is partnering with Uber to help parishioners of three metro-Atlanta churches get vaccinated. “Uber picked us up at our home this morning,” said Ronald Stevens. He and his wife Venus are parishioners
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — Salem Police Department responded Tuesday to a call of a man firing his gun inside a backyard on Capitol Street Northeast, hitting the house’s natural gas meter. “There was nobody out here I could see he was shooting at,” Gary Hunter said. Gary Hunter
Continue Reading The Perseverance rover is sending back the sounds of Mars — and it’s contributing to the soundtrack. New audio returned from the rover’s SuperCam includes the popping sound of the instrument as it zaps rocks with its laser. It’s the first time we’ve heard what it sounds like when a laser interacts with a rock
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The third edition of the Desert X exhibition opens to the public Friday. It runs through May 16 in the Coachella Valley. Desert X is an outdoor experience free and open to the public. The art exhibition spans across 40 miles of desert. The exhibition was originally scheduled to run from February 6 until April
Continue Reading Flutterwave, an African fintech startup has secured $170 million in capital injections from investors, the firm said in a statement Wednesday. The new capital flows — facilitated by “a leading group of international investors” — will bolster Flutterwave’s client base in the global market, the statement said. “The fundraise brings the total investment in Flutterwave
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The shootings in Portland are becoming more brazen, after a man died from a gunshot wound in Dawson Park Tuesday afternoon. Portland Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Titus McNack. Several leaders in the Black community are joining the conversation about the spike in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — Pediatric specialists and researchers at Washington University are behind a major research effort led by the Nation Institutes of Health to investigate an illness common in children that develops weeks after contracting COVID-19. According to doctors, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, also known as
Continue ReadingAll living former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies — with the exception of the Trumps — are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn, a push that is aimed squarely at combating
Continue Reading Rosie Arguello spent the past couple of months glued to her cellphone and landline, calling a hotline to get a Covid-19 vaccine. When she heard the busy signal, she called again, and again, and again. The 66-year-old who lives in San Antonio’s South side would only put her phones down to take her 2-year-old grandniece
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PEARL CITY, Hawaii (KITV) — Officials have suspended the search for a person who was swept away by a raging river on Oahu’s north shore on Tuesday. Wednesday at 5:58 a.m., the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) resumed the search for a person in the Waiawa Stream in Pearl
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAUD, Texas (KTBS) — Stress from the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health. But for military veterans already suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, it can be even worse. Tony Vargas has been living at the Lancer Legacy Ranch since the beginning of the pandemic.
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(CNN) — En sus primeros comentarios públicos sobre la entrevista que dio su hermano el príncipe Harry, y su esposa Meghan, el príncipe William dijo que la familia real «no era una familia racista». Cuando un periodista le preguntó si había hablado con su hermano desde la explosiva entrevista con Oprah, el príncipe William dijo:
Continue ReadingStaggering numbers of health care workers — more than one in five — have experienced anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder during the pandemic, new research has revealed. Health care workers have been working for long hours under strenuous conditions. Because of this, Nathaniel Scherer, co-lead author of the systematic review and meta-analysis published Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — March 10 marks one year to the day that Gov. Roy Cooper issued a state of emergency in North Carolina as COVID-19 cases began popping up across the state. On that same day, state health officials began recommending long-term care facilities start restricting
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Despite a busy start to Joe Biden’s administration, Republicans are struggling to find effective lines of attack against the new Democratic president. No Republicans on Capitol Hill supported the Biden-backed Covid stimulus package, but the GOP also did relatively little to marshal public opposition to the bill beyond calling it a “liberal wish list.” That’s
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The building and the parking lot on Date Palm Drive have been empty for a long time. But the biggest name in online retailing, Amazon, is about to take over. “You know I’m really looking forward to Amazon moving in, bringing their culture and bringing their hard workers,” said Richard Eaton, the owner of The
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon, the White House said. He had originally been expected to sign it on Friday. Congress on Wednesday passed the relief package, which has been Biden’s first and most pressing legislative priority since taking office in January. White
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