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After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in Michigan. The feeling, Smith said, is “amazing, a God-given blessing.” Smith is one of 27 wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated through
Continue ReadingNew York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday that she has received the letter she needs to launch an independent investigation into claims of sexual harassment against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The letter was sent to James’ office by Beth Garvey, special counsel and senior adviser to Cuomo on Monday, and asks James to select
Continue Reading Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit against Griddy Energy and Griddy Holdings for “false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices” after the company sent sky-high electricity bills to customers during February’s devastating winter storm. As the storm rattled Texas’ power grid, Griddy, which connects customers directly to the wholesale electricity market for a monthly
Continue Reading A 15-year-old boy shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is in very serious condition at the children’s hospital in Little Rock, authorities said. Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said investigators think the shooter is a 15-year-old male who is also a student at Watson Chapel Junior High. The suspect
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KCNC) — State wildlife officials spent several days acclimating a herd of bighorn sheep to a capture net this month only to have an unexpected visit from a predator nix the planned trapping and transfer of the animals on Friday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials
Continue ReadingThe Dow rallied a little more than 600 points Monday, as US Treasury yields pulled back and took a breather from their recent ascent. All three major stock indexes opened sharply higher and continued their rally as the trading session went on. The Dow ended the day up 2% — its best day since November.
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Over the past few weeks, progressive activists have lit up Twitter over the media’s criticism of President Joe Biden. There have even been loud complaints that the White House briefing is no longer consistently covered live by the cable networks, as if the media is somehow trying to silence the President and his spokesperson. I
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Click here for updates on this story GRAND COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — A Lakewood man is lucky to be alive after being pinned for hours beneath his snowmobile on Rabbit Ears Pass. Wanting to stick to lower angle terrain due to avalanche danger, experienced snowmobiler Lance McGinn headed to Rabbit Ears Pass last Saturday with
Continue ReadingAllies of Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger have launched a super PAC to support Republicans in 2022 who stood up to then-President Donald Trump after a mob of his supporters attacked the US Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election. The organizers of the new group, Americans Keeping Country First, said in a
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Riverside County reported 323 new cases since Friday, bringing the total of cases up to 289,773. The Coachella Valley reported 54 new cases (48,810 total cases). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County’s COVID Metrics The county’s metrics are updated every Tuesday. While the county remains in
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Donald Trump delivered his first major post-presidential speech on Sunday, an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference laden with falsehoods and attacks on his fellow Republicans — suggesting absolutely nothing has changed since he ceased being president on January 20. I went through the speech and pulled out the lines you need to see.
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(CNN Español) — Estados Unidos, con 513.000; Brasil, con casi 255.000; México, con más de 185.000, e India, con 157.000, encabezan la trágica lista global de países con más muertes por covid-19. El mundo registra hoy más de 114 millones de casos de coronavirus y más de 2,5 millones de muertes. ¿En qué punto se encuentra
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El presidente ejecutivo de Goya Foods, Robert Unanue, hizo una serie de afirmaciones falsas sobre las elecciones de 2020 en la Conferencia de Acción Política Conservadora (CPAC) el domingo, poco más de un mes después de que el directorio de la empresa tomó medidas para limitar sus polarizadores comentarios políticos públicos. En
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration could reunite migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday. Mayorkas, who’s leading the family reunification task force established by President Joe Biden, said the administration hopes to reunite separated families in the US or in their
Continue Reading Chicago public school students in grades kindergarten through 5 who chose in-person learning were able to return to classrooms Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited Hawthorne Scholastic Academy to welcome students back after almost a year of remote learning. “This morning I was lucky enough — once again — to experience firsthand the infectious excitement of
Continue ReadingDonald G. McNeil Jr., the star New York Times reporter who resigned amid uproar over his 2019 use of a racial slur, broke his silence on Monday, leveling criticism against some of the newspaper’s top brass and offering his own explanation for the events that ended his decades-long career at the outlet. McNeil, who was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORNEY, TX (KTVT) — Body camera footage was released of a rescue in Forney that involved an elderly man who fell into a river and was swept away. Police said they responded to an area near Highway 80 and the Trinity River bridge Saturday afternoon after receiving a
Continue ReadingThe United States is getting a third coronavirus vaccine — this one made by Johnson & Johnson. The US Food and Drug Administration has given the vaccine emergency use authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended it, and the federal government is scheduled to start distribution almost immediately. Two vaccines are already
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Ryan Fischer, the dog walker and friend of Lady Gaga who was shot in an altercation last week that ended with two of the singer’s three French bulldogs being stolen, is speaking out publicly for the first time since the attack. In a pair of Instagram posts Monday, Fischer said he is “still in recovery
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — Two local rescues have teamed up to save and transport close to 100 homeless pets evacuated from Texas. Many shelters in the state had to shut down because of extreme cold that led to power outages. “We were able to head down to Austin
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