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BUTTE COUNTY – Governor Newsom announced $536 million in funding for fire prevention programs. Newsom signed the the legislative package Tuesday morning during a news conference in Butte County, the site of one of the deadliest wildfires in state history. The State budget for 2021 – 2022 has $1 billion set aside for forest health and
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will appear in an hour-long NBC special on Sunday aimed at promoting Covid-19 vaccinations as they hope to convince hesitant Americans to get shots. The special comes as the Biden administration races to get shots in arms and combat vaccine hesitancy, particularly after it was recommended that
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The government of Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has started the process to open up a mass grave containing the remains of more than 33,000 victims of the country’s 1936-39 civil war. Officials have asked for a permit which will allow them to start exhuming the bodies from the Valley of the Fallen, a
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of former US Representative Michele Bachmann. Personal Birth date: April 6, 1956 Birth place: Waterloo, Iowa Birth name: Michele Marie Amble Father: David Amble, an engineer Mother: Arlene Jean (Johnson) Amble Marriage: Marcus Bachmann (September 10, 1978-present) Children: Sophia, Caroline, Elisa, Harrison and Lucas Education: Winona State University, B.A.,
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U.S. Congressman Raul Ruiz M.D. (D-CA) is joining veterans advocate Jon Stewart, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), 9/11 responder and advocate John Feal, and an array of veterans groups Tuesday morning to announce “their landmark legislation, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act.”
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning country singer Loretta Lynn. Personal Birth date: April 14, 1932 (some sources say 1935) Birth place: Butcher Holler, Kentucky Birth name: Loretta Webb Father: Melvin Webb, coal miner Mother: Clara (Ramey) Webb Marriage: Oliver Lynn (1948-1996, his death) Children: Patsy, Peggy, Cissie, Ernest Ray, Jack
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BRANFORD, CT (WFSB) — An active shooter has been reported in a Branford neighborhood. Multiple police agencies are being seen in the area of Main Street and Cherry Hill. People are being told to avoid that area, as it is not safe at this time. According to Branford
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — April showers bring additional free pet food giveaways from Blue Ridge Humane Society. Blue Ridge Humane Community Outreach staff will host two giveaways this month as well as provide pet food and support for the Interfaith Assistance Ministry’s Drive-Thru Tuesdays on the fourth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Bossier City attorney’s personal insurance company has paid the cash value of a taxpayer-owned vehicle he totaled after crashing it into a bayou last year. State Farm paid the Bossier Parish District Attorney’s office $17,839 on behalf of its insured, H. Lyn Lawrence.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden paid a personal tribute to fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans during a service at the US Capitol on Tuesday in which he praised the officer for his service and offered words of comfort to his family. Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police, died while protecting the US Capitol
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — The future of golf got its chance to tee off Saturday morning. The Ludacris Foundation hosted an event at the College Park golf course on Fairway Drive. Children ages 9 to 15 were eligible to compete in driving, chipping, and putting events. “There are
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and proposed a meeting in a third country in the coming months as tensions between Russia and Ukraine rise in eastern Europe. According to a White House statement about the call, Biden and Putin discussed arms control and emerging security issues. Biden also called
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Under the current guidelines, tournaments are not allowed. Some swim coaches and athletes say that’s the only way they can compete. “No tournaments, regattas, or similar multi-team condensed time-frame competitions are allowed in Tier 3, except as otherwise allowed by the Order,” reads section
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The magnitude of the economic proposals that President Joe Biden may pass through Congress this year is drawing legitimate comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. But Biden simultaneously faces the prospect that almost all of his legislative initiatives revolving around social, cultural and racial equity issues, from immigration
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — It was a close call for two Shreveport residents Tuesday morning who found themselves in a burning mobile home. Firefighters were called to the 6200 block of Bert Kouns at 6:15 a.m. for a mobile home on fire in the Forest Mobile Home Estates.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A Nashville trainer is going viral, and getting national attention, for her strength. Dani Dyer, who many know as Dani D Fitness, downloaded TikTok, as many did during the pandemic to stay entertained. Recently, Dani D posted a throwback post on TikTok, showing when she
Continue ReadingSchool food is often given a bad rap, but a new study found it can be the healthiest meal children eat in a day. Researchers analyzed the diets of over 21,000 children and 40,000 adults between 2003 and 2018 and found that the percentage of “poor nutritional quality food consumed from schools” declined from 55%
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — Homeless and housing insecure individuals now have access to two public cellphone charging stations in Milwaukee. UnitedHealthcare announced Tuesday, April 13 that two workers came up with the idea after talking with some of the health plan’s homeless members who have struggled with keeping
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The police officer who shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop over the weekend — a shooting her chief says was accidental — should be fired, the suburb’s mayor told CBS on Tuesday. The comment came after a second night of protests roiled the city of Brooklyn Center,
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If you’ve been out driving on the eastern coast of Australia in the last few months, you might have seen Tom Drury. He would have been hard to miss, a 28-year-old with a droopy moustache and a backpack, cruising along by the side of the Bruce Highway. Cruising, on a skateboard. What you probably wouldn’t
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