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Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Vancouver Police Department is searching for a man they say fired shots at another vehicle during a road rage incident on Wednesday. The incident began at about 7:20 p.m. on northbound Interstate 205 and ended near 7500 Northeast 41st Street. Police said the
Continue ReadingPeople fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,”
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s steadfast belief in taxing corporations and the rich has become a central plank in his legislative agenda, even as he’s warned of political peril and red lines from Republicans. GOP senators, some of whom Biden hosted in the Oval Office on Thursday as he seeks a bipartisan infrastructure deal, have rejected them
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (The Courier) — When an Animal Rescue League of Iowa Animal Control Services officer responded to a call about a puppy in distress, she came across a dire situation: the young puppy’s collar was deeply embedded in her neck, nearly killing her. The person responsible
Continue ReadingMore than 1.2 million jobless Americans are set to lose their pandemic unemployment benefits early, with Georgia becoming the latest Republican-led state to announce it would cease providing enhanced federal jobless payments. Citing workforce shortages, at least 14 states have announced since last week that they would terminate the $300 weekly federal boost to state
Continue ReadingThe first band to compete on “Masked Singer,” The Russian Dolls were revealed on last night’s show. Along with The Russian Dolls, Wednesday nigtht also featured Black Swan, Chameleon, Piglet and Yeti. The judging panel, Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke, did guess The Russian Dolls were a band, but were throwing
Continue ReadingThe ex-Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to plead guilty on Monday in a federal court in Florida, according to a new filing Thursday. As part of the deal, Joel Greenberg will cooperate with investigators in a wide-ranging probe, according to one source familiar with the matter. For months,
Continue ReadingInflation is all that the market seems to care about these days. Wages are rising, consumer prices are surging — and investors are worried the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to keep inflation in check. So what’s an investor to do? The S&P 500 is down more than 2% in the
Continue ReadingPrices are climbing all over the place as the economy is reopening. But for lower-income earners — who were already hit hardest by the pandemic — the sudden price spikes are squeezing their budgets even further. When necessities get more expensive, consumers with less disposable income, who already spend a bigger share of their money
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Changing one life by rescuing another. That’s what one New Mexico cowboy has been doing for several years. If you think you’ve seen a cowboy in the Bosque lately, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Every Friday for the last five
Continue ReadingRep. Liz Cheney is outlining her next steps in the aftermath of her ousting from leadership, telling NBC, “I intend to be the leader, one of the leaders, in a fight to help to restore our party,” and warning that former President Donald Trump is willing “to unravel the democracy to come back into power.”
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WEST BATH, Maine (WMTW) — A West Bath couple was wounded Wednesday morning when their 2-year-old shot them with a handgun. The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. on New Meadows Road. Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said the child picked up the gun that was on
Continue ReadingInflation is all that the market seems to care about these days. Wages are rising, consumer prices are surging — and investors are worried the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than expected to keep inflation in check. So what’s an investor to do? The S&P 500 is down more than 2% in the
Continue ReadingAxum, Ethiopia — Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking humanitarian aid to starving populations more than a month after the country’s Nobel Peace Prize winning leader pledged to the international community that they would leave. A CNN team traveling through Tigray’s central zone witnessed
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden warned gas station owners on Thursday against price gouging and taking advantage of consumers as many areas along the East Coast face shortages in the wake of panic-buying sparked by a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline. The President said he was going to work with governors in affected states and direct
Continue ReadingAlarming economic numbers and scenes of long lines at gas pumps in the Southeast are causing new political hurdles for President Joe Biden just as he begins negotiations with Republicans over major new spending proposals. Speaking from the White House on Thursday, Biden sought to tamp down on panic-buying and warned gas station owners against
Continue ReadingAlibaba has reported earnings for the first time since China imposed a record fine on the tech giant — and the numbers were not as awful as some feared. Alibaba posted a loss of about $1.2 billion in the first quarter, mainly due to the $2.8 billion fine imposed on it by Beijing earlier this
Continue ReadingThe state trial for the three former Minneapolis Police officers accused of aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd has been postponed until March 7, 2022, so that a federal trial on civil rights charges can take place first, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill announced in a Thursday hearing, according to a pool reporter
Continue ReadingEmily Blunt was nearly cast as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in “Black Widow.” The “A Quiet Place” actress said in a recent interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that she was initially in talks to play the role in 2010’s “Iron Man 2,” but that she was was contractually obligated to work on another movie at
Continue ReadingGlobal airlines are canceling flights to Israel as clashes between the country’s military and Palestinian militants in Gaza intensify. Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Lufthansa and British Airways have all canceled flights following days of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket attacks. Delta canceled at least six flights between New York’s John F.
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