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Active discussions are underway in Congress over a bipartisan bill to overhaul laws surrounding policing as the Biden administration made the decision earlier this week to let Congress tackle the issue, standing down on its campaign promise to create a White House commission to study the issue. The conversation took on new urgency in recent
Continue ReadingMore than 1 million callers dialed into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new funeral assistance program hotline on its first day, the agency said, signaling an increased need for funeral aid as the nation’s coronavirus death toll continues to climb. FEMA launched its funeral program on Monday for families who lost loved ones to Covid-19
Continue ReadingSmall towns harbor big secrets in prestige TV, and so it is in “Mare of Easttown,” a showcase for Kate Winslet that resembles “Broadchurch” in the broad strokes, before establishing its own distinct personality. Slow to start, the limited series gains momentum while mostly providing Winslet a fine star vehicle a decade after her Emmy-winning
Continue ReadingCBS is merging its national news division with its local TV stations and naming two executives to jointly run it all. Neeraj Khemlani is joining from Hearst and Wendy McMahon is joining from ABC. Both executives worked at CBS earlier in their careers. In the new structure, McMahon and Khemlani will be presidents and co-heads
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story JEFFERSON COUNTY, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A drunken driver rear-ended a car on Highway 30 on Tuesday night, killing a woman, her fiancé and their infant when their car careened off the highway, caught fire and struck a tree, authorities said. Family and police identified the victims
Continue ReadingHis name is Bearsun. And right now, he’s walking more than 400 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco with little more than his bear suit. While it’s not this life-size teddy bear’s first journey, it may be his most challenging yet. The man inside of the costume is Jesse Larios, a 33-year-old California native
Continue ReadingRegulators in Massachusetts are seeking to pull the plug on Robinhood just as the booming app aims to go public in a blockbuster IPO. The Massachusetts Securities Division escalated its months-long battle against the controversial startup Thursday by moving to revoke its broker-dealer license in the state. To make their case, state regulators accused Robinhood
Continue ReadingDisney is striving to make its theme parks — “The Happiest Place On Earth” — more inclusive. In a blog post this week, the chairman of Disney’s parks division Josh D’Amaro committed to updating attractions, modernizing the parks’ values and, perhaps most visibly, changing the guidelines for how park employees — better known as Disney
Continue ReadingThe UK’s public broadcaster, the BBC, received over 100,000 complaints over the level of coverage of Prince Philip’s death, the network said Thursday. Figures made available by the BBC showed 109,741 complaints had been made, as of Thursday, “driven by reaction to the amount of coverage given to the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.”
Continue ReadingSan Antonio International Airport was put on lockdown Thursday afternoon following an officer-involved shooting, according to a tweet from police. “There is no active threat to the public,” San Antonio Police tweeted. No other injuries were reported, and no police officers were hurt, Officer Cory Schuler told CNN.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — One South Nashville school is working to make sure some underserved in their community get the COVID19 vaccine, especially in an environment they trust. Stem Prep Academy said they want to help all of the immigrant and refugee community they serve when it comes to
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Click here for updates on this story SAN GABRIEL, California (KABC) — Two local twins created a new invention to help people who are hard of hearing. Eight-year old Cambria and Kayla Henry created an app that pairs up with a hearing aid. These SoCal twin sisters are using real-life experiences to better the lives
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An area family says the fact that their 4-year-old is living today is an absolute miracle, but now they need your help to keep their little boy alive. “He would just collapse, then I would ask him, ‘Buddy, what’s wrong,’ and he would say,
Continue ReadingErnest Fann never imagined his baseball career would be tainted by racism more than a decade after Jackie Robinson‘s debut. “Somebody told me baseball was a White man’s game,” he says about a teammate who approached him while he sat on the bench. It was the early 1960s and Fann was playing for the Burlington
Continue ReadingThe family of Daunte Wright — the Black motorist shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer during an arrest attempt last weekend — sees a manslaughter charge filed against the officer as a “good initial step” toward justice, a lawyer for the relatives said Thursday. Wright’s mother Katie, however, later questioned whether even justice
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration plans to announce the nominations of nine career diplomats to be United States ambassadors as soon as Thursday, marking the first selection of overseas envoys since President Joe Biden took office, according to an internal list reviewed by CNN. The administration is also expected to name its top picks for senior State
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About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN. Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 — 7% — of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization. This is the CDC’s
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is punishing Russia for its interference in the 2020 US election and cyberattacks by hitting Moscow where it hurts the most: the ruble. The Treasury Department announced Thursday that starting June 14, US banks will generally be banned from participating in all bond sales by Russia’s central bank, ministry of finance and
Continue ReadingThe 2011 Oscars ceremony was certainly a weird one. Anne Hathaway and James Franco were paired as hosts, and people involved with the production are now revealing that the two being teamed up was kind of a disaster from the start. Producers and writers on that show spoke to The Ringer about how Hathaway and
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has never kept quiet about her distaste for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, but an anecdote from an upcoming book reveals details of a disagreement over the placement of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remains when they arrived on Capitol Hill for a memorial service. Pelosi told USA
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