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Dearest readers, prepare for news that will get your petticoats in a twist: Netflix is giving us at least four seasons of “Bridgerton.” The streamer on Tuesday announced it has renewed the Regency-era drama from Shonda Rhimes for a third and fourth season. The announcement comes as hearts continue to mend over the news that
Continue ReadingBefore Daunte Wright’s death made national headlines, his life was filled with loving family members — including his 2-year-old boy. “My son was an amazing, loving kid. He had a big heart,” his mother told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday. “He loved basketball. He had a 2-year-old son that’s not going to be able
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 — the twentieth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — prompted a split on Capitol Hill among both Republicans and Democrats, creating some strange bedfellows over what to do about America’s longest war. Many Republicans slammed the decision as premature,
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An uncomfortable disagreement with Michigan has handed President Joe Biden his most controversial and politically unpalatable moment yet since assuming responsibility for the US’ response to the pandemic. His administration’s blunt rebuff of a plea by his ally and Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for an increased supply of vaccines to combat a Covid-19 spike
Continue ReadingThis enemy does not recognize geopolitical borders. It has the power to wreak havoc on national economies, to cost people their livelihoods and their lives. It seeps through the smallest cracks in our social fabric, targeting the poor and the vulnerable among us. Sound familiar? The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have led to catastrophic
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The police officer accused of shooting and killing a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop over the weekend — a shooting her chief says was accidental — has resigned, the suburb’s mayor told CNN on Tuesday. The resignation of Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter comes after a second night of
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Virginia’s attorney general said his office is looking into whether there was a “pattern of misconduct” at the Windsor Police Department after two officers pointed guns at at a US Army officer, pepper-sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop. Attorney General Mark Herring on Monday formally requested information from the
Continue ReadingA standoff has emerged between the White House and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as federal health officials have rejected the governor’s repeated requests for additional vaccine doses as her state experiences a surge in cases driven by the B.1.1.7 variant of Covid-19. Although President Joe Biden and Whitmer are close allies, the two now find
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Skeletal remains that were located by a timber crew near Molalla earlier this year have been identified, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. On Jan. 8, a Weyerhauser crew was planting trees in a steep ravine off a private logging road when
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A bicameral group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday requesting he prioritize legislation that would offer a pathway to citizenship to undocumented essential workers in the second part of his two-part infrastructure package set to address education and childcare. In the letter obtained by CNN, the lawmakers said they
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden, having concluded there is no military solution to the security and political problems plaguing Afghanistan and determined to focus on more pressing national security challenges, will formally announce Wednesday that US troops will withdraw from the country before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, a senior administration official said.
Continue ReadingKanye West has responded to Kim Kardashian’s divorce filing. In his own response filed on Friday and obtained by CNN, West has requested joint legal and physical custody of their four children. Neither party is seeking spousal support. Representatives for West had no comment. Kardashian filed for divorce back in February. CNN has reached out
Continue ReadingMore than a year after abandoning voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on “The Simpsons,” Hank Azaria continues to reflect on playing the controversial character. Azaria appeared on Monday’s episode of the podcast “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” and talked about his role in the controversy. Shepard praised Azaria’s response to it all, which led to comedian Hari
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
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingClick 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 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 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
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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 ReadingClick 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.
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