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In a fiery defense of his reputation Friday night, embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz showed how former President Donald Trump’s brash, defiant politics now serve as the template for survival for the most unwelcome figures in a Republican Party that’s out of power in Washington and desperately trying to reposition for 2022. He followed in
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Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, paid tribute to his late father Prince Philip on Saturday in a pre-recorded statement. “My dear Papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him, and from
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Bloomfield woman is facing charges after police said she shot a killed a 39-year-old man Friday night. Police responded to a home on Filley Street a little after 10:30 p.m. When officers arrived, 37-year-old Marvyann Duncan told them she had just shot her
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LINCOLN COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Deputies say debris from a spacecraft washed ashore on in Lincoln County on Friday afternoon. At 3:15 p.m. deputies were made aware of what was believed to be charred debris from a spacecraft that washed up in the Alsea Bay near Waldport. The
Continue ReadingA Louisiana man died Friday night after strong winds knocked a tree into his mobile home, authorities say, as severe weather along the northern Gulf Coast puts nearly 65 million people at risk. A level 3 out of 5 severe weather threat has been issued for parts of the Gulf Coast on Saturday, affecting nearly 6 million people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
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The death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday has set in motion a carefully orchestrated, days-long event that will culminate with his funeral. Plans for a major royal death are made years in advance, though details are kept fiercely private and the coronavirus restrictions currently in place across the United
Continue ReadingIn the beginning stages of Pennsylvania’s high stakes Democratic Senate primary, even the most progressive of candidates are downplaying the label. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s decision to retire next year means that for the first time in more than a decade, voters in what has become one of the country’s most hotly contested swing states
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An unprecedented lineup of law enforcement officers — including the Minneapolis police chief — took the stand at the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, denouncing him for kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes. As rare as it is for police-involved deaths to lead to a criminal trial
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You’ve heard these phrases before or may have used them yourself. “My mom is the rock of our family.” “I wouldn’t be where I am today without my grandmother.” “My mom and dad worked two jobs so their kids could go to college.” After more than a year spent separated from our families, these thoughts
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The Brent Spence Bridge, which spans the Ohio River, has long been a political football and a symbol of government dysfunction. On one of the busiest trucking routes in the United States, with more than $1 billion in freight passing across it every day, the gridlock serves as a constant reminder of unfulfilled promises in
Continue ReadingAll amateur golfers have been there: Hit a bad shot or miss a putt and you want to slam your club to the ground in frustration. Well, Si Woo Kim, the South Korean who was placed in the top 10 on the second day of the Masters, showed it’s not just amateur golfers who have
Continue ReadingRoger Waters, Tom Morello and Brian Eno will join a host of Palestinian musicians on Saturday for an online benefit concert dubbed, “Live for Gaza.” The event, which starts at 2 p.m. ET, will raise funds for Delia Arts Center, a haven for Palestinian musicians in Gaza. Joining the lineup will be acclaimed Palestinian musicians
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Global interest in the British royal family has boomed recently, mostly due to Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey last month and the hit TV series “The Crown.” But after Prince Philip’s death on Friday, media saturation appears to have reached tipping point, in Britain at least. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) opened
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Peter Meijer has a warning for his party: He fears baseless conspiracy theories like QAnon will destroy the GOP from within if Republicans don’t decisively and unequivocally condemn the false and dangerous beliefs and take action to stop their spread. “The fact that a significant plurality, if not potentially a majority, of our
Continue ReadingScientists are ramping up their efforts to track the nutrient-rich wastewater, contaminated by the Piney Point phosphogypsum stack, that’s dumping into Florida’s Tampa Bay, as concern remains high that it could supercharge potential toxic algae blooms, including red tide. Ultimately, it will take weeks and months for the effects of the wastewater to be fully
Continue ReadingGun salutes took place across the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth countries on Saturday in tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband for more than seven decades, who died on Friday at the age of 99. Tributes have flooded in from the UK and abroad for Philip — known officially as the Duke of
Continue ReadingA year ago, Joe Biden, then the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, was picking a fight with Amazon over how little it paid Uncle Sam. Now Biden is president, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is on a lonely island supporting the White House’s plan — to raise corporate taxes. Hardly any other company leaders have
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Vaccinations are ramping up across the US. More than 175 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, according to CNN’s vaccine tracker, a rate of about 53 doses per 100 people. But some developments have dampened the excitement: This week, a few vaccination sites across the US paused operations after some patients reported
Continue ReadingNearly 40% of US Marines are declining Covid-19 vaccinations, according to data provided to CNN on Friday by the service, the first branch to disclose service-wide numbers on acceptance and declination. As of Thursday, approximately 75,500 Marines have received vaccines, including fully vaccinated and partially vaccinated service men and women. About 48,000 Marines have chosen
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Walking up to Cup Foods, you pass the outline of a body drawn on the street. It shows where George Floyd took his last breath. Approaching it now, it’s impossible not to see again the horrified huddle of people captured on police body camera screaming at officers to get off the neck of George Floyd.
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