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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department will aggressively fight efforts to restrict voting rights nationwide following a blitz of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states that stem from former President Donald Trump’s lies that widespread fraud helped Joe Biden win the presidential election. In a speech Friday, Garland outlined a number of steps
Continue ReadingIf you’re planning to travel to Hawaii, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Hawaii reopened to visitors from within the United States and a small number of countries in October, but visitors must provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test result. All
Continue ReadingThe gunman who opened fire in a Florida grocery store Thursday first fired one shot that killed a 1-year-old boy before struggling with the boy’s 69-year-old grandmother and then fatally shooting her, authorities said. The shooter, identified as 55-year-old Timothy J. Wall, then killed himself, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The motive
Continue ReadingTruck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one of the two interstate spans here closed after inspectors discovered a critical crack, Hughey’s once thirty-minute trip to haul goods at a nearby train terminal is now a grinding two-
Continue ReadingTech giants including Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could be forced to make sweeping changes to their businesses under a series of new bills introduced Friday by House lawmakers targeting the companies’ economic dominance. The bipartisan legislation marks Congress’s most significant push to date to rein in Silicon Valley, in some cases taking direct aim
Continue ReadingTwo guests aboard the first major sea cruise hosting Americans since the pandemic halted the industry have tested positive for coronavirus in required end-of-cruise testing, the cruise line said Thursday. The two guests, who shared a stateroom on the seven-day Celebrity Millennium cruise from St. Maarten, are asymptomatic, in isolation and being monitored by a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — After 25 years of taking children to and from school, a local school bus driver has decided to retire. But all of the families he’s served wouldn’t let him go quietly. They threw him a party to show him how much he’s meant
Continue ReadingIf you were to judge Newsmax’s views about Facebook by what its hosts say on-air, you would probably be under the impression that the right-wing channel sees the social media company as an enemy of the conservative movement. Greg Kelly has described Facebook as a “liberal group” that is “trying to skew the next election”
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Toni Lee Sharpless was a nurse from Chester County who was last seen leaving a party in Lower Merion and disappeared without a trace. Her case has baffled investigators ever since. Sharpless’s case file hasn’t seen activity in several years. The missing nurse from West
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WFOR) — A South Florida family is hoping the public can help identify the person who killed their loved one and left them grieving and in pain. David Morgan, a 39-year-old father known to most as ‘JR,’ was stabbed to death on June 1, outside
Continue ReadingA new cleaning regimen is cutting back on flight delays as the skies grow busier this summer. But the new procedures aren’t for planes or even airport terminals — they’re for air traffic control towers. The cleaning methods are being instituted in Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control towers and facilities around the country, federal
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ESTACADA, Oregon (KPTV) — Starting next month, Estacada will be parting ways with Clackamas Fire services and relaunching its own fire district. This comes after strong criticism from the community on how things were handled during last year’s wildfires. Bob Patterson is one of those residents who feels
Continue ReadingFor decades, Gina Torres has carved out a career in Hollywood feeling like she couldn’t fully express herself. Now, the Afro-Latina actor is using her power to change that. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Torres said there was a time when she had to audition for a role multiple times early in her career because
Continue ReadingUS Sen. Marco Rubio said Thursday that the United States needed to fight back against the “extraterritorial reach” of the Chinese government to better protect Uyghurs around the world, citing a CNN investigation into the alleged deportation of Uyghurs from several major Arab countries at Beijing’s request. Members of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee
Continue ReadingThe leaders of the world’s advanced economies gathered Friday on the Cornish coast for the first time since the global coronavirus pandemic began, welcoming President Joe Biden as a new member who arrived here intent on restoring traditional American alliances. With a pandemic raging in much of the world, a global economy still in shock
Continue ReadingThe Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year’s most important journalism. This year, someone who isn’t a professional journalist, but whose actions had as much impact as any, is among those being honored. Darnella Frazier, who filmed the death of George Floyd, received a special citation, Aminda Marqués González, co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BRANFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A family of cats found in a plastic container in Branford this past spring improved enough to go up for adoption. The Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter posted an update this week about the cats, which were named Stevie Nicks, Van Halen, Aerosmith and Metallica.
Continue ReadingGreek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to his first career grand slam final with victory over Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday. The world No. 5 won 6-3 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal against Zverev at Roland Garros. Having blitzed into a two-set lead, world No. 6 Zverev produced a stirring
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — A 100-year-old World War II veteran is back in the weight room doing what he loves as Raleigh facilities reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nat Hines has been a regular at Five Points Center for Active Adults for many years. The facility had
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — New details are emerging in the controversial decision to replace the principal at a prominent Triangle high school. Tuesday night, ABC11 heard from parents at Durham School of the Arts who are angry about the school board’s decision. But since the original story
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