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New York state lawmakers are moving to repeal Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded executive powers related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a legislative source. Under the bill to be introduced by legislative leaders in both houses this week, the governor will no longer be able to issue new executive directives. Any modifications or renewals
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A Sacramento surgeon under investigation for attending virtual traffic court while operating on a patient. The judge called it “inappropriate” and immediately stopped the hearing. Now the medical board is investigating it all. Video of the Zoom hearing shows Sacramento plastic surgeon, Dr. Scott
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who holds the key to President Joe Biden’s nominee for budget director, is pushing the White House about some of the new administration’s policies that have a direct impact on Alaska’s economy, namely on energy matters, according to the second-ranking Senate Republican leader. Murkowski has been sharply critical of some of
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Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A mother accused of dumping her newborn baby in a Dorchester trash can appeared in court Monday afternoon. Marie Merisier is charged with attempted murder and the reckless endangerment of a child. Prosecutors said the 33-year-old was cooking or cleaning at a home in Dorchester
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Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini is playing baseball again after a yearlong battle with colon cancer, and his return has made national headlines. The standing ovation Mancini got in his first spring training at-bat brought him to the brink of tears, and those closest
Continue ReadingAn SUV packed with people and a semitruck hauling trailers of gravel slammed into each other in a rural California county near the Mexican border early Tuesday morning, leaving at least a dozen dead and others hospitalized, officials said. Overhead video in Imperial County shows the brutal aftermath of the crash, with the jack-knifed semitruck
Continue ReadingWhen a dormant pecan farm in the neighborhoods of south Atlanta closed, the land was soon rezoned and earmarked to become townhouses. But when the townhouses never came to fruition and with the lot remaining in foreclosure, the Conservation Fund bought it in 2016 to develop an unexpected project: the nation’s largest free food forest.
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“Questions have been raised …” “I never intended … to offend …” “… I think I am being playful …” “… some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted …” “To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.” If it weren’t already a well-known truism in Albany and
Continue ReadingFBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that the FBI has not seen any evidence indicating that the rioters who took part in the January 6 US Capitol attack were “fake Trump protesters,” knocking down a baseless claim that has been pushed by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in recent weeks as he has sought to
Continue ReadingGov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions. Abbott made the announcement during a Lubbock Chamber of Commerce event where he issued an executive order rescinding most of his earlier executive orders like the mask mandate. “Removing state mandates does not
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden made an aggressive pitch to Senate Democrats for his relief plan, telling them during a virtual meeting Tuesday that they all need to accept some provisions they might not like but also must demonstrate to the American people they are responding to the devastating public health and economic crises, according to a
Continue ReadingInflation concerns have led to more volatility in the stock and bond markets of late. That should be good news for gold, a tangible asset with a limited supply that often does well in times of inflation. Central banks can always print more money. Miners can’t just magically create more gold. But gold has recently
Continue ReadingKayleigh McEnany, the last White House press secretary under the Trump administration, is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor. “It is my distinct pleasure today to welcome Kayleigh McEnany to the Fox family. We will be seeing much more of her in the future,” Fox News host Harris Faulkner said on her show Tuesday.
Continue ReadingAmericans have received some good news lately about the coronavirus. But the country is not yet in the clear, experts warn. A third Covid-19 vaccine — Johnson & Johnson’s single shot — is now on its way to states across the country. And Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have generally been dropping for weeks. But case
Continue ReadingBy the end of the decade, the only Volvo you’ll be able to purchase will be electric. And you’ll only be able to buy it online. The Chinese-owned carmaker announced plans on Tuesday to stop selling cars that run on fossil fuels by 2030, part of an accelerating trend within the industry to respond to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HEREFORD, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — In the weeks since President Biden paused border wall construction, a broad coalition of advocacy groups in Southern Arizona and across the nation wasted no time letting him know exactly where they want him to tear it down. A coalition of nearly
Continue ReadingFrench Catholic clergy could have abused at least 10,000 minors and other vulnerable people since 1950, according to an independent investigation set up by the Church in France. The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) “estimates that the number of victims could reach ‘at least ten thousand,’” it said in a statement
Continue ReadingHundreds of schoolgirls who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their boarding school in Nigeria have been released, authorities said. The girls were abducted on Friday by armed men who raided their state-run school in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State, the police said. Yusuf Idris, a spokesman for the regional governor Bello Matawalle, said Tuesday that all
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MANITOWOC COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — An Ohio man is accused of picking up a 12-year-old girl he met online from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. According to the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office, on Feb. 27, just before 2:30 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a residence in the township of Eaton,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The FBI has put out a call for information after a bank robbery last week in Asheville. Authorities say on Thursday, Feb. 25, at around 3 p.m. an armed male suspect used a handgun to rob the BB&T bank on Hendersonville Road. The
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