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Many people living on America’s East Coast were without Internet for part of Tuesday because of Verizon Fios service issues. Tens of thousands of people reported outages from Boston to New York to Washington and locations in between, according to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks complaints about service disruptions. People also reported outages on several
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden held his first call Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House, confronting President Vladimir Putin over a range of issues from a recent massive cyberattack to the suspected poisoning of the country’s leading opposition figure. The call, which occurred midday, amounted to Biden’s opening bid at diplomacy with one
Continue ReadingSenators will be sworn in for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amid an immediate challenge to the constitutionality of the trial from a Republican ally of the former President. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said he would force a procedural vote on the trial on Tuesday afternoon, in what
Continue ReadingUS Capitol Police officers are in preliminary discussions over holding a no-confidence vote targeting department leaders who were working on the day when Donald Trump supporters led an insurrection into the building, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The vote would target acting USCP Chief Yogananda Pittman, who was promoted into the agency’s
Continue ReadingMany people living on America’s East Coast were without Internet for part of Tuesday because of Verizon Fios service issues. Tens of thousands of people reported outages from Boston to New York to Washington and locations in between, according to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks complaints about service disruptions. People also reported outages on several
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A water tower that has been transformed into a work of art in a growing area is catching people’s attention. “We wanted to create something that was really bright and colorful,” artist Myla said. The mural is called “magical unity” and is painted
Continue ReadingTesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest person on the planet, but he’s apparently still happy to shop on handmade craft site Etsy. And in a sign of just how much influence Musk has on social media, shares of Etsy soared nearly 10% in premarket trading Tuesday just because he said he’s a fan. “I
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday afternoon on his vision to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, and is expected in part to focus on actions his administration plans to take to increase the supply of vaccines, a senior White House official tells CNN. The President is also expected to address ways his administration hopes
Continue ReadingThe acting head of the US Capitol Police told congressional members during a closed-door briefing Tuesday that the “department failed to meet its own high standards” on January 6 when a crowd of pro-Trump rioters overran the Capitol building. Acting US Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman called the insurrection a “terrorist attack” and offered her
Continue ReadingGunmen abducted eight children and two adults from an orphanage in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja, a spokesman for the orphanage told CNN. The kidnappers have threatened to “waste” the children if the board fails to pay a ransom of 10 million naira ($26,230), said board member Alaje Odewu. They broke into the orphanage, which housed
Continue ReadingThe Department of Homeland Security, largely hollowed out over the last four years, is moving with urgency to staff agencies with people who had front row seats to the hardline immigration limits rolled out under former President Donald Trump, in order to rescind them. The department — the third largest in the US government —
Continue ReadingThe Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Antony Blinken as the new US secretary of state. Blinken, a longtime Biden associate, was approved by a vote of 78-22. With Blinken’s confirmation, President Joe Biden now has a number of key members of his national security team in place. In addition to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is slated to sign a series of executive actions revolving around racial equity policy on Tuesday, focusing on nondiscrimination policy, prison reform and public housing, according to a senior Biden administration official. “America has never lived up to its founding promise of equality for all, but we’ve never stopped trying. Today, I’ll
Continue ReadingTwo of TikTok’s rivals in the United States are joining forces at a time when TikTok itself now appears to be here to stay. On Tuesday, Clash announced it was acquiring Byte, a short-form video app launched by a cofounder of Vine, the beloved six-second video app owned and shut down by Twitter. Terms of
Continue ReadingThe biggest tech companies spent much of the last four years in Washington playing defense: Answering to threats of regulation and repeatedly being called before congressional committees; serving as former President Donald Trump’s foil on social media moderation; and protesting his approach to immigration and tariffs. Now, with President Joe Biden in the White House,
Continue ReadingCici’s, a restaurant chain best known for its pizza buffets, has filed for bankruptcy. In a court filing late Monday, Cici’s blamed its Chapter 11 filing on the “unpredictable and unprecedented scale” of the pandemic, which decimated its bottom line and customer demand because it relies heavily on its dining rooms. The Texas-based company has
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Some 31 London Metropolitan Police officers each face a £200 fine (about $275) after having their hair cut at a police station in east London — breaching Covid-19 regulations — while on duty. The Met said it launched an investigation after the force received an allegation earlier this month that “a number of officers had
Continue ReadingThe European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca and Pfizer over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemic. Officials are even threatening to restrict exports and take legal action as anger mounts. AstraZeneca will not be able to deliver as many doses of its vaccine as promised, according to EU officials,
Continue ReadingIf you thought Fox News would dial down the highly charged rhetoric after Donald Trump left office, you’d be mistaken. It is not slowing down when it comes to bashing President Joe Biden. The network, which has long attacked Democrats, has noticeably ramped up the war of words about Biden since Inauguration Day. “These channels
Continue ReadingThe meteoric rise in GameStop’s stock, as traders congregating on Reddit and Discord take on short sellers and hedge funds, is hard to look away from. It’s the closest thing Wall Street has to David vs. Goliath. What’s happening: Shares of GameStop, a legacy company whose stores are often located in struggling malls, have soared
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