The House of Representatives will vote on Monday on a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after President Trump signed a sweeping coronavirus relief bill into law Sunday evening. That legislation, which was negotiated on a bipartisan basis, provides for $600 in direct payments, but after a
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Monday afternoon after receiving a briefing from members of his national security and foreign policy agency review teams. A transition official tells CNN that the briefing will focus in large part on the findings of the review teams since the delayed beginning of the formal transition
Continue ReadingHilaria Baldwin is responding to criticism that she has misled the public about her Spanish descent. The wife of actor Alec Baldwin posted a lengthy video on Instagram over the weekend after claims that she was faking her Spanish accent went viral on Twitter. “I’ve seen chatter online questioning my identity and culture,” she wrote
Continue ReadingMexican composer and singer Armando Manzanero died Monday morning after battling Covid-19 for weeks. Manzanero, who was 85, died at a hospital in Mexico City, Mexico’s Society for Authors and Composers confirmed to CNN. He was hospitalized in mid-December after testing positive for Covid-19, CNN reported at the time. Manzanero was a prolific composer, with
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On Sunday night, as part of his face-saving efforts following his utter capitulation to Congress in signing the Covid-19 stimulus relief legislation, President Donald Trump insisted that “the Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud.” The last two claims
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The top and bottom of the NFL regular season was sealed on Sunday. A narrow 17-14 win for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Atlanta Falcons earned the reigning Super Bowl champion the number one seed in the AFC with one game remaining. Secure a victory next week against the 6-9 Los Angeles Chargers, and
Continue ReadingGetting through 2020 was no small feat — and among the hardest valleys to navigate were the conversations about race. It’s never easy to talk or listen to debates about it, but we were forced to be honest about where we stood and where we wanted to go. Who knew that a year that started
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A man is recovering in the hospital after a crash between a vehicle and a bus in Flint. It happened on Sunday, Dec. 27 at 1:25 p.m. According to the investigation, the victim’s vehicle was southbound on S. Saginaw Street and struck the side
Continue ReadingWas Jennifer Aniston being sarcastic or insensitive? That was the debate on social media after “The Morning Show” star shared a picture over the weekend on her Instagram stories of a Christmas ornament which acknowledged the Covid times in which we live. The engraved ornament read “Our first pandemic 2020.” Aniston didn’t include a caption
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The Flint community is remembering the life of Kevin Bacon after he was brutally murdered last Christmas Eve. “Everybody who knew him loved him,” said Karl Bacon, Kevin’s father. Karl is remembering his late son one year after his death. Kevin went missing on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut (WFSB) — Authorities continue to investigate a murder-suicide on Christmas Day in Windsor Locks. Initially, authorities received a 911 call around 6 p.m. reporting a murder-suicide at a home located at 33 Dale Street. Arriving officers located an adult male and an adult female inside
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — State investigators are currently reviewing body camera footage from several Hartford Police officers, going over every second of Saturday’s deadly officer-involved shooting. Both Mayor Luke Bronin and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody stressed today the investigation is being done thoroughly by investigators who normally
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A Vernonia firefighter had her car stolen on Christmas Day while responding to a house fire.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Two people were injured in multiple shooting incidents across Portland Saturday night, according to Portland Police Bureau. Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Northeast 82nd Avenue and Northeast Glisan just after 8:30 p.m. and found evidence of a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A mother is hoping new evidence and recent interest from the Missouri Supreme Court can help exonerate her son from a life sentence. “It’s hard not to see my son at the door on Sunday morning, it’s hard that I can’t hug him,”
Continue ReadingThe food and drink industry has warned of “devastating” results for consumers and businesses if the UK government moves ahead with plans to restrict how supermarkets sell and advertise chocolate, soda and other foods high in sugar, salt and fat as part of a wider push to tackle obesity. The new rules will apply to
Continue ReadingAll resorts are open and operating except for Willamette Pass, which plans on reopening Wednesday.
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Happy Monday, Central Oregon! We begin the final week of 2020 with patchy freezing fog in the morning across the region. In fact, some areas – like Madras, Prineville, Redmond and Bend – fall under a Freezing Fog Advisory that expires at 10 a.m. Monday. Then, we are left with partly cloudy skies and temperatures
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Two days after Jacquelyn Sylvester narrowly escaped a fire that ripped through her apartment early Christmas morning, family of the 50-year-old woman say she has died. Sylvester had been in the hospital in critical but stable condition. On Sunday her family learned she was
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden on Monday named a slate of digital operatives to his incoming White House staff, preparing for an administration that, at least at the outset, will conduct most of its public-facing business digitally amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The newly minted staffers named to the White House Office of Digital Strategy include a
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