January 2021

Oregon Health Authority reports 1,500th COVID-19 death, 1,421 new cases

January 3, 2021 12:50 pm KTVZ news sources

COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,500, the Oregon Health Authority reported…

Georgia’s GOP secretary of state to Trump: ‘What you’re saying is not true’

January 3, 2021 12:34 pm CNN

Just days before the crucial Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the US Senate, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivered a…

Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, dies at 78

January 3, 2021 12:26 pm CNN Newsource

Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British rock band Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died of a heart infection at 78, his friend and radio…

Portland PD: Suspect in attempted murder of officer fled after door left unlatched

January 3, 2021 12:23 pm KTVZ news sources, The Associated Press

A man arrested on attempted murder and other charges after allegedly striking a Portland police officer with a stolen pickup escaped when a cleaning…

McCarthy gives green light to conservatives’ push to overturn Biden’s win, as senior Republicans raise alarms

January 3, 2021 12:23 pm CNN

The top House Republican has quietly blessed an effort by conservative lawmakers to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when a joint…

Electoral College objection serves as another example of Trump putting Loeffler and Perdue in tight spot

January 3, 2021 12:13 pm CNN Newsource

Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have spent the entire Georgia Senate runoffs running as close as they can to Donald Trump, while at…

Fanduel suffers widespread outage on last day of NFL’s regular season

January 3, 2021 12:12 pm CNN Newsource

Fanduel, the fantasy sports and online sports betting company, experienced outages on Sunday — the last day of regular season NFL games —…

‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’ has raised over $1 million for struggling actors

January 3, 2021 12:04 pm CNN Newsource

The online sensation that became “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” has raised over $1 million for the Actors Fund organization and…

No. 21 Oregon downs Stanford 73-56 for 8th straight win

January 3, 2021 11:55 am The Associated Press

Senior guard Chris Duarte scored 23 points and No. 21 Oregon defeated Stanford 73-56 on Saturday night for its eighth straight…

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is sworn in for third six-year term

January 3, 2021 11:42 am KTVZ news sources

As the 117th Congress formally convened Sunday in the nation’s capital, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the following statement after being…

Washington Post: In call, Trump demands Georgia officials ‘find’ votes to tilt election

January 3, 2021 11:24 am CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his…

‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’ aims to cook up first-of-its kind fun

January 3, 2021 11:22 am CNN Newsource

The TikTok community’s love for a little chef has left director Lucy Moss with what you could say is a tall order. On Friday, Moss will debut…

Republican efforts to undermine Biden victory expose growing anti-democratic streak

January 3, 2021 11:14 am CNN

The scattershot efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory are coalescing into a movement led by top Republicans…

Media should call GOP election fight an attempted coup, historian says

January 3, 2021 11:14 am CNN Newsource

The Republican effort to contest the presidential election results on the Senate floor this week is raising questions about how media outlets should…

43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An inflatable costume may be to blame

January 3, 2021 10:51 am CNN Newsource

Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…

How Georgia got to the center of the US political universe

January 3, 2021 10:45 am CNN

Georgia may feel teleported to the center of the US political universe, but its emergence as a swing state has been a long time coming. That…

117th Congress being sworn in Sunday amid pandemic

January 3, 2021 10:35 am CNN

The 117th Congress is officially being sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill amid the ongoing pandemic. The…

117th Congress: Breaking down the historic numbers

January 3, 2021 10:29 am CNN Newsource

The 117th Congress, being sworn in Sunday, is historically diverse, with record-setting numbers of women, Black and Latino members and members who…

A Texas church shooting leaves 1 dead and others injured, governor says

January 3, 2021 10:17 am CNN Newsource

One person is dead and multiple people were injured in a Sunday morning shooting at Starrville Methodist Church in Winona, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott…

Cell phone repair business burglarized, safe and other items taken

January 3, 2021 10:16 am CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL ) — Gwinnett County police are asking for the…

Month: January 2021