President Joe Biden is set to announce $200 billion in education funding as part of his sweeping spending package he will unveil prior to his prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, according to a White House official. The proposal will direct the funds toward universal pre-school for all three- and four-year-olds through a
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Over the past couple of days, a person purporting to be Redmond Police Department Captain Devin Lewis has called people in the community, advising he needed to talk to the person about a confidential legal matter.
Continue ReadingCritics of California Gov. Gavin Newsom have met the state’s threshold with enough validated signatures to force a recall election of the Democratic governor this year, a contest that could land on the ballot as early as this summer or as late as December. The recall had long been expected to qualify because it was
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In honor of Earth Day, the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT) has released a new map to help Oregonians connect with more outdoor spaces.
Continue ReadingYou cannot have a legendary reunion without a legendary host. Andy Cohen recently taped the upcoming “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reunion special as the show is leaving the air after 20 seasons and 14 years. On Monday, Cohen talked about it on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.” “I mean, Kim and Khloé specifically were like,
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Tuesday urged all eligible Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying that new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention easing certain restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals is a great incentive for Americans to roll up their sleeves. “The bottom line is clear: If you’re vaccinated, you
Continue Reading As the White House intensifies conversations with key Republicans on infrastructure, a small, bipartisan group of senators is in the early stages of seeing if they might be able to break loose consensus on their own plan. Two senators — a Republican and a Democrat — warned the talks are in their infancy but could
Continue ReadingA man was arrested and charged with allegedly smuggling 35 live finches in hair curlers from Guyana for “singing contests” in New York City, according to a complaint from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Kevin Andre McKenzie, a 36-year-old Guyanese resident, flew to John F. Kennedy International Airport in
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to being indoors, the six feet rule of social distancing misses the bigger point of how coronavirus spreads, according to two Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts. While staying six feet apart can help prevent the spread of large droplets of saliva or mucus that carry coronavirus and other germs, that distance does
Continue ReadingSenator Elizabeth Warren is making her case for why America’s tax system is rigged by calling out Amazon, Netflix and other companies that pay little or nothing in federal income taxes. “Congress didn’t wake up one morning and say, ‘Let’s punch enough holes in the tax code so that Amazon and Netflix can earn billions
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Progressive Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is reintroducing three policing bills she hopes will be incorporated into the bipartisan package lawmakers have been fine-tuning for weeks as pressure mounts on Congress to pass meaningful legislation that will impose new police practices across the country. All three bills were first introduced in the last Congress,
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested in connection with the case of a 61-year-old Asian man who was attacked last week in New York, police said. Yao Pan Ma was collecting cans when he was approached from behind on an East Harlem corner Friday, struck in the back and, after he fell to the ground, kicked
Continue ReadingKelly Tshibaka, a Republican Senate candidate seeking to challenge Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022, once wrote in support of an “ex-gay” Christian organization that promoted discredited “conversion therapy” and said that homosexuality was caused by “sexual molestation during childhood.” In an article unearthed by CNN’s KFile, Tshibaka wrote that gay people can “work through
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood is making a name for itself. 10-foot-tall letters spelling out “BAYVIEW” were installed Monday off Third Street, near Meade Avenue. It is a community-designed initiative by the Bayview Community Parks Project. The engineering firm behind it says the letters are
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has charged at least 400 people in connection with the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, according to CNN’s latest review of court documents. The 400 known defendants come from 43 states and Washington, DC, according to CNN’s analysis. The massive federal inquiry has added several defendants nearly each day since
Continue ReadingBritney Spears will address the court at an upcoming conservatorship hearing. Spears’ attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, spoke at a hearing Tuesday at Los Angeles Superior Court. He stated, “Britney wants to address the court directly,” adding that she would like it to happen within the next month. CNN attended virtually. That hearing will take
Continue ReadingThe Senate confirmed Colin Kahl to be the No. 3 civilian at the Pentagon on Tuesday, approving President Joe Biden’s nominee for Pentagon policy chief on a party-line vote. The 49-45 vote came one week after Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie on a procedural vote to advance Kahl’s nomination, in the first
Continue ReadingThe Oscars were different this year, and not everyone was thrilled about it. Ratings plummeted 58 percent from last year, making it the lowest-rated Academy Awards ever. And while there were some shining moments, to some, the ceremony seemed to have ended abruptly — instead of ending with best picture, the awards ended with best
Continue ReadingThe FBI’s Charlotte field office confirmed they have opened a federal civil rights investigation into last week’s police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. “Agents will work closely with the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice to
Continue ReadingNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked state Attorney General Letitia James to review legal options after the state came just 89 residents short of maintaining all of its congressional districts in the 2020 US Census Bureau count. A Democratic stronghold in Congress, the state is set to lose one of its seats in the
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