Former House Speaker John Boehner said former President Donald Trump “incited that bloody insurrection” at the US Capitol and blamed his false election claims for the GOP losing control of Congress, according to a copy of his forthcoming book obtained by CNN. Republicans have wobbled over whether to embrace the 45th President’s legacy as an
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The US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home to Astoria on Wednesday following a 63-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Continue ReadingThe nation’s school districts are making strides in their efforts to reopen, but new data shows that many more students are still learning fully remotely than fully in-person. Just 39% of fourth-graders are attending full-time in-person school and just 29% of eighth-graders, according to data released on Wednesday from the Department of Education’s National Assessment
Continue ReadingGot a designer bag in your closet? One chain hopes you’ll walk into one of its new shops and give it up for the right price. Demand for secondhand goods is booming right now, and online luxury reseller The RealReal is looking to cash in. So it’s taking an approach to boost supply that isn’t
Continue ReadingThe special agent who led the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation into George Floyd’s death struggled to make sense of a short phrase Floyd said last May as Derek Chauvin kneeled on him. Senior Special Agent James Reyerson was shown a clip from Minneapolis Police body-camera footage of Floyd saying something while handcuffed and
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Two New York doormen who closed the doors to their building’s apartment lobby while a 65-year-old Asian woman was punched and kicked outside have been fired, according to the building’s owner. The Brodsky Organization, which owns the building at 360 W. 43rd St. in Manhattan, said in a statement Tuesday that it had completed an
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There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,434, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — A Modesto veterinarian is helping out a Vietnam War vet with a sick dog. The kind gesture came after an x-ray showed the pet had more than a hundred bladder stones. Loyal pet owner Richard Lyons and his corgi mix, Courtney, have a bond
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The Tumalo Irrigation District is offering a reward of up to $12,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who drilled several holes in a 36-inch pipeline, part of a canal-piping project, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Parents today may be a bit worried their kids are spending too much time on the social media app TikTok. However, for one young man in West Virginia, scrolling through TikTok turned out to be a life-saver. 12-year-old Trent Jerrett was live streaming while
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A man has been arrested after police say he assaulted an elderly Asian man in what appears to be a racially motivated attack. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on the 300 block of North 10th Street in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to police, officers
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (WCBS) — A New Jersey server got “zero” written in for tip after patrons were upset about limited seating times. But as CBS2’s Meg Baker reported Tuesday, the community rallied to make things right. A woman named Beth was working Friday night at the recently
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The parents of 445 migrant children separated from their families due to Trump administration policies at the US-Mexico border between 2017 and 2018 have still not been located, down from 506, according to a Wednesday court filing. The filing from the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union is part of an ongoing effort
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A racist confrontation, which started over a customer refusing to wear a mask, was caught on camera at a Jamba Juice location at the Beverly Connection. “We are sitting at the tables next to the store and he came in went inside the
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said Tuesday that he expected all states to open Covid-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults by April 19, and at the current pace of vaccination — about 3 million doses administered each day — every adult in the United States could be vaccinated by mid-summer. But not every American plans to be
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Two children riding in the front bucket of a backhoe were killed on April 3 after the bucket dumped them onto the ground and they were run over. The kids, an 11-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl, died at the scene outside their home
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It will stay windy Wednesday night under mostly cloudy skies.
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Black business leaders’ efforts to stop voter suppression in the wake of Georgia’s recently enacted voting bill illustrate the vanishing separation between protest and politics in America today. They also embody the work of Georgia’s most famous civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Over 70 Black executives, led by former American Express CEO
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According to Matt Gaetz, he is entirely innocent of allegations involving sex trafficking and prostitution, including involving a minor that the Justice Department is currently investigating. “First I have never, ever paid for sex,” the Florida Republican wrote in an op-ed published in the conservative Washington Examiner on Monday. “And second, I, as an adult
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Jack Hanna, an animal and wildlife expert who became famous after his many TV appearances, is retiring from public life due to dementia, his family announced Wednesday. “Doctors have diagnosed our dad, Jack Hanna, with dementia, now believed to be Alzheimer’s disease,” Hanna’s family wrote in a statement posted to his verified Twitter account. “His
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