Former Vice President Mike Pence is joining the Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow, according to a press release from the conservative think tank. In a tweet, Pence said the Heritage Foundation “is a flagship of the conservative movement and I am profoundly honored to join them as a distinguished visiting fellow to advance
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story East Chicago, Indiana (The Times of Northwest Indiana) — A man with convictions in Wisconsin for attempted first-degree homicide and armed robbery was arrested on drug charges Monday after he tried to flee from an officer who stopped him for driving the wrong way down a one-way street,
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The House impeachment managers are requesting former President Donald Trump testify before or during his Senate trial. Read the letter from lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin: Dear President Trump, As you are aware, the United States House of Representatives has approved an article of impeachment against you for incitement of insurrection. See H.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (WiscNews) — AWisconsin Dells resident recently published her latest children’s book, which she plans to make into a series. Amy Laundrie recently published, “Follow Me Into the Woods,” which teaches children its OK to be afraid of things or situations at first. “It’s like the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHELTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A father and son from Orange are facing charges after they allegedly broke into a Shelton homeowner’s garage last month. Shelton police arrested 47-year-old Christopher Barretta Sr., and his 18-year-old son Christopher Barretta Jr. According to police, they were contacted by a homeowner back
Continue Reading South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that, thanks to her state’s “unique” approach to the coronavirus pandemic, they “got through it better than virtually every other state.” Noem, a Republican who has opposed mask mandates and many pandemic-related restrictions, delivered the boast after Fox host Laura Ingraham favorably
Continue ReadingThe deputy chief physician of the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning has died, according to a statement published by the hospital on Thursday. Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician of the Omsk emergency hospital, died at the age of 55, according to the hospital. “With
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The chartered jet landed at the Hastings airport early Sunday, after a three-hour trip from New Jersey. And then the rumor took off. Fueled by photos on Facebook, south-central Nebraskans were quick to identify the mystery visitor. “Bruce Springsteen came into Hastings
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On Wednesday night, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that the GOP would not remove freshmen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from her committee assignments, despite the views that she has espoused, which don’t even begin to approach rational thought or, for that matter, fit anywhere along the wide spectrum of acceptable political discourse.
Continue Reading The House impeachment managers are seeking former President Donald Trump’s testimony before or during his Senate impeachment trial, making the request in a letter Wednesday that raises the stakes of the trial scheduled to begin next week. This story is breaking and will be updated.
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency dogecoin has an important fan — Elon Musk, who has 45 million followers on Twitter and more money than any other person on the planet. A series of tweets Musk sent overnight sent the Bitcoin rival up more than 50% in trading Thursday. The first in a series of tweets was only one word:
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story San Francisco (KGO) — The city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against its own school district in an effort to reopen in-person instruction. City Attorney Dennis Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the
Continue Reading Three progressive lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would require President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, arguing that the US is “out of time and excuses” to deal with the climate crisis. The National Climate Emergency Act, introduced by Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, along with
Continue ReadingRepublicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools — and blaming Democrats and their allies in organized labor for continued closures — will lure back suburban voters who spurned them in 2020. The Republican Senate and House campaign arms, along with Republican
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — In the midst of the Chiefs’ second straight trip to the Super Bowl, a Lawrence school official sent a slideshow to district employees advocating for the Chiefs to change their name and Native American imagery. The email and slideshow, sent out on Tuesday, urged
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities Times) — Carolyn Richardson didn’t know she’d be making history Monday morning. Richardson, 57, was the first patient in the Quad-Cities to receive orthopedic robot-assisted surgery using the Stryker Mako SmartTechnology TM system — the first time such advanced technology has been used in
Continue ReadingRobinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is not licensed by FINRA, Wall Street’s powerful self-regulator, even though he presides over one of the nation’s largest and most powerful online brokers. Tenev has emerged as the public face of Robinhood as the startup has come under fire for its decision, on one of the market’s most volatile
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is set to announce a series of significant changes to US foreign policy including measures on Yemen and LBGTQ rights during a speech at the State Department, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday. Biden will announce an end to all American support for offensive operations in Yemen in his remarks, Sullivan
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s son Hunter is publishing a memoir about his struggle with addiction that will be released in April. “I come from a family forged by tragedies and bound by a remarkable, unbreakable love,” Hunter Biden writes in the book, according to its publisher, Gallery Books. “Beautiful Things” will be released April 6. The
Continue ReadingSnail noodles, marinated steaks and huge vats of bubble tea are helping China’s biggest fast food giant get through the coronavirus crisis. Yum China, the local owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is tapping into new ways to reach customers at home as the pandemic continues to dampen its business. The company, which
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