Bitcoin plunges more than 20% in three days. It’s now in a bear market
Bitcoin prices surged to a new all-time high of nearly $42,000 on Friday, only to plunge all the way back to about $31,000 Monday morning.…
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Pompeo accuses VOA of “demeaning America” in speech that whistleblowers blast as “political propaganda”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Voice of America news service of “demeaning America” in a speech that a watchdog group…
Continue ReadingAnderson Cooper: ‘Being gay is one of the blessings of my life’
Anderson Cooper was asked by a viewer on Full Circle about how old he was when he accepted that he was gay. “I think I really, truly accepted…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles woman whose mom died of Covid-19 had to hold the funeral in a parking lot
Juliana Jimenez Sesma stared down at her mother’s casket. Her mother’s face was made-up, and her hair done just so. Her expression was…
Continue ReadingNine days police in DC arrested more people than they did during the Capitol siege
Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe…
Continue ReadingAfricatown Heritage House gets more than $1.3M in funding
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Ever since journalist Ben Raines found the wreckage of…
Continue ReadingCops sorting through hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in stolen property
Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Kansas (KCTV) — Several law enforcement agencies in Kansas and Missouri…
Continue ReadingGirl rescued by sheriff’s deputy in 2018 makes remarkable recovery
Click here for updates on this story RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California (KCAL KCBS) — Almost three years ago, a San…
Continue ReadingMan runs out of house in underwear to deter thieves
Click here for updates on this story WOODLAND, California (KOVR) — A Woodland man bared it all trying to stop two…
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Deschutes County offering free COVID-19 testing event Wednesday at Fairgrounds
Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with the Oregon Health Authority to offer a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing event from 11 a.m. to 2…
Continue ReadingTheodore Lumpkin Jr., a Tuskegee Airmen member, dies at 100 due to Covid-19 complications
Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100. Lumpkin…
Continue ReadingYogananda Pittman named acting US Capitol police chief after riots
The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency’s…
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Remains, cockpit voice recorder recovered at Warm Springs jet crash site
The remains of at least two people and the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the scene of a twin-engine business jet crash Saturday…
Continue Reading2 Capitol Police officers suspended and 10-15 more under investigation for alleged roles in riot
Two US Capitol Police officers were suspended and up to 15 more are under investigation for their behavior during last week’s assault on the…
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Airbnb says it will try to ban Capitol rioters from inauguration stays
Airbnb announced on Monday plans to attempt to restrict rioters who stormed the Capitol from returning to the Washington, DC area for next…
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Redmond School District chooses bond projects management firm
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) –The Redmond School District said Monday it has selected HMK Company to serve as the bond project management firm for its 2020…
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Pence and Trump remain estranged in aftermath of riot
Vice President Mike Pence received a memento from his aides the other day: the engraved chair set aside for him in the White House Cabinet Room,…
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Oregon reports 10 more COVID-19 deaths, including Jefferson County’s 21st
COVID-19 has claimed 10 more lives in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 21st death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,613, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingAt least two gorillas at San Diego Zoo tested positive for Covid-19, in the first known cases among great apes
The surge of Covid-19 in California has just gotten even worse, after at least two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo became infected with Covid-19, the…
Continue ReadingHow Miami-Dade opened all its public schools — and kept them open
Alberto Carvalho has been able to do what hundreds of his fellow superintendents have not: fully open his district’s schools in the pandemic.…
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