A medical expert called by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s defense spoke at length Wednesday about the possibility that carbon monoxide poisoning could have played a role in George Floyd’s death last spring while in police custody. Yet the

Police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, arrested at least 60 protesters during a third night of rioting. More than 800 marched to the station following the officer-involved shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man. Minnesota State Patrol Chief Matt

CNN's Sunlen Serfaty takes a look at the life and career of Kim Potter, the veteran police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

A riot was declared in Portland after at least 100 people descended on a police union building and set it ablaze – as angry protests continue across the US after the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minnesota. The large group gathered in the area of Kenton

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Communities across the nation marched and mourned Tuesday in memory of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer after a traffic stop over the weekend. More than two dozen prayed and paid respects

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Portland police declared a riot for the second night in a row Tuesday after a crowd of about 100 people set out on a “direct action” march from Kenton Park to the Portland Police Association office - where fires were ignited. One person

The officer was taken to a Fort Worth hospital. His condition is unknown. A suspect is at large after shooting a Texas police officer multiple times during a traffic stop overnight, authorities said. The injured Burleson police officer was taken to a Fort

The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the death of Ashli Babbitt, 35, and will not charge the officer who shot her, saying there was no evidence to prove the officer violated her civil rights. Officials determined there is insufficient evidence

Police and protesters. It seems like them and us. On one side, there are those who say abolish and defund. On the other there are the police unions, who think the police officers can’t do no wrong. One side says Black Lives Matter. The other, Blue Lives Matter.

A video has emerged of protesters in Washington, D.C., chanting "burn the precinct to the ground" during demonstrations following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, died Sunday after being shot at a traffic stop outside

Washington (CNN) It's an image President Joe Biden kept returning to: the sight of helicopters evacuating Americans from Saigon during the last major battle of the Vietnam War. In the United States, the image has come to reflect the humiliating end to a prolonged

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” that President Joe Biden was “paving the way for another 9/11” with his reported pledge for a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. Graham said, “Joe

President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress on April 28, the first time during his administration when he will speak before both chambers, the White House said late Tuesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally invited the president

U.S. ability to collect intelligence and act against extremist threats that arise in Afghanistan will diminish after the departure of U.S. troops, CIA Director William Burns warned on Wednesday. Burns' testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee highlighted

Live Live Updates: U.S. and Its Allies Look to Coordinated Withdrawal From Afghanistan President Biden plans to announce this afternoon the country’s full withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, and NATO is expected to stay true to the coalition’s mantra of

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:31 AM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 CIA Director William Burns has pushed back on the White House’s decision to withdrawal troops from Afghanistan. While speaking at the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing Wednesday, he said pulling

Biden ends Afghan 'forever war' for US troops President Joe Biden says he will withdraw remaining U.S. troops from the "forever war” in Afghanistan, declaring that the Sept. 11 terror attacks of 20 years ago cannot justify American forces still dying in the

WASHINGTON — President Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time on April 28. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi extended the invite to Biden on Tuesday, “to share your vision for addressing the challenges and opportunities of this historic

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he will withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan by September 11, ending America's role in what has become its longest war. The removal of approximately 3,000 American servicemembers coincides with the

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday dismissed concerns raised by top military officials and the CIA about President Biden's decision to withdraw all 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September, maintaining that terror threats have "evolved,"

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Indian Health Service is pausing its use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in Oklahoma and all other regions at the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration. “Out of an abundance of caution, IHS has paused all Johnson

More contagious variants of the virus account for more than 75 percent of new cases, according to a recent analysis. Newly available ZIP code-level data provides some answers on where the variants appear to be most prevalent. This data comes as New York State

The US has lost nearly 570,000 souls to COVID-19-related deaths, according to official statistics, and that number continues to climb with each passing day. But the Food and Drug Administration just recommended a temporary halt on one of the potentially life-saving

States began halting use of Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine Tuesday after federal health officials recommended a pause "out of an abundance of caution" because of rare but dangerous blood clots. California, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida

Following the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine yesterday, Dr. Joel Zinberg, a senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute who worked for 30 years at Mt. Sinai Hospital and was senior economist and general counsel at the White House Council

New York (CNN Business) Economic turnaround hopes are strongly tied to the vaccine rollout around the globe — so a new concern over the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine was just about the last thing the recovery needed. US regulators recommended pausing

Ivanka Trump took to social media Wednesday to share that she was able to get her first shot of the coronavirus vaccine, breaking her social media silence since Donald Trump left the White House in January. "Today, I got the shot!!! I hope that you do too,"

Stephen Colbert took his sweet time to quell vaccine hesitancy on Tuesday after U.S. health officials recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot because six recipients had experienced serious blood cots. The “Late Show” host tried to

Perhaps no figure has ever been lauded more for less reason than Dr. Anthony Fauci. The unimpressive government bureaucrat has been at the forefront of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, and little of that response has been logical or based on science.

U.S. health officials are weighing next steps as they investigate a handful of unusual blood clots in people who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine U.S. health officials are weighing next steps as they investigate a handful of unusual blood clots

It’s a Monday evening in Minneapolis. Police respond to a call about a man who allegedly used a counterfeit $20 bill to buy cigarettes. Seventeen minutes later, the man they are there to investigate lies motionless on the ground, and is pronounced dead shortly

The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin is set to resume Wednesday morning. Defense testimony is expected to resume after motion hearings, which will begin at 8:45 a.m. local time. Judge Peter A. Cahill expects the defense could

Forensic Expert For Chauvin's Defense Said Heart Disease, Drugs Killed George Floyd On the second day of defense testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial, a forensic expert told jurors that George Floyd's heart conditions and the effects of drugs killed him.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A friend of George Floyd who was with him the night he died won’t testify at the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in his death, the judge overseeing the case ruled Wednesday. Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney wanted

MINNEAPOLIS — A medical expert testifying for the defense took the witness stand Wednesdayin the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the death of George Floyd. The defense called its first six witnesses to the stand

Former officer Derek Chauvin was justified in pinning George Floyd to the ground because he kept struggling, a use-of-force expert testified for the defense Tuesday, contradicting a parade of authorities from both inside and outside the Minneapolis Police Department. Taking

Hall, who was subpoenaed by the defense to testify in the ongoing trial, noted that he has pending charges in a separate case and confirmed he would refuse to answer any questions about his interactions with Floyd if forced to take the stand. Defense attorney

So far, the Chauvin defense case is doing more to shore up the prosecution’s evidence than knock it down. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he presentation of evidence could close today in the Minneapolis trial at which Derek Chauvin is charged with murder in the death

(CNN) Former Maryland chief medical examiner Dr. David Fowler took the stand Wednesday in Derek Chauvin's trial as the defense attempts to raise doubt in the prosecution's case and further highlight George Floyd's drug use. On Tuesday, a defense use-of-force

George Floyd’s longtime pal who was in Floyd’s SUV during his fatal arrest by Minneapolis police will not have to testify at the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, a judge ruled Wednesday — in a blow to the ex-cop’s defense. Morries Hall, who said he would invoke

There were 18 people on board the boat at the time severe storms hit the area. A massive lift boat has capsized off the southern coast of Louisiana, on Tuesday as severe storms moved through the region. At least six people have been rescued from the water,

A U.S. Coast Guard search got underway Tuesday after a report of "multiple people in the water" off Grand Isle, Louisiana, according to reports. One boat that capsized – a commercial lift boat -- had 18 people aboard, WWL-TV of New Orleans reported. By 9

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued six people from a 129-ft capsized commercial lift boat" in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday amid severe weather warnings. The Coast Guard says the incident occurred south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and other good Samaritan vessels

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The 129-foot lift vessel, named Seacor Power, overturned about eight miles away from its destination of Port Fourchon, La., a coastal town nearly 100 miles south of New Orleans, according to a press release from the U.S. Coast Guard. It started taking on water

A large commercial boat with nearly 20 people aboard capsized in the Gulf of Mexico south of Grand Isle, La. Six people have been rescued from the flipped 265-foot boat by the Coast Guard and several private boats, federal officials said. The lift boat was

Large Commercial Vessel Capsizes Off Louisiana Coast, Prompting Rescue Effort A distress signal came from the 175-foot liftboat around 4:30 p.m. as it was eight miles off Grand Isle, La., a Coast Guard spokesman said. Image Video still from the bow of a boat

The Coast Guard and multiple other boats have rescued six people from a commercial lift vessel that capsized off the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday night and are searching for more, the agency said. The U.S. Coast Guard Heartland said in a statement at around

Coast Guard, Good Samaritans Searching For Victims After Severe Weather Off Louisiana The United States Coast Guard and multiple Good Samaritan vessels are assisting in rescue efforts after a 265-foot commercial lift boat capsized just south Grand Isle, La.,

Heavy rainfall and severe weather conditions pounded Louisiana on Tuesday night, leaving thousands without power, tearing off roofs and forcing the emergency rescue of six people. LOUISIANA STORM PROMPTS COAST GUARD SEARCH OFF GRAND ISLE FOR ‘MULTIPLE PEOPLE

The royals, according to the palace, will “undertake engagements appropriate to the circumstances” during the two weeks the family will spend mourning the Duke of Edinburgh, who died Friday at age 99, The Associated Press reports.

Prince Andrew wants to wear an admiral’s uniform to Prince Philip’s funeral despite withdrawing from the high-ranking Royal Navy position over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report Wednesday. The scandal-scarred Duke of York, 61, requested

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has returned to royal duties, four days after the death of her husband, Prince Philip, as preparations stepped up for his ceremonial funeral on the weekend. The 94-year-old British monarch attended a retirement ceremony for

Prince Philip's long life is being celebrated by his family after he passed on April 9 at 99 years old. Members of the British royal family took to social media on Wednesday and shared never-before-seen photos of the Duke of Edinburgh with his children and

London (CNN) Britain's Queen Elizabeth has held her first in-person engagement since the death of her husband, Prince Philip, last Friday. The 94-year-old monarch hosted a ceremony on Tuesday within the confines of Windsor Castle for Earl Peel, who recently

LONDON (AP) - When Prince Philip’s funeral takes place on Saturday, it will be more than a focal point for national mourning. Many will also be watching for any signs of reconciliation between Prince Harry and the royal family, especially with his elder brother

The royal family on Wednesday shared previously unseen photos across their social media channels of Queen Elizabeth and the late Prince Philip alongside some of their great-grandchildren. “Today we share, along with Members of @theroyalfamily, photographs

Queen Elizabeth II has returned to royal duties, four days after the death of her husband, Prince Philip. The 94-year-old British monarch attended a retirement ceremony for a senior royal official on Tuesday, according to the Court Circular, the official record

Four days after losing her husband Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II got back to work. On Tuesday, the British monarch attended a retirement ceremony for a senior royal official. The news came from the Court Circular, the official record of royal engagements. The

An Indian lawyer was duped into believing that she was in a relationship with Prince Harry — and then attempted to seek legal action against the red-headed royal for breaking a supposed promise to marry her, a report said Tuesday. Palwinder Kaur alleged that

New York (CNN Business) Bernard Madoff, whose name became synonymous with financial fraud, died while serving a 150-year sentence in Federal Prison. He was 82 years old. His death Wednesday at the Federal Medical Center in the prison in Butner, North Carolina,

In the last years of his life, Ilene Kent’s father “just wasn’t the same” after he lost more than half of his net worth to Bernie Madoff’s notorious, $65 billion Ponzi scheme. “He didn’t laugh, he didn’t tell jokes … you could just tell something in him had

Bernie Madoff, Whose Ponzi Scheme Bilked Thousands, Dies In Prison Bernie Madoff, who carried out one of the most notorious Ponzi schemes in history, has died while serving his prison sentence in North Carolina. He bilked thousands of investors out of their

NEW YORK (AP) - Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died early Wednesday in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Madoff died at the Federal Medical

The once-celebrated figure on Wall Street was sentenced to 150 years in prison. Bernie Madoff, the disgraced former financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died, sources confirmed to ABC News. The 82-year-old died of natural causes while

Bernie Madoff, who was convicted of running the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, died on Wednesday in federal prison where he was serving a 150-year sentence, the Bureau of Prisons said. He was 82. Madoff, who sufffered from chronic kidney failure and

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Madoff died at the Federal Medical

Accused swindler Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York, January 14, 2009. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Bernie Madoff, the financier who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died in federal prison on Wednesday at age

There were no obvious public signs that Bernard L. Madoff, who died Wednesday at the age of 82, would eventually become infamous for running the largest Ponzi scheme in financial history. From his congressional testimony after the 1987 stock market crash to

Bernie Madoff’s lawyer defended the disgraced financier even after his death on Wednesday, saying that while he wasn’t perfect — “no man is.” Attorney Brandon Sample said in a statement that Madoff wasn’t just one of the biggest fraudsters in US history, but

Colton Underwood, the former football tight end who found fame on “The Bachelor” has revealed that he is gay. “I’ve ran from myself for a long time. I’ve hated myself for a long time,” Underwood told “Good Morning America” on Wednesday. “And I’m gay. And I

Colton Underwood, one of the most memorable, albeit problematic, stars of the Bachelor TV franchise, has come out as gay. Underwood, 29, made the announcement in an interview with Good Morning America that aired on Wednesday. “I’ve ran from myself for a long

"Bachelor" alum Colton Underwood has come out as gay. The 29-year-old reality star sat down with "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Wednesday. "Obviously this year's been a lot for a lot of people, and it's probably made

Billy Eichner congratulated former Bachelor Colton Underwood on Wednesday for coming out as gay with a cheeky and eerily prophetic throwback clip. The actor and comedian responded to the news by posting footage of his 2019 guest appearance on “The Bachelor”

Colton Underwood has come out as gay. The former "Bachelor" star made the revelation to Robin Roberts in a "Good Morning America" interview that aired Wednesday morning. "I've ran from myself for a long time. I've hated myself for a long time," he said. "And

(CNN) Colton Underwood told Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" that he is gay in an interview that aired Wednesday morning. "This year's been a lot for a lot of people and it's probably made a lot of people look at themselves in the year and figure out

(UPI) — Former Bachelor star Colton Underwood has come out as gay. The 29-year-old television personality and former football player went public about his sexuality during Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning America. “Obviously, this year’s been a lot for

“I’ve known I was different since the age of 6, and I couldn’t process it, and I couldn’t put my finger on what it was until high school, my freshman year, when I knew I was gay,” Underwood told Roberts. “By that time, I had already grown up in the Catholic

Colton Underwood, a star of “The Bachelor” and a former football player, came out as gay in an interview with Robin Roberts that aired Wednesday on “Good Morning America.” He described 2020 as a year of self-reflection, one that “probably made a lot of people

Colton Underwood has publicly opened up about his sexuality for the first time, revealing in an emotional interview on Wednesday that he is gay. The former “Bachelor” star told “Good Morning America” that he was ready to live as his authentic self after a

The discussions, which began early this month and recessed last Friday, are intended to map out a plan for the return of both Iran and the United States to compliance with the deal. It has teetered on collapse since President Donald J. Trump abruptly withdrew

Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday dismissed initial offers at talks in Vienna to save Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal as "not worth looking at," attempting to pressure world powers after an attack on the country’s main nuclear enrichment site. The comments

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said his country’s decision to hike uranium enrichment to 60 percent purity — dangerously close to weapons-grade —was a direct response to Israel’s “nuclear terrorism” with its attack a few days earlier on the Natanz

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran‘s president has described Tehran’s decision to enrich uranium up to 60% after saboteurs attacked a nuclear site “an answer to your evilness.” President Hassan Rouhani made the comments Wednesday at a Cabinet meeting. He

On Easter Sunday, a massive explosion ripped through the top-secret Iranian nuclear weapons research facility at Natanz. There were some interesting aspects to the explosion. In a way, this was deja vu because, in July 2020, the same facility was hit by a cyberattack

Iran is pushing to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity, with President Hassan Rouhani calling the move a response to the “malice” of recent sabotage at a key nuclear plant, which it has blamed on Israel. “Of course, the security and intelligence officials

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran‘s supreme leader on Wednesday dismissed initial offers at talks in Vienna to save Tehran‘s tattered nuclear deal as “not worth looking at,” taking a hard-line approach after an attack on the country’s main nuclear enrichment

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a fiery cabinet meeting Wednesday during which he railed against suspected Israeli sabotage of the Natanz nuclear facility and vowed to increase uranium enrichment even further. “The announcement that we will activate

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Israel’s alleged attack on a nuclear enrichment facility in Iran was likely a reaction to the Biden administration’s policy towards Iran, Ellie Cohanim, former State Department Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism, said on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 5:10 PM PT – Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Two men in California are being charged in the decades-long cold case of 19-year-old Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo college freshman Kristin Smart. On Tuesday, SLO County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced

The younger Flores was arrested at his home in Los Angeles’ San Pedro neighborhood. District Attorney Dow asked the public for more information about Flores, who frequented several bars in the area beginning in 2005, according to Dow.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished from a college campus on California’s scenic Central Coast nearly 25 years ago and suspicion has followed him ever since. He went from being a “person of interest”

The "prime suspect" in the 25-year-disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department announced. Paul Flores, 44, the last person seen with Smart before she vanished

Kristin Smart, the California college student missing since 1996, was killed during a rape by a fellow freshman — who may have gone on to sexually assault other women over the last 25 years, prosecutors said Wednesday. The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney

(CNN) Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted to rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death,

Police arrested a longtime suspect on Tuesday for the murder of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college freshman who went missing from her California university 25 years ago, but said her body had not yet been found. Smart was last seen walking to her dormitory

In the spring of 1996, Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student, left an off-campus party in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and walked home to her dormitory. She was never seen again. No remains have been found. But on April 13, 2021, after an investigation

Kristin Smart, the California college student who disappeared in 1996, was killed during an attempted rape, and the father of the man who was charged this week with murdering her helped hide her body, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Paul Flores, who was the

The "prime suspect" in the 25-year-disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murder, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department announced. Paul Flores, 44, the last person seen with Smart before she vanished

Vice President Kamala Harris loves to crochet, the Washington Post reported this week, in its latest glowing feature of the VP. The paper followed Harris to Fibre Space, a boutique yarn shop in Alexandria, Va. to delve into one of her favorite hobbies. "When

​Border Patrol agents stopped a trailer at a border checkpoint in Texas and discovered 18 adults crammed in a space under the boards and two children stuffed into a side panel. Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero of the Del Rio Sector tweeted photos of the illegal

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs told Newsmax TV's, “American Agenda” on Wednesday that “the biggest takeaway really is that we don't have operational control of that border. So also it's a humanitarian crisis for people coming to the border. It's not safe for many

Border Patrol is deploying extra resources to South Texas to deal with the current influx of migrants and unaccompanied children. Approximately 300 agents are diverting from interior and Canadian border stations. As a result, prior plans to send agents to

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asked Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency over the border, saying the move will help focus efforts to combat the surge of people and drugs flowing into the U.S. Mr. Brnovich also asked for financial

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 8:27 AM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Amid continued inaction from the White House, the Mexican government is working to put an end to the Biden border crisis. On Tuesday, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the country has

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Tuesday urged Gov. Doug Ducey to declare a state of emergency in the state in response to the growing crisis at the southern border -- as the state looks to deploy the National Guard to deal with the surge

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris for not visiting the southern border amid the ongoing migrant crisis on Wednesday, bringing a milk carton with a photo of the border czar’s face on it to the House GOP’s leadership press

Border Patrol agents in upstate New York have been redeployed to deal with the migrant crisis on the southern border — leaving large sections of the northern border unguarded, The Post has learned. “There’s a good portion of our patrol on the Mexican border.

Brady, 66, served as the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the top tax-writing body in the chamber, for two terms. He became the ranking Republican on the panel in 2019, after Democrats took majority control of the House. "I'm retiring

In Episode 3 of the Fox Nation special "The Unauthorized History of Taxes", host Bret Baier is joined by prominent guests to examine how the Revenue Act of 1913 fundamentally changed the relationship between taxpayers and the federal government, setting in

Democrats are trying to figure out how to pay for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan and raise hundreds of billions of dollars to put toward rebuilding American roads and bridges. And yet somehow one of the big internal battles happening on the left

A Louisiana Senate committee voted Tuesday to amend the state constitution to lower the maximum allowable personal income tax rate and give lawmakers the ability to eliminate a major tax break for federal income taxes paid. The state constitution caps the

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republican state lawmakers trying to muscle through a wide-ranging rewrite of Louisiana’s tax laws Wednesday ran into the same problem that has bedeviled previous legislative efforts, opposition from special interest groups trying to

It’s taken three years of dog-chasing-tail debate among Republicans about whether it’s a tax increase or merely a mechanism to collect an already-levied tax, but Floridians could be paying sales taxes on every online purchase beginning July 1. That is, if

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ April 14 The Daily Citizen-News on the federal income tax filing deadline extension: For many people who have procrastinated, panic sets in during the middle of this month —most years — as they scramble to

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee introduced a budget amendment Tuesday that included a two-week sales tax holiday on food purchases. The two-week sales tax holiday, which includes all grocery sales, purchases at restaurants and all prepared food, is estimated to cost

Seventeen House Democrats from New York state on Tuesday threatened to withhold their votes for President Biden’s tax proposals if the final plan doesn’t repeal a $10,000 cap on a prized state and local tax deduction. The 2017 Republican tax law imposed the

House Republican leaders on Wednesday accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being absent on immigration matters ― even showing up to a press conference with a milk carton with Harris’ face on it, declaring her “missing” at the border. One problem: At the

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Mexico and Guatemala amid the ongoing migrant crisis on the southern border, but has no plans to visit the US states affected by the havoc, she revealed Wednesday. Harris made the announcement while speaking to reporters

Republicans have been pounding Vice President Kamala Harris for weeks, asking when she’ll travel to Central America and Mexico to begin face-to-face talks about curbing the flow of migrants seeking to enter the United States. Behind the scenes, Harris’ advisors

Vice President Kamala Harris revealed Wednesday she would travel to Guatemala and Mexico to address the “root causes” of mass migration to the United States. She added she had no plans to visit America’s Southern border or any of the overcrowded detention

Vice-President Kamala Harris may be going too far to discover the “root cause” of the migration issue, but her plan is to travel into Mexico and Guatemala on an investigative/diplomatic trip to discover why so many migrants are heading north to America, many

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he plans to visit his country’s southern border to discuss with governors and mayors there how to stop the smuggling of child migrants - an issue of growing concern for the United

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday she is planning to visit Mexico and Guatemala soon and that the United States must figure out how to bring about economic development in the Northern Triangle countries to curb immigration. In March, President

The Republican House caucus used a milk carton prop with Vice President Kamala Harris’s face on it as at a press conference to draw attention to her silence on the issue. Harris will now travel to Guatemala and Mexico to fulfill President Joe Biden’s instructions

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday she has no plans to visit the U.S. southern border but she’s looking forward to a trip soon to Mexico and Guatemala to address the core causes of surging migration from Central America. She also cautioned that her

President Biden pitches $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan The White House is comparing President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposal to the construction of interstate highways and the Space Race. staff video, USA TODAY President Joe Biden wants cities

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength, and 2+2 equals 5. George Orwell warned us of doublespeak 72 years ago. Yet today, some of my colleagues on the left and President Biden are using this tactic in a desperate attempt to sell their disastrous

President Biden says he wants a bipartisan deal on his $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, but his definition of “bipartisan” seems as bizarre as his one of “infrastructure.” Just as his big “COVID relief” bill threw 91 percent of its cash at causes other

Officials in the D.C. area have a laundry list of what they think should be prioritized in President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal. The White House on Monday released a state-by-state breakdown of infrastructure needs, the breakdowns included

During a Wednesday appearance on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) sounded off on the Democrats’ push for infrastructure. Scalise acknowledged that the GOP has “a lot of interest” in an infrastructure deal but said Democrats want

­Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand explained Tuesday that she called child care infrastructure because bringing people back into the workforce is essential for rebuilding the economy. Gillibrand, who tweeted that child care is infrastructure last

Republicans plan to offer an infrastructure bill of their own that would spend about $650 billion, a GOP source tells Fox News, as the White House and congressional Democrats continue to push President Biden's $2 trillion-plus spending plan. The proposal comes

Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ April 13 The Johnson City Press on a Tennessee senator’s response to the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plan: Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn took to Twitter last week to tear to shreds President Joe

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said Wednesday that Democrats want to "go it alone" on Biden's spending bill, opting to ignore Republicans and jam through a "Soviet-style infrastructure dream list of the left." BIDEN AIMS TO REDEFINE WORD ‘BIPARTISAN’

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is poised to start debate on legislation confronting the rise of potential hate crimes against Asian Americans, a growing problem during the coronavirus crisis that will also test whether the chamber can push past partisanship on

A bill meant to address the rise of hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic advanced in the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan vote on Wednesday — but its future remains murky, given tepid support from Republicans. The legislation,

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 6:15 PM PT – Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is showing support for the Democrats’ proposed bill aimed at fighting Asian hate crimes. On Tuesday, McConnell said he’s interested on hashing out a

Senate Democrats on Wednesday are putting forth a key test on the limits of Republican obstruction: A bill aimed at combating anti-Asian hate crimes. The legislation, which is relatively narrow in scope, would designate a Justice Department official to review

(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Democrats have put together a remarkably silly piece of legislation, ostensibly intended to do something about anti-Asian hate crimes, and are daring Republicans to oppose it. The improbable hope is that the GOP will give the Democrats

The bill follows the shootings of six Asian women in Atlanta, attacks across US The Senate will take its first step aimed at combatting the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes Wednesday in what could prove to be an increasingly rare bipartisan Senate effort. Majority

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a stripped-down alternative to hate crimes legislation that longtime supporters of such laws say doesn’t provide true protections. The Republican governor on Tuesday signed the bill,

(CNN) The Senate is pushing to advance a bill Wednesday that would address the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans. The bill, which would assign a Justice Department official to expedite reviews of potential Covid-19-related hate crimes and establish

Coca-Cola, whose CEO denounced the Georgia voting bill, is now striking a conciliatory tone after coming under pressure from conservatives. The soda giant, which is based in Atlanta, was absent from a list of more than 500 corporations and individuals that

A big show of corporate solidarity Amazon, BlackRock, Google, Warren Buffett and hundreds of other companies and executives have signed a new statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” that would make it harder for people to vote. The statement, which

Hundreds of corporations, including Starbucks, Amazon, and Netflix, have signed a letter signaling their opposition to election integrity efforts in numerous states, promising to oppose any related legislation they deem “discriminatory.” The effort, led by

Demonstrators wear chains while holding a sit-in inside of the Capitol building in opposition of House Bill 531 on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. HB531 will restrict early voting hours, remove drop boxes, and require the use of a government ID when voting

Major companies including Amazon, Google, and Netflix signed a statement released Wednesday opposing "any discriminatory legislation" that makes it harder for people to vote. Warren Buffett, BlackRock, Starbucks, and hundreds of other corporations and executives

New York (CNN Business) Hundreds of prominent executives from high-profile companies, including Amazon, Google, BlackRock and Starbucks, signed a statement that opposes discriminatory legislation that makes voting harder. The statement, printed Wednesday in

Hundreds of CEOs signed a statement Wednesday vowing to oppose “any discriminatory legislation” in states that tighten election laws, which allies the business leaders with Democrats in opposing voting measures in Republican-run states. Kenneth Chenault, former

Two of the companies that were hammered the hardest by the Right after criticizing Georgia’s new voting law were absent from a new statement by hundreds of businesses and individuals about voting rights. The statement, which is very broad in nature and does

Washington (CNN) A well-funded new group formed by former senior aides to then- President Donald Trump launched on Tuesday with the goal of permanently fusing the ex-President's "America First" agenda with the Republican Party. The newly minted nonprofit is

A CNN technical director said that the network employed “propaganda” to defeat President Trump in 2020, and suggested that the same thing is happening with GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to the latest Project Veritas sting. Undercover video released Tuesday

(CNN) On Monday, a cohort of former Trump administration officials launched the America First Policy Institute, a think tank organization aimed at promoting "liberty, free enterprise, national greatness, American military superiority, foreign-policy engagement

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 10:05 AM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has attempted to end his public feud with President Trump. On Tuesday, a reporter asked the Kentucky lawmaker about the 45th president’s fiery remarks following

James O’Keefe of Project Veritas confronted CNN’s Technical Director Charlie Chester about his stated “focus” on pushing “Trump out of office” via a video released Tuesday. The video shows O’Keefe walking into a diner where Chester was eating breakfast with

A cadre of Trump-era officials Tuesday launched a new nonprofit group called the America First Policy Institute, with a mission of boosting a populist agenda similar to that of former President Trump. The 35-person group has a $20 million first-year budget

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the Senate Republican lunch on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday sidestepped a question about an expletive-laced speech

The crypto platform went public via direct listing on the Nasdaq Wednesday. The popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has officially become a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq Wednesday. The direct listing marks the first time a major

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street Wednesday, with the digital currency exchange’s rising as high as $429, briefly giving it a market value over $100 billion. Coinbase Global Inc.‘s initial public offering comes with cryptocurrency chatter seemingly

Live Fervor Over Coinbase Market Debut Spreads: Live Business Updates RIGHT NOW Toshiba’s top executive resigns amid company turmoil. Excitement over Coinbase’s listing spreads to other corners of the market. Shares of Coinbase, a trading platform for digital

Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company. Coinbase is making its initial public offering of stock with cryptocurrency chatter seemingly everywhere, even at the U.S. Federal Reserve.

New York (CNN Business) Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global is set to go public Wednesday at a valuation north of $90 billion, as the company takes advantage of surging demand (and prices) for bitcoin, ethereum and other digital currencies. Spotify SPOT

Wall Street will be focusing on Coinbase with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company. Coinbase is making its

CHICAGO — Police body camera video will be released Thursday from last month's fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago officer who chased him into an alley on the city’s West Side, according to a statement by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. The

CHICAGO (AP) - The family of a Chicago teenager fatally shot by a police officer last month has viewed video of the shooting, the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability announced late Tuesday. The agency said it would not immediately release the video

CHICAGO — The family of Adam Toledo on Tuesday night viewed the police body camera video showing last month's fatal shooting of the 13-year-old by a Chicago officer who chased him into an alley, according to a statement from the city's police oversight agency. The

Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability said in a statement Tuesday that the family of a 13-year-old fatally shot by city police in March requested that the bodycam footage not be immediately released to the public. Adam Toledo died last month of

CHICAGO (AP) - Body camera footage of a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy last month will be released Thursday, the board that reviews such shootings said. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or COPA, said in a news release

(CNN) A US appellate court decision on Tuesday upholding an Ohio law that prohibits abortions because of fetal Down syndrome evades major Supreme Court precedent and is certain to reverberate in cases nationwide. The decision by a 9-7 vote implicitly challenges

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld an Ohio law banning doctors from performing abortions when they know the reason a woman is seeking an abortion is that her baby has Down syndrome, a significant win for pro-life groups. The full circuit ruled

The federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a multi-faceted and complicated en banc decision Tuesday, voting 9-7 to uphold an Ohio statute that makes it unlawful for doctors to perform abortions when they know the mother is seeking the abortion because

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has granted Tennessee’s request for the full court to hear arguments in its appeal regarding a 2015 informed consent law requiring a woman to wait 48 hours prior to having an abortion. A federal district court

The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Ohio State pro-life law by a 9-7 majority, forbidding abortion if the procedure is sought solely because the child has Down syndrome. The Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision that granted

(CNN) A 16-year-old, armed with a knife and what turned out to be an airsoft gun, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by a Maryland state trooper, a state police official said. Authorities in Maryland got two 911 calls just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday about

LEONARDTOWN, Md. — A Maryland State Police trooper responding to a pair of 911 calls shot and killed a teenager who was pointing what investigators determined was an airsoft gun at him, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting occurred after state police received

The officer was responding to a pair of 911 calls about a possibly armed person “acting suspicious” when he found Peyton Ham down the street from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack, about 60 miles from Washington, D.C., authorities said. The trooper

A Maryland state trooper on Tuesday fatally shot a 16-year-old boy who authorities say was armed with an airsoft gun and a knife, a new report said. Pehton Ham was allegedly pointing the replica gun at the responding trooper, who believed it to be a real firearm

Maryland State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting in Leonardtown that ended in the death of a 16-year-old. Just before 1:30 p.m. local time Tuesday, police received two separate 911 calls about a man acting suspicious while holding what looked

President Biden's administration has begun the process of restoring family planning grants to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), which forfeited millions of dollars in response to Trump-era restrictions on family planning

The Biden administration is beginning to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that led to Planned Parenthood leaving the federal family planning program WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Wednesday began

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that drove Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program and created new complications for women

SAUL LOEB via Getty Images The Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri, is pictured. The Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions drove Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program. WASHINGTON

Biden Administration Moves To Undo Trump Abortion Rules For Title X Enlarge this image toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP Rick Bowmer/AP The Biden administration is moving to reverse a Trump-era family planning policy that critics describe as a domestic "gag rule"

A North Texas school district said this week that it had disciplined a group of students at a predominantly white school who had assigned prices to students of color in a Snapchat group message called “Slave Trade.” Messages sent by students at the high school

ALEDO, Texas (AP) - Students at a North Texas high school are being disciplined for their role in a mock slave auction they conducted on social media. A group of students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus in the Fort Worth suburb of Aledo set up the so-called

Students at a North Texas high school are being disciplined for their role in a mock slave auction they conducted on social media ALEDO, Texas -- Students at a North Texas high school are being disciplined for their role in a mock slave auction they conducted

A group of students at a Texas school set up a slave auction pretending to sell their black classmates on social media. A screenshot of the Snapchat group called “Slave Trade” provided to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram shows students at the Daniel Ninth Grade

The district did not specify what the incident involved and said administrators learned about it more than two weeks ago. A screenshot provided to the Star-Telegram showed a Snapchat group with various names, including “Slave Trade” and another name that includes

Chinese officials Tuesday warned the U.S. to stop "playing with fire" when it comes to U.S. relations with Taiwan, following new State Department guidelines that seek to deepen ties with Taipei. The move by U.S. government officials comes as China has stepped

Chinese officials Tuesday warned the US to stop “playing with fire” when it comes to US relations with Taiwan, following new State Department guidelines that seek to deepen ties with Taipei. The move by US government officials comes as China has stepped up

Chinese state media on Monday mocked U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken for sending “mixed messages” and bungling the Biden administration’s China policy, which is supposedly torn between rational recognition of China’s new global power and the need to

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A former U.S. senator and two ex-State Department officials arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for talks with the island’s leaders at a time of tense relations with China. Chris Dodd, a Democratic senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011,

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is heading to China for talks between the world’s two biggest carbon emitters ahead of President Joe Biden’s climate summit of world leaders. Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul, from Wednesday to Saturday, the State Department

The hosts of “The View” are taking a dim view of the way Tucker Carlson is spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. On Wednesday, the panel discussed comments Carlson made on his show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” when he speculated Tuesday that the vaccine

Tuesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson opened his program by reacting to an announcement earlier in the day that health officials were recommending to halt the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Carlson said overall, the

On Tuesday, Tucker Carlson told his millions of viewers that public health officials were lying to them about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. Noting that the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been paused due to a handful of instances of blood

We’ve heard an awful lot about the coronavirus vaccine over the last several months. It’s a massive scientific achievement, something all Americans can be proud of. But that’s not the context in which we’ve heard about it. Joe Biden’s first speech to the nation

Could someone inoculate Tucker Carlson against conspiracy theories? The Fox News personality peddled paranoia about the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, speculating that “it doesn’t work” and that the government won’t say so out loud. (Watch the video below.) Carlson

New reports on the federal sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) have revealed more details about the extent of the probe, including the seizure of his iPhone by federal agents over the winter and an associate’s cooperation against him

Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and close ally of US Rep. Matt Gaetz, has reportedly been cooperating with the feds since last year — including providing investigators with information about the embattled pol’s activities. Greenberg, who is

Washington (CNN) Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been providing information to investigators since last year about Gaetz's activities, among other topics, two people briefed on the matter

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana said Wednesday that Republican leadership would “take action” against Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida if the U.S. Department of Justice formally does first. Mr. Scalise, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas’ power grid manager called off its appeal to conserve electricity hours after putting customers on notice about higher-than-expected demand. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced late Tuesday night that residents and

AUSTIN, Texas – The organization that runs Texas' power grid asked people to conserve energy Tuesday night as demand threatened to outstrip supply — a situation created by inaccurate power generation forecasts and power plants being voluntarily shut down for

DALLAS (AP) - The electric grid manager for most of Texas issued an electricity conservation watch Tuesday, appealing to customers to conserve electricity despite weather conditions typical for spring. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which previously

Texas' power grid manager has called off its appeal to conserve electricity after putting customers on notice about higher-than-expected demand AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas’ power grid manager called off its appeal to conserve electricity hours after putting customers

There have been a few scary-sounding headlines lately when it comes to getting sick with Covid-19 after being vaccinated: The thing is, none of these headlines should be surprising, or all that scary. According to clinical trial data, the Pfizer/BioNtech

The wave of the vaccine future may be a one-two punch aimed to KO both COVID-19 and the flu with one shot. Moderna CEO, Stéphane Bancel, appeared on NBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning to discuss a much anticipated move by the pharmaceutical company that would

Capuski via Getty Images Millions of Americans are being vaccinated with the two-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and both options are remarkably effective at protecting against the coronavirus. But getting protection from the shots takes

The Covid-19 vaccine is free to every American — no exceptions. It’s possible, if unlikely, that you might receive a bill or something that looks like a bill from your health insurance company anyway. This just happened to my colleague Sara Morrison, as she

A panel of House Democrats advanced legislation Wednesday to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the union after hourslong debate over the constitutionality of the plan and the political ramifications of a newly minted blue state. The House Oversight

Bill To Create Commission On Reparations Nears Historic House Vote Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Pool/AFP via Getty Images A bill that would establish a commission to develop proposals and a

The Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee approved a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, sending it to a vote on the House floor as soon as next week. But the legislation, which cleared the committee on a 25-19 party-line vote, stands

The House Judiciary Committee is preparing for a vote on reparations that has been 32 years in the making. Wednesday, the committee will mark up and vote on HR 40 — a bill sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) that would create a 13-person federal commission

DUNEDIN, Fla. — It was all set up for the... Migrant children watch TV inside a playpen at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. A Central American woman and her son cross the Rio Grande at the Texas

A Texas nonprofit secured a $530 million federal contract with the agency responsible for housing unaccompanied migrant minors after hiring a former border and Biden transition team official, Axios reported Tuesday. Family Endeavors hired a former Immigration

Family Endeavors, a nonprofit in Texas, won a contract worth up to $530 million to help the Biden administration during the crisis unfolding along the southern border, according to a report. The March contract was "by far the largest ever" for the nonprofit

Republican Rep. Jim Banks is demanding answers from the head of the Administration for Children and Families after revelations that a nearly $530 million contract was awarded to a Texas nonprofit to help manage the influx of migrant children at the U.S. southern

Wells Fargo & Co. says first-quarter net income jumped to $4.74 billion from $653 million a year earlier, when the pandemic struck the global economy. The San Francisco-based bank said Wednesday that it had earnings of $1.05 per share in the latest quarter,

NEW YORK (AP) - Investment bank Goldman Sachs saw its profits nearly quintuple in the first quarter, driven by a massive surge of revenue from its core investment banking and trading operations. The jump in profits is similar to that seen at JPMorgan Chase,

NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase saw its first-quarter profit jump nearly five fold from a year earlier, as the improving economy allowed the bank to release roughly $5 billion from its loan-loss reserves that it had stored away in the early weeks of the pandemic. The

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Wells Fargo had its best quarter in a year and a half, posting a profit of $4.74 billion and freeing up more than a billion dollars that had been set aside for potential loan defaults at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) announced Wednesday he is running for the state’s U.S. Senate seat that Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is vacating next year. McCrory, who served as governor from 2013–2017 before launching a radio show in Charlotte, made

Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced he'll run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, shaking up the calculus in the expanding field to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr with the entrance of a veteran of statewide politics. McCrory, who

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced he’ll run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, shaking up the calculus in the expanding field to succeed retiring Sen. Richard Burr with the entrance of a veteran of statewide

Highlighting his "conservative track record" and a career built "outside of Washington," former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday announced his candidacy for the Senate in a race that may end up becoming the most hotly contested and expensive Senate

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of miners. The City Council voted

The city of Placerville, California, known as “Old Hangtown” since the days of informal justice among miners during the Gold Rush, will replace the noose in its municipal logo after a unanimous vote by the city council on Tuesday evening. Though the symbol

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century reputation as “Hangtown” following lynchings of criminal suspects by mobs of miners. The City Council voted

A California town, known as “Hangtown” for its reputation of lynching suspected criminals during the Gold Rush, will remove a hanging noose from its logo. Placerville’s city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to edit the logo, after hearing emotional

There’s no question that Democrats have been all in to attack Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Why? Because they see him as a golden future presidential candidate, they know that they could be in trouble if they don’t do all they can to smear him now. They’ve

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens took aim Tuesday at liberals who are "unwittingly" aiding Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis with their negative coverage of the potential 2024 White House hopeful. "To understand how Ron DeSantis last week became the

One of the things that makes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis so interesting is not only is he smart with a terrific background, but he’s also a fighter, he doesn’t take any guff from anyone and certainly not from media, as we saw in the case of “60 Minutes.” DeSantis

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., blasted "corporate media operatives" at CBS News’ "60 Minutes" on Wednesday over its widely criticized report on Florida’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and called on the show to "admit that it was false." "They’ve issued a lot

NEW YORK — A study of the public’s attitude toward the press reveals that distrust goes deeper than partisanship and down to how journalists define their very mission. In short: Americans want more than a watchdog. The study, released Wednesday by the Media

A study of people's attitudes toward the press finds that distrust goes deeper than just partisanship and down to how journalists define their mission NEW YORK -- A study of the public's attitude toward the press reveals that distrust goes deeper than partisanship

A study of the public's attitude toward the press reveals that distrust goes deeper than partisanship and down to how journalists define their very mission. In short: Americans want more than a watchdog. The study, released Wednesday by the Media Insight

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation co-founder Patrisse Cullors raked in upwards of $20,000 a month serving as the chairwoman of a Los Angeles jail reform group in 2019, campaign finance records show. Reform LA Jails paid Cullors through her consulting

The consulting firm of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation co-founder Patrisse Cullors pulled in over $20,000 a month while she served as the chairwoman of a Los Angeles jail reform initiative. According to campaign finance data, Cullors' consulting

Black Lives Matter issued a forceful statement Tuesday in defense of its self-described "Marxist" co-founder over her recent purchases of multi-million-dollar properties. According to multiple reports, Patrisse Khan-Cullors recently bought a $1.4 million home

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Frustrated parents in San Francisco have coined a new phrase for their latest classroom reality: “Zoom in a Room.” In Los Angeles, students can start going back to school in person, but more than half say they will stick with distance learning. More

Some of California’s biggest school districts are starting to reopen classrooms this week, including Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO -- Frustrated parents in San Francisco have coined a new phrase for their latest classroom reality:

SAN FRANCISCO — Frustrated parents in San Francisco have coined a new phrase for their latest classroom reality: "Zoom in a Room." In Los Angeles, students can start going back to school in person, but more than half say they will stick with distance learning. More

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan health director Elizabeth Hertel traveled with family to Alabama for spring break last week despite her department’s guidance to avoid out-of-state travel while Michigan suffers a raging coronavirus outbreak. The trip was first

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) health director, Elizabeth Hertel, was the second senior administration official to travel out of state for spring break last week. Hertel (pictured), who heads the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS),

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer addresses the media in Midland, Mich., about the flooding along the Tittabawassee River, May 20, 2020. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel went on a vacation to

House Democrats are barely holding onto their majority, with Rep.-elect Julia Letlow, R-La., set to be sworn in Wednesday morning. Letlow will be joining the House in the seat originally won by her husband, Luke Letlow, who died in September from COVID-19

House Democrats are holding on to a slim majority after Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) was sworn in Wednesday morning. Letlow joins the House in the seat originally won by her late husband, Luke Letlow, who died in December 2020 from the coronavirus days before

Republican Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) was sworn-in Wednesday as a Member of Congress, shrinking the Democrats’ already slim majority. The Congresswoman was sworn-in Wednesday after she won a special election in late March to fill a seat originally won by her

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government on Tuesday introduced the final details of a push to drastically overhaul the city’s election system, including a proposal that would make it illegal to encourage voters to cast blank ballots or boycott elections. The electoral

Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong, already serving over a year in prison for his role in organizing anti-communist protests in 2019, received another four-month sentence Tuesday for wearing a mask in public. Hong Kong outlawed the use of masks in public

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong’s electoral reform bill was introduced in the city’s legislature on Wednesday, setting in motion changes that will give Beijing greater control over the process while reducing the number of directly elected representatives. The bill

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 9:37 AM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Brussels to try convincing NATO’s ally countries to withdrawal from Afghanistan. During his visit Wednesday, Blinken met with NATO Secretary General Jen

BRUSSELS — Now that the United States has decided to pull its troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, NATO’s foreign and defense ministers are meeting to discuss “a safe, deliberate and coordinated withdrawal of our forces from Afghanistan,” the American secretary

Foreign troops under NATO command will withdraw from Afghanistan in coordination with a U.S. pull-out by Sept. 11, NATO allies agreed on Wednesday, pledging to mirror American plans to start removing troops on May 1 after two decades of war. Around 7,000 non-U.S.

A venomous snake bit an employee at the San Diego Zoo on Monday, according to zoo officials. A zoo spokesperson said the wildlife care specialist was immediately transported to a hospital for evaluation and medical care. The incident occurred while the employee

A San Diego Zoo employee was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being bitten by a venomous snake, according to reports. The incident occurred as the wildlife care specialist was caring for the African bush viper, scientifically known as Atheris squamigera,

A San Diego Zoo employee was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being bitten by a venomous snake, according to reports. The incident occurred as the wildlife care specialist was caring for the African bush viper, scientifically known as Atheris squamigera,

U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) on Wednesday that “the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles.” Thomas-Greenfield addressed the NAN’s 30th annual summit,

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield pledged Wednesday to prioritize efforts to combat racism at home and abroad, arguing at an event that America’s history of slavery "weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles." Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill, January 27, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Linda Thomas Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador

SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon has accused Parler, the social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter, of trying to conceal its ownership amid a legal dispute between Amazon and Parler stemming from the U.S. Capitol riots. Angelo Calfo, an attorney representing

Amazon has accused the Parler social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter of trying to conceal its ownership amid a legal dispute between Amazon and Parler stemming from the U.S. Capitol riots Angelo Calfo, an attorney representing Parler,

Amazon has accused Parler, the social network known as a conservative alternative to Twitter, of trying to conceal its ownership amid a legal dispute between Amazon and Parler stemming from the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. Angelo Calfo, an attorney representing

A former California resident has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for gunning down a protected elephant seal in the state, authorities said. Jordan Gerbich, 30, was sentenced on Monday for killing the marine mammal in September 2019 at an elephant

He will also perform 120 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine. A man has been sentenced to three months in federal prison after shooting an elephant seal in the head with a handgun while it rested peacefully on a California beach. The incident

A former California resident has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for gunning down a protected elephant seal in the state, authorities said. Jordan Gerbich, 30, was sentenced on Monday for killing the marine mammal in September 2019 at an elephant

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 8:03 PM PT – Tuesday, April 13, 2021 An organization dedicated to getting Republicans elected to the Senate raised more than $20 million in the first quarter. Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R), who chairs the National Republican Senatorial

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the most high profile of the 10 House Republicans who voted in January to impeach then-President Donald Trump, experienced a fundraising surge the first three months of this year. Cheney, the number three Republican in House GOP

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) shattered the record for money raised for any Congressional campaign in the northern part of the country, leaving her with over $2.5 million cash on hand. Stefanik raised a total of $1.2 million between her campaign and her “E-PAC”

Nearly three years ago, a little-known left-wing organization helped engineer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shock victory over Representative Joseph Crowley in a House primary. Last year, the group, Justice Democrats, aided Jamaal Bowman’s ouster of Representative

Rana Abdelhamid Rana Abdelhamid is challenging Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D), who has represented parts of New York City in Congress since before Abdelhamid was born. Progressive nonprofit leader Rana Abdelhamid announced Wednesday that she is challenging Rep.

Nearly three years ago, a little-known left-wing organization helped engineer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shock victory over Representative Joseph Crowley in a House primary. Last year, the group, Justice Democrats, aided Jamaal Bowman’s ouster of Representative

"Jeopardy!" guest host and Green Bay Packers quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, reacts to the game show contestants' inability to answer a question about his team.

Aaron Rodgers learned the hard way that not even "Jeopardy!" contestants know as much about his NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, as he does. The NFL quarterback has been guest-hosting the popular game show all week as it continues to hunt for a permanent replacement

“Jeopardy!” guest host Aaron Rodgers took a sports-clue fail personally on the game show Tuesday. None of the three contestants could answer the “TITLES” category clue: “In the 1960s these Midwesterners earned 5 NFL Championship trophies.” “Green Bay Packers?”

China is ia "near-peer" competitor that is challenging the United States in a vareity of ways, intelligence officials warned Tuesday. A report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence identifies China’s aggression in the South China Sea, increased

Intelligence Chiefs Say China, Russia Are Biggest Threats To U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Graeme Jennings/AP Graeme Jennings/AP The top U.S. intelligence officials on Wednesday provided their assessment of worldwide threats affecting the U.S. interests,

Washington (CNN) The last time the top three intelligence officials testified in front of Congress, they were publicly criticized by the President, who lashed out at them in a series of tweets calling them passive and naive and saying that they should "go back

McDonald’s will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year, the company said Wednesday. The training requirement will impact 2 million workers at 39,000 stores worldwide. “It’s

McDonald's to mandate worker sensitivity training McDonald's will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year, the company said. (April 14)

McDonald’s will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year McDonald’s will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide

44 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Bitcoin is a cyber currency that has attracted a lot of media attention in the last two years, and continues to do so. Wikipedia was founded in 2009 by an anonymous group or individual using the pseudonym Satoshi

50 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail It is a process by which the new bitcions are entered into circulation but also a critical component of the maintenance and development of the blockchain ledger. Bitcoin is advanced cash used to purchase a wide

50 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail Bitcoin’s economy is growing at a rapid rate, as more and more startups enter the fray and try to offer traditional services but using bitcoins. You have everything from markets to books aka Amazon style but

Montana banned vaccine passports, prohibiting state agencies and businesses from requiring citizens to show proof of a vaccination before providing any service. The vaccine passport ban was put in place to protect Montana citizens’ liberty and privacy rights,

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 7:45 AM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Rep. Matt Rosendale (R) is moving to block state and local governments from implementing vaccine passports. The Montana lawmaker and 24 other Republicans introduced a bill Tuesday that would prevent

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order banning the development or use of vaccine passports in Montana. Vaccine passports are documents that could be used to verify coronavirus immunization status and allow inoculated people

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) is recommending that players opt-out of voluntary in-person workouts and the Denver Broncos have become the first team to agree. On Tuesday, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and president JC

Like in 2020, professional football players have said they plan to skip voluntary in-person work this spring out of COVID-19 concerns, reported The Athletic. NFL Players Association has said the union would like the entire offseason program to be virtual. The

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — NFL players were locked out of team headquarters last offseason because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year, their union wants them to boycott any in-person OTAs. Members of the Broncos, Seahawks and Super Bowl champion Buccaneers

RESERVE, La. (AP) - A body was pulled Tuesday from the Mississippi River at Reserve, the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Sheriff Mike Tregre said a crewmember on a tugboat spotted the body in the middle of the river and called the Sheriff’s

Human remains have been found in the Mississippi River in Reserve, La., 50 miles southeast of where the search for missing freshman Louisiana State University student Kori Guathier continues in Baton Rouge. The remains have not yet been identified. Gauthier’s

Authorities have recovered the body of LSU freshman Kori Gauthier, who went missing last week, from the Mississippi River, officials confirmed Wednesday. "Our entire community is heartbroken by the loss of this amazing young woman," Baton Rouge Mayor-President

Top democrats, including President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., kept members of the Squad at arm's length after calls came from them to abolish the police following the fatal police shooting of Black man Daunte Wright, 20. Squad member

Top Democrats, including President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Tuesday distanced themselves from calls to abolish police issued by members of the “Squad,” in response to the killing of 20-year-old black man Daunte Wright in Minnesota by a cop. Asked

Monty Python actor John Cleese must have rolled his eyes as many of us did when Simpson’s actor Hank Azaria apologized to “every single Indian person” for his portrayal of the character Apu. Cleese being Cleese, however, decided to do what comedians are supposed

Monty Python veteran John Cleese is mocking fellow actor Hank Azaria over his apology for voicing the role of Apu on Fox’s The Simpsons. In a sarcastic gesture, Cleese offered his own apology for making fun of “white English people” in numerous Monty Python

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Skies over Florida from Jacksonville to Miami were lit up by a rare type of fireball late Monday that prompted calls to the National Weather Service and nearly 200 reports to the American Meteor Society. Mike Hankey, the operations

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Skies over Florida from Jacksonville to Miami were lit by a rare type of fireball late Monday that prompted calls to the National Weather Service and nearly 200 reports to the American Meteor Society. Mike Hankey, the operations manager

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - States around the country are realizing what gamblers figured out long ago: The future of sports betting - and tax money to be made from it - is online. But they’re also realizing that extra tax money isn’t nearly enough to turn

State lawmakers have sent Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey his initiative to legalize wagering on sporting events. The state Senate voted late Monday night on House Bill 2772, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, and Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge. The legislation

Texas and Missouri sued President Joe Biden’s administration Tuesday for rescinding the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), saying the program which forced migrants to wait in Mexico while their hearings progressed needs to be reinstated. The Trump administration

President Joe Biden’s administration has released more than 6,400 migrants enrolled in the now-defunct “Remain in Mexico” program into the United States interior, offering them work permits to take American jobs, Breitbart News has learned. After taking office

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies do not know exactly when or how COVID-19 was initially transmitted. "The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when or how the COVID-19 virus was transmitted

Washington (CNN) US intelligence agencies still do not know "exactly where, when or how Covid-19 virus was transmitted initially" in China but remain focused on two primary theories, that "it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals or it

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is naming Tommy Beaudreau, a former Obama administration official, to be deputy secretary at the Interior Department after dropping plans for a more liberal nominee who faced key Senate opposition. President Joe Biden on Wednesday

President Biden announced Wednesday he is nominating Tommy Beaudreau to serve as deputy secretary of the Interior Department. The nomination of Mr. Beaudreau, an Alaska-born energy lawyer and former Obama administration official, came after the nomination

A CNN staffer has admitted to an undercover journalist that his network has been deploying "propaganda" in an effort to damage Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. In another damning clip released by the right-wing guerilla news outlet Project Veritas, technical director

CNN has breathlessly covered purported allegations of sexual misconduct against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and the FBI investigation into said purported allegations, and now, thanks to Project Veritas, we know that a great deal of that coverage is driven by a desire

President Biden's Justice Department Civil Rights Division nominee Kristen Clarke insisted during her Wednesday confirmation hearing that she does not support defunding police, but Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, confronted her with a recent article she wrote that,

Kristen Clarke, Biden’s Justice Department Civil Rights Division nominee, attempted to pull a fast one by congress by claiming that, despite the rumors, she actually doesn’t want to defund the police. She would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for

New York (AP) — After spending more than four years under the “bad dream” of rape and kidnapping charges that were recently dismissed, rapper Mystikal says he wants to shed the sexually-charged songs of his past, and now has a higher audience in mind. “When

New York (AP) - After spending more than four years under the “bad dream” of rape and kidnapping charges that were recently dismissed, rapper Mystikal says he wants to shed the sexually-charged songs of his past, and now has a higher audience in mind. “When

The UFC fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor is officially set for July 10, Dana White said Wednesday, just days after McGregor called off the bout over accusations that he stiffed Poirier on a donation to his charity. White made the announcement

Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier are set to face each other on July 10 before a capacity crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor told ESPN that he had signed the contract on Wednesday. “I’m going to rip this game a new a–hole July 10th. The Mac is

Hawaii beach closed as sharks attack whale carcass Beachgoers in Hawaii were warned to stay out of the water Tuesday after three large tiger sharks were seen feeding on the decomposing carcass of a Humpback whale. (April 14)

HONOLULU (AP) - Officials are warning people to stay out of the water after sharks were seen eating the carcass of a whale that has washed ashore on an Oahu beach. Several tiger sharks were seen eating the whale remains as it drifted closer to shore in Waimanalo,

Chet Hanks’ ex-girlfriend is suing him for one million dollars claiming he physically and verbally abused her during their relationship. Kiana Parker filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Richmond, Texas, alleging Hanks of perpetrating “an ever-escalating pattern of

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) The ex-girlfriend of Hollywood scion Chet Hanks is suing him for $1 million, claiming he physically and

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates’ space center announced Wednesday a more ambitious timeline for sending its first rover to the moon. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center said it is partnering with Japan’s ispace company to send

Photos: The UAE has announced a moon mission that will use an unusually small rover, with just four wheels and a weight of 10 kilograms (22 pounds). Hide Caption 1 of 16 Photos: The rover, which will be built in Dubai, is much smaller than the last rover successfully

“Saying Goodbye to Lee Aaker,” he wrote on Facebook. “You have to be a certain age to remember Rin Tin Tin. Lee Aaker passed away in Arizona on April 1st, alone and unclaimed...listed as an “indigent decedent.” As an Air Force veteran Lee is entitled to burial

Lee Aaker, best known as the 1950s child star of "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin," has died at 77. The news comes via a social media post by former child actor and activist Paul Petersen. Petersen said Aaker "passed away in Arizona on April 1st, alone & unclaimed,

(CNN) Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday promised to examine the practices of police departments around the country that commit civil rights violations in his first public comments since the police shooting death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center,

During his campaign, Mr. Biden also pledged to restore the use of consent decrees, a court order negotiated between federal and local officials that the Justice Department for years used to pressure police departments. The Trump administration largely backed

A far-reaching proposal to outlaw hydraulic fracturing and ban oil and gas wells from operating near homes, schools and healthcare facilities failed in the California Legislature on Tuesday, a major setback for progressive leaders who hail the state as the

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers Tuesday rejected a bill that would have banned fracking in the state, succumbing to pressure from the powerful oil and gas industry and their labor union allies who warned the bill would have cost good-paying jobs. The

Croatian police have arrested a Florida man wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges for allegedly receiving more than $7.2 million in coronavirus relief funds after concocting hundreds of nonexistent employees on loan applications ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatian police

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Croatian police have arrested a Florida man wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges for allegedly receiving more than $7.2 million in coronavirus relief funds after concocting hundreds of nonexistent employees on loan applications. Croatian

EFRAT, West Bank (AP) - An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration in a tough bind if

EFRAT, West Bank (AP) - An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration in a tough bind if

A math teacher in a private New York City high school has publicly condemned the “antiracism” training and pedagogy he said he is being told to embrace, asserting this “indoctrination” of his students is “deeply harmful.” In a post published on the website

Author Douglas Murray said on Wednesday that a New York math school teacher calling out indoctrination of children underscores an "important" issue in American education. "There is something very important about this," the author of "The Madness of Crowds"

CHICAGO (AP) - The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier. Then,

The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier. Then, one day

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge discussed plans Tuesday for holding the second part of the shooter’s trial under COVID-19 court protocols. Jarrod Ramos, 41, pleaded guilty

Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge has discussed plans for holding the second part of the shooter’s trial under COVID-19 court protocols ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Nearly three years after five people

Jose Loyo has a university degree in robotics. He leverages those advanced engineering skills daily to test engines for Cummins, a $40-billion multinational that provides power sources for companies worldwide. Loyo, 23, is proud of his job, proud of his wife

Jose Loyo has a university degree in robotics. He leverages those advanced engineering skills daily to test engines for Cummins, a $40-billion multinational corporation that provides power sources for companies worldwide. Loyo, 23, is proud of his job, proud

Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are working on a minimum wage compromise they hope can garner bipartisan support after Senate Democrats failed to pass a $15 minimum wage, reports the Washington Examiner. A group of 20 additional senators,

Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are drafting bipartisan legislation to increase the minimum wage, Romney confirmed to HuffPost on Wednesday. “We’re negotiating a minimum wage proposal which we would ultimately take to our group of 20

Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas announced Wednesday he is not running for reelection next year. The top Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee delivered the news at an economic outlook conference hosted by the Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce,

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced Wednesday he will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives once his current term ends. Brady, who was first elected to Congress in 1996, made the announcement during a Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced plans on Tuesday to fully reopen all counties within the state to 100% capacity at the start of June. Sisolak said during a press conference that all decisions made by the state have been thoughtful and deliberative throughout

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Tuesday he hopes each of the state’s 17 counties will be able to reopen at 100% capacity by June 1. A roadmap unveiled in February set May 1 as a target date by when Sisolak and state health officials

Couch potatoes beware! Being sedentary more than doubles the risk of dying from COVID-19, according to new research. A study on the effect of exercise on 48,440 patients diagnosed from Jan. 1 to Oct. 21, 2020, concluded that inactivity was the third-biggest

A recent study of nearly 50,000 coronavirus patients found that those who were consistently inactive were at greater risk of death due to the virus than those who engaged in exercise. The study, which relied on the "Exercise Vital Sign" measurement developed

Black children have long suffered from racial disparities in the U.S. foster care system Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism is a major reason why. “I removed probably about

Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism is a major reason why. “I removed probably about 100 kids from their homes in the 15 months I was an investigator … a lot of them were children

Molly Lillard, the daughter of New York Jets great Al Toon, was fatally shot Sunday at her Arizona home in an apparent murder-suicide, a report said. Police believe Lillard’s husband, 36-year-old Royce Lillard III, shot her before turning the gun on himself

The daughter of former New York Jets star Al Toon died Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide in Arizona, authorities said. Molly Lillard, 28, was identified as the victim of a shooting in Scottsdale, and her husband, Royce Lillard III, was identified as the

Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ April 14 The Intelligencer on a remote worker program looking to bring new residents to the state: West Virginians are sometimes numb to the wonders that surround us in this incredible state. When we

Legislation to expand telemedicine to out-of-state practitioners was signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice. House Bill 2024 will allow healthcare practitioners to practice telemedicine with West Virginia patients if they register with the appropriate board.

A Louisiana man has been arrested in connection with the 2004 murder of a girl found dead in an abandoned building hours away in Texas, police said Tuesday. Police took David Anthony Burns, 43, of Boyce, La., into custody Tuesday afternoon and charged him

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 12:40 PM PT – Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Authorities finally made an arrest and charged a suspect in a cold case murder of a teenage girl. On Tuesday, the Alexandria Police Department in Louisiana arrested 43-year-old David Anthony Burns

The field of Wisconsin Democrats vying to take Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s seat is growing. Wisconsin state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski announced her Senate bid Wednesday with a video that sought to draw clear contrasts between her and Johnson. Three other

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski joined the growing ranks of Democrats running for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, launching her bid for the seat in the battleground state currently held by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson who has yet to say whether

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida lawmakers moved closer to requiring transgender athletes to undergo testosterone or genetic testing - as well as submit to having their genitalia examined - to participate on sports teams in public schools and colleges. The

Proposed Law In Florida Targets Transgender Student Athletes Florida is the latest state to consider a law targeting transgender athletes. The measure would require athletes to compete in school sports according to their sex assigned at birth. Proposed Law

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionists would have “had a battle on their hands” if they encountered her — declaring she is a “street fighter.” “That’s what they were setting out to do,” Pelosi (D-Calif.) told USA Today, acknowledging

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed the January 6 Capitol rioters would have “had a battle on their hands” if they messed with her, adding that she is “a street fighter.” “That’s what they were setting out to do,” Pelosi told USA Today, adding the rioters

The tiny red hearts that appear under Instagram photos of kids, kittens and sandwiches can be a source of stress for many users, an insidious way of measuring self worth and popularity. Now Facebook says it’s going to test out - again - an option for users

The tiny red hearts that appear under Instagram photos of kids, kittens, and sandwiches can be a source of stress for many users, an insidious way of measuring self worth and popularity. Now Facebook says it's going to test out — again — an option for users

Audi is expanding its lineup of all-electric vehicles with two new entry-level models. The Q4 e-tron and Q4 e-tron Sportback are compact SUVs that are slightly shorter in length than the Tesla Model Y and gas-powered Q5, but with more interior space than the

(CNN) Audi revealed its new Q4 E-Tron electric SUV Wednesday -- the company's cheapest electric model, with a starting price of $45,000. With federal electric vehicle tax credits, that means it should effectively cost $37,500 in its least expensive version.

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) will investigate a player’s claim that she and her boyfriend were subjected to discrimination during a game in Houston over the weekend. The NWSL said Tuesday it would probe Chicago Red Stars player Sarah Gorden’s

The National Women’s Soccer League opened an investigation Tuesday under its anti-discrimination policy after a Black player for the Chicago Red Stars said a security guard in Houston treated her and her boyfriend inappropriately because of their race. In

Major League Baseball is punishing the people it claims to be helping and protecting by moving its All-Star Game from Georgia in protest of the state's new voting law, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., said on Newsmax TV. "I mean, obviously, it's going to cost a lot

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., authored new legislation Wednesday that would make Major League Baseball (MLB) pay up for the lost revenue Georgia businesses suffered by canceling the All-Star game in Atlanta. Carter shared his "Community Protection in

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel marked its national Memorial Day for fallen soldiers on Wednesday, in a year when national attention has been focused on the plight of veterans suffering from psychological trauma. Memorial Day is the most solemn day on Israel‘s national

Hours ahead of Israel’s Independence Day celebrations, the country marked its annual Memorial Day, commemorating more than 23,000 fallen soldiers and terror victims Wednesday with a two-minute siren. Israel came to a standstill on Wednesday morning with a

New York (CNN) Busch is sniffing around for a new CTO — "chief tasting officer" — and it wants your very good boy to apply. The beer brand is expanding its "Dog Brew," a canine-friendly, alcohol-free bone broth it launched last year. According to Anheuser-Busch,

Busch Beer is looking for a new executive -- but this "Chief Tasting Officer" will be furry and four-legged. The beer brand -- owned by Anheuser-Busch -- is launching a contest to promote its Dog Brew and to find the perfect pooch to help expand the product

Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss surfaced Tuesday as the top bidder for the Tribune Media Company. In his bid, Wyss teamed up with Stewart W. Bainum Jr., a major donor to Democrats' political campaigns and chairman of Choice Hotels. Their combined effort has

Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who emerged Tuesday as a top bidder for the Tribune Media Company, has also created a group called the Hub Project to influence U.S. elections, primarily through favorable media coverage for Democrats, the New York Times reports. Wyss,

One lawsuit against Deshaun Watson was dismissed, the Houston Texans quarterback’s lawyer said Tuesday. Watson was facing 22 civil lawsuits alleging sexual misconduct over the course of more than a year, but Rusty Hardin told the NFL Network that one of the

HOUSTON (AP) - One of the 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment has dropped her case, citing privacy and security concerns after some of the women were ordered to make their names

Always looking for ways to score points with his hero Donald Trump, freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation called the “Donument Act” to create a sweeping national monument at the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. “Think ‘Donald’

A Republican House member has an idea for preventing President Biden from tearing down former President Donald Trump’s border wall. Make it a monument — or rather, a “donument.” Rep. Madison Cawthorn, North Carolina Republican, announced Tuesday that he had

Officials at U.S. Army’s largest basic training facility say they're looking into a video that seems to show a non-commissioned officer accosting a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Officials at U.S. Army's largest basic training

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Officials at U.S. Army’s largest basic training facility say they are looking into a video that appears to show a non-commissioned officer accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood. The video, posted Monday by a woman

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Gov. Tony Evers’ administration does not have the authority to issue capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses without the Legislature’s approval, a ruling that comes two weeks

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Gov. Tony Evers’ administration does not have the authority to issue capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses without the Legislature’s approval, a ruling that comes two

Brett Favre thinks politics are hurting sports and would like to see both things go back to being separate. Favre made comments earlier this week, saying sports are better off being something to unify the country rather than used as a tool to further divide

Former Green Bay Packers star Brett Favre is blasting the left-wing path taken by the major sports leagues in the U.S. Speaking on Eric Bolling’s April 13 podcast, Favre said that he thinks both liberal and conservative fans want sports to get back to being

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — A Black football player at an Illinois high school captured on video sitting in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatened to break his knees if he didn’t comply says he’s “fine” and wants people to “stop talking about

A black football player at an Illinois high school was forced to sit in a locker littered with banana peels — as another student threatened to “break” his knees if he didn’t comply, video shows. The Moline High School student, who was not identified because