Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday slammed House Republican leaders for not doing more to rebuke GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia over her shocking rhetoric and past statements, saying the focus must be on leadership. “What I’m concerned about is the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives, who is willing to overlook, ignore
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Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Among the new terms added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in a January update is another first for the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, “second gentleman.” Douglas Emhoff, the first male spouse of a U.S. vice president acknowledged the inclusion of the term with
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Columbia Public Schools is reporting no one was injured after a wreck involving a bus and a vehicle.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attempt to block pay raises for Missouri statewide elected officials has failed. The state House on Thursday came short of getting the two-thirds majority needed to stop the raises. That means state lawmakers, the governor and other statewide elected officers likely will get a pay bump. In Missouri, an
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Law enforcement authorities across several countries have taken down a network of what they describe as the “world’s most dangerous malware.” The malware, Emotet, gained access to users’ computers through infected email attachments, including documents purporting to be “invoices, shipping notices and information about Covid-19,” European police agency Europol, which coordinated the effort, said in
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwestern Missouri junior high has been charged in federal court, accused of posing as a teenage girl to ask for sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse, of Nixa, was charged Wednesday in Springfield’s federal courthouse with sexual exploitation for
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Half of US states fail to offer basic protections for LGBTQ people, according to a report by the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group. The Human Rights Campaign’s State Equality Index examines state-level policies impacting LGBTQ people and their families — protections like non-discrimination policies in employment, housing and public accommodations, for example. This year’s report,
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A suburban woman said her severe anxiety caused her to panic and fall for a scam. The scammers convinced the woman she was fixing a fraudulent transaction, but in reality she was helping them steal tens of thousands of dollars. Now, she has shared her
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ABC News president James Goldston, who has led the network news division for the past seven years, is stepping down at the end of March. Goldston announced the decision in an internal memo on Thursday afternoon. “I’ve decided this is the right moment to move on as this incredible era of news ends and another
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Within the span of a year and a half, a Cuban couple living on the US-Mexico border were repeatedly threatened, attacked and lost a baby after being assaulted, as they waited for their next immigration court date in the United States under a Trump-era policy. There has been a presidential transition since they first arrived
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Lady Gaga has a sweet treat in store for her little (cookie) monsters. The pop star partnered with Oreo to release a line of cookies inspired by her feel-good dance album “Chromatica.” Taking design cues from the 16-track album, the vanilla-flavored cookies are bright pink with green crème filling and feature various embossments inspired by
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It’s an adage in any high-pressure office: proximity is power. Nowhere is that more true than the West Wing. President Joe Biden begins his term with a team of seasoned Washington operators whose placement inside the building provides clues to who will be close at hand in moments of crisis and who is most likely
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Boone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
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To meet the demand for Amanda Gorman’s unreleased books, her publisher announced it will print one million copies of each of her three titles. Gorman 22, turned heads and stole hearts when she delivered a powerful inauguration poem at the US Capitol on January 20, challenging Americans to unify and “leave behind a country better
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met Thursday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, where the two Republicans discussed strategy for winning the House majority in next year’s mid-terms, according to a readout of the meeting provided by Trump’s Political Action Committee Save America. “They discussed many topics, number
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST BEND, Wisconsin (WDJT ) — For one Green Bay Packers fan, two times could very well be the charm. An 89-year-old West Bend man hopes to be inducted into the Packers FAN Hall of Fame. This is the second year in a row Leo DeGroot has been
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US Capitol Police on Wednesday afternoon arrested a West Virginia man who was armed with a handgun and 20 rounds of ammunition outside the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, which is near the US Capitol, a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police Department said. In court documents, authorities identify the man as 71-year-old Dennis Westover.
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If you’re having a hard time finding Grape-Nuts at your local supermarket, you are not alone. The pandemic has come for Grape-Nuts. Supply chain constraints and higher demand for cereal have led to shortages of the product, Kristin DeRock, Grape-Nuts Brand Manager, said in an emailed statement. Grape-Nuts should be “fully back” on shelves in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — It’s been 40 years since Scranton School Board President Tommy Genova was killed in the parking lot of the district administration building. He was 44 years old and left behind a wife and four young children. All these years later, his murder remains a
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