Rep. Jamie Raskin and his wife, Sarah, published an emotional tribute to their late son, Tommy, who died by suicide at 25 years old last week, describing him as “a radiant light in this broken world.” “Tommy Raskin had a perfect heart, a perfect soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless sense of humor, and a
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A former St. Louis County officer is facing charges, accused of inappropriately using a police database to look up sensitive information about 17 other officers. Amy Loftus, 38, is charged with five counts of misuse of information by a public official. Between
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President-elect Joe Biden said electing Democrats Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock in Tuesday’s runoff elections would end the gridlock in Washington and allow a Democrat-controlled Senate to provide $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans. “If you send Jon and the Reverend to Washington, those $2,000 checks will go out the door, restoring hope and decency
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Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Monday approved a request from the mayor of Washington to deploy DC National Guard forces to the city to support local authorities during pro-Trump demonstrations scheduled in the city this week, a defense official told CNN. Mayor Muriel Bowser made the request Thursday in a letter addressed to Maj.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more victims have been added to the record 2020 homicide count in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Police Department said Monday that a 19-year-old man who was wounded in a Dec. 28 shooting died four days later. Officers found Abdulbasid Yassin unresponsive on the ground when they responded
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President Donald Trump had been trying for weeks to get Georgia’s secretary of state on the phone. Aghast at the thought he lost a state Republicans have held for decades, and desperate to reverse the result, the President insisted to his advisers he could persuade the state’s top election official to validate his false claims
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A man in British Columbia, Canada, is starting the new year with hundreds of dollars in fines after police officials said he touched his taxi driver’s face and refused to wear a face mask inside the car. On New Year’s Day, around 1 a.m., the taxi driver in Victoria called 911 to report that a
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to reopen their airspace and maritime borders starting Monday, after a years long freeze on relations, Kuwaiti officials have announced. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser Mohammed al Sabah said Monday on state television that “based on the recommendation of his highness Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Sabah, the Emir
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Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia will oppose the certification of the Electoral College results on Wednesday, she said in a statement released Monday evening. “On January 6th, I will vote to give President Trump and the American people the fair hearing they deserve and support the objection to the Electoral College certification process,” Loeffler
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A top Georgia election official said Monday that “everybody’s vote did count” in the state’s November elections as he shot down a list of voter fraud conspiracy theories President Donald Trump aired in a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger this weekend. “The reason I’m having to stand here today is because there
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Hundreds of employees at Google and its parent, Alphabet, have launched a union, a rare step for the tech industry that also represents the biggest and most organized challenge yet to the company’s executive leadership. Announced Monday morning, the Alphabet Workers’ Union will be run by employees and open both to full-time workers and contractors
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Nashville, TN (WSMV) — A new mural downtown is honoring the six Metro Police officers who helped evacuate the downtown area moments before a bomb exploded on Christmas morning. The mural, designed by the people behind the I Believe in Nashville mural, was finished early Monday morning. They
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Sia is explaining why she cast Maddie Ziegler rather than an actor with autism in her new movie, “Music.” The “Chandelier” singer appeared on Australia’s “The Sunday Project,” to explain the reasoning behind her casting choice. Ziegler is set to play Music, a teen with autism who ends up living with her drug-dealing sister Zu,
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Many conservative House Republicans defended President Donald Trump in the aftermath of his phone call demanding Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “find” the votes needed for him to win the elections in his state — as Democrats drafted a resolution seeking to censure Trump over the matter. After House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy downplayed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An 83-year-old man is in the intensive care unit after he was bound, gagged, and robbed inside his North Philadelphia home on New Year’s Eve. Tonight, his family is pleading for answers. “Honestly, I’m still in disbelief,” Geo Gesmundo said. Gesmundo is on edge. His
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As we begin a new year, it will still be the same stresses for nurses juggling a global pandemic. “Some of the experiences I was having, symptoms of burnout — it’s an understatement to say it’s tough to work at the bedside,” said Anthony Berardi,
Continue Reading Hospitals now have to disclose the rates they privately negotiate with insurers under a Trump administration rule that took effect Friday. While President Donald Trump has boasted that the historic measure will save patients money, health policy experts aren’t so sure. And hospitals, which unsuccessfully fought the rule in court, say it’s an extra burden
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — Donors reportedly sent tens of thousands of dollars to replace a Queens community refrigerator in the hours after pictures emerged showing it was destroyed by vandalism. State Sen. Jessica Ramos said in a Tweet on Sunday, “After a rough start to the new year,
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Health leaders in Columbia and Boone County are continuing efforts to fight the Coronavirus pandemic on a local level. The Columbia/Boone County Health Department and city leaders are looking at way to education people on the importance of getting vaccinated to fight the virus.
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A decision on whether to charge the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake is expected to come in the next two weeks, and city officials are preparing for the possibility of unrest. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Gravely will deliver his charging decision within the first two weeks of January, according to a
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