The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the formative days of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. As Biden builds out his White House senior staff and Cabinet, the climate movement has notched a series of high-profile victories, one of the few
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NBA player and coach Paul Westphal died on Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to the University of Southern California. He was 70 years old. Westphal died after a battle with brain cancer, according to USC, where he played from 1969 to 1972. He’s survived by his wife Cindy, two children and grandchildren. In a statement,
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Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory — despite no credible evidence suggesting widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The 11 Republican lawmakers said they intend to support an objection to the Electoral
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Three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house outside Detroit, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. The three fatalities are believed to be the pilot and two passengers, the sheriff’s office said. The family of five who lives in the home made it out alive, but the house was engulfed
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Jefferson City police took three people into custody on Saturday after a traffic stop around 5:17 a.m.
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Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been hospitalized at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for more than a week, the source said. Due to protocols at the hospital, King’s three sons have been unable to visit
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire at Garth Ave and Ash Street around 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
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TONIGHT: Snow showers early, potentially mixed with light sleet or drizzle. A dusting to 1/2″ of snow accumulation is possible. Dense fog is likely overnight as ice tries to melt, and there may be a few slick spots into the morning. Lows in the low 20s. TOMORROW: Dense fog early, followed by mostly cloudy skies.
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With Microsoft acknowledging for the first time this past week that suspected Russian hackers behind a massive government security breach also gained access to its source code, pressure is mounting on US officials and cybersecurity experts to explain how the attackers infiltrated various US computer networks, what they did once inside and the steps that
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President Donald Trump is spending his final days in office attacking leadership within his own party, this time the second-highest ranking Republican in the Senate, offering a possible preview of his broader post-presidential strategy to use his influence in the 2022 midterm elections and beyond. Trump, back at the White House after his Mar-a-Lago holiday
Continue Reading A cafe and juice bar in North Miami Beach started out the new year in shock after a customer left a $2,021 tip. Kelly Amar told CNN that her family has been operating Miami Squeeze for the last year and a half, and the tip meant the world to them. The customer came in on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World ) — The wear and tear that comes with a long life has taken a toll on Dale Wear. But it’s only been since a recent fall that he’s felt like it’s really catching up with him. “I’ve had falls before. But this time
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President Donald Trump is stoking division in the Republican ranks days before control of the Senate — and the balance of power in Washington — is decided in a pair of runoff elections in Georgia. After more than four years of nearly unbroken fealty to the President, a heavy majority of Senate Republicans broke with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Madison State Journal ) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has strained businesses to the breaking point, forcing some to close down permanently, some officials in Wisconsin’s organic industry have been reporting some of their best gains in years. The root cause may be a mixed bag,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — A local World War II veteran recently spoke with News 13 about past combat and the current battle to save lives from COVID-19. The interview happened just after his 100th birthday. Decorations were placed on his front lawn this week by family and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT ) — After a snow delay earlier in the week, hundreds of volunteers braved the cold for the Open Door Mission’s Diaper Drive. With over 300 volunteers, two trucks, and 1.1 million diapers, many lives were changed. The remnants of Tuesday’s snowstorm are still lingering
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Dolly Parton and Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb have teamed up for a remake of the Bee Gees’ classic song “Words.” The single was released Friday and will be included on Gibb’s upcoming album “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.” The album will be released on January 8. Parton and Gibb unveiled their duet
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Tesla hit its goal of building a half-million cars in 2020, a first for the company, it reported Saturday. The completed deliveries to customers, which is slightly different from the production figure, fell just short of that same goal as it delivered 499,550 cars. That sales total rounds up to the 500,000 target, though. The
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Bitcoin has been flirting with the $30,000 mark for weeks, and finally passed that record-setting level Saturday. The virtual currency is now valued at above $33,000, an all-time high. Bitcoin has tripled in value during 2020, growing steadily even as the stock market plunged in the early days of the pandemic. Investors have been drawn
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Dolly Parton and Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb have teamed up for a remake of the Bee Gees’ classic song “Words.” The single was released Friday and will be included on Gibb’s upcoming album “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.” The album will be released on January 8. Parton and Gibb unveiled their duet
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