Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) — The Connecticut Restaurant Association (CRA) announced Thursday that it has partnered with the DoorDash delivery app to launch a fund to help struggling food businesses. San Francisco-based DoorDash will contribute $500,000 to get the fund started, according to the CRA, part of
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Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess is new to Twitter, but he made a splash with his very first tweet — going after master troll and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Hello @Twitter! I’m here to make an impact with @VWGroup, especially on political issues,” Diess tweeted on Wednesday. “And, of course, to get some of your market
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A Pennsylvania woman who is accused of being involved in the theft of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Capitol riot was released from federal custody to home confinement on Thursday. Riley Williams, 22, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been charged with violent entry or disorderly conduct, entering the restricted space of
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Donald Trump’s future on Facebook and Instagram is now up in the air. Facebook has referred its previous decision to suspend former President Donald Trump’s posting privileges to its independent Oversight Board for review, the company said in a blog post Thursday. Facebook said it wants the Oversight Board’s binding ruling on the matter given
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Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that the Biden administration will look at “all relevant authorities” at its disposal toward a federal mask mandate on all forms of transportation, part of his confirmation hearing that could put the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor on the path to becoming the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary.
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While scrolling through the slew of photos of the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday morning, one jumped out to me as emblematic of the truly historic nature of what happened Wednesday in Washington. Here’s the photo: Taken by photojournalist Joshua Roberts, the picture shows Harris and her husband,
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President Joe Biden’s first full day in office Thursday will focus on getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control, rolling out his national strategy that includes several executive actions related to vaccinations and testing in hopes of moving the federal response in a different direction. The day after being sworn-in, Biden plans to sign at least
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The culmination of Joe Biden’s journey to the Oval Office was seen far beyond Washington DC on Thursday, with images of his inauguration splashed across the front pages of newspapers around the world. Papers in most countries marked the dawn of the Biden era with pictures of the new US President taking the oath of
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The United States could face as many as 100,000 more Covid-19 deaths in less than a month, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths Wednesday, only the third day ever to cross that threshold, bringing the death toll to at least 406,001 people, according
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It’s just one small part of the sweeping immigration overhaul President Biden is pushing. But the symbolic significance is huge. Biden’s proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word “alien” from US immigration laws, replacing it with the term “noncitizen.” It’s a deliberate step intended to recognize America as “a nation of immigrants,” according to
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Former Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett broadly supports President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue package as a way to keep the coronavirus-ravaged economy afloat. “They’ve thrown a lot of stimulus at it,” Hassett told CNN Business on Thursday, “but I think we need to be risk averse.” The former Trump administration official fears that without
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREEN BAY, WI (WDJT) — Former Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21. He was 68 years old. Thompson led the Packers from 2005 to 2017, one of his first decisions as general manager was to pick quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the 2005
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is asking for help from the public to identify the two individuals seen in the image. They were captured on home surveillance footage stealing patio furniture from a house in the Meadow Lane area. If you have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — A bipartisan package of bills unveiled Wednesday aims to ban the use of chokeholds by Wisconsin police officers and increase transparency on other uses of force. Several of the bills, presented for co-sponsorship Wednesday, are similar to legislation called for last summer
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Three endangered bat babies were recently born at the Oregon Zoo. The new Rodrigues flying foxes – also known as Rodrigues fruit bats – add to the growing population of a species once considered the most imperiled on Earth, according to zoo officials. The
Continue Reading Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel, Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. About Egypt (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 1,001,450 sq km
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There were a number of notable swearings-in on Wednesday (though the President’s oath arguably received the most attention). Aware of the attention their ceremonies would receive, the five elected officials who began their terms this week chose the religious texts they’d take their oaths on with care. The Bibles — and, in Sen. Jon Ossoff’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Chicken Salad Chick, a southern-inspired, fast-casual chicken salad restaurant, has raised a total of $9,400 for a local food bank. A check will be presented to Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Food Bank, a non-profit food bank serving the hungry in four NWA counties, on Thursday
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Donald Trump’s businesses generated nearly 40% less revenue last year as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the hotel industry, putting the former president under financial pressure even before corporate partners and banks ditched him in the wake of the insurrection at the US Capitol. Posted on Wednesday as he left the White House, Trump’s final financial
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TONIGHT: We hang on to partly cloudy skies overnight with lows falling back into the middle 20’s after a cold front crept through during the day. TOMORROW: That front will cool things down on Friday. Highs will reach the middle 30’s to close out the week, but we’ll keep some sunshine around. EXTENDED: It’ll be cloudy
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