Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — After ten months of learning from home, students in New Haven returned to the classroom on Tuesday. They’ve been out since last March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Justin Elicker, who originally pushed for schools to reopen during the fall,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (WNEP) — On almost every corner, there’s an opportunity to play the lottery nowadays. But it wasn’t one of these places where Newswatch 16 went to find out what players would do with their winnings. Instead, we turned to Facebook and asked viewers to joins us
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Among incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration, many of which were rollbacks of Obama-era or earlier rules. Biden’s advisers have compiled a list of more than 100 rules and policies developed by the Trump administration that it sees as targets for review, CNN
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President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US, Biden’s transition team announced Wednesday. The commission had been formed as an apparent counter to The New York
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The Oregon Department of Education released updated guidance and metrics Tuesday for when schools can return to in-person learning. ODE first released “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance in Aug. 2020 for public schools across the state. The guidance was developed under the direction of
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Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV) — Two people are facing charges for the starvation and malnourishment of two young children, according to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. Mena Kamel, 33, and Marina Zaki, 28, are charged with four counts of first-degree assault and 14 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment.
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Joe Biden will be sworn in as president at noon Wednesday. During his campaign, he made sweeping promises to restore the economy and speed up the recovery from the pandemic. Here are some of the policies he plans to institute to get Americans back to work, boost the number of jobs, increase racial equity and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPMT) — Following the attacks at our Nation’s Capitol on January 6th, Amtrak has increased its security along the Northeast Corridor. As inauguration events kick off Wednesday, they want to make sure all their travelers and employees feel safe. Amtrak officials want to make sure they
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President-elect Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders, memoranda and directives to agencies implementing his first moves to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of Donald Trump’s signature policies. His first action will be to impose a mask mandate
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President-elect Joe Biden, who plans to make the coronavirus pandemic his top priority, will begin his presidency by asking Americans to wear masks for 100 days and requiring their use on federal property. His first executive order, the “100 Days Masking Challenge,” will symbolize the administration’s sharp turn from the Trump era by emphasizing recommendations
Continue Reading Zimbabwe’s foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died at a local hospital after catching Covid, said government spokesman George Charamba, on Wednesday. Moyo was the army officer who went on state television on November 15, 2017 to announce the military’s takeover of power from former late president Robert Mugabe. “The Nation will be kept apprised of
Continue Reading You didn’t win Mega Millions’ top prize on Tuesday. The upside is that the game’s second-largest jackpot in history will be up for grabs on Friday. The Mega Millions jackpot is rising to an estimated $970 million for those who’d like their prize in an annual payment, or $716.3 million for a lump-sum option, after
Continue Reading President Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday morning
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In a matter of hours, President Joe Biden will inherit a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Senate. But the narrow majorities in both chambers will challenge his administration’s agenda, his timeline and the goal Biden set to restore unity in the country after four years of tumult under President Donald Trump. Bottom line: When Biden
Continue Reading Nigerian artist Burna Boy will feature on the official playlist for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The award-winning singer’s song ‘Destiny’ will be played alongside other international artists such as Dua Lipa, Tame Impala, and Kygo. The playlist was curated by American actress Issa Rae’s record label Raedio and
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Golfing great Annika Sorenstam has defended her decision to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom a day after rioters stormed the US Capitol. Sorenstam, a 10-time major winner, said she wasn’t going to “second guess” accepting the honor on January 7. Five people were killed as a result of the insurrection and authorities are investigating
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The US has officially determined that China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups who live in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. “This genocide is ongoing, and…we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
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President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart the White House for a final time. Trump told people that after much deliberation, he had decided to pardon Bannon as one of his final acts in office. “President Trump granted a
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden is expected to ask for US Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ resignation soon after he is sworn-in on Wednesday, and select an acting surgeon general while his permanent pick for the role of the nation’s top doctor undergoes Senate confirmation, according to The Washington Post. Biden last month announced he will nominate Dr.
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The Biden transition team has declined to give outgoing acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller office space and resources for his transition out of the role, according to a Biden transition official. It is typically a courtesy to provide transitioning office space and resources to departing secretaries of defense, and the decision reflects the extraordinary bitterness
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