House impeachment managers will finish arguing their case on Thursday that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection one day after they showed violent and disturbing video footage of the attack on the US Capitol as they urged senators to convict at the Senate trial. The managers plan to conclude their case against Trump by
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Mastercard is bringing bitcoin to the checkout counter. The company announced late Wednesday that it will support “select cryptocurrencies” directly on its network at some point later this year. “Our philosophy on cryptocurrencies is straightforward: It’s about choice,” Raj Dhamodharan, an executive vice president at Mastercard, wrote in a post late Wednesday. “Mastercard isn’t here
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Double masking can significantly improve protection, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Researchers found that layering a cloth mask over a medical procedural mask, such as a disposable blue surgical mask, can block 92.5% of potentially infectious particles from escaping by creating a tighter fit and eliminating leakage. “These
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President Joe Biden spoke with China’s President Xi Jinping for two hours late Wednesday, their first call since Biden took office. “Last night, I was on the phone for two straight hours with Xi Jinping,” Biden said Thursday as he met with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss infrastructure in the Oval Office. “And
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Click here for updates on this story Clemson, SC (WHNS) — Early Thursday morning the Circle K on College Avenue in Clemson was blocked off while police, SLED and the coroner’s office conducted an investigation. Police say around 1:15 a.m., officers with the Clemson Police Department were investigating a stolen moped at 307 College Avenue
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Covid-19 case numbers in Tanzania have risen considerably since January, says the United States embassy in the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. The warning comes as the East African nation’s president continues to downplay the virus and tell the health ministry not to rush to purchase vaccines. Tanzania has not reported Covid-19 cases or
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Whitney Wolfe Herd isn’t based in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t have a STEM degree and she didn’t raise billions in venture capital. But Wolfe Herd’s company, Bumble, is set to have one of the most high-profile technology IPOs of the year so far, in what will be a milestone moment not just for her business
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The pandemic has left more than half of British adults financially vulnerable, with too much debt or not enough savings to cope with a “negative life event” such as redundancy, loss of hours, or ill health. That’s according to the results of a survey by the Financial Conduct Authority, the country’s top banking regulator. The
Continue Reading Covid-19 case numbers in Tanzania have risen considerably since January, says the United States embassy in the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam. The warning comes as the East African nation’s president continues to downplay the virus and tell the health ministry not to rush to purchase vaccines. Tanzania has not reported Covid-19 cases or
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The Florida water treatment plant unsuccessfully targeted by hackers last week had used multiple computers running an aging version of Microsoft Windows to monitor the facility remotely, and all of the computers shared a single password to access an apparently disused version of the plant’s remote management software. The revelations highlight evidence of poor cybersecurity
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Click here for updates on this story New York (WABC) — A New York City boxing club is helping its community knocked down by the coronavirus pandemic by providing a kind gesture that’s good for the body. “We got knocked down on the canvas but we getting right back up and we fighting,” said Power
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After rising country star Morgan Wallen was filmed using a racial slur, his fans rallied behind him and sent his album sales soaring. An artist whose song Wallen covered on the blockbuster album is donating his cut of the album sales to furthering racial justice. Jason Isbell, whose song “Cover Me Up” appeared on Wallen’s
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Gina Carano, who starred as the unassailable warrior Cara Dune in “The Mandalorian,” won’t appear in any future Star Wars projects after she shared offensive social media posts, including one that compared Nazi Germany to the current political landscape. Lucasfilm fired Carano Wednesday, calling the social media posts she made that day “abhorrent.” “Gina Carano
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Raleigh, North Carolina (WRAL) — Six years ago Wednesday, three Muslim college students were gunned down in their Chapel Hill home. Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were killed on Feb. 10, 2015, by neighbor Craig Stephen Hicks in what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Raleigh, North Carolina (WRAL) — A 23-year-old UPS employee was shot and killed in the 600 block of South East Street Wednesday afternoon. Dylan Scott Wall was shot and taken to a hospital for treatment, police said, but died as a result of his injuries. Police have arrested
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Click here for updates on this story Houston (KTRK) — The wife of a fallen Houston Fire Department arson investigator revealed that the night her husband was killed was supposed to be his night off. “That’s the one thing that’s really hard is just trying to process that,” said Rachel Bruce. Her late husband, 44-year-old
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The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting “stop the steal.” They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging through the senators’ desks on the chamber floor.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson touted increases in Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine supply and decreases in new cases and lashed out at a St. Louis-area medical leader during his weekly briefing Thursday.
Continue Reading At least 70 vehicles were involved in a crash in the Texas city of Fort Worth on Thursday morning, leaving at least three people dead — and poor weather was a factor — police said. The wreck happened along Interstate 35W in Fort Worth and has shut down all lanes at the crash site, CNN
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Before former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, many Capitol Hill Republicans had argued it was futile to force them to relive the January 6 insurrection because they were already witnesses who knew the facts. But by weaving together riveting snippets of video, body camera footage and never-before seen surveillance tapes, Democratic impeachment managers proved Wednesday
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