Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a 14-page response to the House’s impeachment manager’s case on Tuesday, in its first filing ahead of next week’s Senate impeachment trial. Read their response below:
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Here’s a look at Somalia, an impoverished, war-torn eastern African country that borders the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Ethiopia and Kenya. About Somalia (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 637,657 sq km (slightly smaller than Texas) Population: 12,094,640 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 18.5 years Capital: Mogadishu Ethnic groups: Somali 85%, Bantu and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT ) — For the second year in a row, COVID-19 has America’s largest music festival on the move. Originally set for a trio of three-day weekends in June, Summerfest 2021 will now be held on the first three weekends in September. Summerfest 2021 will be held
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas (KFSM ) — The Eureka Springs Police Department (ESPD) shared a video of “clumsy vandals” caught on camera hoping for the public’s help in making an identification. Three individuals are seen in the video. As one suspect stood guard, a second suspect climbed what appears
Continue Reading Three Rochester, New York, officers have been removed from patrol duty after an incident in which a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed, Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said. Body camera videos of Friday’s encounter — released by the police department over the weekend — showed officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and
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Last week, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to addressing climate change by creating green energy jobs, building out a “modern and sustainable infrastructure” toward his continued goal of reaching a carbon-free energy sector in the US by 2035. In remarks last week before signing several executive orders focused on his climate agenda, Biden tied
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Nintendo keeps having one blowout quarter after another. But analysts say it’s going to need new games and hardware to keep that momentum going. On Monday, the Japanese gaming company reported 229.7 billion yen ($2.2 billion) in operating profit for the quarter ended December, topping analyst expectations. Sales of its Switch console reached a record
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Alibaba reported a big quarter for its e-commerce business. But China’s most famous tech firm faced nervous investors on Tuesday as a regulatory crackdown by Beijing and co-founder Jack Ma’s fall from grace cast a shadow over its future. The company reported a 37% jump in revenue for the quarter ended December compared to a
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UPS is celebrating Black History Month with a special design on Express delivery packages, part of a campaign to support Black-owned small businesses. It’s the first time UPS has commissioned art for any of its delivery boxes, and the design was created by 25-year-old Sophia Yeshi, a graphic illustrator who is Black and southeast Asian
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Facebook said Monday that it is testing a new pop-up alert for iPhone and iPad users that stresses the benefits of its apps collecting personal data. The test comes ahead of an Apple privacy change with the potential to upend the social network’s core business. Apple is set to introduce a new requirement for users
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The number of employed Americans won’t return to its pre-pandemic level until 2024, but the broad economy is expected to fully recover by the middle of this year, according to a Congressional Budget Office report issued Monday. The projection shows just how long the job market still has to go to heal after suffering the
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Democrats are moving now to fast-track a Covid relief package. If Republicans want to come along, great. Democrats are arguing Republicans can vote for budget reconciliation. If Republicans don’t like the plan, they can keep talking to the White House, but the underlying takeaway from the meeting on Monday night — and all the messages
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Three people, including the shooter, are dead after a dispute over snow shoveling in Plains, Pennsylvania, outside Wilkes-Barre on Monday, Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker told CNN on Tuesday. At around 9 a.m. Monday, the shooter, Jeffrey Spaide, got into an argument with James and Lisa Goy, who lived across the street, while shoveling snow from his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Missoula, Montana (The Missoulian) — After a freakishly busy summer helping people kayak around some of Montana’s state parks, Glacier Treks owners B.J. and Joli Johnson took October off. Then winter arrived in Glacier National Park, and their phone started blowing up again. “The holiday season was non-stop
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ExxonMobil lost $22.4 billion in 2020, its first annual loss since the 1999 merger that created the nation’s largest oil company. It’s the latest company to report its worst year on record during the Covid-19 pandemic. The fossil fuel industry has suffered from a plunge in oil prices as stay-at-home orders around both the nation
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Sturgeon R-V administrators say Superintendent Geoff Neill is leaving the district for the same position at a Gasconade County school district.
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Google has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Labor Department over allegations of pay and hiring discrimination, the agency said Monday. The company is expected to pay more than $2.5 million to roughly 5,500 employees and job applicants who allegedly were under-compensated or faced hiring discrimination. The settlement resolves allegations that the company had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Salem, Oregon (KPTV) — A 43-year-old Salem man died from complications of COVID-19, according to his family. Tim Senske died January 25 at Legacy Emanuel Hospital after less than a month’s battle with the virus, said his wife, Amy Senske. Tim was described as a healthy, strong plumber
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The Biden administration is set to announce it will soon begin direct shipments of coronavirus vaccines to retail pharmacies, according to an official familiar with the matter, expanding points of access for Americans to receive shots. The effort is part of the administration’s attempt to speed up vaccinations by making them available in more locations.
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Andrew Yang, the former Democratic candidate for president who is currently running for mayor of New York City, tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday, according to a statement from the Yang for NY Campaign team. Yang said in the statement that he is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue to attend virtual events. “When the time
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