In the opening months of Joe Biden’s presidency, Congress’ job was crystal clear: Pass a relief bill and get it signed into law. The understanding was that every other priority: guns, immigration, infrastructure, climate and voting rights could wait on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers were fully on-board, redirecting plans so that nothing would distract from a
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Citigroup is launching “Zoom-Free Fridays” as a way to help the bank’s burned-out employees cope with stress a year into the pandemic. “The blurring of lines between home and work and the relentlessness of the pandemic workday have taken a toll on our well-being,” Citi CEO Jane Fraser wrote in a Monday memo to all
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Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — “My message to young people is that even if you’re not interested in architecture, you will have a relationship with architecture for the rest of your life. You will live in spaces and visit places that have been created by somebody.
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[Breaking news update, published at 11:35 a.m. ET] Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at the King Soopers supermarket in the Colorado city of Boulder, faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said Tuesday. The 10 people who died ranged in age from 20
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FAIRFAX, Va. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou basketball star Kim English will be the new head coach at George Mason University. The 32-year-old spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee. Before that – English was an assistant for Colorado and Tulsa. This is his first head coaching job. English played for Mizzou from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — Representatives from the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development are calling for a change to Dane County court hearings involving incarcerated people.  Due to the pandemic, all court hearings are being conducted online. Incarcerated people, when appearing at an online court
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Counterfeit vaccine cards and what are being billed as Covid-19 vaccines are now for sale on the dark web, according to a report released Tuesday. Security researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point Software said they’ve discovered listings for Covid-19 vaccines from various brands, such as AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, for up to $1,000 a
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The jurors selected so far in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd are unnamed and unseen on camera, but we do know basic details about them. As of Monday, five men and nine women have been chosen to serve on the jury during the trial in Minneapolis. Of the 14 jurors, eight
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST LOUIS (KMOV) — Currently, Missouri ranks as the 41st state in the country for their vaccine rollout and the state needs help administering those shots. According to the CDC, there are nearly 700,000 doses waiting to be given to eligible people. The Missouri Department of Health has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WABC) — A man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime after attacking an Asian American mother attending a rally against anti-Asian violence in New York City, according to police. NYPD officials announced the arrest of 27-year-old Erick Deoliveira on Monday evening. They say
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols. Personal Birth date: April 1, 1955 Birth place: Lapeer County, Michigan Birth name: Terry Lynn Nichols Father: Robert Nichols, farmer Mother: Joyce Nichols Marriages: Marife (Torres) Nichols (1990-2003, divorced); Lana (Osentoski) Nichols (1981-1989, divorced) Children: with Marife Nichols: Christian and
Continue Reading Here is a look at the European Union. About the European Union The European Union is an international organization made up of 27 European countries. It governs common economic, political, social and security policies of its member states. According to the EU website, the objectives of the European Union are to establish European citizenship, ensure
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The top social media execs are about to face off with Washington lawmakers again. Congress is set to grill the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter about misinformation and online extremism on Thursday. It will be the executives’ first appearance before lawmakers since the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine.
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Jamie Foxx will play Mike Tyson in a limited series. The project is named, “Tyson,” and Martin Scorsese is set to executive produce, a representative for Tyson confirmed to CNN. It had originally been planned as a movie starring Foxx, who won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles in the 2004 film, “Ray.” The series,
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The Dark Mofo art festival in Tasmania, Australia, has canceled a project that asked for blood donations from Indigenous people, following a backlash. Spanish artist Santiago Sierra had planned to immerse the British Union Jack flag “in the blood of its colonised territories,” according to the call for donations earlier this month. “We made a
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Donald Trump has set the price of admission for Republicans in the midterm elections, and probably the next presidential race: an embrace of the big lie that he was cheated out of office by a historic voter fraud operation. The former President’s effort to turn 2022 polls into a personal revenge mission and to replenish
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Belize’s football federation (FFB) expressed “disappointment and disgust” on Monday after the team bus carrying the squad from the airport to their hotel was stopped by “an uproar of insurgents with assault rifles on motorcycles.” The incident occurred on Monday morning after the squad arrived in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, ahead of their 2022 World
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — An 11-year-old girl has died three weeks after she was shot on Chicago’s Far South Side. Ny’Andrea Dyer was hit by a stray bullet at a gas station in West Pullman on March 1. Dyer was sitting in the backseat of her mother’s SUV at
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Former first lady Michelle Obama and a host of celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington, are calling on Americans to encourage their senators to support a sweeping voting rights package that would thwart efforts by Republican state lawmakers to curb access to the ballot box. In an open letter published Tuesday
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In the last decade, Lyon’s dominance in women’s football has been nigh on complete. Since 2011, the French club has been involved in nine Champions League finals, winning the competition seven times. Anita Asante, who currently plays for Aston Villa in the Women’s Super League (WSL) and works as a pundit for the UEFA Women’s
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