President Joe Biden went off-script during his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday to thank Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a tribute the Kentucky Republican made to Biden’s late son, Beau, in 2016. The year after Biden lost his 46-year-old son to brain cancer, McConnell called on the Senate to rename a bill
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The Missouri Senate met Wednesday and voted 20-14 against Medicaid expansion.
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President Joe Biden delivered the biggest speech of his presidency to date on Wednesday night — an address to a joint session of Congress. Things looked and sounded a little different, with just 200 people in attendance and everyone but Biden masked due to Covid-19 protocols. I watched the entire thing, which ran just over
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America is emerging from the worst of the pandemic, and that will mean some eye-popping figures when the government releases economic growth data Thursday. But the big jump — fueled by resurgent consumer spending after a year in lockdown — will still be starting from a deep hole. Economists predict that the US economy grew
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For more than two decades, the International Space Station has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different countries enjoying stints aboard. But its role as the sole venue for a continuous human presence in space, scientific research and a testing ground for future space exploration is coming to
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Is that face in the mirror looking a bit, well, older these days? “Some of this is due to perception, what I call ‘Zoom face,’” said Dr. Rajani Katta, author of “Glow: The Dermatologist’s Guide to a Whole Foods Younger Skin Diet.” “Between the harsh lighting, the strange angles, and just staring at your face
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THURSDAY: Those showers overnight have pushed southeast of the area for the most part. We’ll be tracking some drier conditions throughout the day. Sunshine will return this afternoon, but temperatures will held near 70 with a steady northwest wind. TONIGHT: Once those skies clear up this afternoon, they’ll stay clear overnight. Temperatures will cool off
Continue Reading One Watauga County sheriff’s deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said in a release sent on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office said a standoff with the suspected shooter is ongoing. Sgt. Chris Ward, died after being flown to Johnson City Medical Center
Continue Reading The federal indictment of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery represents “one step closer to justice,” his mother told CNN. “They did the investigation properly and they came out with those indictments. So, my family and I were pleased,” said Wanda Cooper-Jones. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick,
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Federal prosecutors indicted the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men and fatally shot.
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President Joe Biden has proposed having the federal government pay for two years of preschool for each child in his new American Families Plan.
Continue Reading A Louisville police officer who was involved in the botched raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor has announced his retirement, saying that it was in the “best interest” of his family. Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was one of several Louisville Metro officers involved in breaking down the door to Taylor’s apartment while executing
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India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for its huge population are running low. The government has purchased at least 205.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to data from the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, placing
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After loosening its Covid-19 prevention guidelines somewhat this week for people who are fully vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could soon go even further if new cases continue to decline, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. The seven-day average of new cases has dropped from about 60,000 new infections per day to “around
Continue Reading Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland Chinese-style “exit bans” being used to prevent activists and former lawmakers from leaving. Authorities in mainland China routinely impose similar travel bans on dissidents and foreign citizens, including those facing civil
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In his first joint address to Congress, President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone, speaking for more than an hour and pushing his expansive vision of building America “back better” by touting his vast infrastructure plan and praising the progress the country has made against Covid-19. While Biden’s speech was, for the most part, factually
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A North Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that video from four body cameras associated with last week’s shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. will not be released publicly at this time. Judge Jeff Foster also granted, in part, a petition from the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office allowing Brown’s family and one of their legal representatives to
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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. When Vice President Kamala Harris was walking into the House chamber on Wednesday, a reporter asked her about the significance of the day’s historical milestone — having two women, Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden spoke directly to working- and middle-class Americans who “feel left behind and forgotten” in a rapidly changing economy in his first address to a joint session of Congress, promising that his ambitious economic and infrastructure plans amounted to a “blue-collar blueprint to build America.” Addressing many of the voters who abandoned the
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Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina criticized President Joe Biden and argued he is failing to deliver on his promises in the GOP rebuttal to the President’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. “President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership,” Scott said in his remarks. “He promised to
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