On Thursday, 94 senators voted to pass legislation denouncing the recent wave of hate crimes directed at Asian Americans and creating a new position at the Justice Department to expedite those sorts of cases in the future. One senator voted against the legislation: Missouri Republican Josh Hawley. “My big problem with Sen Hirono’s bill that
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Click here for updates on this story KAUAI, Hawaii (KITV) — A spearfisherman went diving off the east coast of Kaua’i and came up with a big catch. Kawika Kau’i speared a 117-pound ulua or giant trevally, in one shot and he has video to prove it. “I just seen it just stay stiff and
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Spring rainfall has come in at 33% higher than normal this year, causing flooding and saturating the ground. The excess water has led to increased demand for the work ServiceMaster does, a company representative said Friday.
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Friday, bucking his own Democratic party and underscoring Murkowski’s reputation as one of the few Republican moderates left in the Senate. “I’ve met a lot of good people in Alaska, they know when they’ve got the real deal. And they see the person that
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President Joe Biden will embark upon his first foreign trip in June, the White House said on Friday, with plans to attend the Group of 7 summit in southwestern England and diplomatic meetings in Brussels. Any president’s first venture abroad is closely watched for its symbolic nod to foreign policy priorities. Biden’s plans amount to
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The 93rd Academy Awards are finally happening this Sunday and one person who will be watching is Billy Crystal. Crystal knows a thing or two about the Oscars after hosting the show nine times. “I have great faith in the producers,” Crystal told CNN in an interview on Thursday, while promoting his upcoming movie, “Here
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President Joe Biden on Friday highlighted the economic opportunities of climate action a day after announcing an ambitious new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Leaders Summit on Climate from the White House. “Today’s final session is not about the threat that climate change poses, it’s about the opportunity that addressing climate change
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Now that he’s signed the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, President Joe Biden is turning to the next items on his legislative agenda — and laying the groundwork for raising taxes on wealthier Americans to pay for them. He is expected to outline the next step of his economic agenda during a joint session
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Diapers are a pricey, essential item for parents. Now, they’re getting even more expensive, hurting low-income families already struggling with the pandemic’s economic woes. Disposable diaper prices rose 8.7% during the year ending April 10, according to the latest numbers from NielsenIQ, which tracks point of sale data from retailers. Diaper makers recently said they
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Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A man is in custody after he allegedly shot a customer at a gas station and opened fire on several vehicles traveling down a busy northeast Atlanta roadway. The incident happened around 3:30 a.m. at the Exxon gas station at the intersection of Ponce De
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile Police Department on Thursday conducted underage drinking compliance checks at eight locations to see if they would sell alcohol to minors. Police said four locations completed the sale of alcohol to a minor. The four locations that sold to the minors were
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Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest that earlier saw Jewish extremists marching through another city street shouting “Death to Arabs.” The violence marks a high point so far in a new phase of complex heightened tensions in
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A female police official has been killed in a knife attack at a police station in a suburb of Paris, French officials said Friday. The attack took place at the station in Rambouillet, 35 miles southwest of the capital. The suspect is dead, officials said. The anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office, which usually handles investigations of terrorist
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Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired — leaving one man dead. The shooting took place Wednesday morning in a working-class neighborhood of Elizabeth City in the northeastern corner of the state. The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A one-month-old lamb is learning to walk after a Metro East animal rescue stepped in to help. The lamb was born to a farmer along with 100 other lambs, but a deformity in its front legs made it difficult for the baby to stand,
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President Joe Biden will embark upon his first foreign trip in June, the White House said on Friday, with plans to attend the Group of 7 summit in southwestern England and diplomatic meetings in Brussels. Biden hasn’t yet ventured outside the United States since becoming president, as Covid-19 limited travel overseas. Typically, new presidents begin
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Rapper Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died at age 57. When not using his stage name, he was known as Gregory Edward Jacobs. His Digital Underground groupmate Chopmaster J. posted the news Thursday night to Instagram: “34 years ago almost to the day we had a
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The Columbia Police Department said officers were sent to a shots-fired call in the 3100 block of Jenne Hill Drive at about 4 am.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions. At the White House summit,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Some East Nashville residents woke up to the sound of heavy gunfire at about 3am on Thursday and it was all caught on a home security camera. The shootout happened on Inga Street. “I had just gone to bed it was just before 3
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