Nearly two months after President Joe Biden laid out his massive plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, White House officials presented a slimmed-down version as a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers who are seeking a much smaller program. The new plan would reduce the size of Biden’s initial proposal, known as the American Jobs Plan, from
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Curtis Fuller wasn’t having the greatest luck before he won a $1 million prize in the Florida Lottery. “My wife’s car broke down a few days ago and two days after that my truck broke down,” said the Jacksonville man in a news release from the Florida Lottery. Fuller, 38, bought the 50X THE CASH
Continue Reading A 6-year-old boy was fatally shot Friday in a suspected road rage incident while sitting inside a car being driven by his mother in Orange County, according to the California Highway Patrol. The child was sitting in a booster seat in the back seat of the car traveling northbound on the 55 Freeway, said CHP
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When the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic, 62 GOP members voted against the measure, which was also opposed by one Republican senator when it cleared that chamber last month. The bill, which is likely to be signed by President Joe Biden,
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Senate Democrats will huddle privately next week to continue their internal deliberations over how to advance a sweeping voting rights, government ethics and campaign finance bill that is one of their party’s top legislative priorities but is currently doomed to fail in the Senate because it is opposed by one of their own members as
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Starting this week, the White House is hoping Americans swipe right for Covid vaccines, partnering with a series of prominent dating apps to offer incentives to customers who’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vaccinated users on Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, BLK, Chispa, Plenty of Fish, Match, Bumble, and Badoo will gain access to premium content “like
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White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of the proposal from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. The revised proposal reduced the funding request for broadband to match the offer put forward by Republicans
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A 17-year-old boy was on an Old Town rooftop with friends early Friday morning, when he fell about 40 feet down a ventilator shaft, Chicago police said. There was a large emergency response on LaSalle Street in Old Town early Friday as crews worked to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEAWOOD, Kansas (KCTV) — “Yes, dear.” That’s the secret to 70 years of marriage for Dick and Barbara Henley. The two sweethearts married on May 27, 1951. The couple met in 1949 at the College Inn near the Missouri State University campus when Barbara Henley was enjoying a
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CNN has obtained body camera video from one of the Louisiana State Police troopers who arrived at the scene as other officers attempting to arrest Ronald Greene had him on the ground. The new video is 30 minutes long and appears to show a different perspective from the scene than recordings previously released by the
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Covid-19 vaccines have created at least nine new billionaires after shares in companies producing the shots soared. Topping the list of new billionaires are Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Ugur Sahin, the CEO of BioNTech, which has produced a vaccine with Pfizer. Both CEOs are now worth around $4 billion, according to an analysis by
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Israeli security forces used stun grenades and rubber bullets against Palestinians outside the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, where thousands of worshipers had been attending Friday prayers, puncturing a half-day of calm brought on by a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. A CNN journalist at the mosque compound said dozens of Israeli officers hit journalists
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman is facing bias crime charges after she admitted to pushing a young boy because of his race, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, just after 11:30 a.m., deputies responded to a disturbance at a retail store in the
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“We’re following the science.” The line rolls regularly off the tongues of top US health officials — no one more so than US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Science dictated last week’s guidance — widely criticized as confusing — advising fully vaccinated Americans that they could ditch the masks under
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The presidential plane of late Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu is going under the hammer. The Rombac 1-11, which was used for the dictator’s official flights between 1986 and 1989, is to be put up for auction on May 27 with a starting price of €25,000 (around $30,000). Built in Romania under license from the
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Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Three people are facing charges after Phoenix police say they stole from three of the largest home improvement businesses in the Valley and resold the products. Police raided a home near 75th Avenue and Bethany Home Road. They found more than $21,000 in cash, up
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The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the Confederacy will make its first site visit next week to the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. The visit was announced by retired Navy Adm. Admiral Michelle Howard who chairs the
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Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Four children were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after strong winds sent a bounce house flying into the air. It happened around 4 p.m. in a neighborhood park near Val Vista Drive and Brown Road in Mesa. A party was going on, and
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It’s no secret that many of us are tired of rainy conditions, but we may not be done tracking that rainfall yet. Right now, it appears that high pressure will be moving slowly toward mid-Missouri as we approach the weekend. We could still see some spot showers early tomorrow morning, but many of us will
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Ralph Puckett Jr. — a United States Army Ranger who led the defense against six Chinese assaults on a frozen hill in the Korean War — was presented with America’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, by President Joe Biden on Friday. Biden said that Puckett’s initial reaction to receiving the Medal of Honor
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