Big Tech critic Lina Khan will chair the Federal Trade Commission, the powerful antitrust agency that’s targeted companies such as Facebook with fines and lawsuits, according to a White House spokesperson. Khan had been confirmed as a commissioner to the FTC earlier on Tuesday, in a 69-28 Senate vote. But her future as agency chair
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US Capitol Police, Washington Metropolitan Police and local officials requested support from the DC National Guard 12 times on January 6 while the Capitol was under attack, the House Oversight Committee Democrats said Tuesday. RELATED: Meet the internet sleuths tracking down the January 6 insurrectionists Democrats on the committee pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and
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Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — MedStar said it is prepared for a long week, expecting an increase in heat-related illness calls to come along with the high temperatures and higher heat indices. By 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 14, seven people were taken to local hospitals, with two
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Nearly two dozen Democratic members of the Texas state Legislature are taking their voting rights fight from Austin to Washington this week. The trip is a “Hail Mary” effort of sorts, to apply some Texas-sized pressure on US lawmakers to support the passage of the For the People Act, a comprehensive federal voting rights bill
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Military veterans, women and the socially disadvantaged. People in those categories who own restaurants were supposed to get high priority from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund which was part of this year’s COVID-19 Relief Act. But through a series of legal twists and turns most
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Found in a small, filthy mobile home filled with feces, urine and other debris, 12 dogs who didn’t have access to food and water for days are now safe. The SPCA of Texas removed them from a trailer on a property in
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day as high temperatures reach near-record marks again on Friday. The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for all of Mid-Missouri until Friday night. SETUP: Upper level high pressure has been responsible for warmer than average temperatures for more than a week for
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Olympic runner Shelby Houlihan said she has been banned from the sport for four years following a positive test for anabolic steroids that she attributes to eating a pork burrito. Houlihan said she was devastated to learn of the suspension from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body that combats doping, after she tested
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with low humidity and temperatures in the low to mid-60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with low humidity and highs around 90. EXTENDED: With lower humidity expected again tomorrow, it will look very similar to start out in the 60s with highs near 90 Wednesday afternoon. We’ll be tracking a decaying storm complex to our
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Senate Democratic leaders, facing skepticism from liberals about the direction of bipartisan infrastructure talks, plan to formally begin a process that would allow them to pass President Joe Biden’s signature policy agenda along straight party lines. The move is meant to placate progressives who are concerned their priorities won’t be included in a bipartisan plan
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Tuesday morning, dozens joined in front of Mission Hospital in Asheville to express concerns about safe staffing and improvements they say the hospital needs, to retain and recruit experienced registered nurses. The demonstration, organized by National Nurses United (NNC) was held on the
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Five people from Nebraska were seriously hurt Tuesday afternoon after a boat explosion near Sunrise Beach; two were taken by helicopter to a Columbia hospital for treatment.
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Southwest Airlines said it was “resuming normal operations” and investigating the cause of technical issues that paused departing flights Tuesday afternoon. The outage was the second technical issue in less than 24 hours, and the airline said it is “in the process of investigating the root cause of each event to determine the reason behind
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The US reached another sobering milestone in the Covid-19 pandemic, with 600,000 lives lost to the disease as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. While daily deaths have decreased in recent months, hundreds of Americans are still dying every day from the disease that’s largely preventable by vaccines. Over the past week, the
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Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah made a false claim about his voting record in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday night, wrongly saying that he had voted to remove Georgia’s Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees. Stewart made the assertion after Cuomo, anchor of “Cuomo Prime Time,” challenged him on whether
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAKEWOOD, Colorado (KCNC) — On Flag Day, enthusiasts of Casa Bonita gathered to honor one of the most beloved traditions from arguably Colorado’s most iconic restaurant — raising the flag to get more sopapillas. “Our mission to make sure Casa Bonita doesn’t disappear from this area,” said Danny
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GARDENA (KCAL, KCBS) — Andres Guardado died in Gardena on June 18, 2020, outside an auto body shop where he was working as a security guard after deputies from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department opened fire. Officials said 18-year-old Guardado reached for a gun, and that’s why they
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Who needs viral videos? Not Oracle, apparently. Oracle’s plan to buy the US assets of Chinese-owned TikTok in a partnership with Walmart is dead now that Donald Trump is out of the White House. But investors don’t seem concerned: They’re still treating Oracle like it’s a red-hot social media stock instead of a boring database
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former director for a local non-profit was fired after an audit revealed thousands of dollars were missing from the charity. Kristine Diehn is accused of embezzling more than $23,000 from Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM). ABCCM Executive Director Scott Rogers said that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CITRUS HEIGHTS (KOVR) — A mountain lion spotted in Citrus Heights on Monday has neighbors on high alert. A 911 call came into the local police department saying the animal was up in a tree. Homeowner Keith Dunham’s daughter spotted the animal first. “I heard her start screaming,
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