By CNN staff Republican hardliners staged a rebellion on the House floor on Wednesday, taking down a procedural vote to show opposition to the spending deal House Speaker Mike Johnson reached with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The rule – which would have governed debate on two resolutions of disapproval for Biden administration rules –
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — State environment officials will be offering residents in eastern New Mexico and personnel at Cannon Air Force Base the opportunity to have their blood tested for PFAS chemicals. The compounds also known as “forever chemicals” have been detected at military bases in New Mexico and
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By Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A surge of migrants at the US-Mexico Border is overwhelming already-stretched resources. December border crossings reached a record more than 225,000 in just one month. Nevada’s Senators traveled to see the issues firsthand. Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto visited
Continue ReadingBy Natalie Duddridge Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — Frustration has been escalating ever since parents and some community leaders learned James Madison High School students in Brooklyn would have to stay home Wednesday and learn remotely in order to accommodate asylum seekers temporarily staying at their school
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Seven local businesses ask leaders across Las Vegas for a financial “remedy” following more than $20 million in losses from Formula One traffic and closures, and hope for a solution to avoid a class-action lawsuit. Letters were submitted during public comment
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A woman spent four nights trapped in her mangled truck after she swerved to avoid hitting a deer and toppled to the bottom of a California canyon. She was driving near Mount Baldy on Wednesday on a road that winds up the mountain outside Los Angeles. Her pickup truck
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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Marie Laurencin’s gauzy paintings have lived double lives over the past century. Rendered in soft pinks and grays, the French artist’s slender, sensuous figures were long viewed as coquettish and one-dimensional, despite the success she experienced in her lifetime. But Laurencin’s inclusion of enigmatic symbolism and intimate gestures —
Continue ReadingBy Hunter Geisel Click here for updates on this story MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WFOR) — A Texas man was arrested this week after he was allegedly seen stalking singer Shakira at her home in Miami Beach. Daniel John Valtier, 56, of El Paso, was arrested on stalking and defrauding charges early Monday morning. On Monday,
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan, Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A child was airlifted to the hospital after falling several stories from an apartment window in North Miami. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said they received a medical call about the child’s fall around 8:15 a.m. Rescue crews arriving on the
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Looking to waste away with a cheeseburger in paradise? You soon could do so while driving down Jimmy Buffett Highway with a Margaritaville license plate. The iconic Florida singer who died last year wrote songs that inspired tourists to the flock to the Florida Keys looking
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 600 Macon Electric Cooperative customers in Macon County were still without power Wednesday afternoon. Thousands were without power as early as Tuesday morning, according to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map. More than 2,600 members of the Macon Electric Cooperative in Macon County were without power on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Anna Meiler Click here for updates on this story NORWOOD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A driver who couldn’t swim had to hang on to a tree after his car was suddenly submerged in a flood in Norwood Wednesday morning. The fire department posted photos on Facebook showing the car on Upland Road near Washington Street
Continue ReadingBy Kemberly Richardson Click here for updates on this story LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) — The Bee Gees’ ‘Stayin’ Alive’ was the perfect song for a rare birthday celebration on Long Island. On January 26, Vincenza Benedetto will turn 110 years old! Benedetto’s son Robert said she couldn’t wait for the party. Robert Benedetto
Continue ReadingBy Neal Riley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Massachusetts has once again come out on top in a ranking of the best states for families For at least the third year in a row, the state was ranked No. 1 on personal finance website WalletHub’s list of the “Best
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WABC) — New security camera video is showing exactly why e-bike fires are a grave concern. The sped-up footage released by the FDNY shows the fire taking place in a bike shop on Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill on Sunday. In
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By Matt Egan and Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday the FBI is investigating the hack of the agency’s social media account that rocked the bitcoin world earlier this week ahead of the regulator’s approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund late Wednesday. “The SEC continues to investigate
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Alaska Airlines is canceling through Saturday all flights on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes like the one that suffered an in-flight blowout of a fuselage panel last week as it waits for new instructions from Boeing and federal officials on how to inspect the fleet. The development came as
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Who needs a Golden Globe win when you have the unconditional love of a mother? “Jury Duty” star James Marsden was nominated for a best supporting actor, television Golden Globe on Sunday for his performance in the FreeVee show, and shared a screenshot on his Instagram Stories the next
Continue ReadingBy Josh Haskell Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A frustrated resident of Beverly Grove took matters into her own hands after reporting criminal activity in her neighborhood involving a homeless person. “He brought terror into this neighborhood,” said April Silverman about the man she says was living in a
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio law regulating kids’ accounts on social media likely violates the First Amendment in “breathtakingly blunt” ways and cannot take effect next week as scheduled, a federal judge has ruled. The state law set to take effect Jan. 15 would have required social media platforms to obtain parental
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