By Steve Contorno and Eric Bradner, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that “President (Donald) Trump is wrong” in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021. Speaking at the Federalist Society Florida Chapters conference near Orlando, Pence
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The City of Columbia is removing truckloads of snow from downtown after streets were covered in about 10 inches of snow over two days this week.
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Over the next few days, as temperatures climb and roads and parking lots get plowed, you’ll start to see less snowy roads and more of those large piles of plowed snow sitting around. There are many factors that affect snow melt but for this explainer, we’re going to focus on three key variables. First is
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the low single digits. Wind chills between -5 and 0. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid-30s. EXTENDED: Sunshine is making it extra bright with all the snow on the ground this afternoon, but with clear skies we’ll drop down into the
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Caroline Kenny and Pamela Brown, CNN Recent revelations about the political activism Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, have renewed scrutiny about how the Supreme Court approaches questions of potential conflicts of interest with the cases that the justices are reviewing. Supreme Court justices make their own determination as to
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN As of Friday, more than 900,000 people in the United States have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Experts believe the true burden of disease to be much higher. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff for Mike Pence, said Sunday that the former vice president chose to rebuke former President Donald Trump in remarks last week because Trump’s comments about Pence’s ability to overturn the 2020 presidential election “merited response.” Pence called out his former boss by name Friday,
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN GOP leaders are facing growing pressure from conservative hardliners to put their political muscle behind a primary challenge seeking to oust Rep. Liz Cheney, a move that puts top Republicans in an awkward spot as they try to avoid intraparty fights and the ire of Donald Trump in
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday described the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection — which have been at the center of a House probe — as “legitimate political discourse.” A copy of the resolution obtained by CNN
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By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN A letter written on behalf of 16 members of the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team was sent to the university and the Ivy League on Thursday asking that they not pursue legal action to challenge the NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies. The letter was written by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO of
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By Ben Morse, CNN There were four gold medals up for grabs on Monday at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who is taking home gold for their delegations on Day 10 of the Games. Bobsled Women’s monobob: Kaillie Humphries, USA Figure Skating Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, France Freestyle
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the January jobs report released earlier in the morning that was significantly better than what most economists had predicted, given the rapid surge of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come
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FRIDAY NIGHT Stuck in the 20’s today, mostly clear skies will drop us again back near zero by early Saturday. Not helping matters is a weak wind shift introducing us to a northerly breeze and ushering arctic high pressure by day break. Cold will be dangerous. SATURDAY With high pressure in place, we start clear
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By Wayne Sterling and John Sinnott, CNN US snowboarder Shaun White says a spate of injuries influenced his decision to retire after the Beijing Games, as the 35-year-old calls time on an illustrious career. “I was in Austria. The pipe wasn’t the best conditions. I had this ankle issue which prevented me from competing further
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By Austin Mabeus, CNN A passenger plane aborts a landing, Trevor Noah gives Joe Rogan a lesson about race and the heart-stopping moment when a road rage shooting is caught on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Please remain seated A British Airways flight was attempting to land at London’s Heathrow Airport
Continue Reading By Austin Mabeus, CNN A passenger plane aborts a landing, Trevor Noah gives Joe Rogan a lesson about race and the heart-stopping moment when a road rage shooting is caught on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Please remain seated A British Airways flight was attempting to land at London’s Heathrow Airport
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A passenger plane aborts a landing, Trevor Noah gives Joe Rogan a lesson about race and the heart-stopping moment when a road rage shooting is caught on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Please remain seated A British Airways flight was attempting to land at London’s Heathrow Airport
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A passenger plane aborts a landing, Trevor Noah gives Joe Rogan a lesson about race and the heart-stopping moment when a road rage shooting is caught on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Please remain seated A British Airways flight was attempting to land at London’s Heathrow Airport
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