A family of alleged drug dealers in Peru found themselves firmly on the naughty list this year as police officers dressed as Santa and an elf raided their home. The festive operation, which took place on December 5 in Lima, resulted in four arrests, according to a statement from the Peruvian National Police released Wednesday.
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The City of El Centro will be starting a COVID-19 response task force to help provide the community with the resources they need during the pandemic.
Continue Reading Christmas came early for former Negro Leagues player Ron Teasley. Major League Baseball on Wednesday sought to correct a longstanding wrong by recognizing the Negro Leagues as a major league and counting the statistics and records of thousands of Black players as part of the game’s storied history. “My daughter and my sons heard and
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Take a lot at Imperial County, specifically.
Continue ReadingSen. Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia Republican who is up for reelection in a heated runoff race set for January 5, left open the possibility Wednesday that she may object to the Electoral College results of Joe Biden’s victory when the matter is brought before the US Congress next month. “January 6 is a long ways
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California health officials on Wednesday reported a record-breaking number of new cases.
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s vow to veto the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act places Capitol Hill in a bind and could lead to Congress having to return to session between Christmas and New Year’s — or even a veto override vote happening next year before the new Congress is sworn in. Senate leaders are discussing holding
Continue Reading Christmas came early for former Negro Leagues player Ron Teasley. Major League Baseball on Wednesday sought to correct a longstanding wrong by recognizing the Negro Leagues as a major league and counting the statistics and records of thousands of Black players as part of the game’s storied history. “My daughter and my sons heard and
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Roberto Firmino scored a wonderful bullet-header in the dying moments of Wednesday’s match to stun Tottenham Hotspur and move Liverpool to the top of the English Premier League. With the game seemingly heading to a 1-1 draw, the Brazilian forward produced a moment of real quality in the 90th minute, powerfully heading home from a
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to get his first Covid-19 vaccination early next week, CNN has learned, and plans to get his shot in public. “I don’t want to get ahead of the line, but I want to make sure we demonstrate to the American people that it is safe to take,” Biden told reporters
Continue Reading A Minnesota man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager when Amy Klobuchar was the county attorney has been released, after years of claiming innocence. In 2002, Myon Burrell was jailed for life — at age 16 — for the killing of an 11-year-old girl by a stray bullet. Earlier this year, after new
Continue ReadingDays after several US agencies confirmed their networks were compromised in a massive data breach, federal officials are still struggling to understand the scope of the damage — highlighting the sophistication and breadth of a hacking campaign that has been tied to Russia. House and Senate Intelligence Committee aides received a phone briefing on the
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Local business owner built a box to receive donations for our areas homeless population
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Members of Arizona’s Democratic congressional delegation want Gov. Doug Ducey to do more to ensure people can stay in their homes in the midst of the pandemic.
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Christmas came early for Roku users. WarnerMedia reached a deal with Roku on Wednesday that brings HBO Max, the company’s nascent streaming service, to Roku devices starting on Thursday. The deal is a significant one not just for Roku users who have waited for the service to be available since it launched over the summer,
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There will be no more adventures with Lizzie McGuire, according to Hilary Duff. The star of the beloved Disney Channel series, who had been set to lead an upcoming reboot for Disney+, said on Wednesday that plans to bring back the show are suspended. “I know the efforts and conversations have been everywhere trying to
Continue ReadingChristopher Krebs, the former top administration official for cybersecurity who was fired by President Donald Trump, told a Senate committee Wednesday it was “dangerous” for elected officials to embrace false and baseless attacks on the 2020 election and undermine public confidence in the result. “I think we’re past the point where we need to be
Continue ReadingThe 2022 US Senate race in North Carolina could provide an early test of whether the Republican Party will continue to embrace President Donald Trump after his loss, potentially featuring Lara Trump, the President’s daughter-in-law, against a field of current and former Republican officials unwilling to step aside. Her public interest in the seat has
Continue ReadingVaccine supply constraints are complicating the Trump administration’s hopes of striking a deal with Pfizer to purchase another 100 million doses of the company’s coronavirus vaccines, the latest hurdle to ramping up vaccine production as the virus rapidly spreads. Officials from the Trump administration and Pfizer confirmed that the two sides are negotiating for the
Continue Reading Fox News personalities came after Bill Gates on Tuesday for comments he made during a pandemic-focused interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper over the weekend. “Bars and restaurants in most of the country will be closed as we go into this wave,” Gates said to Tapper during a “State of the Union” segment on December 13. “And I
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