They’re not the Air Obamas, but one sneakerhead with a lot of cash will have an opportunity this week to purchase an exclusive pair of basketball kicks made in honor of the 44th President. The unique pair of Nike Hyperdunks will be sold on the website of Sotheby’s auction house Friday at 4:44 p.m. ET,
Continue ReadingThe Senate is voting on whether the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, in what could be an early indication of how the final vote will shake out. The vote was held Tuesday after Trump’s second impeachment trial began with the House impeachment managers showing how rioters violently breached the US
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The price of Bitcoin has soared this week while the US dollar — the world’s number one reserve currency — tumbled. Could this be the beginning of the end of the greenback’s reign? Bitcoin hit a high of more than $48,000 on Tuesday after Tesla reported a $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency and said
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A 67-year-old man who was “very familiar” to authorities wounded five people in a shooting Tuesday at the Allina Health Care Clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, officials said. Police received a 911 call about shots fired just before 11 a.m., Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke said. When officers arrived they found multiple victims and took the
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Author Stephen King is giving back, by donating thousands of dollars to an elementary school in his home state of Maine so that a group of students can publish their own books.
Continue ReadingA Kentucky man facing four criminal charges linked to the Capitol insurrection asked a federal judge on Tuesday to let him travel to Peru later this month to get married. Troy Williams of Lexington, Kentucky, told a judge that his fiancé lives in Peru and they plan to get married in the South American country.
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The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump began Tuesday with the House impeachment managers showing how rioters violently breached the US Capitol and attacked police officers, invoking Trump’s name as they tried to disrupt the certification of the November election. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the lead impeachment manager, opened his presentation with
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(CNN) — Mary Wilson, una de las fundadoras de «The Supremes», murió a la edad de 76 años, dijo su publicista a CNN. Wilson «falleció repentinamente esta noche», según un comunicado de su viejo amigo y publicista, Jay Schwartz. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2021 La cantante estaba en su casa en
Continue Reading (CNN) — La administración de Joe Biden está considerando una norma que requeriría presentar un resultado negativo en una prueba de covid-19 para realizar viajes aéreos nacionales, de acuerdo con el secretario de Transporte, Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg mencionó el posible requisito para los viajeros aéreos dentro de Estados Unidos en una entrevista el domingo con
Continue Reading (CNN Español) –– El Departamento de Salud de Cataluña comenzó las gestiones para poder convertir el estadio Camp Nou, propiedad del Barcelona FC, en un centro de vacunación masiva contra el covid-19. Así lo confirmó en la mañana de este martes el secretario de Salud Pública de la comunidad, Josep María Argimon, en una entrevista
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Covid-19 numbers are getting better. But letting your guard down could be an open invitation for highly contagious variants to trample the US — erasing the progress made.
Continue ReadingLead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday delivered a tearful account of his experience during last month’s US Capitol insurrection, charging that the deadly episode “cannot be the future of America.” Addressing lawmakers during former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, Raskin explained that his younger daughter, Tabitha, and son-in-law, Hank — the
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Mary Wilson, a founding member of “The Supremes” has died at the age of 76, her publicist told CNN. Wilson “passed away suddenly this evening,” according to a statement from her longtime friend and publicist, Jay Schwartz. The singer was at her home in Henderson, Nevada. She is survived by her daughter, son, several grandchildren,
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The Arizona Department of Public Safety said it received the call around 11 a.m. regarding a man on the side of the southbound lanes of State Route 95 at milepost 46.
Continue Reading The proposal to require domestic airline passengers to prove they have tested negative for Covid-19 is a “horrible idea,” according to Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian. Bastian told CNN’s Poppy Harlow Tuesday that the proposal being discussed by the Biden Administration would drain testing resources away from people who need it more. He said
Continue Reading As trays with bologna sandwiches and canned fruit are being served to millions of people in America’s prisons and jails, US Capitol rioter and so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley is only eating organic food while he awaits trial. Last week, a federal judge ordered that Chansley should be given organic food after several requests and
Continue Reading They say friendly competition is a good thing. But when the competition turns into thousands of dollars raised for a good cause — it’s a great thing. Last month, a “tip war” broke out in Cincinnati, Ohio, between alumni and fans of two rival universities. Fans of Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati were
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It’s the second week in February, a time of year when influenza is usually sweeping across the country. Yet this year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, there’s very little influenza activity. The CDC’s map of flu activity across the US is often a sea of red during the first half of
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As we enter into the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday in a little over a week, all Christians must think seriously about the challenge that Jesus put before us. Penitence is about turning away from one’s past sins, then turning in a fresh direction. The Greek word for “turning” in the Gospels
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