A 16-year-old girl was killed in a sledding accident in upstate New York on Saturday that also injured a toddler, according to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office. The teenager was sledding with a 3-year-old boy in Lewiston “when they struck a tree at the bottom of the hill,” the office said in a release. The
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said Saturday the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment attorneys to halt Trump’s impeachment trial during the Jewish Sabbath. “We respect their request and of course will accommodate it. Conversations with the relevant parties about the structure of the trial continue,” said
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Talk about a roller-coaster performance — Ilkay Gundogan provided the dictionary definition on Sunday for Manchester City against Liverpool. The Germany international was the subject a heavy challenge inside the first two minutes, blazed a penalty way over the bar just before half-time before scoring twice in Manchester City’s 4-1 victory at Anfield. After Gundogan
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Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said a “room full of lawyers” is working to make the case that raising the minimum wage to $15 squares with Senate rules that threaten its inclusion in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package. The comments come as Biden has cast doubt on the possibility of the wage increase
Continue Reading You’ve probably heard of 3D printed face masks and even 3D printed hands, as 3D printing technology has expanded over the past few decades. Now a company says it has listed the first 3D printed house in the United States for sale. The Riverhead, New York, home is listed online through Zillow with an asking
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Former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz died Saturday at age 100, according to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University where he served for over 30 years.
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The US airline industry just closed the books on the worst year in its history, losing a combined $32 billion excluding special items. Yet it still ended 2020 awash in an ocean of cash.
Continue Reading Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the US could see full employment next year if Congress passes President Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus package, but warned the country’s unemployment rate would remain elevated over the next few years without the additional $1.9 trillion in federal support.
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Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Sunday it’s “very unlikely” the Senate votes to convict former President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial set to begin Tuesday.
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(CNN) — ¿Disfrutas de más tiempo libre mientras trabajas desde casa? Tal vez no. Una nueva investigación realizada durante la pandemia muestra que los empleados que trabajan a domicilio en el Reino Unido, Austria, Canadá y Estados Unidos están trabajando más horas que antes. El trabajo desde casa ha llevado a un aumento de 2,5
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As conservative media has largely abandoned false accusations that electronic voting companies conspired in an attempt to overturn election results, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has emerged as one of America’s most prominent voices still promoting that debunked conspiracy theory.
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Fluff up your favorite recliner and get ready to drown the piercing shriek of reality in a warm bowl of nacho cheese: It’s Super Bowl time again!
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden presented a sweeping vision of the global challenges facing the US in a Thursday speech that touched on Russia’s attacks on US democracy, China’s corrosive human rights record and the Burmese military’s authoritarian putsch but had one notable omission: The President made no mention of Iran. In a striking counterpoint to Biden’s
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Frank Shankwitz, a longtime Arizona Department of Public Safety officer who co-founded the Make-A-Wish Foundation, has died, his wife told the New York Times.
Continue Reading It’s that time of year again, when people actually look forward to watching TV commercials.
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Although racism and fate kept him from the major leagues, Josh Gibson was one of the most dominant sluggers in baseball history.
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Elegant, swinging, exuberant – it’s hard to find one word to describe the lush music of Gerald Wilson, one of the most important bandleaders in the history of jazz.
Continue Reading (CNN) — Encuesta de la semana: una nueva encuesta de Axios/Ipsos encontró que el 63% de los adultos dice que obtendrá o es probable que se aplique la vacuna contra el covid-19 tan pronto como esté disponible para ellos. Esa es la cifra más alta jamás registrada por Ipsos. Cuando se les da la opción
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Sunday is an unofficial holiday in the US as the NFL kicks off the Super Bowl, and “Saturday Night Live” had plenty to say about it. The NBC variety show opened up Saturday’s episode mocking the CBS Super Bowl pre-game show with Kenan Thompson playing CBS Sports anchor, James Brown. “Hello! Welcome to the Super
Continue Reading A new children’s book called “Doctor Li and The Crown-Wearing Virus” is the origin story of Doctor Li Wenliang, who first raised the alarm that a novel coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan, China. The police tried to silence Li, but he continued to speak out. In the book, a 7-year-old, May, learns about Doctor Li’s
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