Here’s what you need to know on January 23, 2020: 1. Attention: Over 500 Infected As Deadly Coronavirus Reaches U.S. 2. A Political Issue Hits Home: More Than 50% Of Homeless Families Are Black 3. The NFL Must Step Up 4. They Make Me Happy: The Melisizwe Brothers Win “America’s Most Musical Family” Competition 5. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats launched into marathon arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, appealing to skeptical Republican senators to join them in voting to oust Trump from office to “protect our democracy.” Trump’s lawyers sat by, waiting their turn, as the president blasted the proceedings from afar, threatening jokingly to face off […]
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese city of more than 11 million people planned to shut down outbound flights and trains Thursday as the world’s most populous country battled the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and killed 17, state media reported. Everyone in the city of Wuhan was to be […]
Here’s what you need to know on January 22, 2022. 1. Heart Patients May Want To Pass On The Puff, Puff: Doctors Should Talk To Patients At Risk For Heart Problems About Weed Use 2. Delta Airlines Shows Employees Some Real Love 3. Impeachment Chronicles 4. Hillary Clinton Un-Friends Bernie Sanders: Says ‘nobody likes’ Bernie […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt about-face, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night that she would endorse her 2016 rival Bernie Sanders if he wins the Democratic nomination to face President Donald Trump in November. The former secretary of state had earlier refused to say whether she would endorse Sanders in an interview with The Hollywood […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Highlights of Tuesday’s session and what’s ahead as senators conduct just the third impeachment trial of a president: RULES REVERSAL A proposal by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would have imposed a tight two-day schedule for […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the Senate leader proposed a compressed calendar for opening statements, White House lawyers argued for swift rejection of the “flimsy” charges and the Capitol braced for the contentious proceedings unfolding in an election year. Final trial preparations were underway Monday on a tense […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation — a move that has become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence The size of the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two “Bad Boys” were too good for one “Dolittle” at the box office. “Bad Boys for Life” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence brought in $59 million in the U.S. and Canada to score a No. 1 debut entering the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. The action-packed, buddy comedy returned […]
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy is expected to honor a World War II hero when a new aircraft carrier is named for Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller. The announcement is expected to be made at Pearl Harbor Monday, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday. Miller was the first African American to receive the Navy […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg made a pitch to African American voters the day before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., visiting a black church in Tulsa, the site of a race massacre nearly 100 years ago that left hundreds dead and the city’s thriving African American community in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jan. 20 will mark the 25th celebration of the MLK Day of Service, an annual event which encourages all Americans to honor Dr. King through service to one another. The annual event is an opportunity for Americans to answer the call famously posed by Dr. King, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question […]