One of two Wisconsin counties that conducted recounts of their presidential votes spent nearly $730,000 on the effort ByThe Associated Press December 22, 2020, 4:17 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MADISON, Wis. — One of two Wisconsin counties that conducted recounts of their […]
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Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
In her last weeks working the freight shift at the local J.C. Penney store, Alexandra Orozco took out her phone and hit record. The 22-year-old shot a video of the giant black-and-red ’Everything Must go!” posters, and posted it on TikTok in October. “Slowing losing my job,” she wrote below, […]
Pair of passengers exit NYC flight via slide before takeoff
A Delta spokesperson says a New York City flight was halted after a man and a woman carrying a service dog exited the aircraft using an emergency slide ByThe Associated Press December 22, 2020, 3:25 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article NEW YORK — […]
7-year-old girl shot on Baltimore–Washington Parkway
Authorities say a 7-year-old girl has been hospitalized for a gunshot wound she suffered during a shooting that closed off the northbound lanes of a highway in the Washington, D ByThe Associated Press December 22, 2020, 1:04 PM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article RIVERDALE, […]
Senator: Treasury Dept. email accounts compromised in hack
Dozens of email accounts at the Treasury Department were compromised in the massive breach of U.S. government agencies being blamed on Russia By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press December 22, 2020, 11:45 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON — Dozens of email accounts at […]
Consumer relief: COVID bill to end ‘surprise’ medical bills
People with private health insurance will see the nasty shock of “surprise” medical bills virtually gone, thanks to the coronavirus compromise passed by Congress By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press December 22, 2020, 11:47 AM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WASHINGTON — People with private […]
US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
NEW YORK — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months. But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is […]
House passes COVID-19 relief bill, measure now heads to Senate
The $600 payments will go out next week, Mnuchin says December 22, 2020, 2:25 AM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The House passed a $900 billion COVID-19 rescue package in an overwhelming vote, 359-53, Monday night. The COVID-19 relief bill was attached to a […]
Navalny says Russian agent accidentally admitted to poisoning him
Kremlin critic releases audio where agent seems to acknowledge plot. December 22, 2020, 1:37 AM • 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said he has duped a Russian intelligence officer into accidentally admitting his and other officers’ roles in Navalny’s poisoning […]
Suspect on the run after allegedly shooting police officer while handcuffed
A massive search for a fugitive shown on security video shooting a Pennsylvania police officer three times while in handcuffs stretched into its second day on Monday as authorities warned that the runaway suspect is a danger to the community. As police fanned out across suburban Pittsburgh in search of […]