Three people on a film set were critically hurt in an explosion that sparked a grass fire near Los Angeles on Tuesday, authorities said.The blast was reported around 4:45 p.m. in a mixed use industrial neighborhood of Santa Clarita, said [...]
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Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures of the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, reports said, as communications were cut to the capital.Phone and internet access to Naypyitaw was lost and State [...]
Video above: Historic second impeachment case against Trump now in the U.S. Senate's handsFormer President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers just over a week before his Senate trial is set to begin, two people familiar [...]
Related video above: How responsible is social media for the U.S. Capitol riots?Donald Trump's departure from the White House shattered the hopes of some QAnon conspiracy theorists who said they believed he would expose a worldwide cabal of devil-worshipping pedophiles.While [...]
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” [...]
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A handmade crocheted doll inspired by the viral inauguration meme of Sen. Bernie Sanders raised more than $40,000 for Meals on Wheels America when it was sold in an online auction Tuesday.The maker of the doll, Tobey King, placed it [...]
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At least two people were injured when a police officer responding to a report of a street race plowed his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him and were pounding on the car's windows in downtown [...]
EVER GIVEN AWAY IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. >> TONIGHT WE HAVE ANOTHER LIFE-CHANGING JACKPOT. REPORTER: AS THE NUMBERS WERE DRAWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE CONEY MARKET IN THE TINY WESTERN MARYLAND TOWN OF LONACONING WAS ABOUT TO BE PUT ON [...]
the pneumonia hitter, and it just came with a vengeance. It was just awful, Kourtney Bucknam says. Cove in 19, took the life of her 36 year old sister, Ashley Bennett, just days after giving birth. She truly was put [...]
COVID-19 vaccinations will not only help stop the virus from spreading, they will also hamper the coronavirus' ability to mutate into new variants, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday."Viruses don't mutate unless they replicate," Fauci, the director of the National [...]
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed" as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his [...]
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The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are still growing.The Powerball prize is now an estimated $730 million after there was no winner Saturday. If a winner doesn't pick that annuity option, the one-time cash option for this jackpot is $546 [...]
Officials were prepared this weekend for potential unrest ahead of Inauguration Day, but the small groups of protesters that gathered at state capitols across the country were dwarfed by the heavy presence of law enforcement.Demonstrations remained small and peaceful as [...]
The quest to find a potential date never stops, even if, say, you're a rioter who broke federal law by invading the Capitol.A tweet by attorney Allison Norris where she told the tale of an acquaintance who matched with "MAGA [...]
Maya Angelou is the latest addition to Barbie's "Inspiring Women" series.Barbie says the women of this series were risktakers who "changed rules and paved the way for generations of girls to dream bigger than ever before."Angelou's career includes a national [...]
Disneyland Resort does away with Annual Passholder program Updated: 8:51 PM EST Jan 14, 2021 Disneyland is getting rid of its Annual Passholder program.The announcement came from Ken Potrock, the president of Disneyland Resort, on Twitter.Potrock cited the continued uncertainty [...]
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Rep. Jamie Raskin's 25-year-old son, Tommy, killed himself on New Year's Eve and was buried the following Tuesday. A day later, a violent mob launched a deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol that forced Raskin and his colleagues to evacuate.Now, [...]
The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though similar rules for other drugs have been suspended during the public health emergency.Eight [...]
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment in the wake of the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol last week.The resolution, [...]
A Central Florida lawmaker is calling on the state to boycott social media companies after Twitter permanently shut down President Trump's account. The account was shut down in the wake of last week's Washington D.C. riots. "They're dividing and divisive, [...]
$3 million has been directly deposited into the account of the Easterseals of Northeast Central Florida. "That doesn't happen to organizations like ours. It's amazing," President and CEO Bev Johnson said.Johnson says when she got a call in early December [...]
A Sanford firefighter who was photographed inside the U.S. Captiol building during riots last week is now facing federal charges. Andrew Williams is charged with disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to federal records. He made an initial appearance in [...]
Prosecutor says initial Capitol charges are ‘only the beginning’ Updated: 3:29 PM EST Jan 12, 2021 Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said there already have been charges in over 70 cases, and he suspects that number to grow into the [...]
Orlando Magic game Wednesday night postponed due to COVID-19 Updated: 2:21 PM EST Jan 12, 2021 The Orlando Magic game Wednesday night against the Boston Celtics has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Celtics’ organization. The game was [...]
Cooler temps on the way Updated: 12:57 PM EST Jan 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IN THE AIR. IT WAS LIKE -- JASON: LET’S GET OVER TO ERIC BURRIS. ERIC: WE HAVE HAD SUCH LITTLE SPRINKLES IT’S NOT WORTH [...]
GoFundMe will no longer allow people to fundraise for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events after pro-Trump protesters used the platform to rake in cash ahead of storming the U.S. Capitol."Due to the violence, GoFundMe has removed numerous [...]
A judge has halted the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and then [...]
The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said Tuesday.Health and Human [...]
Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands [...]
Officials say a Florida sheriff’s deputy with one shift left before retirement was intentionally hit and killed by a man who was fleeing law enforcement. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said late Monday Corporal Brian LaVigne was set to retire [...]
An AdventHealth vaccination site opens Tuesday near Orlando International Airport.An appointment is required, and only certain groups of people can get the vaccine.The following is from AdventHealth officials:Community vaccination event at Orlando International Airport:All appointments for COVID-19 vaccines at AdventHealth’s [...]
Tracking some showers Tuesday Updated: 5:51 AM EST Jan 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KELLIANNE KLASS IS OVER AT THE WEATHER ALL -- WHETHER WALL, AND SHE DID A LITTLE DISCO. IT SEEMS TO BE HER JAM. KELLIANNE: NOT [...]
Monday marked day six for three Fairfield, California, firefighters who were sent to a Los Angeles County hospital to help with the COVID-19 surge.Firefighters said they hit the ground running as people of all ages come in nonstop as COVID-19 [...]
A Syracuse, New York, baby spent much of 2020 in the hospital fighting two health battles, and not winning. Kasen Donerlson was already fighting liver disease when he received a diagnosed for COVID-19.Kasen's mom, Mitayah Donerlson, traveled across state lines [...]
Johnson & Johnson is working on a single dose COVID-19 vaccine shot.While Health Officer Dr. Raul Pino for the Department of Health in Orange County says he has not received any detailed information on the vaccine, he added this: "A [...]
Jennifer Davis lost her job as director of catering and special events at a small restaurant chain within 15 minutes of Maryland shuttering bars and eateries in mid-March.Nearly 10 months later, Davis is still looking for work. A 20-plus-year veteran [...]
This college football season had a series of stops, starts and ripped-up schedules because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite its unevenness, the 2020 season did conclude — and with a familiar team at the top.For the sixth time under [...]
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WESH 2’S PAUL RIVERA REPORTS ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. PAUL: OF THE SEVERAL TOPICS THEY TALKED ABOUT THE MAIN FOCUS , STAYED ON THE COVID VACCINE AND HOW IT CAN GET TO MORE PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE [...]
President Trump issues emergency declaration for President-elect Biden's inaugural Updated: 8:49 PM EST Jan 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript So are you out all afraid of taking your outside e these guys along? Um uh, I'm not afraid of [...]
Brevard fire crews rescue child stuck in tree Updated: 8:58 PM EST Jan 11, 2021 A child in Palm Bay received a bit of help from the Brevard County Fire Department after getting stuck in a tree.Brevard County Engine 83, [...]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged in his annual address Monday to vaccinate millions of residents and jumpstart the state's flagging economy — even as more than 10,000 New Yorkers continue to test positive for COVID-19 each day.The governor's State [...]
Video of a manatee spotted in a Florida river with ‘Trump’ etched into its back has been given to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for investigation. Boat Capt. Hailey Warrington shared information about the case Monday with WESH 2 [...]
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf is stepping down from his post, days after criticizing President Donald Trump over the riot at the U.S. Capitol.Wolf said in a message to staff Monday that he would step down at 11:59 p.m. [...]
Some of America's biggest companies are suspending donations to Republican Congress members who objected to the Electoral College's votes.The growing list of those corporations, including American Express, BlueCross BlueShield, Commerce Bank, Dow and Marriott, comes after a pro-Trump mob breached [...]
