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U.S. House Approves $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief Bill

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The U.S. House has approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden. But even as…

Fauci: Whatever Vaccine is Available, Take it

 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says if a coronavirus vaccine is available, regardless of which one, take it. The top U.S. infectious disease expert told NBC on Thursday a third vaccine becoming available “is nothing but good news” and would help control the pandemic. U.S. regulators announced Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong…

Breaking: Tiger Woods Injured in Rollover Crash

Golfer Tiger Woods (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Authorities in Los Angeles say golf star Tiger Woods was injured in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the so-called jaws of life tools. This morning @LMTLASD responded to a roll-over collision in which @TigerWoods was injured….

Chief of Cherokee Nation Wants Jeep to Stop Using Tribe’s Name on SUVs

FILE – Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) The chief of the Cherokee Nation says it’s time for Jeep to stop using the tribe’s name on its Cherokee and Grand Cherokee models. Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said in a statement he believes corporations and team sports should stop using Native American names, images and mascots…

COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 500,000 in the U.S.

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 500,000 – a number so staggering that a top health researcher says it is hard to imagine an American who hasn’t lost a relative or doesn’t know someone who died. The virus has reached into all corners of the country and communities of every size. At the same time, many families are…

In U-turn, feds defend including undocumented in House count

This combination of photos shows people riding bicycles in New York’s Times Square, left, on April 29, 2020, and in Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Ala.(AP Photo) The federal government says the state of Alabama has no standing in trying to stop the U.S. Census Bureau from including people in the country illegally from the numbers used for divvying…

Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South

A couple walk through falling snow, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in downtown San Antonio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Many Texans finally have electricity back after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold for days. But the crisis is far from over, with 7 million in the…

NASA Rover Lands on Mars Looking for Signs of Life

This photo made available by NASA shows the second image sent by the Perseverance rover showing the surface of Mars, just after landing in the Jezero crater, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA via AP) A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red…

UCLA student with extremist views who FBI says sat in Pence’s chair is charged in Capitol riot

AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a Los Angeles college student and self-described fascist has been arrested after sitting in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair in the Senate chambers during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Officials say Christian Secor was ordered held without bail Tuesday during his first appearance in federal court. Secor is…