It's Inauguration Day, so it seems like a good time to set down for the record the state of the country that Donald Trump is inheriting. All the ending numbers for Joe Biden are below. Some are ordinary economic stats like inflation and unemployment, while others are here only because Trump has made a big ...continue reading "Here’s what Donald Trump is inheriting today"
Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages over the next six weeks. In return, Israel has agreed to free approximately 1,900 Palestinians currently held in Israel.
On a frigid holiday Monday in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump took the oath of office for a second time to become the 47th president of the United States.
(The Hill) -- President Joe Biden granted pardons to several prominent public servants Monday who have faced attacks from President-elect Donald Trump in one of his final acts in office. Biden issued pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who led the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic [...]
A passenger got out of the overturned vehicle and was walking on the interstate when they were struck and killed by another vehicle, according to MSHP.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. -- A pedestrian was killed early Monday morning in a three-vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 270 in Florissant. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, two crashes occurred around 2 a.m. near Exit 28 at Elizabeth Avenue and Washington Street. There was an abandoned vehicle on the left side of the road [...]
MEMPHIS — At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard uniforms, others with red and white signs draped around their necks that proclaim, “I Am a Man.” The visitors are of all ages. […]
Today is a day of reckoning. Today, resurgent white supremacy takes the oath of office on a day meant to commemorate a Black man who, 61 years before, stood at the other end of the National Mall and dreamt of Black liberation. The stark contrast of today forcefully reminds us that Martin Luther King Jr. […]
ST. LOUIS -- The deep cold goes all the way to the Gulf Coast. While the deep south waits for an unusual winter storm bringing snow and ice, St. Louis remains very cold but also quiet. Clear and bitter cold to start our Dr. King Day on Monday. It will be less breezy today, with [...]
There’s a ton of talk about Bob Dylan these days thanks to the biopic A Complete Unknown, but there’s another reason people should be celebrating the legendary performer.Monday, Jan. 20, marks the…