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Vice President Kamala Harris took her oath of office and made history as not only the first woman to hold that role, but she is also the first African American and South Asian American to achieve one of the highest positions in the land. Harris has long been an inspiration for breaking many glass ceilings in the political world. Her victory comes more than 35 years after Geraldine Ferraro became the first female VP candidate on a major party ticket when she ran alongside Democrat Walter Mondale in his unsuccessful
It has emerged that a number of video chat apps including Signal have been found to have severe security flaws. As reported by Tech Radar Google's Project Zero security team has found a worrying number of issues. With many of us plunged inside during 2020 and into 2021 video chat has been an integral part of our way of life. Zoom emerged as the major player in this space over the last 12 months. However, even Zoom was by no means immune to privacy and security issues. The company is currently under investigation
Attribution: A note left? What did the note say Trump left for Biden? Jan 20, 2021 10:27am PST by livingontop, Community Please log in or sign up to continue. No one knows and probably never will. You might surmise though that Donald Trump never wanting to miss a marketing opportunity — could it be a Mar A Lago discount coupon? Membership at half price? Trump steaks? Oh wait, those are gone...
Chris Hemsworth begins filming for Thor: Love and Thunder later this week, joining a star studded cast full of familiar faces from the MCU. Chris Hemsworth will begin filming for Thor: Love and Thunder later this week. Taika Waititi is returning to write and direct the fourth film about the Asgardian god after his critically acclaimed work on Thor: Ragnarok. That film revitalized the character of Thor after the second film, Thor: The Dark World was largely seen as a lesser entry of the burgeoning MCU. With
While the world races to vaccinate against the coronavirus, another silent pandemic is looming. Antimicrobial resistance is on the increase, and unless new drugs are found, the World Health Organization warns it could cause up to 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The UK's Oxford University has received $136 million to establish a research institute to combat the growing issue. The gift, from chemical group Ineos, is one of the largest to a British university. Fifty researchers will be based at the new Ineos
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Board of Education held an emergency meeting Wednesday afternoon to follow up on its decision of the previous week that all schools should offer some form of in-person learning for students. As of Wednesday, 52 of the state’s 55 counties have voted to provide an in-person learning option. Boards of education in Gilmer, Marion and Taylor counties have voted to remain remote, based on local COVID rates. Superintendents in Gilmer, Marion and Taylor counties all support
Actions WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have officially been sworn into office. Harris was the first to take the oath of office Wednesday, with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor administering the oath. The 56-year-old is the first female vice president of the United States, as well as the first Black person and Asian American to hold the office. Shortly after, Biden was sworn in as country’s the 46th president, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering the
Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Moenchengladbach say Breel Embolo will face Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Friday amid police allegations he attended a party last weekend despite the coronavirus lockdown in Germany. “Breel will be there against Dortmund,” said Gladbach coach Marco Rose with his team just a point behind Dortmund in the league table. “Hopefully, we will find all the ways and means to get to the truth. “I believe that Breel’s lawyers will do that now.” The 23-year-old Swiss striker was dropped
by: MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Posted: Updated: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying speaks during the daily press briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. China’s Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a “doomsday clown” and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity was merely “a piece of wastepaper.” (AP Photo/Liu Zheng) WASHINGTON (AP) — China imposed
WASHINGTON – China imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials moments after they left office on Wednesday. In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Beijing slapped travel bans and business restrictions on Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser Robert O’Brien and U.N. ambassador, Kelly Craft. Others covered by the sanctions include Trump’s economic adviser Peter Navarro; his top diplomat for Asia, David Stilwell;
Dorothy Colegrove of Anchorage, Alaska, tries to see President-elect Joe Biden as he leaves an early morning church service, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON — Quite suddenly, if only for a freeze-frame moment, everything old was new again, starting when Joe Biden stepped outside into his day and Donald Trump vanished inside Air Force One for his flight to private life in Florida. Democratic and Republican leaders worshipped together at church, just one tradition
President Biden’s faith is an important part of his life Then vice president Joe Biden with Pope Francis at the US Capitol in 2015 Joe Biden has become the second ever Catholic president of the United States. Out of the 46 presidents since the inauguration of George Washington in 1789, the only other Catholic commander-in-chief was John F Kennedy. Mr Kennedy’s Catholicism was a big issue in the 1960 presidential campaign due to perceived anti-Catholic prejudice and there were worries that it might handicap
First lady Melania Trump waves to supporters after President Donald Trump's speech at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on Wednesday. (Luis M. Alvarez / AP) Luis M. Alvarez / AP Melania Trump donned a head-to-toe black outfit in her final moments as first lady Wednesday as she left the White House. Trump often wore fashionable pieces during the presidential administration of her husband, Donald, leaving some to wonder if there was a hidden message behind some of her statement pieces. The outgoing first lady
O'Neale recorded six points (2-8 FG, 2-7 3Pt), two blocks, one rebound and one assist during Tuesday's 118-102 win over the Pelicans. While the Jazz were able to make easy work of the Pelicans, O'Neale had one of his least productive games of the season. He's been playing well recently, and in eight games prior to Tuesday, he was averaging 8.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.0 steals in 31.1 minutes. Tuesday's performance is likely just a blip for the fourth-year forward.
We've just had the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the new President and Vice President of the United States. And comic book – and comic book adjacent – took time out to watch the event, and comment online. Here are a few: Screencap: BBC Peter David: My TV is tuned into CNN where I'll be staying through the inauguration. My heart feels light for the first time in four years. I just wish the newscasters would stop misusing the word "momentarily." "We will be seeing him momentarily." No, we'll
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson looks to make a pass against the Tennessee Titans. Buffalo Bills fans continue to spread the love and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is thankful for it. In their AFC divisional-round matchup on Saturday, Lamar Jackson exited the contest early with a concussion and never returned. Due to his injury, Bills fans started donating to Jackson’s favorite charity, Blessings in a Backpack, which is based in Louisville where Jackson starred in college and won the
Get the latest BPR news delivered free to your inbox daily. SIGN UP HERE CHECK OUT WeThePeople.store for best SWAG! Noor bin Laden, the niece of deceased Sept. 11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, has spent all of her life distancing herself from and condemning the radicalism of her uncle, yet she now finds herself being linked to him all over again. Why? This time it’s happening because she’s a Trump supporter. “How ironic that I spent the past 20 years of my life condemning Islamic terrorism and
BY JEFF NOWAK | Staff writer Guest Drew Brees missed four games in the Saints' 2020 season due to 11 cracked ribs and a cracked, but those were just the injuries that were made public. According to a post from Brees' wife, Brittany, he was also fighting through major foot and shoulder injuries throughout the year. "The fact that you played this entire year with a torn rotator cuff, torn fascia in your foot, ... then later 11 broken ribs and a collapsed lung," Brittany Brees posted Wednesday morning, "makes
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 predecessors. Biden's inauguration came at a time of national tumult and uncertainty, a ceremony of resilience as the hallowed American democratic rite unfurled at a U.S. Capitol battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks ago. The chilly Washington morning was dotted
Amanda Gorman not only made history during Tuesday's presidential inauguration -- at 22, she is the youngest inaugural poet in history -- but delivered the moment of the morning when she performed a reading of her original poem following the swearing in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The poem, "The Hill We Climb," was inspired by the Capitol riots earlier this month. "Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?" she recited on Tuesday. "And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Douglas County School District middle and high school students will remain in remote learning “for the time being,” the district’s board of education decided Tuesday night. In a letter to school district families and staff, Interim Superintendent Corey Wise said having these students stay in remote learning will continue to provide consistency for students and staff while the district works to make improvements to its hybrid/in-person learning model. “Over the next couple
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Joseph R. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today, but a series of Indiana University surveys found that a significant number of Americans believe false narratives about the validity of the election that he won. Six surveys conducted by members of IU's Observatory on Social Media, known as OSoMe, point to the influence of false information posted on social media in the weeks leading up to and immediately after the 2020 presidential election. The results confirm
Today's Nintendo Switch Online deal is as good as it gets for families with the console. Right now you can get 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online for only $20.89, which is 40% off the standard price. It's also less than $1 cheaper than an individual membership. The deal is available here at Walmart via digital download while it lasts - which probably won't be for long. Note that these memberships are stackable, so this is a big opportunity to lock the membership down for a long time. Benefits of an Nintendo
(Credit: GJFD) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Early Wednesday morning, the Grand Junction Fire Department (GJFD) responded to reports of a fire on the 600 block of West Colorado Avenue. Crews arrived just after 3, and upon arrival found fire engulfing a garage and spreading to a nearby fence and a second garage-apartment. As crews made a quick exterior attack and control of the flames, residents of the properties let crews know that both structures were unoccupied. The GJFD says that one firefighter was transported
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