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By Patrick Goodenough | April 27, 2021 | 4:29am EDT Then-Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Zarif in New York in April 2016. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – Facing calls for his resignation, President Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry on Monday denied as “unequivocally false” claims that he had informed Iran’s foreign minister about covert Israeli military strikes against Iranian facilities in Syria. The claim cam...

US stocks hold steady near record high as investors digest more earnings reports insider@insider.com (Carla Mozée) © Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images Traders work on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images Stocks rose Tuesday following record highs for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite. Alphabet and Microsoft will join the lineup of corporate earnings reports. The Federal Reserve will sta...

Nathans Famous Brings Back 5-Cent Hot Dogs for First Time in More Than 100 Years © AFP via Getty Images Nathan’s Famous hotdog stand is open on the boardwalk at Coney Island amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 24, 2020 in New York. – Parts of New York state that saw fewer virus cases have already begun to ease lockdown restrictions, but they have yet to be lifted in New York City, the former virus epicenter in the US. The city’s beaches will remain closed for this long Memorial Day wee...

    The Minnesota judge presiding over the trial of Derek Chauvin denied a defense motion on Wednesday to acquit the former police officer facing murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd. Chauvin, who is white, was seen in a video taken by a bystander kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as the handcuffed 46-year-old Black man complained repeatedly that he “can’t breathe.” Defense attorney Eric Nelson said prosecutors had failed to prove their case ...

Channels Television   Updated April 14, 2021 In this file photo taken on June 19, 2020 protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge over the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police during a Juneteenth rally in New York. – His name is chanted by demonstrators around the globe.  (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)     George Floyd died from cardiac arrest brought on by heart disease, illegal drug use and other factors, a retired forensic pathologist testified on Wednesday at the murder trial...

    A respiratory doctor testified Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen and that police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee was on his neck almost all the time he was facedown in the street with his hands cuffed behind his back. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist, told the jury at Chauvin’s murder and manslaughter trial that he had watched videos of Floyd’s May 25, 2020 arrest “hundreds of times.” “Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen,” Tobin told the nine-woman, five-...

By Kristin Apr 7, 2021 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has some super fun rides, some more loved than others. Upgraded Points released their list of the Top 10 most popular rides at the Disney parks, and Im shocked that my favorite didnt even make the list! The survey looked at all four parks, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disneys Hollywood Studios, and Disneys Animal Kingdom to come up with the list. Far and away the favorite ride of all is Space Mountain. That tops the list for people in 13 ...

By Kristin Apr 7, 2021 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has some super fun rides, some more loved than others. Upgraded Points released their list of the Top 10 most popular rides at the Disney parks, and Im shocked that my favorite didnt even make the list! The survey looked at all four parks, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disneys Hollywood Studios, and Disneys Animal Kingdom to come up with the list. Far and away the favorite ride of all is Space Mountain. That tops the list for people in 13 ...

PITTSBURGH - The Hotel Indigo East Liberty at 123 North Highland Ave. in Pittsburgh must answer in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to a lawsuit filed regarding an alleged bed bug infestation.  Plaintiff Lakeshia Harrell rented a room at the Hotel Indigo on August 27, 2020, the March 26 lawsuit says. The defendants allegedly did not disclose whatsoever that the hotel was infested with bed bugs.  Harrell woke the morning after her overnight stay covered in bed bug bites, which caused...

Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs as stimulus-fueled optimism continues egraffeo@businessinsider.com (Emily Graffeo) © Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images Traders work on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020 in New York. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images US stocks gained at the close with the Dow reaching a record closing high as investors cheered the passage of the stimulus bill. One strategist says retail in...