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BY MIKE PATRICK REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN 179 WATERBURY — If it weren’t for Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries, Yaitza Pena said, she’d have no other way to provide for her 9-year-old daughter, Angenid, for Christmas. On Tuesday, her daughter picked up a new toy – a doll – and she picked up Christmas dinner from GWIM. The charity is one of several offering meals and more to the desperately poor during the holiday season, and taking safety precautions because of the COVID-19 coronavirus...

>> ive got some rough numbers. i see that most of the coverage, about 90%, goes to stores with easy labels, stray bolts, caught in the crossfire, multiple victims, a child, a police officer and a few other things im probably forgetting. about 90% doesnt fit under any of those. if news value calls from deviation from the norm, roughly one person has been killed every day the last 25 years and the ability. the one person killed to...

racism, racial preference, i hate the word racism. racial preference is to the fight on television, right? so, they can talk about why you will not be part of the program. in codes that never say its because of his race. people do not connect with you. we do not need to many -- two of you at the same time. i had someone tell me, you fill our attractive black man slot. i was like, im done. i will not the back to this show. they say things like that out loud and they consider it to be ok...

companies. its interesting to me. its something you care deeply about. its an aspect of your life that you are devoted to making sure that people eat or trying to encourage people to eat more healthyfully. you think the companies are not right. the only problem i have with this. this is what i would like you to explain that right is; of course, in the eye of the beholder. and, you know, i can go out and find five environmental activists who think that all companies are not right. becau...

75-year-old is going to get another $6,500 to get the same health care they have now. ladies and gentlemen, we have a totally different view. we strengthen medicare, we have a plan to make it work all the way. weve expanded, extended and paid for the changes in medicaid. look at what they do in education in terms of the middle class. their budget the same budget they are fighting look the devil for an i bet across the way the silver el fans are making the case about this -- elephant ar...

wrote for this location. aam not the likely voice of holocaust survivor. i presume that there are more likely torchbearers in the room. one might assume a black woman may not relate to this history. wrong is wrong. in justice speaks values the matter what side of the line you are on. weemember as a student learned about the holocaust and what appeared to be one day. i was unable to walk away. i saw how little my textbook had to say. speak years i resolve to out against the evils of thi...

would be unemployed. people are looking for work and cannot find it. another 3 million people dropped out of the system because they cannot find work. we have a systemic problem, and yes, people have to take care of themselves, that we have a system that is busted, failing the american people. lets go to the technology question. what you are doing is very important, making america more competitive. technologyroducing at an enormously rapid rate from the 1940s to the 1970s. ivity of the...

hello, everyone. we begin with a late breaking announcement from house democrats that they have settled a brewing leadership battle by creating a brand new office for congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. with the democrats losing control of the house, they also lost one of the traditional leadership offices setting off a contest between clyburn and steny hoyer of maryland. the new arrangement announced by nancy pelosi allows the two men to retain prominent spots in the house demo...

were getting our first look inside a journal written by kidnapping survivor jaycee dugard. the girl kidnapped when she was 11. this during her 18 years of captivity, diary entries from the early 90s when she was under her captors spell to recent years when she was desperate for freedom. plus is peta taking it too far? the animal rights group is calling out the duggars likening the family to dogs. here is the slogan on petas new billboard, doggies multiply faster than duggars. compari...

right now major developments in afghanistan. the challenges for next weeks election makes a stunning announcement. and a nightmare and neighborhood on edge. two main claiming to be police officers kick in a home in south earn virginia. well have a search for the suspect. >> people are hoarding ammunition in fear. >> ammo business has been recession proof. and fears and dangers behind the rush to get looked and loaded. >> good morning. we have those stories, plus a consumer alert. rea...