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By Grace James CASTAIC, Calif. (mocsnews.com) — A wildfire broke out Saturday near Castaic, resulting in the California Highway Patrol’s closure of Interstate 5 in both directions, according to officials. The fire, known as the Route Fire, was reported by The U.S. Forest Service shortly before 5 p.m. The Route …

By Stephen Lloyd WASHINGTON D.C. (mocsnews.com) – Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been around since the 1970s and has recently entered the political spotlight in 2020 with the former president, Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13950 titled, “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping”. Which has since been revoked by the current president, …

By Maria Illarramendi CHATTANOOGA , TENN (mocsnews.com) – Recently, with the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Daunte Wright there has been a lot of speculation on how police funding is being handled. This is widely being considered now because of the recent decision of Minneapolis to disband their …

By Stephen Lloyd Kayla Stissel, a first-year student at the University of Florida, gets her first COVID-19 vaccine from UF nursing student Taylor Collins at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville on April 5, 2021. Brad McClenny ATLANTA, GA (mocsnews.com) – As nearly half of the adult United States population …

By KIMBERLY MERFERT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (mocsnews.com) – Over three decades after NASA sent the spacecraft Magellan into Venus’s orbit in 1989, NASA is returning to hot, humid Venus, Earth’s closest, most ignored neighbor in the solar system. During his first address to NASA employees on Wednesday, Bill Nelson, the …

By Jessica Coco | mocsnews.com               The dress Princess Diana walked down the aisle in nearly 40 years ago is on display at the late princess’s former London home.             The taffeta-ruffled white dress designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel. Its 25-foot (8 meters) sequin-encrusted train helped give the fairytale …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (mocsnews.com) — Lawyers of former President Donald Trump label the impeachment case as an act of “political theater” while accusing House Democrats of exploiting their trauma for the advancement of their party.  Preparing for the trial of their careers, defenders are ready to challenge both the constitutionality of …

By PATTY NIEBERG and JAMES ANDERSON Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shootings bought a firearm at a local gun store after passing a background check, and he also had a second weapon with him that he didn’t use in the attack that killed 10 …

CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) — A third round of Economic Impact Payments, EIP3, will take effect in March. President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan aims to develop a national vaccination program, reopen schools, deliver immediate relief to working families, and support struggling communities. One of the notable changes from the previous stimulus payments, referred to as EIP1 and EIP2, …

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.The Minneapolis …