Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board might live to guard the island’s restructuring for another day. During Supreme Court arguments Tuesday, justices appeared to lean in favor of leaving the board in place. Congress created the board, which is tasked with monitoring the territory’s financial health, three years ago. Aurelius Investments, one of Puerto Rico’s creditors,
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Dallas Baptist University evacuated its campus and canceled classes following a bomb threat on Tuesday, the university announced on Twitter. DBU tweeted at 4:22 p.m. that campus police had received a “bomb and coordinated armed threat” to campus. No injuries were reported, and the campus was evacuated out of “an abundance of caution,” the school
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Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KSHB) — You never know what you’ll encounter as a police officer. One day, you may walk into a home looking for burglary suspects and walk out with a chicken. That’s exactly what happened to Kansas City, Missouri, officers on Tuesday. According to the police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NIAGARA FALLS, NY (WKBW) — A 30-year-old Niagara Falls woman is accused of being responsible for the death of a three-and-a-half month old baby who was in her care. Samantha Klein is charged with 2nd degree murder and three separate counts of manslaughter. “When you see video and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STONEHAM, MA (WCVB) — A man says one of his daughters is the driver who struck four children in Stoneham Sunday night and fled the scene. Danill DeTomasi, a father of six, is apologizing for his daughter’s actions. “I just thank God that nobody got seriously hurt (and)
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO, FL (WESH) — Markeith Loyd took the stand Monday in his own defense in his murder trial. Prosecutors rested their case and the defense began calling witnesses Monday morning. Loyd is on trial for the 2016 murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon. He’s also accused of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE, CA (KCRA) — A Roseville man is in custody after he turned himself in to police more than 200 miles away with a body in his car, police said. The man walked into the Mount Shasta Police Department station Monday and told authorities he had killed people
Continue Reading A human hasn’t landed on the moon since 1972, but NASA’s Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface by 2024. Part of that process involves upgrading the classic spacesuits worn by Apollo-era astronauts in the 1960s and 70s. NASA revealed two new spacesuits for the Artemis
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Finally, the Trump administration is taking seriously the pervasive problem of children of the powerful and politically connected trading on their family names for money and access. Too bad they’re not turning the lens on themselves. In a move that is stunningly insincere and hypocritical even by President Donald Trump’s standards, the latest strategy to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fort Collins, CO (KMGH) — Ten years ago, the world watched as a homemade balloon soared across the Colorado skies. And inside was a 6-year-old boy, probably terrified and possibly injured. Or so everybody thought. This month, Robert Sanchez, a senior staff writer with 5280 Magazine, published an
Continue Reading Sears filed for bankruptcy a year ago today. And while the company used the process to shed debt, get out of store leases it didn’t want and dodge liquidation, the last 12 months have hardly been a success. And there are signs that the store’s future may be in greater doubt than when it emerged
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOND DU LAC, WI (WTMJ) — A Fond du Lac woman says she was fired from a restaurant for standing up for her beliefs. Brittany Spencer worked as a server at Fat Joe’s Bar & Grill in Fond du Lac for the last few months. She says, Saturday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WGHP) — Three workers at the Danby House were arrested after police say they uncovered the workers abused two elderly women in the assisted living facility. Both of the victims suffered from cognitive disabilities. On June 21, police received a report of elder abuse at the
Continue Reading Even as House Republicans mount a vigorous defense of President Donald Trump amid the impeachment inquiry, some are growing uneasy about the role that Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani played in carrying out US policy with Ukraine — and say there needs to be more investigation about his efforts. Several Republicans who sit on the
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday used the “n-word” during a discussion about derogatory comments about Italian-Americans. Cuomo, a Democrat, had been discussing racial slurs and stereotypes used toward Italian-Americans and African Americans during a live radio interview with WAMC, quoted the racist term which is spelled out in a New York Times article
Continue Reading Twelve Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage here at Otterbein University on Tuesday during a swirl of news back in Washington and on the other side of the world. Since Democrats last took the stage in September, House Democrats have opened an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump for his attempts to pressure Ukraine
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Unspoilt beaches at the foot of steep cliffs, romantic winding roads, and plenty of mountain wilderness — Italy’s Mediterranean island of Sardinia has it all. But some tourists are finding the combination a little too difficult to take. Authorities in Baunei, in Sardinia’s eastern province of Ogliastra, have launched an appeal to visitors, telling them
Continue Reading Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday to two additional charges in a New York sex abuse case. The Oscar-winning actor appeared in handcuffs flanked by his lawyers, along with a police escort in front of a packed courtroom shortly after noon. He was processed and fingerprinted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF ) — Yoga is about finding your center. There’s a new trend to track down tranquility in the metro, but it’s a more alternative twist to the usually peaceful exercise. Amanda Kauffman strolled into the back room at Cinder Block Brewery Monday night with
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani will defy House Democrats’ impeachment subpoena, a letter his attorney sent to Congress on Tuesday said. Jon Sale, Giuliani’s attorney sent a letter to Congress informing them that Giuliani will not be providing documents that were requested by subpoena. The Office of Management and Budget also does not plan to turn over the
Continue Reading LeBron James has long spoken out on social justice issues, such as in his advocacy for the Black Lives Matter movement, his criticism of President Trump as a “bum” and his push to be “more than an athlete.” But on Monday night, the vocal NBA star sided with silence as he criticized Houston Rockets General
Continue Reading Wall Street celebrated on Tuesday after the latest results from corporate America suggested maybe the sky isn’t falling after all. Blockbuster earnings from the likes of JPMorgan Chase and UnitedHealth sent the Dow climbing 237 points, or 0.9%. The S&P 500 rallied 1%, while the Nasdaq jumped 1.2%. After weeks of trying to decipher the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly shattered political tradition, may find himself in another unprecedented circumstance in 2020: He could become the first president ever to be impeached by the House and then seek another term in the next election. That unique prospect could scramble the electoral calculations next year for both parties. For Trump,
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Westerville, Ohio (CNN) — Doce aspirante presidenciales demócratas subirán al escenario en la Universidad de Otterbein el martes durante un torbellino de noticias en Washington y en el otro lado del mundo. MIRA: Sigue en vivo el debate demócrata en CNN Desde que los demócratas subieron al escenario por última vez en septiembre, los demócratas de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, AR (KFSM) — Police are investigating what they are calling an inappropriate interaction between a male Springdale High School teacher and a female student over social media. On Monday (Oct. 14), the Springdale Police Department took a report at the police station from a student who attends
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — An armed-and-dangerous man who was wanted in a Winter Haven double homicide is now in custody, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a double homicide investigation near the corner of 16th Street
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Continue Reading Nota del editor: Geovanny Vicente Romero es abogado y politólogo, con experiencia como profesor y asesor de políticas públicas y gobernanza. Es un estratega político y consultor de comunicación gubernamental. Actualmente está finalizando una maestría en Comunicación Política y Gobernanza en la Universidad George Washington. Es fundador del Centro de Políticas Públicas, Desarrollo y Liderazgo RD (CPDL-RD). Las
Continue Reading Some of the White House’s most senior foreign policy officials were trying to raise the alarm about the administration’s potentially illegal activity in Ukraine well before President Donald Trump’s now notorious call with his counterpart in Kiev, according to stunning new testimony in the impeachment inquiry. Fiona Hill, Trump’s former top Russia adviser, said in
Continue Reading The end could be on the horizon for the United Auto Workers union’s four-week long strike against General Motors. GM CEO Mary Barra met with the UAW negotiators Tuesday morning, according to a union spokesperson. While she had a face-to-face meeting with union president Gary Jones and UAW chief negotiator Terry Dittes last week, this
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