The NFL has so far kept up with a ratings boost that started a season ago. One month into its 2019 season, the league’s viewership is up around 5% compared to this time last year, attracting an average of roughly 16 million viewers across the league’s network partners, according to Nielsen data. The NFL’s viewership
Continue Reading The top Senate Democrat said Thursday President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, needs to testify before Congress after two of his associates — who helped dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden — were arrested and charged with trying to funnel foreign money into US elections. “There are now new
Continue Reading When victims of two major hurricanes applied for government loans to help them recover, a woman who helped process applications stole their identities and used them to buy things and apply for loans herself, federal prosecutors allege. Keonna Davis, 32, of Buffalo, New York, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of wire
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Time has passed but for a lot of people, the damage has stood still. That’s because a lot of people haven’t gotten the help they needed, or just couldn’t afford to fix up their homes. A group in Tallahassee are trying to help out
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Kamala Harris all unveiled plans to expand LGBTQ protections and promote equal rights on Thursday, the day of an LGBTQ town hall hosted by CNN and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The three candidates, whose plans are all similar, list passing the
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The NBA’s recent controversy in China could have ripple effects for American footwear and apparel companies. Those companies, especially Nike, have close ties to the league and its athletes but rely heavily on China for growth. Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey set off a firestorm last Friday when he tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters
Continue Reading Nearly 600 former Environmental Protection Agency officials are calling on Congress to investigate the Trump administration’s “inappropriate threat of use of EPA authority” against the state of California over recent environmental policies. Five hundred ninety-three former officials who worked under Republican and Democratic administrations signed a letter sent to the House Oversight and Reform Committee
Continue Reading Amy McGrath, a Democrat and former fighter pilot, raised $10.7 million in the first three months of her campaign against Sen. Mitch McConnell, a sign of the overwhelming desire in her party to kick the Senate majority leader out of office even if the bid seems like a longshot in deeply red Kentucky. “Mitch McConnell
Continue Reading Metallica fans better start stretching their neck muscles because the band has some headbang-worthy news coming straight for you. Metallica has announced that it will headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents’ Spring/Fall U.S. rock festivals in 2020. For a double dose of the rock legends, Metallica will be giving closing performances on both Friday
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank told a federal appeals court on Thursday that it does not hold President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Read the court filing here: cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/deutsche-bank-trump-taxes/index.html
Continue Reading Two associates of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani pushed former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions to seek the ouster of the US Ambassador to Ukraine at the same time as the associates were helping to bankroll his campaign, according to a federal indictment and campaign finance records. The indictment of Lev Parnas and Igor
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank told a federal appeals court on Thursday that it does not hold President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Read the court filing here:
Continue Reading The part of Syria that’s now under attack by Turkey has been controlled by the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the armed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), a defense force mostly made up of Kurds. Now neighboring Turkey has launched a military operation to move the Kurds away from its border and the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Deutsche Bank told a federal appeals court on Thursday that it does not hold President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Earlier this year, the House had subpoenaed the bank for financial documents for Trump and his children — Donald Trump Jr. , Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump — as well as two redacted names
Continue Reading House Democrats on Thursday issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry for documents related to the Trump administration’s contacts with Ukraine as part of the ongoing House impeachment inquiry. The subpoena was issued by the House Intelligence Committee in consultation with the House Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees. It is just the latest in
Continue Reading On Wednesday, two Ukrainian men — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman — were arrested at Dulles International Airport as they tried to board an international flight. Earlier that day, the two, according to The Wall Street Journal, had lunch with Rudy Giuliani. Yes, the same Rudy Giuliani who is President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani lunched with two associates at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Wednesday just hours before the duo was arrested at a Washington-area airport, according to the Wall Street Journal. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are business associates of Giuliani who had been working with the former New York mayor on his efforts
Continue Reading House Democrats on Thursday issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry for documents related to the Trump administration’s contacts with Ukraine as part of the ongoing House impeachment inquiry. Read the subpoena: cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/rick-perry-house-subpoena/index.html
Continue Reading Webb Weiman was 25 when his mother passed away after a decade-long battle with cancer. After the loss, his father began to isolate himself and ceased living the vibrant life he once led. “I’d come home and find my father alone in his dark bedroom,” Weiman said. “He was once so adventurous, but the loss
Continue Reading House Democrats on Thursday issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry for documents related to the Trump administration’s contacts with Ukraine as part of the ongoing House impeachment inquiry. Read the subpoena:
Continue Reading El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies were searching Thursday for a missing man who they said is in need of required medication. 27-year-old Luis Adrian Urias went missing several days ago from his home in the 4800 block of Wingard. Deputies said he was last seen walking southbound on Zaragoza Road about 8 a.m. on Monday
Continue Reading (CNN) — Se espera que una tormenta de nieve de otoño intensa y potencialmente histórica arroje varios centímetros de nieve a partir del miércoles en partes del centro-norte de Estados Unidos. Comienza este miércoles por la noche y el jueves, cuando temperaturas extremadamente bajas lleguen desde el norte. MIRA: Cantidades récord de nieve en Montana Luego,
Continue Reading Simone Biles keeps pushing her sport to new heights — literally and figuratively. The 4-foot, 8-inch gymnast just won her fifth all-around world title, demolishing the competition Thursday in Stuttgart, Germany. In doing so, she also crushed two of her own records — the biggest margin of victory ever at a world championship, and the
Continue Reading Here’s what you might have missed Thursday on CNN: — President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani had lunch with two associates just hours before their arrests as they attempted to flee the country, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. — Turkey’s president threatens to flood Europe with refugees if it describes Turkey’s
Continue Reading A new Monmouth University poll surveyed the top eight selling candies for Halloween and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups came out on top. The poll surveyed a random sample of 1,161 adults age 18 and older about their Halloween favorites. Thirty-six percent love the peanut butter and chocolate combo, while just 18% favor second place Snickers.
Continue Reading Lorri L. Jean fears the Trump administration’s systematic rollback of LGBTQ rights to the point that it sometimes keeps her up at night. With the din of impeachment drowning out other issues, the longtime activist and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles LGBT Center wonders when Democratic candidates are going to address it with
Continue Reading The debate over Facebook’s decision to allow President Trump’s reelection campaign to pay to run false ads on its platform encapsulates the awkward moral, social and civil questions that have dogged the company since 2016. Facebook’s argument is this: As a private company, it shouldn’t have the power to censor the leader of the free
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFTS) — A father in Hillsborough County is highlighting the dangerous path he and his 6-year-old son have to walk to reach his son’s bus stop. Samuel Morris took a video of the walk and shared it on Facebook. He post gained a lot of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WRTV) — The man accused of abandoning his adopted daughter after having her age changed says the girl was really an adult who had tried to hurt and kill him and his wife on multiple occasions. Michael Barnett and his now ex-wife, Kristine, have been at
Continue Reading A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for killing an unarmed black man who shoved him in a parking lot dispute. The slain man’s family embraced the sentence, saying they feel they’ve received a measure of justice. The victim’s lawyers say Michael Drejka’s punishment is a significant victory against what they
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