Click here for updates on this story LENEXA, KS (WDAF) — On the first day of October, Susan Leichter’s Lenexa neighbors know what they can expect. “Everyone expects this from us,” she said. “We’re known as the Halloween house.” But this year, Leichter has outdone herself. Her usual over-the-top decorations (a zombie woman in a
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When his son was born, Tom Hardy and his wife pledged to treat him like any other kid. But not every kid gets to rock Halloween costumes that would fit in nicely on a Hollywood set. Hardy custom-builds elaborate costumes that fit his 15-year-old son Tommy’s wheelchair. And rather than stare at Tommy because of
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Turns out, Jimmy Carter will be teaching Sunday school in Plains, Georgia, this weekend. Maranatha Baptist Church, where the former President has taught for years, announced on Tuesday that Carter had made a recovery and would indeed be back on November 3, despite an earlier announcement that he would have to miss this week’s session.
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Paramount Pictures and Skydance have canceled the red carpet premiere for its new film “Terminator: Dark Fate” due to wildfires impacting Los Angeles. The premiere for the movie had been scheduled to take place Monday in Hollywood and bring together stars of the film, including Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Luna and Mackenzie Davis. “In
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The six-week strike at General Motors will end up costing the automaker about $2.9 billion, the company said Tuesday. Nearly 50,000 hourly GM workers went on strike starting September 16, two weeks before the end of the quarter. It ended on Saturday, October 26. GM lost money because factories in the United States, as well
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The House Judiciary Committee argued to a federal judge on Tuesday it has an “urgent” need for access to grand jury secrets from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Trump administration had appealed a decision giving the House access to the details by Thursday, and is asking the courts to step in to pause
Continue Reading “S.O.S” spelled out with rocks saved a woman missing in a national park for days, according to the National Park Service. Mary Joanna Gomez, 56, was found alive and safe in Sequoia National Park after her disappearance sparked a major search operation, a news release said. Gomez was in California’s Bay Area from Mississippi on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEL AIR, MD (WMAR) — A day of fun on the water completely flipped Ryan Perry’s life upside down. After a jet ski trip on the Susquehanna– Perry’s health unexpectedly started to go into a free fall. “I ended up going to the ER the next day because
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A Michigan produce company has recalled nearly 2,300 cases of fresh apples that could be contaminated with listeria. North Bay Produce said the recall affects branded bags of Red Delicious, McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Fuji, Jonathan and Jonamac apples and in non-branded white and plastic bags. The varieties were shipped between October 16 and 21 to Florida,
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (21%) and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (18%) are in a close race among likely voters in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Former Vice President Joe Biden stands a shade behind at 15%, and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — A former Portland pharmacist who recorded more than 70 people with hidden cameras in two separate workplace bathrooms was sentenced to prison Monday. Johnny Tuck Chee Chan, 35, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and must register as a sex offender. He
Continue Reading The House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump are seeking testimony from Robert Blair, an assistant to the President and senior adviser to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a source familiar with the request told CNN. The committees investigating Trump have requested Blair — who was on the line
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General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and a group of other foreign automakers are seeking to become a party to a legal battle between the Trump Administration and the state of California over whether California can set auto emission rules for itself and 13 other states that have chosen to follow its lead. The automakers say
Continue Reading Dave Chappelle on Sunday accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award is considered the highest accolade in comedy and recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society in the vein of 19th-century novelist and essayist Samuel Clemens, better known by his pseudonym, Mark Twain. “I love my art form because
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Two Italian soccer players have been given one-match bans for blasphemy after being filmed taking God’s name in vain while out on the field of play. Sassuolo’s Francesco Magnanelli and Parma’s Matteo Scozzarella were handed their punishment Tuesday after league officials examined television pictures of the incidents that took place last weekend. Magnanelli played in
Continue Reading The United States is on track to not admit any refugees in October, after already canceling around 500 flights this month, CNN has learned. A pause on admissions that was expected to lift on Tuesday will now extend into November, leaving those who expected to resettle in the US in limbo. It also means additional
Continue Reading You didn’t really think that Kanye West would just drive around and participate in “Carpool Karaoke” did you? Instead the rapper and provocateur took to the skies in a plane with James Corden and more than one hundred members of West’s Sunday Service Choir for a spin on Corden’s “Late Late Show” segment. West has
Continue Reading If Tom Brady, 42, can play football at a high level until he hits 45, it may be further proof that he is superhuman. The New England Patriots quarterback made his weekly appearance on Jim Gray’s radio show on Westwood One, and he reiterated his desire to play until he hits 45. “Yeah, I certainly
Continue Reading The US Air Force’s X-37B space plane landed Sunday back on Earth after spending 780 days in orbit, the longest mission in the mysterious military test program’s history. The uncrewed plane, which looks like a small space shuttle, conducted in-orbit experiments that could then be brought back to Earth for examination, according to the Air
Continue Reading House Democrats are calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to testify next month about the delay in canceling the debt of thousands of defrauded former for-profit college students. The request comes days after a federal court judge found DeVos in civil contempt for failing to stop collecting on some of the loans and fined the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPLE, TX (KXXV) — The mayor of Temple declared October 28 as Bobby Henry Day in honor of a dedicated hospital worker with Down syndrome. Bobby Henry is a 27-year employee of McLane Children’s Hospital. He has Down syndrome and is one of the most dedicated and punctual
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Bulgaria’s national soccer team has been ordered by UEFA to play its next home game behind closed doors as punishment for the “racist behavior” of its fans during a Euro 2020 qualifier against England. The Bulgarian Football Union has also been fined $94,000 (€85,000) for the “racist behavior of its supporters and the throwing of
Continue Reading(CNN) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (21%) and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (18%) are in a close race among likely voters in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary, according to a new CNN poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Former Vice President Joe Biden stands a shade behind at 15%, and South Bend,
Continue Reading A rare tropical cyclone barreling across the Arabian Sea has reached the intensity of a Category 4 hurricane, becoming the strongest storm recorded in the area for 12 years. Currently a couple of hundred miles off the coast of Oman, Tropical Cyclone Kyarr reached peak strength in the past two days, with winds of around
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE /SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PA (WNEP) — A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on Monday. A TSA officer spotted the gun in an x-ray machine during a checkpoint. Avoca police responded, confiscated the gun and questioned the man from
Continue Reading Abortion regulations were in the news earlier this year, with highly restrictive state bans making national headlines. Republican-leaning states, emboldened by the conservative-majority Supreme Court and efforts by the Trump administration to roll back abortion protections, have pushed more extreme limitations to the procedure. But where are those laws now? The short answer: Nowhere. Of
Continue Reading We were just sitting down for dinner on Sunday night when videos of the flames leaping around Interstate I-80 in California suddenly appeared across my wife’s phone. She held up her screen so I could see it from across the table, and we paused before eating, talking quietly about the horror of the moment and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — She’s grown up with pit bulls her whole life, and now Ashlyn Wasik from Lakeview is raising money to help pit bulls in foster care. Ashlyn says she thinks bully breads can sometimes have a bad rep and wants to change that. “I don’t
Continue Reading A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s state law limiting access to abortions. Read the ruling and injunction here: cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/ruling-blocking-al-abortion-ban/index.html
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