The Coast Guard is searching for a 26-year-old man who was reported overboard from a Carnival cruise ship Thursday evening. The Carnival Dream departed Galveston, Texas, Thursday on a four-day cruise when the guest went overboard, Carnival said in a statement to CNN. “Based on camera footage, it appears the guest jumped from his stateroom
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President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the US military would continue securing oil fields in Syria while also suggesting that America’s onetime allies in the fight against ISIS, the Syrian Kurds, consider moving to the region that houses those oil fields, a move that would see them relocate from their traditional homelands to a desert
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Another Western company has been plunged into damage control mode because of tensions with China. Italian luxury car brand Maserati said in a statement that it has asked a local dealer affiliated with the brand to cut ties with the Golden Horse Awards, a festival held in Taiwan that is billed as Asia’s equivalent of
Continue Reading A Major League Baseball umpire has apologized for his tweet about buying an assault rifle over the impeachment inquiry. “I want to personally apologize to everyone that my words made feel less safe,” Umpire Robert Drake said in a statement obtained by ESPN. “I also acknowledge and apologize for the controversy this has brought to
Continue Reading For more than five years, mutilated bear carcasses appeared all over the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Many were missing their genitals and gall bladders. To solve the mystery, the state’s Forest Department set up a special task force. Ritesh Sarothiya, head of the task force’s wildlife division, told CNN that its agents had
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(CNN Business) — Google afirma que ha diseñado una máquina que solo necesita 200 segundos para resolver un problema que le tomaría a la supercomputadora más rápida del mundo 10.000 años resolver. La velocidad alcanzada por la computadora representa un avance llamado “supremacía cuántica”, según una publicación de blog de la compañía y un artículo
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — “The Irishman“, la película que Martin Scorsese había intentado hacer por años hasta que consiguió el apoyo de Netflix, se estrena en algunos teatros el 1 de noviembre y en la plataforma de streaming el 27 de ese mes. Esta es una lista poco tradicional de las películas que debes ver del
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One of Harvey Weinstein’s most vocal accusers has filed suit against him and his former attorneys for allegedly attempting to discredit her rape claim against him. Attorneys for actress Rose McGowan filed a racketeering lawsuit against Weinstein, his former lawyers Lisa Bloom and David Boies and their firms, as well as Black Cube Strategies, an
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Joe Biden criticized the involvement of President Donald Trump’s family members in the White House, saying his own children “are not going to have offices in the White House” if he is elected president. During an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate called the
Continue Reading As the Chicago teachers’ strike drags on, educators and union members formed a road block and locked arms Thursday during civil disobedience training. “Whose streets?” chanted Beth Menz, a vice president at SEIU Healthcare Illinois Indiana, who was one of the instructors. “Our streets!” they chanted in reply, sitting on the street together. In a
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education were held in civil contempt by a federal judge on Thursday and ordered to pay damages to student borrowers who took out loans to attend a now defunct for-profit college. The judge had previously ordered the Department of Education to stop collecting on the loans. But
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las personas con niveles más altos de grasas trans en la sangre pueden tener entre un 50% y un 75% más de probabilidades de desarrollar enfermedad de Alzheimer o demencia por cualquier causa, según un nuevo estudio publicado el miércoles en la revista Neurology. “Este estudio demuestra que hay resultados negativos ‘cerebrales /
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EL PASO, Texas — The city of El Paso and Great Wolf Lodge will have to come up with a new development agreement after state laws took effect governing rebates and incentives for hotels and resorts. The proposed development will be in northwest El Paso at Interstate 10 and Paso Del Norte. When built, it
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The El Paso Bar Association is hosting their annual Access to Justice Free Legal Clinic. A number of local attorneys and legal organizations will be available to give free advice for any of your legal questions. The event is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the El Paso Community College Valle Verde
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EL PASO, Texas — October is Bullying Prevention Month. It’s the perfect time for parents to sit down with their children and talk about this ever growing problem. Here are some statistics to consider: • More than one out of every five (20.8%) students report being bullied, according to 2016 findings from the National Center
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A Portland postal employee was arrested after police say he stole new phones out of their boxes at the Northeast Portland Processing and Distribution Center. Rico Manuel Alvarez, 23, is facing one count of aggravated theft in the first degree and 19 counts of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A now-former Greensboro firefighter was arrested after he allegedly kept a collection of pornography on a computer at a fire station. Months after launching the investigation in May, police arrested Joshua Hall, who was a Greensboro firefighter up until resigning earlier this month, on
Continue Reading A kayaker in Florida is being hailed as a hero by police after he rescued an 81-year-old woman who was trapped inside her submerged car for hours. Rob Goodman headed to Higel Marine Park in Venice, Florida, on Thursday morning to go kayaking, which he tries to do every week, he told CNN. He ran
Continue Reading Nearly two weeks after Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old African American woman, was killed in her own home by a white Fort Worth police officer, hundreds gathered to mourn her. A pastor read the crowd a letter from her mother. A large photo of Jefferson lay next to her casket, which was blue — her favorite
Continue Reading Attorney General William Barr’s probe into the intelligence and origins of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation is now a criminal investigation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The so-called investigation of the investigators is led by John Durham, a Connecticut-based federal prosecutor, who so far has conducted some interviews but also has run into
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America is in the middle of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, and when it comes to heterosexual transmission, it’s hitting women the hardest. Why is that? Simply put, because “STDs are biologically and psycho-socially sexist at all levels,” said Dr. Hunter Handsfield, a professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Washington Center for
Continue Reading There’s zero question that President Donald Trump has moved the Republican Party to the right — tonally and on things like immigration policy — over the past few years. What is less well-covered is how far Democrats have tacked to the left in recent years, and how there appears to be some level of unhappiness
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The Thai King has fired six palace officials for “severe disciplinary misconduct,” only days after stripping his royal consort of her titles and military ranks. According to two official notices from the Thai Royal Household on Wednesday, King Maha Vajiralongkorn dismissed six officials and stripped them of their ranks. They range from officials in the
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Surveillance video of a transgender immigrant who died in ICE custody may have been deleted while investigations into her death were ongoing, lawyers representing her family said Wednesday. The company that runs the facility says their cameras automatically overwrote the video. The attorneys said the footage could be key evidence revealing the events leading up
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EL PASO, Texas — Windy conditions Thursday night resulted in debris on power lines that triggered a power outage for nearly 5,000 electric customers in far east El Paso. El Paso Electric Company crews went to a spot along Zaragoza to remove the debris and restore power. The outage, which occurred about 6:25 p.m. impacted
Continue Reading Subaru of America is issuing two recalls for more than 400,000 vehicles. The recalls cover as many as 466,205 late-model Imprezas and Crosstreks, Subaru said in a statement to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Information Administration. The first recall impacts 2017-2019 Imprezas and 2018-2019 Crosstreks, and relates to the engine. Power may continue to
Continue Reading Quentin Tarantino’s latest release, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” is being re-released in theaters with an extra 10 minutes. Starting Friday, fans will be able to watch four new scenes of previously unseen footage, bringing the updated movie to nearly three hours long. The longer version will be shown in more than 1,000 North
Continue Reading As the Kincade Fire torched swaths of Sonoma County, California, on Thursday morning, a menacing flaming spiral stretched skyward while a bystander looked on. The moment was captured in a striking photograph by Kent Porter, a photojournalist with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. You’re looking at a weather phenomenon known as a fire whirl, per
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Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California, a first-term lawmaker who has gained wide notice for her forceful grilling of corporate executives in congressional hearings, plans to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president, two people familiar with the decision told CNN. Porter, who captured a historically Republican district in 2018, is one of the highest-profile members
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — The Pennsylvania SPCA announced that its agents removed 93 animals from a self-proclaimed rescue organization in Lebanon County on Wednesday, due to concern over the welfare of the animals. Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen, Humane Law Enforcement Officers took 83
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