Click here for updates on this story TACOMA, WA (KCPQ) — Thursday is Halloween, and for many families, that means putting the finishing touches on costumes and filling candy bowls. However, for thousands of kids and their families in western Washington who are experiencing homelessness, costumes and candy are the last things they are thinking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KPTM) — It has been quite the morning for one member of the Omaha metro. Omaha Police, via a Twitter post, stated someone tried to steal a pickup Thursday morning. The truck was in the area of 99th and Fort Streets near Grandridge Apartments. According to
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A court has dismissed the first climate lawsuit to be brought against the German government. For now, three German families have been thwarted in their attempt to sue Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration over its failure to meet climate protection targets, a spokesman for the administrative court in Berlin told CNN. But they are still hopeful,
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Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, a former Republican turned independent, voted with House Democrats to approve a resolution to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The final vote on the resolution was 232-196, passing largely on party lines. Amash, who left the Republican Party in July, joined his Democratic colleagues to
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At least 70 people were killed and 30 more injured in a fire that engulfed a train in Pakistan on Thursday morning, after a gas canister that passengers were using to prepare breakfast exploded. The train was passing through the town of Rahim Yar Khan, in the south of Punjab province, when a stove blew
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More than 200,000 people, half of them children, have fled their homes following massive floods that have left most of a town in central Somalia under water, Save the Children said on Thursday. People have been evacuated using tractors and boats from neighborhoods that have been submerged in water in Beledweyne town after days of
Continue Reading Joseph Akinfenwa, aka Joeboy, is one of Nigeria’s fast-rising music artists. The 22-year-old went from singing in his bathroom to topping music charts in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria in the space of a few months. In 2017, unsigned, he released a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” The cover made it into the Instagram
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(CNN) — ¿Estás buscando un lugar para obtener todo para Halloween? Bueno, abróchate el cinturón porque aquí encontrarás todo lo que necesitas saber. De disfraces y dulces a controversias: aquí está todo lo que podrías querer saber este Halloween. Disfraces ¿Realmente deberías usar ese disfraz? Antes de cualquier cosa, date una pasada a nuestra práctica
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A package of marijuana has been retrieved from the nose of a man 18 years after he smuggled it into prison, in what doctors have described as the first case of its kind. According to the team who reported on the case in the British Medical Journal, the man received the drugs wrapped in a
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A federal appeals court nominee broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, reacting to a scathing letter against his confirmation by the American Bar Association after it conducted 60 interviews and concluded that he was “not qualified” for the judicial branch. Lawrence J.C. VanDyke grew emotional, with his face turning red
Continue Reading Thousands of high school seniors are on the brink of missing a college application deadline. Countless more could lose a chance at scholarships. And those are just a few of the many unexpected consequences of the Chicago teachers’ strike. “It’s heartbreaking, really,” said Ian Bacon, a senior at Jones College Prep high school. His cross-country
Continue Reading Julien Cooper remembers the flames licking his property in 1980 when a devastating wildfire destroyed his neighborhood in San Bernardino, California. All but a few houses burned in that fire — including his parents’ and the neighbor’s. Now, another blaze is wreaking havoc in the area, bringing back traumatic memories. Cooper, 53, who still lives
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Epicures searching for foie gras in New York City will have to look elsewhere starting in 2022. New York will ban restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, after the bill passed the city council Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office confirmed to CNN in an email that he will sign the bill into
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Más de 300 agentes respondieron a un enfrentamiento entre reclusos en el interior del Centro de Reinserción Social Morelos, en México, que dejó a seis reclusos muertos el miércoles, informó la Comisión Estatal de Seguridad Pública. Según el Gobierno de Morelos, el motín se desató durante la mañana del miércoles. Cuatro agentes
Continue Reading There’s a reason why women and feminists these days are so quick to refer to Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” when it comes to describing America’s abortion politics. The latest eerie resemblance between our present day society and the one set in the book can be seen playing out in Missouri,
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Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment plunged more than 15% after the sports entertainment company reported sales that missed forecasts and lowered its profit outlook. The company attributed the weaker forecast to its inability to sign a new TV deal in the Middle East. WWE stock has been a major loser on Wall Street this year,
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In another major defection from the newsroom of Fox News, Catherine Herridge is joining CBS News as a senior investigative correspondent. Herridge, Fox’s chief intelligence correspondent, was a founding employee of Fox News in 1996 and a leader in the network’s Washington bureau. She was in talks to join CBS before Shep Smith, also a
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s reelection campaign made a seven-figure television ad buy during the final game of the World Series Wednesday night, checking off the President’s accomplishments and going after his perceived enemies in Washington. The Trump campaign ad depicts how the President is “changing Washington.” Notably, the ad highlights the recent death of ISIS leader Abu
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The Washington Nationals have clinched their first World Series title after defeating the host Houston Astros 6-2 in Game 7 on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. This is the first time in World Series history that the road team has won every game. Anthony Rendon and Howie Kendrick homered to power the Nationals, who
Continue Reading The Champagne and beer flowed continuously in the Washington Nationals clubhouse after the team won its first World Series in franchise history. And for the first time, Juan Soto — who turned 21 on Friday — could legally drink with his teammates. “I’m thankful to be celebrating this with my first beer with these guys,”
Continue Reading A tiny volcanic island located right in the middle of the South Atlantic, St. Helena is without a doubt one of the world’s hardest-to-reach places. In fact, its inaccessibility led the British to choose it as a prison island for Napoleon Bonaparte, who was exiled here in 1815. Napoleon never lived to make it off
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An already stellar season for Ashleigh Barty got even better when the Australian advanced to the semifinals at the women’s year-end tennis championships by downing familiar foe Petra Kvitova in straight sets. Barty started the year 15th but rocketed up the rankings after making a maiden grand slam quarterfinal on home soil, winning the Miami
Continue Reading When the Washington Nationals needed him, pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivered. After a dominant postseason ending with the first World Series title in franchise history, Strasburg was named World Series MVP. He’s the first No. 1 overall pick to be named a World Series MVP in MLB history. Strasburg, in his 10th season, led Washington to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story North Carolina (WGHP) — Loretta Clodfelter, 80, doesn’t consider herself a thrill-seeker. For the most part, she enjoys the simple things in life like spending time with family – but her children and grandchildren have all come to learn that even granny gets adventurous from time to time.
Continue Reading When the economy under President Barack Obama posted quarterly growth of just 1.9% in 2012, Citizen Donald Trump tweeted, “The economy is in deep trouble.” That same reading Wednesday was celebrated by the Trump Commerce Department, which issued a statement that highlighted other achievements and tweaked the media. The statement said: “…the U.S. economy continues
Continue Reading Disney+ will launch November 12, a fact that’s hard to miss if you watch any of the TV networks that the studio owns. That raises a question that won’t be sorted out for some time: Are media companies hastening the decline of their existing networks as they pivot to a streaming future? Think of it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — There’s no denying terms of service agreements can be lengthy. Whether you’re signing up for a new app, a new site, or updating your phone, you’re usually asked to read one and agree to it. “Am I going to spend 15 minutes reading a
Continue Reading Vampire bats may be bloodsucking creatures of the night — but they also form strong friendships and help each other out in times of need, a study has found. The study, published in the journal Current Biology on Thursday, found that vampire bats who formed social bonds in captivity maintained those bonds even after they
Continue Reading Internship application processes can be grueling, but one student found a unique way to expedite the process. Gursimran Singh, a second-year computer science student at Georgia Tech, lives directly across from the offices of the Fortune 500 tech company NCR in Atlanta. In fact, he can see many of the company’s offices and conference spaces
Continue Reading Kristen Fenty has been waiting 13 years for a change in the survivor benefits for military spouses that would mean thousands more dollars per year. Now, renewed action in Congress has her feeling hopeful that her wait is over. Her husband, Lt. Col. Joe Fenty, was killed in action in Afghanistan on May 5, 2006.
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