Earlier this week, the conservative Daily Caller website asked the offices of each of the 53 Republican senators whether they opposed the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. Just seven of them said yes. Which is, well, verrrrrrry interesting. The seven who did confirm they oppose impeachment to the Caller are: Sens. James Inhofe
Continue Reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long championed human rights. Now, the 86-year-old’s decades of service have earned a nonprofit of her choosing $1 million. The Supreme Court associate justice won the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture for her contributions to social justice and general equality, the prize jury announced Wednesday. Known in some circles as
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Four American Airlines flight attendants were arrested at the Miami International Airport and charged with money laundering after bringing large amounts of cash into the country, police said. The airline says it’s working with law enforcement on their investigation. The flight attendants were going through a routine customs check Monday during the time of their
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Click here for updates on this story Suttons Bay, MI (WNEM) — A couple from Suttons Bay won the $80 million Powerball jackpot on Sept. 21. The Michigan Lottery announced the winners during a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Phillip and Dawn Chippewa, the jackpot winners, were in attendance with their seven children and
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Kelly Clarkson kicks off each episode of her new daytime show with something she calls “Kellyoke,” a cover of a recent or classic pop song. Kellyoke covers include “Juice” by Lizzo, “Think” by Aretha Franklin, One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful,” among others. When the performance is over, the singing switches to talking, with Clarkson
Continue Reading KALISPELL (KPAX TV) — Kalispell Regional healthcare reports a data security breach earlier this year may have involved the personal information of nearly 130,000 KRH patients. Kalispell Regional said this summer several of it’s employees were victims of a well designed email that led them to unknowingly provide their hospital login credentials to hackers. In
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLORENCE (KPAX TV) — There have been numerous mountain lion sightings in Ravalli County over the past several weeks. The Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning on Monday for a mountain lion seen in the South Shoshone Loop area near Hamilton . MTN News spoke with Montana
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THOMPSON FALLS (KPAX TV) — Sanders County Sheriff Tom Rummel tells MTN News that a woman accidentally shot her daughter while grouse hunting this season. Wayde Cooperider with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says the woman — whose name is not being released — got out of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RONAN (KPAX TV) — It’s been more than 18 months since a young Ronan woman was killed in the Mission Valley after court documents say she was pushed out of a moving truck. In that time, we’ve heard a lot about the defendants in the case, the court
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Three young girls — all under the age of 10 — were found living in a house with 245 animals, police said. Among them were four dogs, 10 sugar gliders, a hedge hog, 14 birds and 60 adult rats with 23 babies. You couldn’t walk anywhere without stepping on debris, or animal urine or feces,
Continue Reading Warning of “growing signs of weakness” from front-runner Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday offered up a solution for Democrats searching out an understudy: himself. “To those Democrats who are looking for an alternative right now,” Booker said at the National Press Club in Washington, “I want to make the case today
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(CNN) — Los demócratas han revelado la que puede ser su prueba maestra y su quid pro quo después del giro más consecuente y dramático hasta ahora en su investigación de juicio político sobre el presidente Donald Trump. En otro día alucinante de una presidencia que está tallando uno de los pasajes más turbulentos en
Continue Reading A missing 20-year-old cadet was found dead Tuesday night at West Point, the military academy said in a news release. Cadet Kade Kurita from Gardena, California, had been missing since Friday evening. The cause of his death is under investigation, but foul play is not suspected, the release said. “We are grieving this loss and
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Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment, aka the WWE, have been sent crashing into Wall Street’s turnbuckle this year and are in danger of being pinned to the mat. You would think this would be a great time for the WWE: It has new TV deals with Fox and Comcast’s USA that are financially beneficial for
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EL PASO, Texas — A gas odor on Wednesday morning prompted the brief evacuation of students from Western Hills Elementary School. Originally feared to be a possible gas leak, Texas Gas officials told ABC-7 the odor was caused by boiler maintenance work being performed to get ready for cold weather. Students could be seen standing
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is a lightning rod on Capitol Hill, but his wife, however, apparently is not. In her first solo visit to speak with lawmakers in the Capitol, Melania Trump on Wednesday morning was warmly welcomed, leading a bipartisan roundtable discussion on opioids. Participants included Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Chuck Grassley of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles, CA (KTLA) — A measles patient visited Disneyland last week while contagious and could have exposed others to the disease, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said Tuesday. The patient was at the theme park on Oct. 16, between 9:15 a.m. and 8:35 p.m.,
Continue Reading The Trump administration has tried multiple times to cut billions from foreign aid programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and other countries, despite President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated claim that fighting corruption in Ukraine is a top issue for his administration, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The Post, citing White House budget documents, noted that
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Paul McCartney has made a new music video for animal rights group PETA in a campaign to end animal testing. Billboard debuted the animated video from the Beatles legend which is set to his 1993 protest song, “Looking for Changes.” McCartney, an outspoken animal rights activist, donated the song to PETA’s campaign to end experiments
Continue Reading President Donald Trump made 87 false claims last week, using relentless dishonesty to defend his dealings with Ukraine and his decisions on Syria. Trump made 40 false claims last Thursday alone, including 30 at his campaign rally in Dallas. Thirty false claims is his highest total for a single rally during the 15 weeks we’ve
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Researchers have found an unlikely but compelling example of sex bias in the natural history collections of museums around the world. The fact is that visitors are more likely to find male than female specimens in the Natural History Museum in London or the Smithsonian in Washington. Natalie Cooper, a researcher from the museum in
Continue Reading The House has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The PACT Act — which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture — was approved by the House on Tuesday. The bipartisan act, introduced by Florida congressmen Ted Deutch and Vern Buchanan, will revise a previous law passed in 2010. “The
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The Florida man who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn child, and who allegedly killed a police officer during the ensuing manhunt, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. A Florida jury unanimously voted not to recommend the death penalty for Markeith Loyd. He was convicted last week of first-degree murder, first-degree murder
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, FL (WFTS) — A Hillsborough County homeowner’s attempt to kick trespassers off of her property ends with police putting her in handcuffs. ABC Action News has learned, the two-day dispute from mid-October has sparked an internal investigation by the Tampa Police Department. Linda Meade bought her first
Continue Reading An incident at an Education Department employee’s office that was initially believed to be vandalism was in fact an act of gravity, an internal investigation by the department found. A framed poster of Ruby Bridges, a famed American civil rights activist, was found shattered on the employee’s office floor in the initial incident. Other items
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — San Diego Harbor Police Tuesday arrested a man accused of attacking a teen Syrian refugee on board an MTS trolley, sparking a hate crime investigation. According to police, 26-year-old Adrian Vergara was arrested on an unrelated misdemeanor narcotic charge. During his arrest, Vergara
Continue Reading Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. These elements were scattered across the universe in a kilonova — similar to a supernova — after the initial fireball. Now, astronomers have also
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PONTIAC, MI (WXYZ) — The Pontiac School superintendent is speaking to 7 Action News about a recent video circling on social media, showing a student being viciously beaten in a classroom. Superintendent Kelley Williams says this recent video of violence is disturbing and is shining a negative light
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWARK, OH (WEWS) — The iconic Ohio basket, that was once home to the Longaberger Basket Company, is going to be converted into a luxury hotel, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The plans to turn the basket into a luxury hotel will take place sometime in 2020, according
Continue Reading The 372-million-year-old fossils of tetrapod — creatures that evolved from fish living in water to creatures that walked on land — have been discovered by researchers in Russia. And given how well they were preserved, we can tell this was one weird-looking creature. Had humans been around at the time, they might have seen large,
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