Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — If all goes to plan, the twin cranes swaying above the Hard Rock Hotel collapse site will be imploded within 24 hours. New Orleans Fire Department chief Timothy McConnell announced the controlled demolition at an afternoon press conference alongside Governor John Bel Edwards
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Fans at a one-night-only screening of Elton John’s biopic “Rocketman” were treated to a magical bonus Thursday night with the legend and the actor who played him performing memorable duets. Los Angeles’ famous Greek Theater hosted a screening of the film with the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra playing “live-to-picture” all of the songs featured. “I’m thrilled
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, IL (KMOV.com) — Crews responded to a home explosion in Columbia, Illinois, Friday morning. Powerhouse Skyzoom 4 was over the area where a large plum of white smoke and fire can be seen. This is on Lookout Drive. Eddy Hayes was home at the time. He said
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I share, therefore I am. I am the kind of person who posts Instagram photos (filtered, of course) from my vacation. I am also the kind of person who tweets about buying an overly-expensive piece of furniture because I fell for a sleek online ad about how it would change my life. I am basic.
Continue Reading Instead of paying interest on deposits, Swiss banks are starting to charge wealthy customers to stash their cash. Credit Suisse said Friday that the bank would apply a negative 0.75% interest rate to balances above 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million). This means that if an individual client or business holds 3 million Swiss francs
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(CNN Español) — A Ovidio Guzmán López, el hijo del Chapo Guzmán, lo liberaron las autoridades para “salvar vidas”. El presiente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador dijo este viernes que la decisión la tomó el gabinete de seguridad y que él la apoyó, pero esta medida no fue bien recibida por algunos mexicanos, aunque
Continue Reading There’s still no album yet, but we now have the movie trailer to hold us over. Kanye West has released the trailer for his forthcoming IMAX film “Jesus Is King.” The slightly more than one minute long trailer doesn’t give much away. In it, a choir sings scripture from the book of Mark, paraphrased as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story THOMASVILLE, NC (WGHP) — One Thomasville parent had a terrifyingly close call during a crash on Salem Street. Before 9 a.m. Friday morning, Thomasville police shared photos of the car crash near Winston Street. “No injuries but extremely lucky!” police said in the Twitter post. The parent driving
Continue Reading Anheuser-Busch InBev has accused rival brewer Miller Coors of obtaining the secret recipes for Bud Light and Michelob Ultra, the latest shot in a long running legal dispute. The world’s largest brewer claimed Thursday in US court documents that Miller Coors, a subsidiary of Molson Coors, has obtained the “precise recipes” for some of its
Continue Reading Described as “an anti-hate satire,” “Jojo Rabbit” seeks to strike a delicate balance in using a Hitler-obsessed boy — during Nazi Germany’s final throes — to convey that message. The result is an awkward, uneven film, with writer-director Taika Waititi conjuring some touching moments, but unable to pull off the magic act this “Rabbit” trick
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US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Friday he “didn’t see a problem” with being asked by President Donald Trump to speak with Rudy Giuliani about matters involving Ukraine. In an on-air interview on Fox News, Perry defended the President’s recommendation that he speak with Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, and denied that doing so circumvented the
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Brantley is a 2-year-old preparing for his first Halloween. Since he uses a walker because of cerebral palsy, Brantley’s mom, Brittany Morse, wanted to find a costume that would incorporate his medical equipment. So, she came up with the idea of dressing him like Carl from the animated Pixar movie “Up.” “Brantley is just over
Continue Reading Now and again in President Donald Trump’s Washington, it’s hard to believe what you’re watching with your own eyes. First, on live television, Trump’s acting chief of staff admitted a “quid pro quo,” saying that the US had conditioned aid upon Ukraine filling Trump’s political wish list — a potential abuse of power that could
Continue Reading Paul Rudd may be the most trustworthy man in Hollywood. The actor, who appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday, would not reveal the secret to his seemingly endless youth and refused to dish about his upcoming “Ghostbusters” movie. “I just finished about two weeks ago,” Rudd told Kimmel, adding that the director is Jason Reitman,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Ririe (EastIdahoNews.com) — Family and community members are mourning the loss of a baby girl who died from a rare form of meningitis this week. Harper Crider woke up with a fever on Oct. 3, and her mother, Jessica Crider, assumed her 1-year-old might have a cold. Harper
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CANBY, OR (KPTV) — Canby community members rallied around a young girl Thursday in her fight against cancer. “It’s just so crazy to see everyone behind me,” Ellie Shorter, a junior at Canby High School, said. “They are part of my army. It makes it so much easier
Continue Reading Tom DeLay in 2009, in the middle of his indictment on charges of campaign money laundering. Rick Perry in 2016, after his failed presidential bid. Now, Sean Spicer, after his brief and inglorious tenure as the White House press secretary for the Trump administration in 2017. There’s a long history of figures — pop-cultural and
Continue Reading College-aged women are as much as four times more susceptible to sexual violence than women of all ages. With that in mind, the University of New Mexico is hoping some drink coasters can potentially prevent the nightmare of sexual assault for students. Students can stop by the college’s Campus Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to
Continue Reading Dave & Buster’s is taking the Impossible Burger off its menu, and swapping it out for a competitor. “We’ve upgraded to Lightlife,” Art Carl, vice president of culinary and beverage for Dave & Buster’s said in a statement Thursday. Lightlife has been making vegan products for decades, and this year launched a burger that, like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, CA (KSWB) — After serving 80 percent of a five-year sentence, Peter Robbins, the original voice of beloved cartoon character Charlie Brown, is hoping for a comeback. “Well, I know I was certainly mentally ill, “Robbins said, “I wish I had gotten treatment earlier by professionals.”
Continue Reading Never mind the rules of Zombieland. The rules governing Hollywood dictate that anything successful gets a sequel, even if you have to wait a decade to tap into it. Those have been fruitful years for the stars of “Zombieland: Double Tap,” providing key assets to a movie that offers gore, comedy and just plain silliness,
Continue Reading Saudi Aramco is trying to pull off a monster IPO that will be a major rainmaker for Wall Street. But environmental groups are urging big banks to help save the planet by refusing to work on the lucrative deal. In a letter to Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and other leading investment banks, the environmental activists
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The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has postponed El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid later this month due to the ongoing Catalan protests. The lengthy jail sentences handed to pro-independence politicians earlier this week sparked furious protests across the region, which continued into a fourth day Thursday. El Clasico is one of the most highly
Continue Reading Samsung’s new high-tech fingerprint reader on the latest Galaxy smartphones has a major flaw: It can be fooled by the residue left by your fingers on a screen protector. The company is warning customers who own the latest Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 phones to remove their screen protectors until Samsung releases a software
Continue Reading “Maleficent” wasn’t especially good, but it scared up enough money to conjure a sequel. Happily, this five-years-later follow-up, “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” flies a bit higher, building on the central relationship while adding Michelle Pfeiffer’s regal presence as a killer queen. The first “Maleficent” actually felt somewhat out of step with Disney’s live-action movie strategy,
Continue Reading China’s growth dropped last quarter to its lowest level in nearly three decades, as the world’s second largest economy continues to feel the pain from the trade war with the United States. China’s gross domestic product grew by 6% in the three months to September 30, the weakest quarterly growth rate since 1992 and down
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, PA (WPMT) — A Lancaster man has been charged in the 2010 arson death of his wife. In a Thursday news conference, police announced they arrested Carlos Montalvo-Rivera, 52, of Lancaster County. Montalvo-Rivera is charged with homicide, arson, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, causing a catastrophe, reckless endangerment,
Continue Reading Defending the indefensible has become a cottage industry for Republican lawmakers in the era of Trump. In the days and weeks surrounding President Donald Trump’s decision last year to enforce the separation and caging of asylum-seeking children at the southern border, Republican lawmakers were largely supportive of him. In the days after a baffling news
Continue Reading Thousands of protesters filled the streets of downtown Beirut as part of nation-wide demonstrations over deteriorating economic conditions and new austerity measures. The demonstrations began in Lebanon on Thursday evening and continued into the early hours of Friday morning. Earlier on Thursday, the government had announced it would charge 20 cents per day for voice
Continue Reading Prince Harry has said that every camera flash takes him “straight back” to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. In an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby, the Duke of Sussex described the emotional toll of living in the spotlight. When asked if he feels at peace yet about the death of Diana
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