It is bright yellow, can creep along at a speed of up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) per hour, can solve problems even though it doesn’t have a brain and can heal itself if it is cut in two. Meet the “blob,” an unusual organism which will go on display Saturday at the Paris Zoological
Continue Reading Few fashion choices receive as much public attention as those made by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, whose outfits frequently sell out after being identified online. And she appears to be using this attention to powerful ends by highlighting ethical brands and consumption habits. During her and Prince Harry’s royal tour of southern Africa, which concluded
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday redirected an attack from President Donald Trump on Twitter, turning a photo he had tweeted of her during a contentious White House meeting with the caption “Nervous Nancy’s unhinged meltdown!” into her Twitter cover shot. The image released by the White House shows the California Democrat standing with her
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The US Marine Corps said it misidentified another one of the six men featured in the iconic World War II photo of a flag being raised over Iwo Jima. The famous 1945 photo taken by Joe Rosenthal depicts six US Marines hoisting an American flag over the battle-scarred Japanese island. On Thursday, the Marine Corps
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — For an airport consistently ranked the best in the US, travelers are quick to point out what they call an eyesore at PDX, Concourse A. “When I first walked in here, I thought it looked like it could be updated,” said one PDX traveler.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CITRUS COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — A 911 dispatcher helped a father deliver his son at the family’s home on Monday morning. Brianna Springer was about 31 weeks pregnant. Her due date was in December. On Monday, she said she went into labor around 3:30 a.m. after the placenta
Continue Reading A select group of US and international airline pilots are expected to participate in the final round of simulator testing of Boeing’s new flight control system software for the 737 MAX as soon as early November, according to two sources familiar with the plans. This timeline, which has not been previously reported, is a sign
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As you age, a glance in the mirror may reveal a few fine lines, wrinkles, age spots and sagging skin. You may become more worried about the thickness of your hair, your creaking joints or a loss of muscle. Ingestible collagen, the protein supplement that’s skyrocketed in popularity, is said to help improve all of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Detroit, MI (WXYZ) — A local woman finally got the chance to come face-to-face with a sister she never knew she had. Jackie Murphy learned about her sister just last month. On Wednesday, they met for the first time at Detroit Metro Airport. The moment was 75 years
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Elizabeth Warren doesn’t just pose a threat to Wall Street. Her rising 2020 polling numbers are also striking fear in the heart of Big Oil. Warren, currently the odds-on favorite to be the Democratic presidential nominee, wants to ban fracking “everywhere.” And the Massachusetts senator pledged to immediately sign an executive order to stop all
Continue Reading The remains of Matthew Flinders, the first British explorer to circumnavigate Australia, will be reburied in his home village after being discovered under a London train station, a rail development company has said. The lost grave of the British explorer, who is credited with popularizing Australia’s name, was found under London’s Euston train station in
Continue Reading Apple’s call to action to get people to use iOS 13 is working: More than half of all iPhone models introduced in the past four years now use iOS 13. The 55% adoption rate is speedy considering the operation system was released just a month ago. In total, 50% of all iPhones now use iOS
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KTNV) — A bizarre burglary caught on camera. The man takes his time going through a home in the northwest Las Vegas valley. The man — wearing a beanie and a jacket — approaches a home near Centennial Parkway and Hualapai Way just before 7
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOZEMAN, MT (KBZK) — Montana Highway Patrol calls it a “a total miracle”: a mother and her five children all survived a severe crash in Bozeman on Wednesday after rolling several times on I-90. MHP said around noon Wednesday, a truck driver hauling a trailer of long lumber
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PARKLAND, FL (WPTV) — A 9-foot alligator was caught in a pool at a Parkland home. The trapper said he had to play with the gator in the water until it became tired, then he carried the reptile out. Trapper Paul Bedard is known as one of the
Continue Reading Many heads turned when the moderators of the fourth Democratic debate ended the three-hour extravaganza with this: “…we’d like you to tell us about a friendship that you’ve had that would surprise us and what impact it’s had on you and your beliefs.” The question, it was explained, stemmed from a recent controversy that arose
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WTMJ) — A Milwaukee Police Officer dipped into his own pocket to give a mother two new car seats for her kids. Officer Kevin Zimmermann was on patrols Saturday when he spotted a car with the wrong registration. When he pulled the car over, he noticed
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat and key figure leading investigations into President Donald Trump, has died at age 68, his office announced early Thursday morning. He died of “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” his office said in a statement. The congressman, who had represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 1996, served as the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KTNV) — Las Vegas police believe a woman who went missing back in May was strangled and injected with a poisonous substance, according to court documents released on Wednesday. 45-year-old Christopher Prestipino is accused by police of kidnapping and killing 24-year-old Esmeralda Gonzalez, according to
Continue Reading About 25,000 educators are on strike in Chicago, forcing the country’s third biggest school district to cancel classes and leaving about 300,000 students and their families to figure out where they will go. Many Chicago children depend on the breakfast and lunch provided at school as two of their daily meals. School buildings will remain
Continue Reading House Oversight Committee member Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz mourned on Thursday the passing of the panel’s chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, saying the late congressman “had unmatched integrity (and) wisdom.” Fighting back tears, Wasserman Schultz told CNN’s John Berman on “New Day” that her “heart is broken. For his family, for his community, for our country.”
Continue Reading The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee said Thursday that a rancorous White House meeting on Syria — during which top Democrats walked out after President Donald Trump began insulting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — was “belligerent from the get-go.” “The meeting started off with the President walking in and slamming down his
Continue Reading You won’t be able to feel the love tonight from Elton John. The legendary singer — who provided the music for the original “Lion King” film — says he’s not a fan of the remake. In an interview with British GQ, John said “The new version of ‘The Lion King’ was a huge disappointment to
Continue Reading As a pair of identical twin girls entered the world, they were greeted in the delivery room by two people who had been there before: Tara and Tori, the identical twin nurses working in their delivery room. After a serendipitous turn of events, the twin nurses at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Georgia
Continue Reading Add Christian Dior to the growing list of Western brands tangling with China. The French fashion house issued an apology Thursday over a map of China used during a presentation that didn’t include Taiwan. The small island is a self-ruled democracy that Beijing insists be treated as part of its “one China” initiative. The message
Continue Reading In the spirit of Halloween, Xbox is handing out new consoles like candy. All you’ve got to do is eat a couple chalupas. The gaming giant has partnered with Taco Bell to give away a bundle of Xbox goodies, including a limited-edition console that rings like a bell (get it?) when it’s powered on, a
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Two people were killed in separate traffic incidents about 90 minutes apart Tuesday night; a boy was struck and killed while crossing street in northeast El Paso, while an elderly woman died in a vehicle collision at a busy Lower Valley intersection. Police said 77-year old Matilde Martinez Romero died Wednesday at University Medical Center
Continue Reading In an extraordinary letter sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week, President Donald Trump warned that he could destroy Turkey’s economy if the situation in Syria is not contained and resolved in a humane way, CNN has confirmed. The tone of the letter is consistent with Trump’s unconventional approach to diplomacy, particularly when
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El Niño and La Niña are part of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system that can impact weather and climate conditions. El Niño features warmer-than-average temperatures in the waters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, while La Niña features colder-than-average waters. According to National Weather Service Meteorologist Jason Laney, the big player in the seasonal outlook
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History will be made this weekend as 12 of the planet’s fastest horses battle it out in the world’s richest race on turf. The Everest, held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse, is offering a record prize pot of about $9.6 million this year with the winner scooping $4.8 milliion, meaning only the $12 million Dubai
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