A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani’s indicted associate Lev Parnas said Giuliani directed Parnas to issue an ultimatum earlier this year to a representative of incoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warning him that if the new government didn’t announce an investigation into Joe Biden, the US would freeze military aid and Vice President Mike Pence would
Continue Reading Businessman Tom Steyer began his Sunday CNN night town hall in Iowa by challenging fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who appears poised to join the Democratic presidential primary, to support a wealth tax. Steyer also promised immediate action to combat the climate crisis, promising to invoke “emergency powers” on the first day of his presidency as
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Photographer Robert Freeman, who captured some of the best-known images of the Beatles, has died, according to a Friday statement on The Beatles’ website. Freeman “created some of the most iconic images of the band,” the website states. They included the cover art for the albums “With the Beatles,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Beatles for
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(CNN) — Una vez que el presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, presente su carta de renuncia al Congreso, y dado que el vicepresidente Álvaro García Linera también renunció, la presidenta del Senado, Adriana Salvatierra Arriaza, era la siguiente en la línea para ocupar el cargo, de acuerdo con la Constitución boliviana. Álvaro García Linera (izquierda)
Continue Reading Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday that she doesn’t believe she and her fellow female senators running for president “would be standing on that stage if we had the experience” of Democratic candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The Minnesota Democrat told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that while she believes
Continue Reading President Donald Trump will hold a news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Wednesday, the same day the House of Representatives will hold the first public hearings in its impeachment inquiry into Trump. Trump and Erdogan will appear for the news conference after the pair meets, the White House
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Sections of Venice Beach in Los Angeles were blocked off Sunday after authorities discovered needles and other medical supplies had washed up on shore. Lifeguards found a “large amount” of medical supplies around 11:30 a.m. PST along the beach south of the Venice Beach Pier, according to tweets from the Lifeguard Division of the LA
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A three-day search for a California hiker has ended after he was found dead on top of a glacier in Sequoia and Kings National Park. Alan Stringer, 40, of Huntington Beach, was reported missing Monday evening when he didn’t return home after a hike, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Investigators found
Continue Reading With 86 days until the Iowa caucuses, the 2020 election will be here before you know it. Every Sunday, I will outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the No. 1 story is the most important of the coming week. Subscribe to The Point
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These days nearly every company is, or is in the process of becoming, a technology company. Major retailers have mobile apps and robust e-commerce platforms. Banks are getting into cryptocurrency. Grocery stores no longer expect customers to come inside to shop — they can place an order online and pick it up outside the store,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, anunció su renuncia en la tarde de este domingo, el mismo día en que la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) presentó las conclusiones de una auditoría que cita graves irregularidades en las elecciones celebradas el 20 de octubre y cuyos resultados lo declararon ganador de
Continue Reading “There’s something that you all need to understand,” Madonna said during her Las Vegas concert, while perched atop a piano, legs swinging. “And that is, that a queen is never late.” The mega star spoke those words to fans during the show this week, posting the video to Twitter on Saturday. And despite the cheers
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham asserted Sunday that the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is “invalid” unless the identity of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint sparked House Democrats’ probe is revealed. Graham, whose committee would be at the center of Trump’s trial in the Senate should the House approve articles of impeachment against the
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An Army combat veteran who is facing the fight of her life has joined forces with a former NFL player to raise awareness in the battle against lung cancer. Retired Lt. Col. Angela Downs served 21 years in the Army, including a 2006 deployment to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. One year ago this month
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Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — Missing Clark Atlanta University student Alexis Crawford’s body was found in a DeKalb County park Friday afternoon. Two people, Crawford’s roommate and the roommate’s boyfriend, have been arrested for the senior’s murder. In a November 8 press conference held at Atlanta Police Headquarters,
Continue Reading No matter what it looks like out your window, it’s a sunny day today, as “Sesame Street” turns 50. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. You give us five minutes, and we give you
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) dijo en un informe que es “improbable estadísticamente” que el presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, haya ganado las elecciones presidenciales en la primera vuelta realizada el pasado 20 de octubre. Tras el informe, el presidente Morales anunció la mañana de este domingo nuevas elecciones generales
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — An El Paso elementary school student has died from injuries suffered when the ATV he was riding on ended up in the Rio Grande in Sunland Park over the weekend, authorities and relatives said Tuesday. Two children and two adults were injured in Sunday’s crash, with 10-year-old Clinton Stanley suffering
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — You won’t find any upcoming games on the Lackawanna Men’s Basketball webpage. Just three games into their regular season, the rest of their schedule has been wiped clean. 29 games were cancelled. Lackawanna football players will miss gathering in the gym to watch hoops
Continue Reading Two men at a homeless encampment in the San Francisco Bay area were hospitalized this weekend after police say they were struck by arrows in an attempted double homicide. East Bay Regional Park District Police said two men and one woman were fired upon with arrows while camping in a marsh area alongside the San
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EL PASO, Texas — A pair of men with gang affiliations were arrested following a weekend fight at a Lower Valley home that ended with two other men being stabbed and seriously wounded, authorities said Wednesday. Police indicated 30-year-old Gustavo Manzo of Horizon City, and 29-year-old Jose Melendez of El Paso were booked into the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Bolivia es un país de contrastes. El país andino, cuya extensión recorre poco más de un millón de kilómetros cuadrados, es “la nación más indígena de Latinoamérica”, según Lonely Planet, tanto así que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas reconoció en 2014 a este país por proteger y preservar su cultura y
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A 20-year-old man has been arrested for voluntary manslaughter after he admitted to killing a man on Christmas Day in 2018. Hermitage Precinct officers arrested Montarious Bean on Friday on a grand jury indictment. Police say Bean admitted to shooting 18-year-old Alijah Williams after
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHEYENNE COUNTY, KS (KCTV) — There is a large grass fire in the northwestern corner of Kansas. According to Cheyenne-Rawlins-Sherman County Emergency Management, the fire spread over about “19 lane miles of highway” in the middle of the morning on Saturday. According to KWCH News, it crossed Highway
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VALLEY PARK , MO (KMOV) — A man was fatally stabbed by a neighbor during a fight in Valley Park overnight. Timothy Rall, 37, is charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree assault. Police say he and neighbor Anthony Morgan got into argument in the 700
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined others vying for the party’s nomination in taking issue with Michael Bloomberg’s potential 2020 bid and criticizing the former New York City mayor’s billionaire status. “And when people look at the White House and they see this multi-millionaire (President Donald Trump), including, by the way, independents,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A domestic dispute that led to the murder of a woman and an attempted suicide by her husband, according to the Las Cruces Police Department. It happened Saturday around 9:30 p.m. at a home in the 3100 block of Posada Court near Telshor Boulevard. Police said they found 41-year-old Amberly
Continue Reading After no invited friends showed up to his 11-year-old son’s birthday party, Jason Foster took to Twitter to crowdsource some birthday love for his little boy. Foster posted a picture of his son Kade at the birthday party last weekend, proudly repping the Toronto Maple Leafs with his Leafs shirt and a custom cake. His
Continue Reading Forget blue moons. Even more rare is when the planet Mercury passes right across the middle of the sun. The transit began on Monday at 7:35 a.m. ET. It takes more than five hours for Mercury to pass from one side of the sun to the other. The transit ended around 1:45 p.m. ET. A
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EL PASO, Texas — A father has been arrested on a murder charge after police identified his teenage daughter as the body found over the weekend in the water of the Rio Grande in west El Paso. Drownings of migrants in the fast currents along the Rio Grande are not unusual, but in this case
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