In laying the groundwork for a presidential run, Michael Bloomberg will have to do something he rarely does: ignore the data. At his company, ideas — even stories — aren’t greenlit without data to support them. If Bloomberg does run, he’ll be flying in the face of the internal polling his own team has done,
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Outside the White House on Friday, President Trump said the age to purchase vaping products in the United States could rise to 21. “We have to take care of our kids, most importantly, so we’re going to have an age limit of 21 or so, so we’ll be coming out with something next week very
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Click here for updates on this story OAK CREEK, WI (WISN) — Oak Creek police made a drunken driving arrest Sunday that officers won’t soon forget. A 911 caller said a man was swerving down the road with a bird on his shoulder. Sure enough, when police pulled the man over near Howell Avenue and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story San Diego, CA (KSWB-TV) — Chris and Tawni Raceles are still processing the sudden death of their young son Gavin, but they are already sharing the inspiring story of how their tragedy has helped save the lives of others. Chris and Tawni visited FOX 5 Friday to talk
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Attorney Alan Dershowitz has countersued a woman who claims he sexually abused and defamed her, claiming she defamed and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on him. The woman, Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, says she was a victim of multimillionaire alleged pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that Dershowitz had sex with her. Epstein died in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — Two Detroit police officers have been hospitalized after involved in a chase that was livestreamed overnight on the city’s east side. On Nov. 8 around 2:27 a.m., the 23-year-old white male suspect posted to Facebook Live that he had just filled up his 2007
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President Donald Trump said he is considering attending a parade in Russia next May, at the invite of Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he’s well aware the event will take place in the middle of the presidential campaign season. “I was invited. I am thinking about it. It’s right in the middle of our campaign
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Billionaires tend to be good at making money for themselves. Buying into the companies they control could make the rest of us richer, too. Shares in companies controlled by billionaires have significantly outperformed the global market average over the past 15 years, according to a new report from Swiss bank UBS and auditing firm PwC.
Continue Reading Winter is coming to the East Coast for the next week. The next five to seven days generally are going to bring unseasonably low temperatures to the eastern two-thirds of the US, with a first chilly round hitting Friday and a second, colder Arctic blast coming later. Friday’s cold snap could bring below-freezing temperatures to
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Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck was named as Chicago’s interim police superintendent by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday. He will fill in until a permanent replacement is found for Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who announced on Thursday he would retire at the end of the year. Lightfoot said Johnson and Beck would work
Continue Reading A massive Lordstown, Ohio, auto assembly plant is getting a new lease on life. Startup automaker Lordstown Motors announced late Thursday it has purchased the plant and all the robots and other equipment inside from General Motors for an undisclosed price. Lordstown Motors intends to start building electric pickup trucks there late next year. The
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John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have put a 21st-century spin on the classic holiday song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” which has been the subject of criticism for what some listeners see as sexist or nonconsensual lyrics. The new song, featured in Legend’s holiday album, “A Legendary Christmas: Deluxe Edition,” changes the lyrics to the decades
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Six days before they vote in what promises to be a landmark general election, Britons will be able to watch a live prime-time debate between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. What Brits won’t hear during the BBC debate on December 6 is the perspective of the Liberal Democrats, a political
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FOSTER TOWNSHIP, PA (WNEP) — Thousands of tortillas littered a road after a crash involving two tractor trailers and a car in Schuylkill County. Busy Route 901 was shut down for hours outside Minersville after a crash that left police say 40,000 pounds flour tortilla scattered all over
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Rowdy groups of bachelor parties. Backpackers asking locals to pay their way. The hordes that pour daily off cruise ships, choking up city centers. It wasn’t so long ago that tourists were (relatively) feted in the destinations they visited, with locals relishing the chance to earn money through a tourism economy. But today, with traveler
Continue Reading Lufthansa says it hopes to resume a normal flight schedule on Saturday after two days of strikes forced it to cancel 1,500 flights, disrupting the travel plans of 200,000 customers. Germany’s largest airline said in a statement Friday that flight operations will resume “as far as possible” on Saturday, but that there could still be
Continue Reading Donald Trump has a very simple view on the world: The richer and more famous you are, the better. Which is why the President is virtually certain to fixate on the likely presidential candidacy of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg, the former three-term mayor of Trump’s native New York City, is both
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Stabbings, fans appearing to make Nazi salutes as well as supporters mocking former Italian leader Benito Mussolini combined to produce a toxic atmosphere in a leading European football game Thursday. The Europa League match between Italian club Lazio and Scotland’s Celtic in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico was decided by French midfielder Olivier Ntcham’s 95th-minute winner in
Continue Reading Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a campaign for his old Alabama Senate seat on Thursday, betting that President Donald Trump will not be able to break the bond that Sessions built with the state’s voters over two decades. The announcement came a year after Trump fired Sessions from his dream job, and their relationship
Continue Reading It’s billed as the world championships for thoroughbreds, with $30 million in prize money and awards up for grabs over two days of rarefied racing. The 36th Breeders’ Cup takes place Friday and Saturday with the world’s best horses and jockeys vying for supremacy on dirt and turf at the spectacular if controversial Santa Anita
Continue Reading FOX is moving out of 90210. The network’s limited series “BH90210,” which reunited the cast from the iconic teen series set in the famous zip code, will not be returning for a second season, FOX announced Thursday. “We are so proud to have reunited in a very special summer event one of the network’s legacy
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF) — One felon is hoping there’s a life past prison. He believes it could happen if people could see past his pain. So the owner of a Northland tattoo parlor is helping him get his tattoos removed. “At a point in time, I planned
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CAMERON, MO (WDAF) — A church-state watchdog group is calling on administrators in Cameron to put a stop to coach-led prayers at high school football games. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that works to “protect the constitutional principle of separation between church and state,” said
Continue Reading Slack may be ubiquitous in offices throughout Corporate America, but the company is facing a formidable challenge from a much larger rival. That has Wall Street analysts increasingly nervous about Slack’s future. Microsoft, which is worth more than $1 trillion compared to Slack’s market value of $10 billion, is hoping to unseat Slack with its
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF) — Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay came to town Thursday to open Gordon Ramsay Steak at Harrah’s North Kansas City. It’s his fourth American restaurant by that name and first in the Midwest. The first opened in Las Vegas in 2012. Ramsay is most
Continue Reading For many years, the luxury travel sector has been undergoing a bit of an arms race. Four Seasons announced its Private Jet experience in 2015. There’s a new $50,000-per-night private penthouse suite at the Park Hyatt New York and a fleet of custom-built yachts coming from Ritz Carlton — the first voyage is in 2020.
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AUSTIN, Texas — With a combined age of 211 years, one couple in Texas has been named the oldest living couple in the world, according to Guinness World Records. John Henderson is 106 and his wife, Charlotte, is 105. The Hendersons have a love story that has quite literally stood the test of time. On
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORFOLK, VA (WTKR) — When Katheleen Blanchard saw a young girl walking up her neighbor’s door steps, she thought she was a friend of the family’s. “I called out to her and said, ‘Hello and how are the kittens?’ She said, ‘Hi’ and came down the stairs,” said
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has stepped up his outreach to Republican senators — including by helping his potential future jurors raise money for their reelection bids — as the White House prepares for an impeachment trial in the Senate that looks increasingly likely. Trump is traveling Friday to Atlanta so he can help Republican Sen. David
Continue Reading It was “Power Night” at the City of Destiny church on Sunday and Pastor Paula White was urging her congregation to pony up. “I want you to hear from God. God already spoke to me what I’m going to write out. You’re going to write your checks to Paula White Ministries,” White preached. “If God
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