Click here for updates on this story LONGVIEW, WA (KPTV) — A woman in Longview says her dog scared off a stranger who attacked her inside her bedroom Monday night. Connie says the man moved the air-conditioning unit in her window to get inside her house near Beech Street and 23rd Avenue. She says he
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Victoria Rose Meek and her older brother, Justin, grew up attached at the boot — country music-loving, water polo-playing, singing and criminal justice majors at California Lutheran University. “I called them the fraternal twins, even though they were born three years apart,” their mother, Laura Lynn Meek, told CNN. Their passions led the siblings to
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President Donald Trump’s associate Roger Stone repeatedly lied to Congress about contacts with WikiLeaks because the “truth looked bad” for Trump and his 2016 campaign, according to federal prosecutors. Stone is on trial in Washington for charges that include lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing justice in a case that stems from former special
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Have you ever wondered why certain pop songs just make you feel so good? Researchers studying the question found that the right combination of uncertainty and surprise is what gives listeners the most pleasure. The study, published in the journal Current Biology on Thursday, involved an analysis of 80,000 chords in 745 pop songs from
Continue Reading Fidencio Sanchez, Chicago’s beloved paleta salesman whose indefatigable work ethic and generous heart charmed residents, died this week. He was 92. His friend Joel Cervantes Macias, as well as Manny Martinez of Martinez Funeral Home, confirmed his death to CNN. Dulce Sanchez, Fidencio’s granddaughter, confirmed his death to the Chicago Tribune. For years, Sanchez shuffled
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President Donald Trump keeps making a systematic effort to convince Americans to reject the actual facts of his dealings with Ukraine. Trump made 50 false claims last week. Thirteen were related to Democrats’ Ukraine-centric impeachment inquiry. This was the fifth consecutive week that Trump made more false claims about the impeachment inquiry or Ukraine than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GOODING, ID (KIVI) — Middle schoolers at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind are getting their hands on the first official braille UNO deck. “Games don’t usually have braille on them unless you put it on, so I think putting braille on things like card
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Rev. Al Sharpton, political activist and Baptist minister. Personal Birth date: October 3, 1954 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. Father: Alfred Sharpton Sr., carpenter/contractor Mother: Ada Essie (Richards) Sharpton Marriages: Kathy Jordan Sharpton (1980-present, separated); Marsha Tinsley (less than a year) Children:
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A wife and daughter of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were among a group of ISIS suspects detained by Turkish police in June 2018, after weeks of round-the-clock surveillance, a senior Turkish official has said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan first announced Wednesday that Baghdadi’s wife had been captured. Baghdadi, who died during a
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani’s fingerprints are everywhere. Despite being invisible for days after shelving his train wreck TV interviews he is emerging with President Donald Trump as the most dominant and intriguing figure in the impeachment drama. The man once feted as America’s mayor is looming over events on Capitol Hill as details of his expansive role
Continue Reading An aide to Vice President Mike Pence — who was concerned about the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and the Ukranian President — is testifying behind closed doors Thursday, the latest deposition for the Democratic-led House impeachment inquiry. An official working on the impeachment inquiry told CNN that Jennifer Williams was issued a
Continue Reading Turkey has captured the sister of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, according to a senior Turkish official, who shared an image of Rasmiya Awad’s falsified identity card exclusively with CNN. Not much is known about Awad, 65, but Ankara hopes her capture will lead to a wealth
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence’s role in the events leading to the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry is expected to come under scrutiny Thursday as a top aide testifies on Capitol Hill. Jennifer Williams, an aide to Pence and a longtime State Department staffer, is the first person on the vice president’s staff to appear before
Continue Reading The awkward camera angle is meant to hide the fact that the owner of the phone is filming, but there is no mistaking the outlines of the heavy cargo being deposited on the dock in the Yemeni port of Aden last week. The distinctive shape of the US-made Oshkosh armored vehicle stands out in the
Continue Reading The new Iran nuclear crisis is unfolding exactly how Donald Trump’s critics predicted it would. After the US President walked away from Barack Obama’s international nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, Iran started walking too. On Wednesday, it began escalating its uranium enrichment activities, injecting gas into centrifuges at its infamous underground Fordow plant. The
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Steve Carell acknowledges that he told a few lies during a Burning Questions segment on “Ellen.” But when he answered “yes” to having a favorite kid, he sounded pretty convincing. (Carell shares two children, Elisabeth, born in 2001, and John, born in 2004, with wife Nancy Carell.) “The Morning Show” actor first said his favorite
Continue Reading A Virginia Democrat who lost her 2017 race for the state’s House of Delegates after another candidate’s name was picked out of a bowl in a tie-breaker handily ousted her Republican foe Tuesday. Shelly Simonds defeated Republican incumbent Delegate David Yancey, allowing her to claim the seat she lost two years ago after a state
Continue Reading President Donald Trump asked Attorney General William Barr to hold a news conference clearing him of legal wrongdoing with regard to his phone call pressuring the Ukrainian President to investigate Democrats, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. Trump has raised the idea in conversations surrounding the ongoing impeachment inquiry over recent weeks, and
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A backdoor cold front will move into the area Thursday morning, bringing cooler temperatures and gusty winds. Expect mostly cloudy skies to continue, with overcast conditions. Temperatures will slowly warm up to near normal this weekend, with another cold front expected to arrive on Veterans Day.
Continue Reading In one of 2020’s most important swing states, voters’ views of the Democratic-led House’s moves to impeach President Donald Trump are still forming. And, in some cases, they’re more complicated than many in Washington might expect: Some Trump voters say they’re eager to see what emerges from public hearings. And some Democrats say they’re fretting
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A British police officer has been charged with the murder of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after he was Tasered three years ago. The 48-year-old former forward for English soccer team Aston Villa went into cardiac arrest after officers used a Taser on him in Telford, central England, in August 2016, according to the UK’s
Continue Reading Wednesday’s two-hour episode of “The Masked Singer” sent two different stars home, one of whom pulled a fast one on Jenny McCarthy. The competition is getting much slimmer following the latest week of performances. This week started out with 11 masked celebrities belting out tunes for the panel of celebrity detectives, including McCarthy, Robin Thicke,
Continue Reading Wreaking havoc and destruction, Hurricane Dorian battered the islands of the Bahamas in August and September. Winds reaching 180 mph killed 65 people and caused up to $3 billion in damage in the Caribbean. About 70,000 people were left homeless with more forever touched by the devastation. In the wake of this tragedy, some of
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Facing increased scrutiny, Facebook is considering making some changes to how it handles political ads, a source told CNN Business. The company, however, appears committed to its most controversial policy in this area: allowing politicians to run false ads. Facebook is considering changes to how political ads can be targeted, how ads are labeled, and
Continue Reading The first native cases of Zika in Europe have been confirmed after three people became infected with the virus in France. Experts warn that climate change could lead to more cases emerging across the continent. Three people caught Zika in Hyères, southern France, in August this year, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Continue Reading A 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker giving a speech supporting a climate crisis bill was heckled by an older member of Parliament. Her witty response baffled her audience, to the delight of millennials everywhere. Chlöe Swarbrick was speaking about the Zero Carbon Bill, which would set a target of zero carbon emissions for the country by
Continue Reading You’ve never heard of John O’Connor but you probably saw his amazing save before a crowd of Oakland Raiders fans this week. O’Connor is the transit worker whose fast moves saved a man who slipped onto the tracks as a train approached Sunday. At the time, Raiders fans were crowded onto the platform of Oakland’s
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You probably wouldn’t pay $3,500 for an augmented-reality headset that lets you play around with virtual objects in your living room. Your employer might, however, if it could help you do your job. That’s what Microsoft is betting on as it begins shipping the latest version of its HoloLens headset on Thursday, eight months after
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia’s state oil monopoly makes more money than any other company on Earth. But low oil prices, the climate crisis and geopolitical risk could deter investors from buying into the partial privatization of Saudi Aramco. The concerns may cause fund managers in London, New York and Tokyo to balk at what could be the
Continue Reading A 10-year-old boy walking home from school in Philadelphia was critically injured Wednesday when he was shot in the back of the head by a stray bullet, according to police. Philadelphia police said a man involved in the shooting has been arrested, but the gunman remains on the loose, CNN affiliate KYW reported. Authorities said
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