Click here for updates on this story TULSA, OK (KJRH) — Oklahoma is making history after a state panel approved the commutations of more than 450 inmates. Governor Kevin Stitt signed the recommendations on Friday. Hundreds are set to be released from prison Monday and reunited with family and friends. It’s being called the largest-ever
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The Texas teen accused of killing 10 people at Santa Fe High School last year will be declared not competent to stand trial, his defense attorney said Monday. Dimitrios Pagourtzis was evaluated by three experts: one hired by the defense, an independent expert and one chosen by state prosecutors. All three agreed that the teen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KMTV) — The Nebraska Humane Society tweeted out photos of an opossum that was found recently with a rope tied around it’s neck, that had injuries from being dragged. The tweet said “This young opossum was found (Thursday) with a rope tied around his neck. He
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Brooklyn, NY (WPIX) — Police are looking for five women who allegedly threw a chemical substance at their cab driver in Brooklyn last month. The 47-year-old cab driver was dropping off five women in the vicinity of Brooklyn and Atlantic avenues on Oct. 23 when the women threw
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST LAFAYETTE, IN (WRTV) — A change in the weather brought on the symptoms of a cold for Jose Guzman Payano. Payano, a third-year engineering student at Purdue University and United States citizen from Puerto Rico, grabbed what he needed and went to pay at a self-service checkout.
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Chinese-owned social video app TikTok followed the lead of other, bigger social media companies Monday and turned down an invitation to testify in Congress, drawing scathing criticism from Republicans. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley called TikTok’s decision a “mistake,” tweeting an invitation to the company to “come and testify tomorrow about your ties to Communist
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Tom Steyer will take questions from voters in Iowa next week at separate CNN town halls held on back-to-back nights. Biden, a former vice president, will take the stage Monday, November 11, at 9 p.m. ET with CNN’s Erin Burnett serving as moderator. Steyer, a billionaire businessman, will appear
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Actress Priyanka Chopra has posted a picture of herself wearing a mask while filming in New Delhi, as the heavily polluted Indian capital grinds to a halt amid “unbearable” levels of smog. “It’s so hard to shoot here right now that I can’t even imagine what it must be like to live here under these
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(CNN Español) – Un comunero indígena y defensor de derechos humanos fue asesinado este domingo en el departamento del Cauca, según informó la Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC). La ONIC detalló en un comunicado que dos hombres dispararon contra Jesús Mestizo, cuando el líder indígena salió de su casa en el municipio de Toribío.
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Singer Kacey Musgraves is way ahead of you on the whole Christmas spirit thing. With help from some of her famous friends, Musgraves is set to star in her own Christmas-themed special for Amazon Prime Video, called “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,” debuting November 29. The six-time Grammy winner’s special will be narrated by “Schitt’s
Continue Reading (CNN) — Steve Easterbrook deja de ser director ejecutivo y presidente de McDonald’s después de que la junta directiva determinara que violó la política de la compañía, dijo la empresa el domingo. Easterbrook, quien fue nombrado CEO en 2015, “demostró mal juicio en una reciente relación consensuada con un empleado”, dijo McDonald’s en un comunicado.
Continue Reading Michael McKinley, the former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, told lawmakers last month that one senior State Department official told him he felt “bullied” by the department to not comply fully with the congressional impeachment inquiry, according to a transcript of McKinley’s comments released Monday. McKinley testified that on October 3 he
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The Mann Packaging Co. is voluntarily recalling more than 100 vegetable products sold in the United States and Canada for possible listeria contamination. The recall is in response to a notification by the Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for a potential contamination of listeria monocytogenes. The packages have a “Best
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President Donald Trump lost an appeal Monday to keep his tax returns from a Manhattan grand jury, setting up a potential Supreme Court challenge. A three-judge panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals said “presidential immunity does not bar a state grand jury from issuing a subpoena in aid of its investigation of potential
Continue Reading The Trump administration announced Monday that it will begin formally withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, the first step in a year-long process to leave the landmark agreement to reduce emissions of planet-warming gases. “Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said
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Googlers are calling on the company to address specific climate demands. In an open letter published Monday addressed to Google CFO Ruth Porat, workers are asking for a climate plan that incorporates specific asks that have similarly been set by workers at other tech companies, including Amazon and Microsoft. The four demands Googlers are calling
Continue Reading US stocks hit historic highs again on Monday. But this time the Dow joined the record-setting club as well. All three major stock indexes — the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite — finished at their highest level on record. Markets around the world were trading higher on hopes that the United States and China
Continue Reading The American job market remains tight, and banks are scrambling to find people who want to work at their branches. That’s why Bank of America is raising its minimum wage to $20 an hour in 2020 — a year earlier than expected. Bank of America said Monday it would raise its minimum wage for its
Continue Reading President Donald Trump welcomed the newest Major League Baseball World Series champs, the Washington Nationals, to a celebration at the White House Monday afternoon. “For the first time in nearly 100 years, our nation’s capital is celebrating a World Series victory,” Trump said during a celebration from the South Portico of the White House. “The
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A whistleblower’s recent bombshell revelation highlighting the US President’s quid pro quo attempts to leverage military aid to Ukraine, in exchange for an investigation into one of his chief 2020 political rivals, Joe Biden, has been supported by a rough White House telephone transcript. The accusation, which has led to a House impeachment inquiry, was
Continue Reading A version of this article originally appeared on CNN Español. The stories are making headlines in Chile: the former ministers of foreign affairs are concerned with the country’s image. After a wave of protests, the government has just canceled two big international gatherings: the meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group (APEC), with its anticipated
Continue Reading Iran has launched a new generation of advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, the nation’s nuclear chief announced Monday, the latest in a series of violations of the nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers in 2015. The announcement came as Iran marked the 40th anniversary of the US embassy siege, when Iranian students stormed
Continue Reading (CNN) — Lena Dunham recurrió a las redes sociales para contarle al mundo que está lidiando con el síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos, una enfermedad crónica que afecta las articulaciones y la piel. La creadora y estrella de “Girls” publicó el anuncio en Instagram en respuesta a la publicación de una foto de paparazzi que la mostraba
Continue Reading A transcript of the testimony of Michael McKinley, a former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and who resigned amid the Ukraine controversy, was released by the three committees leading the House impeachment inquiry. The testimony of McKinley and ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch are the first public transcripts that have
Continue Reading A transcript of the testimony of Michael McKinley, a former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and who resigned amid the Ukraine controversy, was released by the three committees leading the House impeachment inquiry. The testimony of McKinley and ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch are the first public transcripts that have
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En el departamento del Cauca, la arremetida de violencia contra los indígenas tiene bajo amenaza a los pueblos indígenas, y en los últimos días la Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia, ONIC, ha alertado sobre amenazas a la Guardia Indígena, una organización indígena civil cuya función es la protección y la defensa del
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UPS expects e-commerce shoppers to purchase and return more merchandise than ever this holiday season. The company released projected traffic figures on Monday estimating it will handle more than 1 million return packages per day in December, a record pace it expects will continue into the new year. In a press release, UPS said the
Continue Reading New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill is resigning from his post atop the country’s largest police force and will take a job in the private sector, he said on Monday. NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, who has been on the force for 28 years, will replace O’Neill, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. O’Neill
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Election Day is Tuesday in El Paso and Doña Ana counties. If you’re not sure what will be on this year’s ballot – or where to vote – we have you covered. 2019 ballot items for El Paso County residents: City of El Paso, Representative, District No. 3: Four candidates are running on the Nov.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO, CA (KGTV) — A man dressed in a Jesus Halloween costume allegedly punched a San Diego police officer during a fight in the Gaslamp Quarter. San Diego police said officers were trying to break up a brawl during a Halloween celebration on Fifth Avenue at around
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