(CNN Español) — El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. extendió las protecciones de deportación para un puñado de países, anunció el departamento el viernes. Los ciudadanos de El Salvador, Haití, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua y Sudán continuarán beneficiándose del Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés), una forma de ayuda humanitaria, hasta
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For many, winning a big lottery jackpot is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But it looks like lightning has struck twice for Rolf Rhodes. The Massachusetts State Lottery said on Wednesday that he just won a million bucks in its “$4,000,000 Instant Jackpot” game. To grab what would become the second golden ticket of his life, Rhodes
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Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, injured in a game this week, will be out for three months with a broken bone in his left hand, the team said Friday. The injury was surgically repaired Friday, the team said. Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and has been instrumental in the Warriors reaching
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A former Starbucks regional director has sued the company for wrongful termination, alleging the company discriminated against her in the aftermath of a highly publicized arrest of two black men at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia in April 2018. Shannon Phillips, who is white, alleges she was fired the following month after 13 years with
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un avión se estrelló el viernes por la tarde en un espectáculo aéreo en Florida, causando la muerte del piloto, dijo el sheriff del condado de Martin, William Snyder. El piloto era la única persona a bordo y nadie en el suelo resultó herido, dijo el sheriff. La oficina de Snyder tuiteó una
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Apple rolled out 328 new emojis on Monday, giving users the option to select ones that are non-binary. This means that people won’t have to identify as masculine or feminine when they choose their emojis. Why is this so important? Consider that gender is, in the end, a made-up convention– and compelling people (emoji users,
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A cold front arriving from the NE will arrive late tonight and early Saturday morning. The winds will crank up primarily for the west side of town gusting to around 40 mph and making it feel colder. The winds will weaken just after 4 AM with some isolated gusts around 25 mph later in the
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A federal judge denied an associate of Rudy Giuliani’s request to lift house arrest and GPS monitoring as part of his bail condition at a hearing Friday. Prosecutors also signaled the brother of Igor Fruman, who’s accused of funneling foreign money to US campaign coffers, “could be involved” in the alleged campaign finance scheme. A
Continue Reading Utah’s governor says his state is ready to take in more refugees. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert pointed to Utah’s history as a haven for Mormons fleeing persecution. “Our state was founded by religious refugees fleeing persecution in the Eastern United States. Those experiences and hardships of our
Continue Reading Despite the collapse of its territorial caliphate, ISIS remained a growing and evolving threat even as it lost territory in Syria, a top State Department official said Friday. Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Nathan Sales, speaking just days after the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, said the terrorist organization spread its influence through affiliates and
Continue Reading Washington may have celebrated, collectively, over the Nationals’ World Series win this week, but that’s the only real recent example of Capitol Hill coming together. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call for a House vote to formalize the impeachment investigation’s procedures caused both parties to dig in their heels as the impeachment inquiry moves out from
Continue Reading An airplane crashed Friday afternoon at an air show in Florida, killing the pilot, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said. The male pilot was the only person aboard and no one on the ground was injured, the sheriff said. Snyder’s office tweeted a photo of the turboprop plane and emergency responders. The airplane was part
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As part of its investigation into an impurity found in heartburn medication Zantac OTC, the US Food and Drug Administration has found levels of the impurity “similar to the levels you would expect to be exposed to if you ate common foods like grilled or smoked meats.” Laboratory test results showed that, within the human
Continue Reading Hemp is now a bona fide American crop. The US Department of Agriculture this week posted formal federal guidelines for how hemp — the versatile cannabis varietal used for clothing, plastics, fuel and food — can be grown, harvested, tested, processed, transported and sold. The USDA also established the US Domestic Hemp Production Program to
Continue Reading (CNN) — El excongresista de Texas Beto O’Rourke anunció el viernes que dio por terminada su aspiración presidencial de 2020, horas antes de un evento en Iowa. O’Rourke dijo a sus seguidores en un correo electrónico que no se postulará para un cargo de elección popular el próximo año. Eso significa que tampoco será candidato
Continue Reading A former Georgia police officer was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for the killing of a mentally ill, unarmed and naked black man in 2015. DeKalb County Superior Court Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson gave Robert “Chip” Olsen a 20-year term, with 12 years to be served in custody. Under the sentence, Olsen is
Continue Reading A controversial policy allowing politicians to run false ads on Facebook will extend to the United Kingdom as the country prepares to vote in a historic December election, Facebook confirmed to CNN Business. The policy is being championed by Facebook executive Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom who himself once
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The message was cryptic. Just a graphic listing some dates: El Paso, TX: March 26, 2020 Las Cruces, NM: March 28, 2020 Phoenix, AZ: March 30, 2020 Indio, CA: April 10, 2020 Indio, CA: April 17, 2020 That’s enough to send fans of Rage Against The Machine in a tizzy with excitement. Could the band
Continue Reading As House Democrats build their case for impeaching President Donald Trump through a succession of closed-door depositions, a pair of Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill are quietly offering guidance to the White House lawyers responsible for crafting the President’s defense strategy. Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus
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Click here for updates on this story Harrisburg (WPMT) — Cody Binkley, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to charges connected with the May 2018 drowning deaths of his fiancée Mary Bredbenner, 25, and 3-year-old daughter Madelyn Binkley, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo confirmed to FOX43. Cody Binkley entered guilty pleas for two counts of involuntary
Continue Reading Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke announced Friday he is dropping out of the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Read his full statement below: Our campaign has been about seeing clearly, speaking honestly and acting decisively in the best interests of America. Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now
Continue Reading Earlier this year, Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a sudden windfall of money from a prominent Ukrainian oligarch who is fighting extradition to the United States and is suspected of having ties to the Russian mob, according to four sources who spoke with Parnas. This summer, Parnas told potential business associates
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hawley (WNEP) — Newswatch 16 is learning more as to why two 16-year-old boys reportedly plotted to kill a man in Wayne County. Those teenagers are being charged as adults after going to the man’s house in Hawley a week ago. Investigators say it was on a section
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EL PASO, Texas — Former three-term El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Friday afternoon that he is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. O’Rourke made his announcement via social media; many staffers at his campaign headquarters in downtown El Paso hadn’t yet been told of his decision when the word went out. “I
Continue Reading Google announced plans on Friday to acquire Fitbit, the world’s leading maker of wearable fitness activity trackers. The deal, worth about $2.1 billion, is one of Google’s largest acquisitions. The wearable market is growing quickly. Although Google makes some hardware, including Pixel phones and Nest devices, it hasn’t made much headway into smartwatches and other
Continue Reading One person has died and hundreds of thousands of people remain without power after storms swept through much of the eastern US on Halloween. A man died after he got out of his car and was swept away by flooding in Norway, New York, state officials said. The man, who was not identified, had “failed
Continue Reading A granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died of an accidental overdose, according to her death certificate filed Friday in Massachusetts. Saoirse Kennedy Hill, 22, was the daughter of Courtney Kennedy Hill, one of the 11 children of the late presidential candidate and Ethel Kennedy, the environmental and human rights activist. Kennedy Hill had acute methadone,
Continue Reading The America Civil Liberties Union is suing multiple government agencies to release records on how facial recognition technology is being used, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit was filed in US District Court in Massachusetts against the US Department of Justice, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The complaint says the suit
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CONYERS, Georgia (Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen) — A man dressed as a clown in Conyers on Halloween found out that clowning around isn’t always the best thing to do after it was found he was wanted on a warrant out of Butts County. According to a report from the Conyers Police Department, an officer
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In an interview with the Washington Examiner on Thursday, President Donald Trump floated an idea. “At some point, I’m going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat on live television, and I will read the transcript of the call, because people have to hear it,” he said of his July 25 call with Ukrainian
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