Ohio police are urging trick-or-treaters to carefully sift through their Halloween stash after two people said they found razor blades hidden inside candy wrappers. One of the people found a blade and cut a finger while sorting through their candy on Halloween night, Colerain Township Police spokesman James Love told CNN. The person went to
Continue Reading It’s a tiny country in West Africa, but 80% of Gabon is covered in tropical rainforests, which has given rise to the country’s second highest export — timber. The country manufactures and exports veneer, thinly sliced hardwood that is laid over produced wood to give furniture, cabinets, and floors a polished look. Gabon is the
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President Donald Trump continued criticism of the city of Chicago and its crime rate Friday, despite new numbers from the Chicago Police Department showing a significant drop in murders and shootings in October. The Chicago Police Department announced early Friday that Chicago experienced the lowest number of shootings and murders in any October since 2015.
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ExxonMobil is finally cashing in on America’s shale oil boom. But soft crude prices are dinging the oil giant’s bottom line. Exxon said Friday its third-quarter profit tumbled 49% to $3.2 billion as stronger production was overwhelmed by lower prices. Wall Street was bracing for an even steeper decline. Like other oil titans, Exxon was
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Click here for updates on this story Asheville (WLOS) — An undocumented immigrant convicted of child sex crimes is now back in ICE custody. Torres, who was arrested in Asheville in May 2017, was released from the Buncombe County Detention Center earlier this week, despite a detainer request from ICE. “I think there’s a need
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Try to read this story and not hear the song in your head. Too late. If you aren’t hearing “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey in your mind, you shall soon hear it everywhere else. The song celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and even Carey is excited. Early Friday she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Buncombe County (WLOS) — When auto repair shop owner Bruce Henderson went into work Thursday morning, he hoped to close early so he could take his grandchildren trick-or-treating. At 9:30 a.m., Henderson was carjacked. “For a moment, I thought it was some kind of joke,” Henderson said, describing
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(CNN) — Las familias esparcen grandes cantidades de pétalos de caléndula, encienden velas para sus seres queridos y algunas incluso se maquillan de coloridas calaveras. Bienvenido al Día de Muertos. La fiesta mexicana se celebra durante los primeros dos días de noviembre y no tiene nada que ver con Halloween. Es una oda a la
Continue Reading “American Son” possesses considerable power in its premise, while wrestling with the claustrophobic aspects of transferring a stage play to the screen. Ultimately, the subject matter wins out, yielding a flawed but brisk 90-minute Netflix presentation that reunites the cast headed by Kerry Washington. The entire drama unfolds within a Miami police station in the
Continue Reading Errol Morris directed “The Fog of War,” which appears to have motivated former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon to sit down with him for “American Dharma.” The meeting yields a contentious but not especially illuminating documentary, which could just as easily be titled “My Dinner With Steve K.” Bannon is obviously a source
Continue Reading US Steel is losing money again. The steelmarker reported its first loss since early 2017, about a year before the Trump administration imposed 25% tariffs on steel imports in 2018. Those tariffs were designed to help reduce competition for the domestic steel industry and allow companies to add jobs and production. The tariffs did give
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro raised $800,000 in the last 10 days of October, a fundraising figure that he said was necessary in order to continue his campaign. The Castro campaign received more than $1 million in October from “nearly 50,000 donors,” according to a campaign statement, and on Thursday the campaign enjoyed its best
Continue Reading A new survey of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers from the New York Times and Siena College finds a tight top tier of four in Iowa, with no clear leader in the first state to weigh in on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. In Friday’s poll, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has the support of
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EL PASO, Texas — Emergency dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed in east El Paso on Friday morning. The stabbing happened around 6:20 a.m. at the Circle K gas station and store on Montana and Geronimo, just north of Bassett Place. At the scene, a white
Continue Reading The bodies of two women were recovered from Red Slate Mountain in California following a three-day retrieval effort. Jennifer Shedden, 34, and Michelle Xue, 22, were well-equipped for climbing the steep mountain segment, but officials believe the pair was struck by falling rocks and killed. The two set off Saturday to climb the mountain. They
Continue Reading (CNN) — Cada año, el 1 de noviembre muchos católicos romanos y otros cristianos en todo el mundo celebran el Día de Todos los Santos, que honra a todos los santos de la iglesia que han alcanzado el cielo. En la Iglesia Ortodoxa del Este, el Día de Todos los Santos se celebra el primer
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump, un nativo de Nueva York, ahora se ha declarado residente de Florida, según documentos judiciales. El presidente cambió su residencia permanente a su Club Mar-a-Lago en Palm Beach, Florida, a fines de septiembre, y la primera dama Melania Trump hizo lo mismo en octubre, en formularios presentados ante el
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Wearing a No. 6 Springboks shirt, South Africa’s new democratically-elected president Nelson Mandela handed over the Web Ellis Cup to captain Francois Pienaar. The trophy presentation after South Africa’s victory in the Rugby World Cup final on home soil, little more than a year after the end of apartheid, became one of the most iconic
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Pro Bowl tackle Trent Williams, who ended his holdout with the Washington Redskins earlier this week, says he had a cancerous growth on his scalp and his team didn’t do anything about it. “It was cancer,” Williams said Thursday. “I had cancer. I had a tumor removed from my skull, attached to my skull. It
Continue Reading The economic expansion that was borne out of the ashes of the Great Recession is ancient by historical standards. Spanning more than a decade, it’s the longest period of uninterrupted economic growth in American history. And the expansion is beginning to show its age. The manufacturing sector is shrinking. Business spending has contracted for two
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Hobbits toke on pipes in the Shire. James Bond smokes while outsmarting foes and wooing women. Freddie Mercury and his bandmates puff on cigarettes as Queen rockets to stardom. The lead characters in some of the decade’s most successful films still smoke on-screen. The number of times tobacco use appeared on-screen in PG-13 films jumped
Continue Reading Miley Cyrus let us all in on her Halloween night, posing in a series of pictures and videos with new boyfriend Cody Simpson, who was dressed as Billy Idol. Cyrus, dressed as British dancer and actress Perri Lister, and Simpson played Idol’s tunes as they kissed and snuggled. At one point during the night, they
Continue Reading México se prepara para celebrar el Día de Muertos. Conan, el perro “héroe” en la operación contra al-Baghdadi, visitará la Casa Blanca. Investigadores están pagando para infectarte con el virus de la gripe. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Aprueban reglas del proceso al juicio político de
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The most important number coming out of the House vote Thursday to formalize the rules of the impeachment investigation is this one: 0. (Get it? One? Zero? Right? Right!) Zero is the number of House Republicans who voted for the formal rules. Not a single one. Which is, plainly put, a win for President Donald
Continue Reading Five million New Delhi children will be given face masks by the government as the city battles heavy smog so toxic that it threatens to force schools to shut. India’s capital — which has been ranked the most polluted city in the world — experienced hazardous levels of pollution on Friday afternoon, shooting up to
Continue Reading When Mary Keitany was a young girl the journey to and from school was 13 miles. Mostly she walked, but other times she ran carrying her heavy books along the dusty roads of Baringo County in eastern Kenya where her rural village was located. If that regime combined with her determined mindset and natural athletic
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A third accuser has emerged in the Cuba Gooding Jr. sexual misconduct case. Gooding has now been charged by police in three separate incidents, on three separate dates, involving three separate accusers in New York. In total, Gooding now faces three counts of forcible touching and three counts of sex abuse in the third degree.
Continue Reading If you are into fantasy, go ahead and take December 20 off of work. That’s the date Netflix is releasing its series “The Witcher.” The streaming giant made that announcement via a trailer. “The Witcher” is based on the best-selling series of books by Andrzej Sapkowski that has been adapted into popular video games. “‘The
Continue Reading In her final speech on the House floor Thursday, Democratic US Rep. Katie Hill of California apologized more than a half-dozen times for mistakes that led to her resignation from Congress. But she also made a powerful statement about the misogynistic culture that led to her downfall — promising to fight on “for a future
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Back in 2013, MotoGP was at a crossroads. Stung by criticism that top class racing had become dull and predictable, it was undergoing a technical revolution. Having ditched its unloved 800cc engines, perhaps the chief enemy of close competition, the sport began introducing new rules to level the playing field. First off, factory teams were
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