The fast-moving scandal involving President Donald Trump and allegations that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, has upended politics in Washington, DC, and evolved into a full-blown impeachment investigation. There is no evidence that either Biden did anything wrong. For an up-to-the-minute look at
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Click here for updates on this story MOOSIC, Pa. (WNEP) — It’s that time of year again when we take a moment to reflect on what we’re thankful for before Thanksgiving. However, one woman from Lackawanna County said we shouldn’t just be thinking about what makes us thankful. We should be writing it down and
Continue Reading Former White House counsel Don McGahn is appealing Monday night’s ruling that he must testify to House impeachment investigators. McGahn and the Justice Department also asked DC District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to say that he not be forced to testify while the appeal plays out. The ruling, and how an appeals court interprets it,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — Shawn Christy has rested his defense and his fate is now in the hands of the jury. The man from McAdoo is accused of threatening to kill the president and then committing a string of federal crimes while on the run from authorities for
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It wasn’t long ago that bitcoin looked like it was making a comeback. Recently, however, it has hit a speed bump. Bitcoin’s price came tumbling down Monday as it dropped to $6,558 at 1:00 a.m. EST, its lowest level in six months. (Since bitcoin is continuously traded, there is no closing price for it.) The
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From 2000 to 2017, the rate of exposures to natural psychoactive substances such as marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms increased by nearly 75% in the United States, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Clinical Toxicology. The study was led by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio and analyzed 67,369 calls to Poison
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Life expectancy at birth — the average length of time that you are expected to live — continues to drop for Americans, a new study finds. Drug overdoses, suicides, alcohol-related illnesses and obesity are largely to blame. These problems have been building since the 1980s, according to the study’s authors. The US had been making
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROGERS, AR (KFSM) — Christmas lights are starting to turn on in neighborhoods throughout the area. More and more people are choosing to have professional groups install lights on their house. The Handsome Holiday Heroes have been hanging lights throughout Northwest Arkansas for the past six years. Owner
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In her last moments alive, a Michigan woman recorded her boyfriend threatening her as he loaded the gun used to kill her, said Macomb County prosecutor Eric J. Smith. Kevin Dixon, 18, got into an argument with his girlfriend November 19 while sitting in a van in the driveway of Dixon’s home in Warren, about
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — The sale of the Kansas City Royals was finalized Monday afternoon with the financial closing of the sale from David Glass to an investment group led by John Sherman. Actor and Kansas City, Kansas native Eric Stonestreet is also listed as part of
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‘Tis the season for food comas and catching up on your favorite TV shows and movies. But if you’ve been too busy with holiday prep to figure out what to watch and when, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! If you don’t want to leave the couch, your options are endless! Tuesday Tueday on the
Continue Reading Thirteen French soldiers have died in an accident involving two helicopters during an operation against jihadists in Mali, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Tuesday. The accident involving six officers, six non-commissioned officers and a master corporal happened Monday during a combat mission, according to a statement from Elysee Palace. Macron expressed “deep sadness” over
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — When the City of Winston-Salem approved an ordinance allowing wildlife officials to use rifles eliminate deer from the Smith Reynolds Airport grounds, they did so in the name of safety. But those deer have now turned into an opportunity to feed the less fortunate
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A student who wore blackface during a girls’ basketball game in Wisconsin removed the makeup after other students intervened, school officials said. The Sun Prairie Area School District said in a statement that the student was not wearing blackface when entering the event, but applied the face paint at some point during the game. After
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Buncombe County, NC (WLOS) — A local charity is getting ready to help hundreds of Buncombe County students. Volunteers at Hearts with Hands prepared for their first ever Hope for the Holidays event on Monday. They packed hygiene boxes, sorted food and wrapped presents. All of which will
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration sent a warning to 15 companies that have illegally sold cannabidiol products, better known as CBD, by adding it to food or marketing it as a dietary supplement. The agency also released a consumer update about CBD, the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana increasingly used to treat pain and anxiety.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SWANNANOA, N.C. (WLOS) — Pete Ripmaster beat the odds last year by winning the 1,000-mile Iditarod. He announced on Monday that he’s not done yet. The ultramarathoner is ready to tackle his next big project. “I’m going to attempt to run a 100-mile run in all 50 states,”
Continue Reading The US State Department and Pentagon are sending teams to the UAE and Saudi Arabia to investigate CNN’s findings that American-made weaponry has been transferred to rebel fighters and separatist militia in Yemen. In a letter obtained by CNN, the State Department says the “continued insufficient responses” of both US allies have delayed the probe,
Continue Reading The man who was holding his young granddaughter when she slipped out of his grasp and fell to her death from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship said he thought there was glass in the window where they were standing. “It’s like it disappeared. It’s like the glass disappeared.” In July, Salvatore “Sam” Anello was playing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WXMI) — A decades-old car was found sunken into a Kalamazoo County lake Tuesday morning. The vehicle was found in Comstock Township’s Morrow Lake. A neighbor told investigators that she remembers the car being in the lake when she was a child. Officials didn’t say
Continue Reading A Catholic order placed a pedophile priest on church property where a summer camp for children was taking place after a year-long CNN investigation revealed new allegations of child abuse against him. Father Luk Delft was recalled to Belgium in June this year after CNN informed the order that two boys in the Central African
Continue Reading Coal, long the king of America’s electric grid, will soon get toppled by renewable energy. Solar and wind power are growing so rapidly that for the first time ever, the United States will likely get more power in 2021 from renewable energy than from coal, according to projections from the Institute for Energy Economic and
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Don McGahn’s name hasn’t been in the news much of late. But a judge’s ruling Monday that the former Trump White House general counsel cannot resist a subpoena to testify from Congress in its ongoing impeachment hearings has wide-ranging implications for a number of senior administration officials tied to the Ukraine probe. “However busy or
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL) — The elite fugitive squad in Clayton County has been enlisted to locate a man wanted for allegedly assaulting a female victim. Jeremy Miguel Anderson landed on Sheriff Victor Hill’s radar over the weekend on Nov. 24. Anderson allegedly bound a female with duck
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically wounded early Tuesday and police were trying to determine exactly what led up to the shooting. It happened shortly after midnight on Tuesday morning in the 2200 block of north Alameda Boulevard in the Alameda Acres Mobile Home Park. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A 39-year-old man is facing arson charges after admitting to starting dozens of fires throughout the Portland metro area, according to court documents. Allen Michael Singerhouse was arrested on Nov. 21 following an investigation. He is facing five counts of first-degree arson and two
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So many towns in Italy are now competing to offload old houses for less than the price of an espresso that some are trying to sweeten the deal further to lure buyers away from their rivals. The latest destination on the scene is Bivona, a small town deep in the heart of the southern island
Continue Reading Ever since Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni cavorted in its waters in “La Dolce Vita,” the Trevi Fountain has become a symbol of Rome. But its extraordinary popularity with tourists seeking their own slice of the sweet life has led to the fountain — and the tiny piazza in which it sits — becoming almost
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WJRT) — The Flint Police Department is closing the investigation into an electronic device found in the mayor’s office. Flint Interim Police Chief Phil Hart said investigators found it posed no threat to workers in the mayor’s office after taking a closer look at the device.
Continue Reading A 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite landed in Algeria in 1990, the remnant of a larger asteroid born during the dawn of our solar system. New analysis of the meteorite, called Acfer 049, has revealed ice fossils trapped inside, making it the first direct evidence of frozen water as a building block of early asteroids. Given the
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