Victoria’s Secret parent company L Brands confirmed on Thursday that it will not air its fashion show this year after falling ratings and backlash to the event in recent years. “We think it’s important to evolve the marketing of Victoria’s Secret,” L Brands Chief Financial Officer Stuart Burgdoerfer said on a call with analysts Thursday.
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House Democrats say they are undeterred by the White House preventing first-hand witnesses from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee — and now are actively preparing for the next step in their eight-week-old investigation and the likely impeachment of President Donald Trump. Privately, Democrats are anticipating a busy December that will be filed with proceedings
Continue Reading Janet Yellen is concerned the US-China trade war may end the longest economic expansion in American history. Yellen, the first woman to ever lead the Federal Reserve, doesn’t think a recession will strike in the coming year. But she doesn’t sound confident in that prediction. “I have to say, the odds of a recession are
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EL PASO, Texas — A 43-year-old El Paso man was arrested Thursday by police for allegedly dragging a dog to its death with his pickup truck. Jose Bautista was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on $5,000 bond on a charge of animal cruelty. Detective Diane Mack said the arrest stemmed from an
Continue Reading The US Senate does not currently have a timeline set for a potential impeachment trial should the House send one their way, senators and aides have made clear to CNN in recent days, making apparent that neither party — from the leadership level all the way down — has coalesced around a specific strategy. There
Continue Reading President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill on Thursday to avert a government shutdown hours before funding for the federal government would have run out, according to a White House official. The move allows lawmakers and Trump to work for another month to come up with a deal on funding the government. The deadline
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph has apologized for his role in Thursday night’s in-game brawl in which opponent Myles Garrett ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and hit him in the head with it. The violent incident toward the end of the Cleveland Browns’ 21-7 win over the visiting Steelers moved the NFL to suspend Garrett for
Continue Reading Microsoft is pushing back the launch of its new Surface Earbuds, meaning it will miss the crucial 2019 holiday shopping season. The delay is a setback in Microsoft’s attempt to rival Apple’s latest earbuds, the AirPods Pro, which feature silicone tips, noise cancellation and audio sharing. The space is becoming increasingly crowded with others, including
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Amy Schumer said she wanted more “personal experience” with the people who like her. Fellow comedian Whitney Cummings was looking to “respond as fast as I can” to her fans. So both comedians gave out their “phone numbers” on Instagram. It’s not actually their main cell phone number, but a separate number they’ve purchased (or
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California utility Pacific Gas & Electric is restoring power to tens of thousands of people who have had their electricity cut off since Wednesday. The state’s largest utility said Thursday that crews had already restored power to more than half of the nearly 50,000 customers in northern California that were impacted by the intentional shut
Continue Reading An Ohio woman who wrote letters to Dylann Roof and admired the Columbine High School shooters was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for her role in planning two terrorist attacks, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Elizabeth Lecron was arrested last December, accused of plotting an attack
Continue Reading A former top White House official on Thursday said that the effort to push Ukraine to open investigations into President Donald Trump’s political rivals was a “domestic political errand” that came at the expense of US foreign policy. Fiona Hill, who served as Trump’s top Russia adviser until she left the administration this summer, told
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The Trump administration has sent the first migrant to Guatemala as part of its agreement with the country to accept asylum seeking migrants from the US, according to Guatemalan officials. An Honduran man arrived in Guatemala City on Thursday morning. He appeared to be the only migrant on the flight and was taken to a
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Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, IA (KPTM ) — Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) was able to do the unthinkable, they helped 21 dogs and five cats and kittens out a home and are now safe. ARL Animal Services Officers say when they entered the house, the heavy stench of
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EL PASO, Texas — A man accused of striking an El Paso elementary school teacher with his car and killing her pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors on Thursday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 24-year-old Joel Velazquez, wearing a jail jumpsuit, appeared in court and entered guilty pleas to manslaughter, accident
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump’s former top Russia adviser offered a broad defense of the witnesses who have testified in the House impeachment inquiry while making a call for unity in a powerful moment during Thursday’s impeachment inquiry testimony. Fiona Hill’s comments came after Rep. Brad Wenstrup called the impeachment inquiry a “coup” and
Continue Reading Former Democratic Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges stemming from a book deal scandal that led to her resignation last May. Appearing in US District Court in Baltimore, Pugh, 69, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud
Continue Reading House Democrats wrapped up their week of marathon impeachment hearings Thursday, with two more witnesses who further corroborated the allegations that President Donald Trump used his powers to pressure Ukraine’s leader for political favors. Lawmakers heard testimony from Fiona Hill, formerly the top Russia expert at the White House, and David Holmes, a career State
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENISON, IA (KMTV) — Students in Denison, Iowa say they want to see action from the school district. It all stems from allegations that a teacher said the n-word multiple times in a classroom. Tuesday morning, students who say they’ve had enough walked out. On Tuesday evening, the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENISON, IA (KMTV) — Students in Denison, Iowa say they want to see action from the school district. It all stems from allegations that a teacher said the n-word multiple times in a classroom. Tuesday morning, students who say they’ve had enough walked out. On Tuesday evening, the
Continue Reading President Donald Trump tweeted yesterday after a visit the manufacturing facility in Austin Texas where Apple’s Mac Pro is made. His comments raised a lot of questions. Among them: Trump said he asked CEO Tim Cook to get Apple involved in “building” 5G in the United States. “They have it all — money, technology, vision and
Continue Reading President Donald Trump awarded his first round of National Medal of Arts and National Medal of Humanities to eight recipients on Thursday. Recipients included the chef at the Inn at Little Washington, 27-time Grammy Award-winning musician Alison Krauss, the best-selling novelist James Patterson and Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight. “Great nations produce great thinkers, artists,
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WeWork said Thursday it is laying off about 2,400 employees globally as part of a broader effort to cut costs and find a viable path forward after a disastrous IPO attempt. “As part of our renewed focus on the core WeWork business, and as we have previously shared with employees, the company is making necessary
Continue Reading The Trump administration has sent letters to dozens of residences in California, New Mexico and Texas notifying owners that the government is going to survey their land for future border barriers, according to two US defense officials. “The Right of Entry letter grants the government permission to enter specified private lands to conduct environmental assessments,
Continue Reading New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker hit the fundraising threshold for the December presidential debate, his campaign said Thursday. Booker hit the threshold after seeing a spike in donations after this week’s Democratic debate, where he asked for help to qualify for the next event, his campaign said. As Wednesday’s debate came to a close, Booker
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — There’s a lot of toilet paper lining the streets of Omaha. It’s there to keep traffic moving. Work crews from Midwest Coating out of Modale, Iowa, are filling cracks in the pavement. Then, they’re applying toilet paper. “We use the toilet paper as a
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An outbreak of hepatitis A in Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin has been “potentially linked” to blackberries from the Fresh Thyme chain of grocery stores, authorities say. The Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control, along with state and local officials, are investigating after people who fell ill reported consuming fresh, non-organic blackberries
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EL PASO, Texas — Legendary football coach Bob Savage, who led Bel Air High School’s program from 1973 to 1992, has died at the age of 85, ABC-7 has confirmed. (You can watch a KVIA archive profile of Savage’s two decades as a coach in the video player at the top of this article.) Savage,
Continue Reading Wednesday’s Democratic debate, the fifth this year, was the least-watched debate of this election cycle. The ratings for MSNBC were down more than 20% from last month’s match-up on CNN. One obvious reason: The televised impeachment hearings earlier in the day sucked all the political oxygen out of the room. Some viewers who spent all
Continue Reading A food services contract worker faces child pornography charges after employees at a Texas elementary school discovered a hidden camera in the boys’ bathroom, police said. Scott Gelardi, a 42-year-old Aramark employee from Rosenberg, was arrested Tuesday as he arrived for work at Northside Elementary School, El Campo police said in a statement Wednesday. Using
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