Hours after 10-year-old Micah Tennant died from gunshot injuries he suffered at a New Jersey high school football game last week, both teams locked arms to remember him in a moment of silence. Micah was one of three people injured in the shooting Friday night in Pleasantville, about an hour outside of Philadelphia, at the
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A woman from New Zealand and a man from Australia took their love of aviation (and each other) to new heights by tying the knot 37,000 feet in the air. Australian David Valliant and New Zealander Cathy Valliant officially said “I do” on a commercial Jetstar Flight 201 from Sydney to Auckland. As the plane
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They’re not the world’s tallest or longest bridges, but a string of humble river crossings sculpted from tree roots in India are engineering marvels that contain lessons for modern architects. Researchers say these little-studied structures, which can stretch for up to 50 meters and last for hundreds of years, could help our cities adapt to
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Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed several individuals active in President Donald Trump’s fundraising machinery as part of their investigation into the associates of Rudy Giuliani, the President’s personal attorney, according to people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors sent subpoenas in recent weeks to Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard, a
Continue Reading A Massachusetts teacher and her family are making sure that one of her former students has a loving home after his mom died from breast cancer. Jake Manning, 14, has Down syndrome and met Kerry Bremer four years ago when she was his special education teacher. Bremer said that Jake was a “dynamic” boy and
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Asian markets tumbled Thursday, as worries grew over the possible delay of a preliminary trade deal between the United States and China. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index briefly slid 2.2% in early trading. It recovered some of those losses later in the morning and was last down 1.6%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 1.7%. South Korea’s
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She arrived at a suburban Washington, DC, hospital around 1:30 a.m. Thursday unconscious and unresponsive. Julia E. Crabbe was suffering from an apparent overdose, authorities said. She died in the emergency room, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said. The 21-year-old Reston, Virginia, woman’s death last week led the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office to search an
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(CNN) — La casa en la que nació Adolf Hitler se volverá una estación de policía, en un intento por evitar que se convierta en un sitio de peregrinación para los neonazis, dice el gobierno austriaco. El edificio, ubicado en la ciudad de Braunau am Inn, en el noroeste de Austria, fue adquirido por la
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un telescopio en el interior de Australia nos ha dado una nueva perspectiva de la Vía Láctea en un nuevo conjunto de fotos espectaculares. Los científicos usaron el Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) para mostrarnos qué veríamos si el ojo humano pudiera ver ondas de radio, según un comunicado publicado el miércoles. La Vía
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TORNILLO, Texas — A car being chased by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers spun out of control and crashed along Interstate 10 near Tornillo on Wednesday evening, and authorities said the driver fled on foot toward the U.S.-Mexico border. The reason was not immediately known for the pursuit, which ended on I-10 westbound at
Continue Reading An Alabama judge on Wednesday ordered a suspect in the disappearance of 19-year-old college student Aniah Blanchard to submit a DNA sample to prosecutors. Lee County District Judge Russell Bush also denied a motion to reconsider and set bond for the suspect, Ibraheem Yazeed. As the case goes over to the grand jury, Bush says
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las nominaciones para la entrega número 62 los premios Grammy se anunciaron este miércoles. Lizzo fue quien obtuvo más nominaciones, con ocho en total. Fue un buen día para los recién llegados a la industria de la música, ya que artistas debutantes como Billie Eilish y Lil Nas X obtuvieron seis nominaciones cada
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SpaceX has launched at least 120 Starlink satellites into orbit since May. But astronomers say they’ve already seen their fears of sky obstruction come to fruition. Clarae Martínez-Vázquez, an astronomer at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Coquimbo, Chile, tweeted that the bright lights reflected by the satellites interfered with a high-powered camera used to observe
Continue Reading At first glance, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s introductory “Medicare for All” option looks similar to the proposals championed by former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. All three would offer government-run health insurance options on the Affordable Care Act exchanges that would compete with private insurance plans. All would allow those
Continue Reading Google announced updates to its political ad policy on Wednesday, but made no apparent changes to how it will treat lies pushed by candidates. The most significant change is that it will restrict how political ads can be targeted on its platforms. As the 2020 US presidential election approaches, how online platforms will deal with
Continue Reading A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged that he was tortured in China and interrogated by secret police about the city’s long-running pro-democracy protests. Simon Cheng, a 28-year-old Hong Kong citizen who was detained for 15 days while on a trip to mainland China in August, claimed in a Facebook
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EL PASO, Texas — A 74-year-old woman was struck by a car and killed Wednesday evening near the intersection of E. Redd Road and N. Ressler Drive, and close to Franklin High School. Investigators on Thursday said the elderly woman was hit while walking across the street, however they indicated that she did not cross
Continue Reading A former Louisiana State University student was sentenced to five years in prison in the 2017 hazing death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver, a court official told CNN. Matthew Naquin, 21, who was found guilty of negligent homicide earlier this year, will likely serve only two and a half years because the judge suspended
Continue Reading A federal jury found humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren not guilty of “harboring illegal immigrants” near the US-Mexico border. The Arizona volunteer with the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths was accused of hiding two men for several days at a property in Ajo, Arizona, in January 2018. No More Deaths and other humanitarian aid
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Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York will become the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee after winning a caucus-wide vote for the post, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a news release Wednesday. She’ll be the first woman to lead the powerful panel. Maloney defeated Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia by 133-86, according to
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Ten presidential candidates took the stage Wednesday night at the fifth Democratic debate in Atlanta. Here’s a look back at what the candidates said about the issues as the debate unfolded… Who spoke the most during the debate The final count is in, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren led the group with more than 13
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The fifth Democratic presidential primary debate takes place Wednesday night in Atlanta, and 10 candidates will take the stage to make their case to the American people. The debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, will take place in the shadow of televised impeachment hearings in Washington. Hours before the debate’s start time, officials, including the US
Continue Reading After devastating testimony from one of his own ambassadors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is now ensnared at the center of the impeachment probe he has denounced as “Washington noise.” Gordon Sondland, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to the European Union, testified Wednesday that he had kept Pompeo “in
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The Democratic presidential race shifts Wednesday night to the Deep South, as the 10 leading contenders square off on stage with less than 11 weeks left before the Iowa caucuses. With impeachment hearings underway in Washington, the Democratic field is gathering under a diminished spotlight, with candidates fighting for attention with their other 2020 rival:
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SOCORRO, Texas — Socorro High School parents had mixed reactions Wednesday to a viral video of an alleged inappropriate act involving a male teacher and a female student. The video, first aired by ABC-7 on Tuesday night, shows a female student running up to a female friend, with a teacher, wearing a striped polo shirt
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Metro Police have arrested a Knox County man who escaped a youth detention center back in 1990 at the age of 19. James Darnell Patterson, now 48-years-old, was given permission to go to Nashville Tech, now Nashville State Community College, to go to school.
Continue Reading US Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified Wednesday there was a quid pro quo for Ukraine to announce investigations into President Donald Trump’s political opponents that came from the President’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani at the “express direction of the President.” What’s more, Sondland provided House impeachment investigators with emails and texts showing it wasn’t just him
Continue Reading About 10 miles away from Disney World in Orlando, visitors making their way to the theme park can see a billboard containing a jarring message: “We don’t believe in locking up children. Do you?” On the drive north to Miami from the city of Homestead, passersby will find a similar one: “You are now 7
Continue Reading Azellia White, one of the nation’s first African American female pilots, earned her pilot’s license just after World War II and found freedom flying in the skies above the Jim Crow South. “She says you just felt free up there, just free. There weren’t any racial barriers or things like that when you’re in the
Continue Reading A top Pentagon official testified Wednesday that Ukrainian officials knew as early as July 25 there was an issue with US aid to the country, undercutting a key Republican rebuttal to accusations of a “quid pro quo.” In their defense of President Donald Trump, Republicans have alleged no bribery could exist if the Ukrainians weren’t
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