(CNN) –– La exembajadora de EE.UU. en Ucrania Marie Yovanovitch, quien fue despedida de su cargo, testificó este viernes en el proceso de juicio político contra Donald Trump y aseguró que quedó “conmocionada y devastada” tras saber que el mandatario la había denigrado durante su llamada telefónica de julio pasado con el presidente ucraniano Volodimir
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Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT NEWS, VA (WTKR) — A Newport News firefighter won a battle against the city after surviving cancer. Adrian Manning feels lucky to be alive with his family on their small horse farm after being diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer last July. He’s been fighting two difficult
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, OR (KPTV) — A Beaverton veterinarian is accused of animal abuse, and a former customer said the suspect’s actions preceded the death of his dog. A grand jury indicted Dr. Daniel Koller of the Companion Pet Clinic on charges including aggravated animal abuse. Koller was arrested Thursday.
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On Thursday morning, Cari Small Wright sat in a grocery store parking lot not knowing whether her daughter would live or die. “I held up in the Albertsons parking lot with other parents who were as scared as I was,” she told CNN on Friday. Her daughter Shaya, a student at Saugus High School in
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A Utah company is recalling two-pound frozen bags of Quest beef cat food sold nationwide over fears it may be contaminated with salmonella. “Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — The victim of a car fire punched two firefighters because he thought they were taking too long to put out the fire. The incident happened near the intersection of Shreve and Natural Bridge Friday evening. Firefighters said they were trying to put
Continue Reading For many Czechs, Sunday’s anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be a bittersweet moment. Three decades after the collapse of the Communist regime, people will mark a dramatic moment in history amid allegations, confirmed by a court decision, that their prime minister collaborated with the StB, the Communist-era secret police. Police said 250,000 attended anti-government
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Fifteen people were killed and at least 50 others injured after a car bomb exploded Saturday in al-Bab, northern Syria, a rescue group has said. The district of al-Bab is part of a territory controlled by the Syrian National Army, an umbrella group for armed Syrian opposition factions. The town is part of the zone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — A parent at a school in the Flint area is raising concerns about food sold at the school. Chastity Mack posted photos on Facebook of what she said was a Pop Tart package her daughter bought for breakfast at New Standard Academy. Mill worms
Continue Reading Researchers using a new method to evaluate the cognitive abilities of species stumbled across a surprising finding: Our evolutionary ancestor, Australopithecus, may have been less intelligent than modern-day great apes. It has long been theorized that a bigger brain means greater cognitive ability, which is generally defined as an individual’s overall mental capability and how
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Al menos ocho muertos es el saldo de los duros enfrentamientos registrados durante la tarde de este viernes entre manifestantes y fuerzas de seguridad en el ingreso de la ciudad de Cochabamba, en el departamento homónimo, en el centrooeste de Bolivia. Los fallecimientos eran aparentemente productores cocaleros y fueron confirmados a CNN
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A fateful convergence of events Friday reflected a culture of corruption and intimidation endemic to the circle of a President who vowed to drain the swamp but instead became its incarnation. First, a US ambassador told how her reputation was shredded and she was hounded out of her job by President Donald Trump’s rogue associates
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He’ll take victory for $250,000, Alex. “Jeopardy! James” Holzhauer won $250,000 as the winner of the game show’s Tournament of Champions against Emma Boettcher and Francois Barcomb. He has now won more than $2.7 million on the show this year. Boettcher famously ended Holzhauer’s historic 32-game win streak in June, but the “Jeopardy!” celebrity lived
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EL PASO, TX- Temperatures will rise to near normal today with skies partly to mostly cloudy. Quiet and milder weather will continue into early next week. Moisture returns Tuesday and Wednesday. Expect rain showers to develop over southwestern New Mexico late Tuesday, overspreading the area Tuesday night into Wednesday. Conditions will remain unsettled through the
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“The Crown” ushers in a new cast, but the Netflix historical drama’s compelling and regal formula — exploring the obligations and indignities associated with the seemingly sun-drenched life of the British Royal Family — remains the same, and indeed has only deepened as the principals advance into middle age. While Olivia Colman, fresh off her
Continue Reading In the face of attacks from the President of the United States and relative silence from the State Department, former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch offered a strong defense of the work of career foreign service officers — and warned of the impact the attacks were having on the diplomatic ranks. The highly
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Reality star Kim Kardashian West says she was with Rodney Reed when he received the news that his execution would be delayed. “Today, I had the honor of meeting #RodneyReed in person and the privilege of sitting with him when he got the news that the highest court in Texas had issued a stay of
Continue Reading Thousands of police have been deployed in the southern Indian state of Kerala as a centuries-old temple at the center of an ongoing, and sometimes violent, gender dispute prepares to open its doors for the annual pilgrimage season. For centuries, women aged 10 to 50 were not allowed to enter the Sabarimala Temple. But in
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Este martes 12 de noviembre, mientras el expresidente de Bolivia Evo Morales llegaba a México, en su país Jeanine Áñez habló al Congreso y dijo que asumía las funciones de presidenta, en una jornada polémica pues la asamblea Legislativa no pudo sesionar para designar nuevas autoridades por falta de cuórum. En cuatro
Continue Reading Some of the suspects and victims in a deadly shooting at a Halloween party in Northern California have convictions and gang affiliations, authorities say. Five people were arrested Thursday in connection with the shooting at an Airbnb rental in Orinda that killed five people and injured more. Several shooters fired weapons at the party and
Continue Reading The number of people killed in US aviation accidents increased by 13% from 2017 to 2018, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB reported 347 people died in aviation accidents in 2017, compared to 393 in 2018. “The NTSB is disappointed to see that the fatal accident rate and fatal accident numbers have
Continue Reading It feels like the world just got that bit smaller. A flight operated by Australian airline Qantas has just made the record-breaking trip from London to Sydney nonstop, spending 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air and opening up the possibility of scheduled direct flights between some of the farthest corners of the planet.
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Nintendo Switch users were treated to their first mainline Pokémon games on the console with the release of “Pokémon Sword” and “Pokémon Shield” on Friday. Like most Pokémon games, the two games are similar, but different Pokémon are available to catch, and the gyms have different themes. However, what would normally be a day of
Continue Reading Practice your curtsy. “The Crown” returns to Netflix on Sunday, with Olivia Colman taking her seat on Queen Elizabeth II’s throne as the series’ new star. The 10-episode run, set between 1964 and 1977, will showcase tension inside Buckingham Palace and tackle turmoil on the outside, introducing many viewers to a volatile period in British
Continue Reading A record-breaking number of LGBTQ characters will appear on broadcast television by the time this year’s season is over. A total 10.2% of regular characters in the 2019-2020 broadcast television season are reported to be LGBTQ, according to GLAAD’s “Where We Are on TV” report. That’s up from 8.8% the prior season. The latest tally
Continue Reading It’s 2019 and transgender visibility in the US is at an all-time high in politics, media and sports. Historic “firsts” are significant markers of the country’s progress toward trans equality, said Alex Schmider, GLAAD’s associate director of transgender representation. Only 16% of Americans said they personally know a trans person, GLAAD reported in 2015. That
Continue Reading La Paz (CNN) – Un simple corte de pelo puede hacer que Alfredo Mamani sienta que las cosas están volviendo a la normalidad. Este profesor de escuela se alegra de poder tener este momento luego de tres semanas de tensión en Bolivia que llevaron al cambio de su gobierno. El mes pasado, una disputada elección
Continue Reading Chicago teachers have voted to accept a tentative agreement, their union said Friday. “With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81% yes to ratify the new contract with CPS (Chicago Public Schools),” the statement says. Some of the gains of the new contract highlighted in the statement “include, mandatory class size caps and enforcement,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El juicio por las denuncias de abuso sexual en el Instituto Provolo contra varios menores sordos está llegando a su etapa final. El caso expuso las denuncias de más de 20 chicos y chicas contra sacerdotes, religiosas y personal laico de un colegio e internado en la provincia argentina de Mendoza, en
Continue Reading Whether or not you can read and write could be a factor in your ability to stave off dementia as you grow older, according to a new study from scientists at Columbia University. They published their results Wednesday in the online issue of the journal Neurology. Researchers studied 983 adults over age 65 living in
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