Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded defeat on Thursday to Democratic state Attorney General Andy Beshear. “We’re going to have a change in the governorship based on the vote of the people,” Bevin said at a news conference. The concession comes after Bevin requested all 120 counties in the state recheck the results from last
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Kraft Heinz was crushed like an overripe tomato Thursday after Goldman Sachs cut its rating on the struggling food company to a “sell,” citing concerns about a “persistent” decline in profit. Shares of Kraft Heinz fell more than 6% following the downgrade. It was the second-worst performer in the S&P 500, trailing only tech giant
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Jon Huntsman on Thursday announced his bid for a third term as Utah’s governor, saying it was “time to give back to our home state again.” Huntman, who most recently served as the US ambassador to Russia, was Utah’s governor from 2005 to 2009. The Republican resigned from his ambassadorship in August and moved back
Continue Reading Elizabeth Warren is taking her clash with billionaires to their home turf. The Democratic presidential candidate launched an ad buy Thursday on CNBC, a network that frequently hosts the billionaires whose wealth she wants to tax. Warren used the ad blitz to make the case for her wealth tax while simultaneously calling out her billionaire
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — One Manhattan neighborhood is on edge after a close encounter. It was just after 10 p.m. on Wednesday night when West Village residents out walking their dogs saw something very unusual, CBSN New York’s Tara Jakeway reported. A raccoon was peering out from
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The hundreds of millions of people gripped by the Arctic blast can begin to peel off a layer or two of clothing starting Thursday. After days of record-breaking cold for most of the country, temperatures are expected to rise Thursday, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. The warming is expected to continue through the weekend. But
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Jack Young says he should not be held accountable for the high number of murders in the city. His comments follow criticism about the city’s leadership after the murder of a beloved coach last week. “It’s not any lack of leadership on
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(CNN Español) — Tras la publicación del reporte de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) que confirmaba un fraude electoral en los comicios presidenciales del 20 de octubre en Bolivia, el comandante en jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia, Williams Kaliman, sugirió este domingo a Evo Morales que renunciara. Kaliman, quien fue relevado
Continue Reading (CNN) — Además del asteroide que aniquiló a los dinosaurios hace 65 millones de años, no hay muchas conexiones entre el espacio y los dinosaurios más allá de la imaginación. Pero todo eso cambió cuando la científica de investigación de la NASA Jessie Christiansen reunió a los dos en una animación en redes sociales este
Continue Reading Customs and Border Protection apprehended more than 42,000 migrants at the southern border in October, continuing a downward trend in arrests after record highs earlier this year, acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan announced Thursday. The decline in arrests is in line with a recent downward trend following a peak in May, when apprehensions spiked to
Continue Reading Ten Democratic presidential candidates have qualified for the November debate, the Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday. The most notable candidate to miss this month’s debate will be Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary, who did not receive a single poll that moved him closer to reaching the committee’s polling threshold. Former
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Two city departments are trying to shake up their staffs. Asheville police and fire officials said they are lacking diversity. Both are actively working to recruit more diverse applicants. “We’ve not been able to keep up with our community,” Asheville Fire Battalion Chief Patrick
Continue Reading US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s cell phone call to President Donald Trump from a restaurant in Ukraine this summer appears to be a shocking security breach that raises significant counterintelligence concerns, according to several former officials, who told CNN there is a high probability that intelligence agencies from numerous foreign countries, including
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Two colorful gas clouds shaped like peacocks have been spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring dwarf galaxy about 163,000 light years away. In the vastness of space, it’s nice to have a neighbor. For our galaxy, the Milky Way, that’s the Large Magellanic Cloud and its sibling, the Small Magellanic Cloud. These dwarf
Continue Reading The Senate has confirmed controversial judicial nominee Steven Menashi, a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 51-41. Menashi had faced criticism for some of his early writings as a student at Dartmouth and elsewhere. At his confirmation hearing, Menashi told senators that he
Continue Reading Consumer Reports has restored its coveted “recommended” rating to the Tesla Model S and Model 3, because Tesla has made its cars more reliable. “The Tesla Model 3 struggled last year as the company made frequent design changes and ramped up production to meet demand,” said Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at CR.
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Wednesday night’s 53rd annual Country Music Association Awards was supposed to be about honoring the legendary women of the genre, but in the end one award resulted in what some viewed as the opposite of that. Garth Brooks took home the prestigious Entertainer of the Year award that more than a few wanted to see
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo (KCTV) — While the search for a missing west St. Louis County woman continues, St. Louis County police said the incident has been re-classified to a homicide. Wednesday night, officers were seen searching Jennifer Rothwell’s home along Northwinds Drive. Thursday morning, jail reports and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It was a giant catch for a little boy, a fish almost as big as he is. Alex Flores, who’s just 9 years-old, landed the 42-pound blue catfish over the weekend at the Elephant Butte Reservoir. The father of the fourth-grader at Alameda Elementary School told ABC-7 that Alex has been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (OMAHA, NE) — Omaha Police say a woman is in jail after leading law enforcement on a chase in a stolen car. Early Thursday morning, officers say they noticed a 2010 Jeep Liberty in the area of Eppley Airfield that had been reported stolen Wednesday evening.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Georgia’s unemployment rate plummeted to fewer than 175,000 in October, tying the state’s record low set nearly 20 years ago. “We had a record-setting month in October and that always stands out,” State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said. “It was 2001 when we last
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EL PASO, Texas — In light of the August 3rd Walmart shooting, El Paso Walmart stores temporarily suspended outside fundraising. This change in policy is impacting Hanks High School from collecting donations for their annual thanksgiving food drive, ‘Hanksgiving.’ “Hanksgiving is a project we started with 10 baskets, and we would get all the canned
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There were 2,172 cases of lung injury linked to vaping as of November 13, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. That’s an increase from last week, when there were 2,051 cases of vaping-related lung injuries. “Fortunately, the new cases appear to be trending downward nationally, although some states remain hard-hit,”
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Cigarette smoking among US adults fell to its lowest recorded level in 2018: 13.7%, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents a drop of roughly two-thirds since the CDC started collecting this data in 1965. “This marked decline in cigarette smoking is the achievement of
Continue Reading Viewers who signed up to stream Disney+ were greeted with disclaimers about racist and offensive content in some older movies. “Dumbo,” for example, had this statement at the bottom of the movie’s description: “This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.” The original “Dumbo” notoriously featured a character named Jim
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EL PASO, Texas — Newly obtained court documents allege that an El Paso father charged with his daughter’s murder confessed to killing the teen during a violent fight over her cell phone. A police affidavit in support of the arrest of 39-year-old Ghari Ingraham, obtained Thursday by ABC-7, contends he admitted to throwing his 17-year-old
Continue Reading Can you smell what Dwayne Johnson is cooking for 2021? It’s a “Black Adam” standalone film. Johnson took to Instagram on Thursday to announce the release date for his forthcoming DC superhero film will be December 22, 2021. In his note, Johnson said he always dreamed about being a superhero while growing up, and, in
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It’s a flip phone in an age when no one makes calls anymore. The camera isn’t great. The battery life stinks. The screen is plastic. The processor is slow. It’s superdupercrazy expensive (think an iPhone 11, then double that). But … I kinda want the new Motorola Razr. Motorola has brought back the Razr, the
Continue Reading Younger people with cannabis use disorder are at an increased risk of heart rhythm problems, according to a new presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. A second presentation says that young people who use weed frequently are at a higher risk for stroke. The first presentation found that a young person diagnosed with
Continue Reading During a meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled out an iPad to show a small group of Republican senators and President Donald Trump a propaganda video casting the Kurds in a negative light, according to a GOP source familiar with the situation. The source called the video, which was
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