A German Instagram influencer has been sentenced to four years in prison for conducting illegal beauty treatments. Michael Rehaag, a spokesperson at the district court in Bochum, told CNN the 29-year-old woman confessed to injecting hyaluronic acid as “filler” into the lips and noses of at least 35 women. The pregnant social media star, who
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The Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency repeatedly said Thursday he doesn’t know the reasons behind climate change, despite his agency often being in the position of responding to the crisis’ impacts. The nominee, Pete Gaynor, made the comments when he was asked at his confirmation hearing whether climate change is
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High-ranking Trump administration political appointees within the State Department improperly retaliated against a career civil servant, according to a long-anticipated report by the department’s watchdog released Thursday. According to the report, the appointees acted against the career official –an Iran expert in the Office of Policy Planning during Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s tenure —
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Click here for updates on this story WALLINGFORD, CT (WFSB) — Two men from Massachusetts are on a mission to Virginia for veterans, and it took them through Connecticut. Joshua Milich and Brian Tjersland said they’ve embarked on a 500 mile run to raise money to fight and awareness of veteran suicides. “I don’t think
Continue Reading Bill Taylor was everything Democrats hoped he would be. And everything Republicans feared he might be. Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, was credible, serious, frank and deeply specific during his day-long testimony on Capitol Hill about his concerns regarding President Donald Trump’s behavior toward top Ukrainian officials. Taylor’s opening statement, which spanned better than
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRUNDY COUNTY, TN (WSMV) — TBI agents have indicted and arrested an Altamont woman on charges of official misconduct after investigators uncovered a physical relationship she had with a probationer while she was working as a probation officer. Tara Van Hooser-Prater, 38, is charged with two counts of
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Venice’s misfortunes never seem to stop. The popular tourist destination has been hit by the worst flooding in 50 years this week, resulting in damage worth hundreds of millions of euros. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said a state of emergency would be declared on Thursday because of the disaster. The flooding came at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A teacher at McGavock High School has been charged with animal cruelty after an emu kept by the school died after being found in poor health during a surprise inspection. Metro’s Health Department and Animal Control have been conducting random inspections of the school-run
Continue Reading As the first public impeachment hearing in more than two decades aired Wednesday, Americans watched the spectacle unfold with curiosity, skepticism and a measure of dismay about just how deeply divided this nation has become. Heading into proceedings that will span at least 10 days, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff did his best to make
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Allegations of Apple Card gender bias have rankled one of Goldman Sachs’ biggest critics: Elizabeth Warren. The Senator and Democratic candidate for president criticized Goldman Sachs’ response to claims that it discriminates against women who apply for the Apple Card by giving them far lower credit limits. Goldman Sachs is the card’s issuer. The bank
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KLICKITAT COUNTY, WA (KPTV) — Problem cougars in Klickitat County, Washington are now being handled by a posse of hunters deputized by the county sheriff. Citing “numerous” complaints, sightings, and livestock killed in the sprawling county, Sheriff Bob Songer recently decided his department should take a more prominent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — The time has come to finally say goodbye to a Concourse A at the Portland International Airport. Airport officials say they plan to demolish Concourse A to make room for an expansion of Concourse B, which will feature new art and restaurants. “That would
Continue Reading Taylor Rose Williams, the subject of an Amber Alert this month after disappearing from her Florida home, was last seen by a neighbor in May — almost six months before her mother reported her missing — according to a court affidavit. The 5-year-old girl’s mother, Brianna Shontae Williams, was arrested this week and charged with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTONVILLE, AR (KFSM) — A Chinese National student was arrested for theft by deception for his involvement in a nationwide multi-million dollar Walmart gift card scam. On Nov. 4, 2019, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office – Criminal Investigations Divison was contacted by a Walmart Global Investigator about an
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (WTKR) — Bayside High School and Bayside Middle School both had the most water sources with elevated levels of lead, according to data provided by Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Both of the schools had six water sources with lead levels above 15 parts per
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MADISON, N.C. (WGHP) — Bailey Smith, an 11th grader at McMichael High School, has died after years battling cancer, according to Rockingham County Schools. “She had been courageously battling cancer for a long while and she fought an amazing fight,” the school district said in a statement. “She
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (WTKR) — Kristen Seymour rushes through the halls of Acredale Animal Hospital in Virginia Beach. She’s a veterinarian who has just finished a morning of surgeries and back-to-back appointments with pets. “I actually tried really hard not to be a veterinarian because I knew what
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Willie Nelson took the CMA Awards stage for the first time since 2012, joining fellow country star Kacey Musgraves for a rendition of “Rainbow Connection,” the song made famous by Kermit the Frog. Musgraves and Nelson had previously collaborated on Musgraves’ 2015 album, “Pageant Material” and her holiday record, “A Very Kacey Christmas.” At one
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The rigors and challenges of spaceflight are remarkably similar to the physical stress cancer patients experiment during chemotherapy and other treatments, according to researchers. For that reason, the researchers suggest that the countermeasures program used by astronauts before, during and after spaceflight to maintain their health could be developed and applied for cancer patients to
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft test fired its emergency abort engines this week, indicating the vehicle could soon be ready for its final dress rehearsal before launching NASA astronauts into space. The test fire involved strapping the capsule to the ground while lighting up its emergency abort engines in quick succession. It was designed to simulate
Continue Reading An asylum seeker who won Australia’s richest literary prizes while being detained by the country has been granted entry to New Zealand. Behrouz Boochani spent over six years held by Australia in Papua New Guinea, most of the time in an Australian facility on the remote Manus Island. “I just arrived in New Zealand,” he
Continue Reading The rise and fall of Fitbit on Wall Street is a cautionary tale for other one-trick pony techs. Fitbit makes activity trackers and smartwatches that are beloved by many. But it ultimately couldn’t compete with similar products from tech giants Apple and Samsung. That’s a big reason why Fitbit recently agreed to sell itself to
Continue Reading CNN and The Des Moines Register will release their fifth Iowa poll on Saturday, providing a look as to where 2020 presidential candidates stand in the crucial early voting state less than three months ahead of the Iowa caucuses. The results of the CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll will be released at 8 p.m. ET on
Continue Reading President Donald Trump made 67 false claims last week, 27 of them related to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. This was the sixth consecutive week in which Trump made more false claims about impeachment or Ukraine than about any other subject. Trump’s three most frequent false claims of the week were all impeachment-related. He said seven times
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If certain vegetables have always made you gag, you may be more than a picky eater. Instead, you might be what scientists call a “super-taster:” a person with a genetic predisposition to taste food differently. Unfortunately, being a super-taster doesn’t make everything taste better. In fact, it can do the opposite. Super-tasters are extremely sensitive
Continue Reading The first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump began this week, with Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testifying together on Wednesday, and another witness appearing before Congress on Friday. The hearings before the House Intelligence Committee look much different than
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, two of President Donald Trump’s senior advisers, threw a book party on the evening of the first public impeachment hearings. It was an invite-only celebration for Ivanka Trump’s older brother, Don Jr., in honor of his new book, “Triggered” which debuted as No. 1 on The New York Times bestselling
Continue Reading Some Instagram users around the world will have to kiss their likes goodbye. On Thursday, Instagram announced it is now expanding its months-long test to hide like counts to the rest of the world, inching the company closer to formally rolling out a core change to the way users engage with the photo-sharing service. Instagram
Continue Reading The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a subpoena to the General Services Administration on Thursday for documents concerning the Trump International Hotel’s lease of its building in downtown Washington, DC. GSA — the agency which supervises the lease of the Old Post Office building to the Trump Organization — has refused to fully comply
Continue Reading Hundreds of local newspapers are now under one umbrella company, making it the largest US media company by print circulation and completing a deal that has journalists and advocates for strong local media worried about the future. New Media Investment Group, parent company of GateHouse Media, announced its plan to acquire Gannett in August. On Thursday, the deal
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