Mike Espy, a Mississippi Democrat whose heated special Senate runoff against Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2018 turned into a nationally watched affair, announced on Tuesday that he will challenge her to a rematch in 2020. Espy, a former US member of the House and agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration, would be the state’s first black
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A small group of Republican senators who traditionally focus on foreign policy issues attended a White House meeting with President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Ahead of the meeting, there had been limited information given to the Hill on what it was all about, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.
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In 2008 Ruben Martinez Jr. was sentenced to 47 years and eight months in prison for a series of armed robberies, even though he was at work when two of the crimes were committed. Eleven years later, he finally proved his innocence. The 49-year-old was freed this month after serving 11 years of that sentence.
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Click here for updates on this story TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — The Tallahassee Fire Department says an overnight fire sparked by an e-scooter charging station caused $75,000 in damages to a Tallahassee shopping plaza. On Tuesday around 9:20 P.M., a person noticed smoke coming from the shopping plaza in the 1100 block of South Adams
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Kelly Clarkson’s kids made a splash in their debut interview with “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa. In a recent episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” the singer brought her two children, son Remington Blackstock and look-a-like daughter River Blackstock, on stage to interview one of their favorite DC superheroes. Momoa, a father himself, faced hard-hitting questions,
Continue Reading Massachusetts residents can now choose a nonbinary gender designation on their driver’s licenses and ID cards. On Tuesday, the gender designation of “X” — which signifies gender neutral — became part of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle’s technology system upgrade, the state Department of Transportation said. The registry now recognizes three gender designation options:
Continue Reading President Donald Trump emerged from hours of talks with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday to declare himself a “big fan” of Turkey’s strongman leader. It was hardly the confrontation that some lawmakers were hoping for during the visit, which came as US-Turkey ties reach a low point amid disagreements over Syria and Ankara’s purchase of
Continue Reading The world-class pairing of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen is the only calling card that “The Good Liar” needs. Yet even these two knighted performers — in a rare star vehicle for a pair of senior citizens — can’t elevate this adaptation of Nicholas Searle’s book, which clearly wants to be twisty and Hitchcockian but
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Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who claimed the NFL and its teams colluded to keep him from playing following his refusal to stand during the National Anthem, will take part Saturday in a private workout organized by the league. The NFL sent a memo Tuesday to its 32 teams, saying the session will include on-field
Continue Reading The Houston Astros organization said it’s cooperating with a Major League Baseball investigation of allegations the team used a hidden camera to help steal signs during their 2017 championship season. The investigation stems from a report Tuesday in The Athletic, a sports news website, in which former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers — who now pitches
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HONDO, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday for 14-year-old girl from Hondo whom police believed was in “immediate danger” after going missing nearly a month ago. Eva Marie Garcia was last seen at her family’s home during the early morning hours of Oct. 16. Her family told police they have not had
Continue Reading Three ex-employees of a shuttered Northern California alternative school each face an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2018 incident in which an autistic student died after being restrained, a prosecutor says. Guiding Hands School Executive Director Cindy Keller, Principal Staranne Meyers and special education teacher Kimberly Wohlwend each face a charge of felony involuntary manslaughter,
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Continue Reading Nota del editor: Alejandra Oraa presenta Destinos y Café CNN. Síguela en Twitter en @alejandraoraa Durante toda mi vida, viajar a Cuba me parecía una especie de enigma, pero hace poco más de un año dos hombres se pusieron de acuerdo para dejar atrás el último vestigio de la guerra fría en América, y así Cuba y
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The results of what researchers are calling the first “virtual study of its kind” were published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, the product of a collaboration between Apple Watch and Stanford Medical Center. The study used Apple sensors to detect the amount of blood flowing through the wrists of more than 419,000
Continue Reading We’re still 38 days from the official start of winter, but Mother Nature doesn’t care. Hundreds of million of people were grappling with bone-chilling weather Wednesday as an Arctic blast grips the eastern two-thirds of the US. “Freeze warnings continue into the Deep South, with freezing temperatures in Florida this morning,” CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen
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After a crushing defeat to Alexander Zverev, Rafael Nadal sought his trademark intensity for his rematch with Daniil Medvedev. He got his wish. Nadal saved a match point and rallied from 5-1 down in the final set to defeat the Russian 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in a near three-hour classic that came two months
Continue Reading The House Intelligence Committee opened historic impeachment hearings Wednesday to investigate whether President Donald Trump (and his allies) abused his office in an attempt to strong-arm Ukraine into opening an inquiry into his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. I monitored the highly anticipated — and hugely high-stakes — hearing as it happened. Below,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — After a fall in her home, 78-year-old Bessie Owens said she just needed some help getting a wheelchair ramp installed. Instead, the long-time Detroit resident ended up being put under guardianship in the probate courts – where she was declared legally incapacitated. When you’re
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON, OH (WCPO) — Badin High School announced Tuesday morning that starting in January 2020, all students will be subjected to mandatory random drug tests. “Our objective is not to catch students doing drugs,” Badin High School principal Brian Pendergest said in a press release. “Our objective is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KTNV) — A Las Vegas woman claims she lost consciousness twice and suffered significant injuries during and after a blood plasma donation. Helen Summers says she went to the Octapharma Inc. located at Fremont Street and Bruce in May 2018 in order to donate her
Continue Reading The worst flooding to hit Venice in more than 50 years has brought the historic city to its knees, its mayor said on Wednesday. “Venice is on its knees,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted. “St. Mark’s Basilica has sustained serious damage, like the entire city and its islands.” The crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica was inundated
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When “The Crown” returns to Netflix on Sunday, the royals will look a little different. The entire cast of the worldwide hit series has been replaced for its third series, as the story moves into the 1960s and 1970s and follows Queen Elizabeth II and her fellow royals in the second decade of her reign.
Continue Reading The number of passengers flying over this Thanksgiving holiday period should be one for the record books, the Transportation Security Administration says. About 26.8 million passengers are expected to pass through TSA checkpoints nationwide from the Friday before Thanksgiving through the Monday afterward, or November 22 to December 2, TSA Acting Deputy Administrator Patricia Cogswell
Continue Reading Here is a look at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Facts There are 18.2 million veterans in the United States, according to the most recent statistics from the US Census. More than nine million veterans are served each year by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Health care facilities are made up of 1,074 outpatient
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So far this year, Facebook has shut down 5.4 billion fake accounts on its main platform, but millions likely remain, the social networking giant said Wednesday. That’s compared to roughly 3.3 billion fake accounts removed in all of 2018. As much as 5% of its monthly user base of nearly 2.5 billion consists of fake
Continue Reading A transgender woman is suing Dunkin’ Donuts and one of its Pennsylvania franchisees after, the woman alleges, managers at a Bethlehem store allowed customers to harass and attack her, then fired her when she complained and left work to protect herself. The federal civil rights lawsuit, filed Friday in Pennsylvania’s eastern district, requests a jury
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, AZ (KGUN) — For many veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a common experience and getting through it can be difficult. In order to help veterans going through PTSD, an Arizona organization is heading to a race track and putting those veterans in a race
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HELENA, MT (KTVH) — In many Midwestern states a species of turtle, called ornate box turtles, is in danger, whether from habitat loss or harvest. To help protect the remaining reptiles, scientists and conservationists often call one man, who lives right here in Montana. John Rucker has trained
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