Rudy Giuliani has a cold. On the phone from Chicago, through sniffles and with a gravelly voice, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer spends 20 minutes on a Monday afternoon venting about the impeachment inquiry. His grievances are numerous. Giuliani complains about the media coverage, blasts Democrats for attacking the President, and dismisses the closed-door testimony
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McDonald’s workers have walked off the job in the United Kingdom to demand higher pay and better working conditions. The workers are asking the fast food chain for an hourly wage of at least £15 ($19.25) as part of a global day of action organized by the International Union of Food Workers. The UK Trades
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Click here for updates on this story PINELLAS COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — For the first time, we’re getting a look at the moments a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office employee is arrested for allegedly driving drunk. The incident led to the firing of Samantha Krenek. New dashcam footage reveals her incredible request to the deputy who
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The lead developers behind social media tools like Instagram Stories and Boomerang left their jobs to build new features for the very tools they created. A group of former Instagram and Facebook employees have rolled out a new app called Chroma Stories that capitalizes on social media trends at a pace far faster than what’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — A Southern Connecticut State University student has died following a gymnastics training accident on Friday. Melanie Coleman, a nursing major, died on Sunday, two days after she suffered a serious spinal injury after slipping off the uneven bars. She was training on an
Continue Reading Disney+ launched to much fanfare on Tuesday, and then immediately hit some bumps. Disney fans looking to enjoy all the content the company’s new streaming service had to offer were instead greeted by error pages starring Disney’s own Wreck-It Ralph. “Unable to connect to Disney+,” one error page, which showed Wreck-It Ralph holding a WiFi
Continue Reading Thousands of pages of transcripts are piling up, and top minds from both political parties are preparing their best strategy as the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump moves into a new phase Wednesday with the first public hearings. A clearer picture of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine has finally emerged after weeks of testimony from
Continue Reading President Donald Trump will address the Economic Club of New York later today and investors want to know one thing: When can a so-called phase-one mini-trade deal with China be signed? There’s not much time before the United States is scheduled to impose a new round of 15% tariffs on $156 billion in consumer-facing goods
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EL PASO, Texas — Smoke inside a Lower Valley high school forced the entire building to be evacuated. Ysleta Independent School District officials confirmed to ABC-7 that the evacuation of Del Valle High School on Tuesday morning was a precaution. Officials could not confirm how many students were in the school at the time, or
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(CNN) — El martes, el tribunal más alto de la nación escuchará argumentos orales en un caso que desafía la forma en que la administración Trump puso fin a un programa de la era Obama que protegía a unos 700.000 inmigrantes indocumentados de la deportación, poniendo a tope del tema de la inmigración un tema
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Millions of online viewers tuned in to watch the League of Legends World Championship final Sunday and were treated to a thrilling finale. FunPlus Phoenix beat favorite G2 Esports in all three of its games to lift the trophy but the final in Paris arguably pushed the boundaries of what people will come to expect
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Afghanistan is to “conditionally” release three high-ranking Taliban prisoners in exchange for two American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) professors who were kidnapped by the group three years ago, President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday. Ghani said that Afghanistan had decided to release the prisoners “to pave the way” for the release of US citizen Kevin
Continue Reading President Donald Trump and his team continue to dive into their grab bag of tricks to try to undermine the impeachment inquiry. Whether it’s criticizing the process, insulting witnesses, attacking the whistleblower, or pointing to exculpatory evidence that just doesn’t exist, the next phase of public hearings is likely going to be accompanied by a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A connection on social media lead to an improvised, special moment between Portland Trail Blazers pro Damian Lillard and an Army veteran, who is a lifelong Blazers fan. Jersey swaps in sports are not a fairly uncommon thing, but Sunday night in the Moda
Continue Reading Dean Foods, America’s largest milk producer, is filing for bankruptcy. The 94-year-old company has struggled in recent years because Americans are drinking less cows milk. 2019 has been particularly brutal: the company’s sales tumbled 7% in the first half of the year, and profit fell 14%. Dean Foods stock has lost 80% this year. The
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PSOE) y el partido de izquierda Unidas Podemos llegaron a un acuerdo preliminar para formar un gobierno de coalición, anunciaron los líderes de los partidos en una conferencia de prensa conjunta en Madrid este martes. El presidente del Gobierno en funciones y líder del PSOE, Pedro Sánchez,
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Disney+, Disney’s much-anticipated streaming service, launched Nov. 12. Earlier this year, Disney released an enormous lineup of “basically everything” that the service offers. In a prolific Twitter thread and hours-long Youtube teaser, the service highlighted over 600 titles that subscribers will have unlimited access to stream and download. Disney+ costs $6.99 per month, or $69.99
Continue Reading A tiny deer-like creature about the size of a rabbit has been photographed in the wild for the first time in three decades in southern Vietnam, delighting conservationists who feared the species was extinct. The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse deer, was last recorded more than 25 years ago when a team of
Continue Reading Rare dragonfly fossils dating from about 50 million years ago show how life recovered after the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and could benefit our understanding of climate change. Canadian scientist Bruce Archibald, who examined the fossilized remains of the insects, said the dragonflies would have lived in a period of increasing atmospheric carbon and higher
Continue Reading If you can somehow erase Elisabeth Moss in “The Handmaid’s Tale” from your mind, she wants us to imagine her in a much lighter role. A role, say, as a Hallmark Channel heroine who saves some small-town bookstore from shutting down just in time for Christmas. The actress revealed her love of all things Hallmark
Continue Reading The launch of Disney+ has come with some special treats for those still not over “Avengers: Endgame.” (Warning: spoilers ahead.) A few previously unseen deleted scenes are included in the digital version of the film featured on the new streaming service, one of which is a tear-jerker that shows Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in
Continue Reading Revealing letters sent from Ian Fleming to his socialite wife Ann (formerly Charteris) — in which the author discusses his creation of James Bond, gossips about fellow members of high society and reflects on their intense and volatile love life — have been unveiled ahead of an auction in London. The letters chart two decades
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President Donald Trump oversees a toxic West Wing and attempts to use his office to settle scores — including with the state of California and former Vice President Joe Biden — according to a new book by an anonymous author identified only as a senior administration official. Painting the White House as a snake-pit of
Continue Reading Dhruv Gaur’s answer on “Jeopardy!” brought host Alex Trebek to tears Monday. During the “Final Jeopardy” round, Trebek asked contestants for their answers. When he got to Gaur, the host paused, according to CNN affiliate WBAL-TV “We love you Alex!” Gaur wrote on his answer, worth $1,995. In place of the word love, Gaur wrote
Continue Reading Hilaria Baldwin shared her grief on Instagram Monday over her second miscarriage this year. “We are very sad to share that today we learned that our baby passed away at 4 months. We also want you to know that even though we are not ok right now, we will be,” Baldwin wrote in the caption
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Temperatures will remain about 20 degrees below normal, with highs near 50 degrees Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures will warm into the 60s Wednesday. The region will slowly warm back to the mid and upper 60s by the weekend.
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Fifth time’s the charm? Comedian Ricky Gervais is returning to host the the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards, it was announced Tuesday. “Once again, they’ve made me an offer I can’t refuse,” he said in a statement. “But this is the very last time I’m doing this, which could make for a fun evening.” Gervais
Continue Reading Juul on Tuesday announced an update to its major restructuring effort that includes layoffs and deep cost cutting. It’s the latest development in a series of shakeups since September as Juul attempts to revamp its strategy in the face of heightened scrutiny of vaping. Much of the $1 billion in cuts Juul hopes to make
Continue Reading Rafa Nadal rarely loses his cool on the tennis court, but his patience was soundly tested after losing in his ATP Finals opener Monday. After defeat by Alexander Zverev in London, Nadal appeared taken aback as a reporter questioned whether his recent marriage to longtime partner Xisca Perello had contributed to his loss. Nadal and
Continue Reading Un virus se ha convertido en un efecto secundario invisible del cambio climático. El misterio de la taza de café de “Game of Thrones” se profundiza después de que una estrella negara su responsabilidad. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. ¿Para dónde va Bolivia? No está claro quién sería
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