A senior North Korean official has called US President Donald Trump a “heedless and erratic old man,” the latest insult in an escalating war of words between the two countries. Kim Yong Chol, Chairman of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, made the comment about Trump on Monday in a statement reported by the state-run Korean
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Attorney General William Barr and the US attorney he picked to lead a probe into the origins of the Russia investigation criticized the FBI on Monday and contradicted some of the key findings of a report by the Justice Department’s inspector general. Barr excoriated the FBI for launching what he called an “intrusive investigation” into
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EL PASO, Texas — A 30-year-old El Paso man has been arrested after police said they found over 17,000 images of child pornography during a search of his home. 30-year-old Oscar Garcia Jr. was being held Monday in the downtown jail on $40,000 bond on charges of possession of child pornography and possession with intent
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Morgan Stanley is cutting approximately 1,500 jobs because of concerns about economic uncertainty around the world, a person familiar with the matter told CNN Business. The job cuts represent more than 2% of the bank’s workforce, which totaled 60,532 at the end of September. The layoffs will skew towards technology and operations roles, the source
Continue Reading As cancel culture gained traction in 2019, so did the number of people who were canceled. The culture doesn’t always work out because some people face long-term cancellation while others face a short-term slap on the wrist. Here’s a list of just some of the people who were canceled, or faced cancellation, in 2019. R.
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President Donald Trump’s former chief physician, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, filed on Monday to run for Congress in Texas’ 13th District. Jackson filed his paperwork Monday afternoon at the Republican Party of Texas’ headquarters in Austin, the group’s communications director, Sam Pohl, confirmed to CNN. The move comes following Jackson’s retirement from the Navy last
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg’s campaign will begin to allow the press to cover his high-dollar fundraisers, the campaign announced on Monday after some of his Democratic presidential opponents called on him to be more transparent about the time he spends with top donors. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s campaign will also make the names of his so-called
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Miss South Africa rules all. Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe Sunday night after excelling through rounds of swimsuit and evening gown struts, questions on social issues and one final chance to explain why she was the right choice. “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me — with my
Continue Reading The House Judiciary Committee convened its second impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump, with lawyers for Democrats and Republicans making the cases for and against whether the pressure campaign conducted by the White House is an impeachable act. My rolling takeaways from the ongoing hearing — which is expected to consume the entirety of Monday
Continue Reading There’s a hotly anticipated new report expected to be released Monday from the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office about whether, as President Donald Trump has repeatedly alleged, the FBI spied on his presidential campaign in 2016. That conspiracy theory has helped feed Trump’s distrust of the government he leads, and it’s been a main
Continue Reading President Donald Trump spent the better part of the last several years insisting that the so-called “deep state” had engaged in a long-running, coordinated effort to keep him from winning and then undermining him once he was in office — all under the guise of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. On
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SpaceX wants to be your next Wi-Fi provider. It’s hoping to build a constellation of satellites to deliver cheap, lightning-quick broadband from space — and the toughest obstacle could be on the ground. The company took major steps this year by launching the first 100-plus satellites for its network, called Starlink, with an eye toward
Continue Reading The Justice Department’s inspector general found that the FBI properly opened its investigation into Russian election interference but said there were major errors in how the agency conducted the probe. The report released Monday by inspector general Michael Horowitz did not find “documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions”
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Russia has been banned from competing in major international sporting competitions including the Olympics and World Cup for four years, but the head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) believes the punishment is far from what they deserve. Agency CEO Travis Tygart spoke to CNN World Sport anchor Don Riddell on Monday, calling the four-year
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Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL (WPTV) — A Palm Beach County dog owner has a warning after her 7-month-old dog died after eating mushrooms. Alexandra Barry said her Boston Terrier named Dino ate two mushrooms while they were walking at their apartment complex in west Boynton Beach on a
Continue Reading Amazon alleged on Monday that President Donald Trump abused his position to apply “improper pressure” on Pentagon decision-makers to stop the company from winning a military contract worth billions of dollars. In a formal protest unsealed at the US Court of Federal Claims, Amazon said Trump “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against the company
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FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have waived struggling kicker Brett Maher and replaced him with eight-year veteran Kai Forbath. Maher is the only kicker in NFL history with three field goals of at least 60 yards, but the Cowboys couldn’t count on him for the shorter ones that are often more critical. In his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The city of Flint is behind schedule for the current water tests reporting period and it is asking residents for help. The city needs to conduct water quality tests at a minimum of 60 homes considered at risk of having lead service lines by
Continue Reading After nearly a decade of funneling money into a project to build a gargantuan rocket that NASA hopes will return astronauts to the moon, the launch vehicle is finally assembled and ready for testing. But the rocket, called SLS or Space Launch System, is still haunted by critiques of long delays and cost overruns. NASA
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMPTON, VA (WTKR) — All five charges against Julia Tomlin will move forward to Circuit Court. During the Hampton mother’s preliminary hearing Monday morning, a total of 14 people took the stand for the Commonwealth’s Attorney Office. Julia was arrested over the summer, just days after she reported
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — An air quality advisory was lifted for parts of Oregon and southwest Washington on Monday. The advisory was issued Thursday by The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency and Southwest Clean Air Agency. It covered the Willamette Valley, central Oregon,
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Listen closely: Can you hear that noisy static in your brain? Neurobiologist Nina Kraus can. At her lab at Northwestern University called “Brainvolts,” she and her colleagues can attach a series of electrodes to your scalp and record the electricity your brain produces in response to a sound. “I can then take that electricity and
Continue Reading Pierce Bush, a grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, is running for Congress in Texas. Bush, a nonprofit executive, is seeking to succeed Rep. Pete Olson, a Republican who announced in July he will not run for reelection to represent Texas’ 22nd Congressional District. Bush announced his candidacy in a campaign video in which
Continue Reading Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren may not like private health insurance, but many Americans do. Some 71% of Americans rate their private coverage as “excellent” or “good,” according to the latest Gallup poll, released Monday. The share has remained fairly constant in recent years, even though 2020 presidential candidates like Sanders and Warren have
Continue ReadingThe US Military Academy removed a longtime motto from its football team’s spirit flag because the phrase is linked to hate groups, the academy said in a statement on Monday. The letters GFBD, an abbreviation of “God Forgives, Brothers Don’t,” graced the Army team’s skull and crossbones spirit flag for more than 25 years, according
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SMITH COUNTY, TN (WSMV) — A woman who is in dire need is tired of pranks and hecklers while her life is on the line. Nicole Murphy looks forward to Fridays when she’s done with dialysis treatments for the week. Murphy goes three days out of the week
Continue Reading Last week in Iowa, a man at a Joe Biden town hall asked the wrong question. The man wanted to know why Biden would be better than President Donald Trump since the former vice president had sent his “son over (to Ukraine), to get a job and work for a gas company, that he had
Continue Reading Many Silicon Valley companies want to reduce their carbon footprint, but some are doing so from the ground up. LinkedIn is using a more environmentally-friendly concrete to expand their campuses. This may not sound like a sexy concept, but production of cement, the key ingredient in concrete, contributes to 7% of global man-made greenhouse emissions,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA (KPAX TV) — Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) believes bipartisan support might be the difference to finally resolving the years-long debate over tribal water rights in the Flathead Basin. Tester made the comment reacting to news that Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) will introduce the Montana Water Rights Protection
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PABLO (KPAX TV) — Funding for minority serving institutions like tribal colleges was approved in the senate earlier this week and we spoke to a tribal college president about what that means for her institution. The US Senate unanimously voted to renew the FUTURE Act which helps provide
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