(CNN) — The House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history. The House voted almost entirely along party lines to charge Trump with abuse of power with a vote of 230 ayes to197
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, responded Tuesday to a recently filed whistleblower complaint that accuses the church of stockpiling $100 billion in accounts intended for charitable works, misleading members and avoiding taxes. A whistleblower alleges that billions of dollars collected in tithes — mandatory donations
Continue Reading(CNN) — The House of Representatives took the historic step to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, charging a president with high crimes and misdemeanors for just the third time in American history. The House voted almost entirely along party lines to charge Trump with abuse of power. The House will now immediately vote on
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R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea in the singer’s New York racketeering case as the two appeared remotely Wednesday from a Chicago courtroom. Earlier this month, the Justice Department added a charge of bribery against Kelly, accusing him of obtaining a false ID for an unidentified woman in 1994. The New York Times,
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(CNN) — Australia experimentó su día más caluroso en todo el país el martes, con el aumento de la temperatura promedio nacional a medida que los devastadores incendios forestales continuaron quemando en todo el estado de Nueva Gales del Sur. El martes, la temperatura máxima promedio en todo el país fue de 40,9 grados Celsius,
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ANTHONY, New Mexico — A 34-year-old Anthony father of four is facing child abuse and other charges after a daycare worker suspected abuse and reported it to authorities, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Investigators indicated Miguel Angel Sanchez is suspected of beating his four boys – all under the age of 12
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We bottomed out at 24 degrees Wednesday AM – the coldest temp we had all year so far for 2019. Temps will drop down to the upper 20’s Thursday AM and climb to the lower 50’s with plenty of sunshine. There still continues to be a slight chance for some rain both Christmas Eve and
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A federal appeals court has found the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional but did not invalidate the entire law, which remains in effect. The 2-1 decision by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals likely pushes any Supreme Court action on Obamacare until after the 2020 election but again thrusts the issue of health
Continue Reading Unlike its geographical poles, Earth’s magnetic poles that serve as the foundation of our navigation are actively moving. The north magnetic pole has been slowly moving across the Canadian Arctic toward Russia since 1831, but its swift pace toward Siberia in recent years at a rate of around 34 miles per year has forced scientists
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Am I a bad parent if I sacrifice some holiday cheer for the sake of the environment? We are all used to holiday observances that are excessive; that’s, in a way, how we know it’s a holiday. Is it okay to reimagine the holidays — and probably suck some of the joy out of them
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Click here for updates on this story Pocatello (EastIdahoNews.com) — A local couple got a surprise while driving home recently. They came face-to-face with a life and death struggle between a predator and its prey. Michele and Twain Hayden of Arbon, Idaho were headed home from an Idaho State University basketball game on Mink Creek
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Attorney General William Barr called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act a “critical tool” and vowed to preserve it Wednesday after suggestions from Republican lawmakers that the court that approves the powerful surveillance technique may have to be shut down absent sweeping reform. FISA surveillance has come under criticism in the wake of a scathing report
Continue Reading Two Georgia Department of Drivers Services staff have been demoted or fired after an investigation found they mishandled the driver’s license application of a Puerto Rican man, according to the agency. A DDS internal investigation conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was launched earlier this year after Kenneth Caban Gonzalez filed a federal lawsuit
Continue Reading The University of Florida cap was in the center of five on the table, but when it was time to announce his college football decision, Emmitt Smith’s son, E.J., told reporters Wednesday he is heading to Stanford. In doing so, E.J. Smith, who grew up in Dallas where his father had a Hall of Fame
Continue Reading (CNN) – Dos hermanos han sido acusados de homicidio por supuestamente asesinar a un novio afuera de su propia boda, según informó la policía en Chino, California. Rony Aristides Castaneda Ramírez, de 28 años, y Josué Daniel Castaneda Ramírez, de 19, fueron señalados de matar a Joseph Melgoza y de agredir a otros dos hombres
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, KS (KMBC) — It’s been four years since the last cases of serial sexual assaults at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University, but there is also no suspect in custody. That’s why the Riley County Police Department is warning students at KU and K-State who
Continue Reading The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals has found the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional, but did not invalidate the entire law. Read the opinion here: cnn.com/2019/12/18/politics/ruling-on-aca-5th-circuit/index.html
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IOWA CITY, IA (KCCI) — A Webster City mother hopes help from central Iowans will brighten Christmas for her 7-month-old son, who awaits a lifesaving transplant. Nearly 200 children will spend the holidays at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. One of them
Continue Reading Police are investigating why a teenager climbed a fence, stole a plane, and crashed it at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. A 17-year-old girl is under arrest for allegedly stealing a King Air 200, a small, private plane, and driving it into a fence at the airport Wednesday morning, the airport said. Fresno police arrived and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The New Mexico State men’s basketball team received an early Christmas present Wednesday when the NCAA granted guard Evan Gilyard immediate eligibility, meaning that the UTEP transfer can now play right away. Aggie fans are probably well familiar with Gilyard, who led the rival Miners in scoring last season with
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A trip to the theater, museum or art gallery could help you live longer. And the more often you get that culture fix the better, a new study suggests. Researchers from University College London (UCL) found that people who engaged in the arts more frequently — every few months or more — had a 31%
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Chrissy Teigen loves to entertain. But when John Legend told her he invited his fellow coaches and contestants from “The Voice” over for a last minute dinner, she hit the roof. Teigen launched into a hilarious rant about the incident Tuesday night, taking to Twitter to tell everyone that Legend was coming home with everyone
Continue Reading The armed robber probably wasn’t expecting a fight — much less to get fatally shot by his victim. But police say that’s what happened in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Tuesday evening, CNN affiliate KYW reported. The suspect confronted a FedEx driver who had just dropped off a package. The driver later told police the suspect
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EL PASO, Texas — If Texas residents want to know more details about the El Paso mass shooting that left 22 dead and more than two dozen wounded or injured four months ago, the state attorney general says tough luck. While Texas law gives officials the discretion to release as much information as possible about
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Nowadays college teams don’t have to wait until National Signing Day in February to announce next season’s signing class. Now they can do it in mid-December as part of the early signing period that begins Dec. 18 and ends Dec. 20. UTEP announced it has signed 11 recruits during the early signing period, while NMSU
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman avoided a criminal indictment and US negotiations with a key foreign ally broke down Wednesday during a busy news day even without the House’s historic impeachment vote. Here’s what’s happening beyond the House floor: New York judge dismisses state indictment against Paul Manafort A New York state judge dismissed
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Uber has agreed to a $4.4 million settlement with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over sexual discrimination charges, according to a release from the federal agency. A 2017 sexual discrimination charge led to an EEOC investigation, which “found reasonable cause to believe that Uber permitted a culture of sexual harassment and retaliation against individuals
Continue Reading A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday asserted that Jesus Christ had more due process before his crucifixion than President Donald Trump has received during the House impeachment inquiry. Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia was decrying the fact that that the intelligence community whistleblower, whose complaint about Trump’s conversations with Ukraine sparked the impeachment inquiry, was never
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un diplomático de Bolivia fue detenido con ocho kilos de cocaína en la provincia de Salta, en el norte de Argentina. Diego Fernando Vega Ibarra fue detenido este martes tras un control vehicular realizado al azar por la Gendarmería. A pesar de que el gobierno interino de Jeanine Áñez lo cesó en
Continue Reading The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals has found the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional, but did not invalidate the entire law. Read the opinion here:
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