Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected calls from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to allow witnesses at an expected Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. “We don’t create impeachments,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “We judge them.” “The House chose this road. It is their duty to investigate. It is their
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Boeing’s 737 Max crisis keeps getting worse and worse. And there is no clear end in sight. In March, following the second of two fatal crashes that killed a total of 346 people, Boeing promised a fix would be in place “in the coming weeks.” The company was wrong on the timing, and now there’s
Continue Reading Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who is testifying before Congress on Wednesday about his new report on the early stages of the Russia investigation, has built a reputation as a thorough investigator who has waded into some of the more controversial issues of the last few years. Horowitz, who was appointed to his post
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The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve a nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal that would fund the government through fiscal year 2020 and avert the looming threat of a shutdown amid a historic impeachment push. The sweeping package includes a military and civilian federal worker pay raise, federal funding for election security grants
Continue Reading Voters asking questions at Democratic presidential campaign events don’t often profess their love for Donald Trump or privately weigh whether to support a Democrat or the President in 2020. But most Democratic events are not like Tulsi Gabbard‘s town halls. The Hawaii congresswoman has proven resilient in the Democratic field, weathering low poll numbers and
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EL PASO, Texas– Road work on I-10 west at Hawkins is causing major congestion for lunch time drivers. The left two lanes on I-10 west at Hawkins are closed. Road work is expected to clear at 4 p.m.
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A storm system that spawned a series of deadly tornadoes in the Deep South threatens more damaging winds Tuesday across that region while disrupting travel in the Northeast with snow and ice. A tornado watch is in effect until 7 p.m. ET for portions of southeast Georgia and northeastern Florida, according to the National Weather
Continue Reading A 5-year-old student at an elementary school in Vista, California, collected enough money to pay off the negative lunch balances of 123 students at her school. Katelynn Hardee, a kindergartner at Breeze Hill Elementary School, overheard a parent say she was having difficulty paying for an after school program. “She started asking me a lot
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EL PASO, Texas– A partial agreement was approved Tuesday by El Paso City Council and the Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) in the sale of El Paso Electric. The city and the investment firm still need to iron out the franchise agreement. That is expected to happen the first week of January 2020. The vote came
Continue Reading The $25 million for federal research into gun violence that’s included in the massive spending bill agreed to on Capitol Hill represents the first time in over two decades that Congress has allocated funding for the issue. The House voted Tuesday to approve the nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal that includes $12.5 million for the
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British pop singer Ellie Goulding has confirmed that she was among those to check on a motorist whose car was dramatically pushed sideways down a busy road in west London by a Royal Mail truck. The 32-year-old star shared a photo of the incident and confirmed that she was in the footage which began circulating
Continue Reading(CNN) — The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve a nearly $1. 4 trillion spending deal that would fund the government through fiscal year 2020 and avert the looming threat of a shutdown amid a historic impeachment push. The sweeping package includes a military and civilian federal worker pay raise, federal funding for
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sickness is sweeping through Minnesota schools, forcing hundreds of kids to stay home. At least 322 students were absent Monday from West Middle School in Shakopee — nearly 30% of the entire student body. The district says those students reported flu-like symptoms. Health officials we
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A gold coin worth approximately $1,600 was dropped into one of The Salvation Army red kettles in Naperville. According to officials, the coin was a 1oz gold South African Krugerrand (1978). This is the second South African coin dropped in a kettle this year. The
Continue Reading Mulchatna. Cruinlagh. Bran. Remember these names — they may one day trip off the tongue as easily as Mercury, Venus and Mars. The International Astronomical Union, which is the global authority for naming celestial objects, on Tuesday announced new names for 112 sets of planets and host stars. It said that 780,000 people worldwide in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A gold coin worth approximately $1,600 was dropped into one of The Salvation Army red kettles in Naperville. According to officials, the coin was a 1oz gold South African Krugerrand (1978). This is the second South African coin dropped in a kettle this year. The
Continue Reading As he accepted the coveted Heisman trophy, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow addressed the children in his hometown of Athens, Ohio, where thousands of residents live in poverty. Burrow struggled to speak, holding back tears as he spoke about the children in his community who go hungry. “Coming from southeast Ohio, it’s a very impoverished area
Continue Reading Rick Gates, one of the most significant former Trump campaign advisers who flipped on President Donald Trump in the Mueller investigation, was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years probation by a federal judge Tuesday morning. But the judge veered from simply giving him his sentence to acknowledge the significant role he had
Continue Reading Like Donald Trump, David Cornstein is a very rich New Yorker. Like Trump, he likes to put on a good show. The two men have been friends for decades and thanks to President Trump, Cornstein is now the US ambassador to Hungary. It should come as little surprise then that Cornstein has modeled his diplomacy
Continue Reading Google’s version of iMessage is now available to Android owners in the United States. Google is calling its new service “Chat,” and it contains an array of improved tools that mirror Apple iMessage. For example, Android users now have read receipts, an ellipsis symbol that indicates when people are typing and the ability to send
Continue Reading Taylor Swift was not inspired by any of her three cats for her role in “Cats.” Instead, she said, she’s more the “feral” type. Swift plays Bombalurina, and in order to prepare for the film, an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running musical, the cast attended cat school. “We were learning how to move like
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL ) — Bullets darted through the middle the food court at Cumberland Mall Saturday this weekend following an argument between teenagers. Some terrified shoppers were able to record a cell phone video while ducking to hide. Police have arrested 18-year-old Zaire Dhanoolal and 19-year-old Joweer
Continue Reading A Texas State University fraternity has been suspended and two men face charges after members of the fraternity allegedly attacked another student. He was left with a fractured skull and a traumatic brain injury, according to his attorneys. San Marcos, Texas, police say witnesses have provided a video which captured the incident on a street
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(CNN Español) — México aumentó el salario mínimo en un de 20% a nivel nacional y de 5% en la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte (ZLFN) esta semana, tras un acuerdo entre el Gobierno, las centrales obreras y los empresarios. Así a partir del 1 de enero de 2020, el salario mínimo nacional pasará
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It’s been 30 years since the world’s first hotel made of snow and ice launched, and the team behind Sweden’s ICEHOTEL have gone all out to mark the occasion. A frosty theater production, an ice-carved observation deck and a frozen feline lair are among the new designs on display as the iconic hotel opens for
Continue Reading The Senate passed a historic measure on Tuesday that would fund paid family and medical leave for federal employees, marking a win for a policy pushed by Ivanka Trump, a senior White House adviser and daughter of President Donald Trump. The United States and New Guinea are the only two countries out of 170 that
Continue Reading Congress has passed an annual defense authorization bill following a vote in the Senate on Tuesday that includes a provision that creates a new space force branch of the armed services and provides all federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time in American history. The bill passed by a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRAND JUNCTION, CO (KMGH ) — A 9-year-old girl in Grand Junction who died last month was poisoned, the Mesa County Coroner said Monday evening. The girl’s death on Nov. 9 was originally investigated as an unattended death, our ABC-affiliate in Colorado Springs reports. But in a news
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What a difference a year makes. Last year, recession fears set off Wall Street’s worst December since the Great Depression. Now, US stocks are capping off a blockbuster year with yet another dose of extreme optimism. The swing in sentiment has been most pronounced over the past two months. A net 68% of global fund
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