The Republican National Committee recently sent mailers to voters in Alabama that resembled Census forms, a RNC official confirmed to CNN. The political fundraising letter, “2019 Congressional District Census,” asked voters to fill out a survey and donate to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, according to AL.com, which first reported the mailers. In an accompanying
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A decades-long effort to recover mass burial plots from the 1921 Tulsa race riot has been spurred forward after an investigation found that two sites in the Oklahoma city may contain unmarked mass graves. Scientists and forensic anthropologists have been examining three locations in Tulsa since October. On Monday, the city’s 1921 Mass Graves Investigation
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Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE, CA (KTXL) — A break-in at a woman’s Roseville home Friday ended with an urn containing her late husband’s ashes being taken. Stained glass of a hummingbird sat on a nightstand in Mimi Lopez-Waverly’s bedroom. It was all she had left to remember her late husband, Michael.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, CA (KTXL) — A Stockton mother continued to fight for her life Monday after her 1-year-old son was killed in a crash involving a San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputy. He was only 13 months old and only beginning to walk, make memories and live his life. On
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Caroline Flack has stepped down as host of hit British reality TV show “Love Island” after she was charged with assault. The 40-year-old presenter confirmed the news in a statement posted to her Instagram stories Tuesday, saying she didn’t want her personal life to “detract attention from the upcoming series.” “There have been a significant
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, PA (WNEP) — A Scranton toymaker decided earlier this year to expand his line of plastic toy soldiers to include one female figurine — a risk he thought was worth taking. A wildly successful fundraising campaign proved that toy lovers have been wanting plastic army women for
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Lola, a young girl who lived in Denmark 5,700 years ago, had blue eyes, dark skin and dark hair. Her last meal included hazelnuts and mallard duck but no milk — she couldn’t stomach dairy. And the reason we know any of this is because she chewed on birch pitch, a material that functioned a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VISTA, CA (KGTV) — The generosity and hard work of a Vista kindergarten student is helping hundreds of other children. Katelynn Hardee of Breeze Hill Elementary overheard a student’s mother saying she had a hard time paying for an after-school program. Katelynn asked her mom if they could
Continue Reading It may be a no-brainer for Senate Republicans to keep President Donald Trump in office — but it’s becoming clear that Democrats mean to make them pay a heavy price for saving the President in his impeachment trial early next year. In a sign of the high-stakes politics to come, minority Democrats are not waiting
Continue Reading Pasito a pasito the song “Despacito,” won the decade. Nearly two years after the song’s release date, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and reggaetón star Daddy Yankee continue to burn steadily up the charts. YouTube has released a detailed breakdown of the most popular music videos from the past four decades, and “Despacito,” which is
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It took new Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton less than two months to clear out nearly the chain’s entire executive suite. On Tuesday, Bed Bath & Beyond announced that six members of its C-Suite were leaving, including its chief merchandising officer, chief marketing officer and chief digital officer. Three of the six had
Continue Reading(CNN) — 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. Gates, a longtime deputy to 2016 Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort who shared searing details
Continue Reading In CNN’s new national poll, 45% of Americans say that President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office. That’s down from 50% who said the same in CNN polls in October and November. Which is good news for Trump, right? Trump certainly thinks it is! “Impeachment Poll numbers are starting to drop like
Continue Reading Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday weighed in on President Donald Trump’s assertion that the impeachment proceedings against him should stop, saying he “is not a lawyer.” The remarks from the 86-year-old justice came at an event in New York where she was awarded the Berggruen Institute Prize for Philosophy and Culture. She
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation’s transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go to waste — and to make it easier for the living to donate. The rules proposed Tuesday aim to ease an organ shortage so severe that more than 113,000 Americans linger
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ANTIOCH, TN (WTVF ) — A father said he went into protective mode to keep his 12-year-old son safe from a couple of gunmen in Antioch on Sunday night. Dallas Johnson recalled hearing at least six gunshots fired at his vehicle as and he son drove away from
Continue Reading America’s housing market has come back to life in the final months of the year, and promises to boost the economy in 2020. Low mortgage rates, a strong labor market with rising wages and unemployment hitting at a 50-year low are underpinning the solid fundamentals that will help real estate next year. “The housing market
Continue Reading Pope Francis has abolished Vatican secrecy rules for cases of sexual abuse, effectively allowing the Catholic church to share documents and information with civil authorities, and allow victims to be updated of the status of their cases. The church already shares files with authorities in some countries, such as the United States, but the practice
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Russian gun-rights enthusiast Maria Butina, recently released from a US prison, will become the host of an online video program, Russia’s state owned network RT announced Tuesday. Butina, who was convicted of conspiring to act as an agent for a foreign state in the United States, was deported to Russia in October after serving more
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(CNN Español) — La policía la ciudad de Buenos Aires informó a través de un comunicado que “cayó el delincuente que disparó en Puerto Madero”, señalado del hecho en que un hombre británico fue asesinado y su hijo resultó herido a pocos metros de un hotel de lujo el sábado. El sospechoso es venezolano, tiene
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un hombre británico fue asesinado y su hijo resultó herido a pocos metros de un hotel de lujo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el sábado, informó TN, filial de CNN. El autobús lleno de turistas viajaba desde el aeropuerto internacional Ezeiza hasta el Hotel Faena en la zona costera de Puerto Madero cuando dos
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EL PASO, Texas– El Paso Police confirmed that a 62-year-old man was shot and killed by police Tuesday morning after he fatally shot a police dog outside a northeast El Paso home. The man’s name was not released by authorities. Several law enforcement agencies, including the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),
Continue Reading Estonia’s President has apologized after the country’s interior minister mocked Finland’s newly elected leader and described her as a “sales girl.” The leader of Estonia’s populist far-right party EKRE, Mart Helme, questioned the ability of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 34, to run her country on Sunday. “Now we see how one sales girl has
Continue Reading(CNN) — 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,” he said in remarks prepared for delivery on the Senate floor. “We judge them. “”The House chose this road. It is
Continue Reading Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s high-profile push for witnesses to testify in the Senate’s expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump shifted attention and political pressure on Monday to a handful of Republican senators who have worked diligently to avoid the spotlight. The disparate group’s views on the trial are a concern to the White
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A new CNN Poll of Polls finds opposition narrowly outpacing support for impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office — 46% believe Trump should be impeached and removed from office, 49% don’t. This Poll of Polls includes national polling conducted between Dec. 4 and 15 by telephone and averages results among registered voters across
Continue Reading (CNN) — Tom Cruise llega justo en el último segundo con el regalo navideño definitivo. El último tráiler de “Top Gun: Maverick” ya está disponible y es lo máximo. Cruise acudió a Twitter para compartir el avance de dos minutos y 20 segundos con un simple subtítulo: “Nos vemos en el cielo”. See you in
Continue Reading (CNN) — El Congreso de Estados Unidos ha llevado a cabo dos juicios políticos presidenciales: al presidente Andrew Johnson en 1868, por despedir a un secretario del gabinete sin el consentimiento del Congreso, y al presidente Bill Clinton en 1998 por perjurio y obstrucción de la justicia. Tanto Johnson como Clinton fueron absueltos, por lo
Continue Reading A sales warning from one of the world’s biggest consumer goods companies is undermining hopes for a significantly stronger global economy in 2020. Unilever, which owns brands including Dove and Ben & Jerry’s, said Tuesday that it won’t meet its sales growth target for 2019, and warned that weakness will continue into next year. The
Continue Reading A retiring Democratic member of Congress who has cited his weariness over long-running investigations into President Donald Trump as a primary reason for stepping down said Tuesday he believes many Americans feel the same way. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, announced his retirement earlier this month, writing on
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