A volunteer rescue worker died Saturday while searching for a hiker on Mount Baldy in California, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. Timothy Staples, of the West Valley Search and Rescue team, was among those looking for Sreenivas “Sree” Mokkapati, a 52-year-old reported missing December 8 while hiking to the Mount Baldy summit. At
Continue Reading Here’s what you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. You give us five minutes, and we give you five things you must know for your weekday, plus a Sunday edition to get your week started smart. Sign up
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Authorities are investigating a series of vandalism — including at a synagogue — that took place in Beverly Hills, California, police say. The vandalism at the Nessah Synagogue was discovered Saturday morning by an employee who said he found “an open door and items ransacked inside,” local police said in a news release. “The suspect
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(CNN) — El mensaje de los activistas climáticos fue apasionado, la advertencia de la comunidad científica y los países que ya experimentan los efectos del cambio climático, urgente. La acción de las potencias mundiales ha sido insoportablemente lenta e inadecuada. Lo que se había programado como una cumbre de 12 días con el objetivo de
Continue Reading A handwritten note in a killer’s back pocket helped lead to the arrest of a man connected to a gunman in last week’s Jersey City mass shooting, authorities said. Ahmed A-Hady of Keyport, New Jersey, was arrested by FBI agents Saturday. The 35-year-old faces a charge of being a previously convicted felon in possession of
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The new movie Bombshell depicts former “Fox and Friends” host Gretchen Carlson’s 2016 lawsuit against then-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, and the movement that followed. But Carlson herself couldn’t consult with the filmmakers and actors who made the movie and she can’t comment on the film’s accuracy, either. In fact, Carlson says
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Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, CT (WFSB) — A UPS worker is under fire for throwing a package at a house in Southington while making a delivery. Everyone who drives by this Planstville home knows Cheryl loves everything about Christmas. The lights, the trees, even the shopping! “I have a lot of
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Former FBI Director James Comey conceded that there was “real sloppiness” involved with the bureau’s effort to obtain warrants to secretly surveil a Trump campaign adviser in 2016, saying in a Sunday interview that he was “overconfident” with his trust in the bureau’s procedures. “(The Justice Department’s inspector general) also found things that we were
Continue Reading A group of freshman Democrats is working to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to draft Rep. Justin Amash as an impeachment manager for the expected Senate trial, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Sunday. The group is led by Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who has been in touch with the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, MA (WFSB) — A UPS worker is under fire for throwing a package at a house in Southington while making a delivery. Everyone who drives by this Planstville home knows Cheryl loves everything about Christmas. The lights, the trees, even the shopping! “I have a lot of
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Greta Thunberg’s tweet about riding on the floor of a train didn’t sit well with German railway company Deutsche Bahn, which said she had a seat in first class. The 16-year-old — who was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year this week and challenged delegates at the UN’s COP25 summit for their inaction on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRESHAM, OR (KPTV) — A driver drove into a store in Gresham Saturday. The Gresham Fire Department responded along with Gresham police to a report of a vehicle inside the Lane Bryant store at Gresham Station. Officials said the vehicle entered the store through the glass windows at
Continue Reading Half of American voters want President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a poll released Sunday from Fox News that was taken as House Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment against the President. According to the poll, another 4% of voters surveyed nationwide say the President should be impeached but not removed
Continue Reading A real-life Grinch took nastiness to a new level after snatching a gift from a doorstep and leaving a sarcastic thank-you note for the victim. Hilary Smith ordered a Christmas gift for her boss and had it delivered to her snowy home in St. Paul, Minnesota. But she never saw the package. “I looked down,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WOODSTOCK, GA (WGCL) — The Woodstock community, and beyond, has rallied around a 17-year-old girl undergoing treatment for cancer. Ever since Ellie Draughon was little, she wanted her house covered in Christmas lights. With her house completely surrounded by trees, it would take far too many lights to
Continue Reading A 6-year-old girl was among three people killed when a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Sunday. The girl was inside her family’s house when the building collapsed and killed her, the province’s governor, Douglas Cagas, told CNN. Fire Service director Chief Superintendent Samuel Tadeo confirmed the three deaths and said
Continue Reading Starbucks is apologizing after a California sheriff’s office said two of its deputies were ignored in a store. “Two of our deputies were refused service at Starbucks,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said on Twitter. “The anti police culture repeatedly displayed by Starbucks employees must end.” The department said on Twitter on Friday it was
Continue Reading Three bodies buried in a monk burial room and church nave at the Alamo have been discovered, officials said. The bodies appear to belong to a teenager or young adult, an infant and a large adult, according to the Texas General Land Office and the Alamo Mission Archaeological Advisory Committee. The bodies were discovered during
Continue Reading Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is restarting a program that allows people to go through security and meet loved ones at the gate without purchasing a ticket. The idea is that non-ticketed visitors will use the program to surprise arriving loved ones, enjoy extra time with friends and family and, of course, spend money at the airport’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWPORT NEWS, VA (WTKR) — Police are investigating “a suspicious death,” after friends and family found a missing man dead in the crawl space of an empty house Saturday morning— it was all captured on Facebook Live video. Officials responded to the 800 block of 24th Street to
Continue Reading Louisiana State University quarterback Joe Burrow became the second player in school history to win the Heisman Memorial Trophy Saturday. The trophy is awarded annually to “most outstanding football player in the United States.” The last LSU player to win the Heisman was running back Billy Cannon in 1959, according to the Heisman website. Burrow,
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to announce a reduction of US troops from Afghanistan amid a diplomatic push to renew peace talks with the Taliban, a senior administration official confirmed to CNN. It’s not exactly a surprise move: Trump has already signaled publicly that he intends to drawdown several thousand troops from the country.
Continue Reading The message from climate activists was passionate, the warning from the scientific community and countries already experiencing the effects of climate change, urgent. The action from world powers has been excruciatingly slow and inadequate. What had been scheduled as a 12-day summit aimed at hammering out the rules of the 2015 Paris Climate accord, instead
Continue Reading Nota del autor: Pedro Brieger es un periodista y sociólogo argentino, autor de más de siete libros y colaborador en publicaciones sobre temas internacionales. Actualmente se desempeña como director de NODAL, un portal dedicado exclusivamente a las noticias de América Latina y el Caribe. Colaboró con diferentes medios nacionales como Clarín, El Cronista, La Nación, Página/12, Perfil y
Continue Reading A clearer picture of the next charged investigation into the FBI’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election is emerging, and President Donald Trump is already cashing in on suggestions that it could reveal damning accusations of bias by law enforcement and intelligence officials that last week’s inspector general report debunked. The probe by
Continue Reading James “Radio” Kennedy, the mentally disabled man whose importance to a South Carolina football team inspired the Hollywood movie “Radio,” died early Sunday at the age of 73, T.L. Hanna High School confirmed. He passed away surrounded by his family after midnight Saturday into Sunday, Athletic Director John Cann said. Details for his funeral will
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Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. Trump’s rally strategy This week in Michigan, President Donald Trump will hold his 85th campaign rally since winning the presidency. And these rallies have become about a lot more than merely a trademark Trump
Continue Reading House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Sunday said he would like for some witnesses to be called during the expected Senate impeachment trial against President Donald Trump and for withheld administration documents to be introduced as evidence. “I think there are any number of witnesses that should be called in the Senate trial, and
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The Washington Post’s years-long fight to obtain the Afghanistan Papers began with an “old-fashioned tip” about Michael Flynn. The tip eventually led to transcripts of frank assessments about the Afghan war from hundreds of officials, bringing “into sharp relief the core failings of the war that persist to this day,” in the words of the
Continue Reading House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Sunday criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Kentucky Republican said he would coordinate with White House counsel on “everything” regarding the looming Senate impeachment trial. His comments come after the House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, paving the way for
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