LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A report of a possible person with a gun at Las Cruces High School late Friday afternoon briefly disrupted an after-school wrestling tournament as police scoured the campus. Police said a teacher who thought she saw someone with a gun prompted their response, but no gunman or weapons were found.
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Robinhood’s free-trading ethos turned the online brokerage industry on its head. Established players were forced to rewrite their business models by abolishing commissions. The extreme disruption even prompted the blockbuster merger of industry leaders Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade. Robinhood, the zero-commission online broker that recently surpassed 10 million users, is celebrating the rapid change
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Click here for updates on this story Conyers (WGCL) — “We need prayer, that’s all we need is prayer. Prayer right now,” said Felicia White, the sister of slain Dart Container Plant employee Taurus Andrews. The family of 42-year-old Andrews is having a hard time believing their brother and son is gone after being identified
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Hundreds of people joined a hunger strike in northeast India after a controversial citizenship bill was approved this week, which opponents worry will marginalize non-Hindu voices in one of India’s most ethnically diverse regions. Protesters took to the streets across the states of Assam and Tripura after the government officially approved the Citizenship Amendment Bill
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FORT BLISS, Texas — A person carrying a concealed weapon at Freedom Crossing on the Fort Bliss Army base prompted false reports of an active shooter to spread like wildfire on social media Friday afternoon. Officials called the incident a miscommunication and took to social media themselves to calm the public, posting “There are no
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The Barnard College freshman killed in New York was a creative spirit who loved music and had interned at a local news website in her home state of Virginia. The daughter of a college professor, Tessa Rane Majors was well-known in the Charlottesville music scene and played a few shows at The Southern Cafe and
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday withdrew his endorsement of congressional candidate Cenk Uygur after pushback from supporters over Uygur’s previous controversial comments, as well as Uygur’s decision not to accept endorsements. “As I said yesterday, Cenk has been a longtime fighter against the corrupt forces in our politics and he’s inspired people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chesterfield County (WTVR) — Police are investigating after a female inmate died after a medical emergency Thursday while in custody at Chesterfield County Jail. The sheriff’s office says a 39-year-old Nicole L. Daw was found unresponsive Thursday night. Deputies and medical personnel responded to the inmate in the
Continue Reading After a year-and-half of fraught negotiations that has slowed global growth and hurt American farmers and consumers, the United States and China have reached an interim trade deal bypassing an economic calamity — for now. The two countries on Friday agreed to halt additional tariffs on nearly $160 billion of Chinese consumer electronics and toys
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Amesbury (WBZ) — A State Police trooper was stabbed by a suspect while he was working a highway detail on Route 495 in Amesbury. The suspect was shot and wounded by the trooper. It happened on the southbound side of the highway around noon on Thursday, near Exit
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Public Utilities Commission denied a request Friday by the city of El Paso that sought a 30-day delay in the timeline for approval of a proposed El Paso Electric Company sale. The city had sought to push back a Dec. 17 deadline for its negotiators to resolve issues involving the
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The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that seven candidates have qualified to participate in next week’s presidential primary debate. Former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, businessman Tom Steyer, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and businessman Andrew Yang made the cutoff, according to the
Continue Reading Dave McAdams and his wife, Tina, opened their coffee shop in Oak Grove, Oregon, a year ago, but he’s been an active part of the community for years as a youth pastor, a baseball coach, the Rotary Club and even the Portland Ghostbusters group. So, when Dave went into hospice care with terminal cancer, loyal
Continue Reading When bullets started flying at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, David Lax pushed his way past one of the shooters to escape. Lax was in the JC Kosher Supermarket on Tuesday when a heavily armed man and woman stormed in, killing three people before engaging in an hours-long standoff with police. “The way they
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Downey (KCAL/KCBS ) — A home in Downey, decked out for the holidays, has been visited by thieves not once, but twice. Nickole Jones’ holiday decorations are beloved by neighbors, including 9-year-old Santiago Macias. After some decorations were stolen from Jones’ yard last year, she decided she would
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EL PASO, Texas — Police and fire crews evacuated a nearby school and shut down a Lower Valley shopping center after an apparent live explosive device was found late Friday afternoon at a thrift shop in the complex. The discovery occurred at the Family Thrift Store at 7108 Alameda near George Orr. Authorities kept people
Continue Reading The most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history is now boiled down to a debate stage that lacks black or Latino candidates. The Democratic National Committee on Friday unveiled the list of seven candidates who met the polling and fundraising minimums to qualify for the December 19 debate in Los Angeles. It includes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Hartford (WFSB) — A new audit conducted by a state-run agency points out some pretty big failures during the background check process for school bus drivers. All of the background checks start at the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, but according to the report, a lot more needs to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Owosso (WJRT) — Dakota Vincent is an 18-year-old Owosso High School senior who loves everything about school, including his teachers. “Mr. Barter, he’s got – he’s a special guy. All I know is that he’s funny,” Dakota said. “Mrs. Venne, she’s very lovable towards everybody.” The English teacher
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The biggest city in Brazil justifiably hogs the superlatives — the biggest this! The most that! The tallest this! The longest that! — but São Paulo is not only about its headline-stealing concrete jungle of a capital. The state of the same name plays no second fiddle, clocking in at slightly bigger than the United
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Portland (KPTV) — A kitten who’s had a challenging start in her life, including being blind, will hopefully find a family very soon. The kitten, a young female named Ilene, was transferred to the Oregon Humane Society after she was found cold, wet and wrapped in a bag
Continue Reading YouTube channels posing as American news outlets racked up millions of views on false and inflammatory videos over several months this year, all with the help of YouTube’s recommendation engine. Many of the accounts, which mostly used footage from CNN, but also employed some video from Fox News, exploited a YouTube feature that automatically creates
Continue Reading All seven Democratic presidential candidates who met the qualifications to participate in next week’s debate declared their support on Friday for a local labor union and said they would not participate in the debate if they have to cross the union’s picket line. UNITE HERE Local 11 sent a letter Friday to all the Democratic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Gainesville Just days after U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Gainesville, announced he would not seek re-election in 2020, upholding his vow to step down after four terms in Congress, his former deputy chief of staff, Kat Cammack, launched her campaign for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District seat. Both decisions came
Continue Reading Some Democrats are raising concerns about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s statement that he will coordinate closely with the White House on the looming Senate impeachment trial, with one House Democrat saying the Kentucky Republican should recuse himself entirely. “He’s working hand in hand with the White House, with the President’s attorney, and yet we’re
Continue Reading The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether the House and a New York prosecutor can subpoena President Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm and banks for his financial records, two monumental disputes concerning separation of powers and Trump’s broad claims of immunity that will be decided in the heart of the presidential campaign. In
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Officers and civilian employees within the Las Cruces Police Department sent a message of love and support on Friday to a 6-year-old girl undergoing heart procedures in Colorado. Aleah Munez, 6, is a student at Highland Elementary School, according to the department. Her uncle, LCPD Sgt. Horacio Rivera, was grateful
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces family is honoring the 22 victims who died during the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting in their annual Christmas light display. The Martinez family has put up a Christmas light display outside their home in the 4300 block of Doña Ana Road in Las Cruces for the last
Continue Reading Amid the US impeachment scandal that has ensnared Ukraine, a top official from the Zelensky government said Friday that his country is only seeking fair treatment from the United States and stressed the strong relationship between the two countries. Dmytro Kuleba, the deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration — whose visit to Washington
Continue Reading Family, friends and community members paid tribute Friday to the life of Pete Frates, who used his ALS diagnosis to raise millions of dollars for supporting ALS research and patient care. About 1,500 people packed the pews, aisles and overflow room of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, according to an estimate from Boston College police.
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