Former NBA Commissioner David Stern underwent emergency surgery Thursday after a sudden brain hemorrhage, the professional basketball league said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with David and his family,” the NBA said. A 911 call about an individual with a “cardiac condition” came in around 2 p.m. Thursday, a New York City
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Stocks in Asia popped on news that US and Chinese negotiators have agreed in principle to an initial “phase one” trade deal, cooling tensions somewhat between the world’s top two economies. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.4%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index also advanced 2.1%, poised for the biggest daily gain in more than two months.
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EL PASO, Texas — Two former Fort Bliss soldiers were convicted Thursday in separate murder cases tied to drugs, with each receiving a life prison sentence for their crimes. Eric Duvall was convicted of capital murder in the Jan. 2016 drug-related slaying of teenager Michael Tapia in Montana Vista. The 16-year-old was shot in the
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(CNN Español) — Walmart Canadá está pidiendo disculpas por haber ofrecido, a través de su sitio web de Canadá, un suéter navideño con una referencia a la cocaína y Colombia. El saco presentaba una imagen de Papá Noel detrás de una mesa con tres líneas blancas que asemejarían líneas de cocaína. Debajo de la imagen se
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Illinois is the latest state to file a lawsuit against e-cigarette maker Juul, alleging the company undid “years of progress made to reduce youth smoking rates.” The lawsuit, filed by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Thursday, alleges Juul used a “sleek, easy-to-conceal e-cigarette” combined with fruity flavors that masked a less harsh nicotine solution
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Americans: Watch the next few hours in the UK closely. If the Labour Party’s election night goes as disastrously as early exit polls foretell, the Democratic Party may see a cautionary tale for the US 2020 presidential race. Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn took his party way to the left, leaving the more moderate ground where many
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EL PASO, Texas — A late model Volkswagon Beetle, also known as a VW Bug, went up in flames Thursday night outside a Whataburger restaurant in east El Paso. Viewer video provided to ABC-7 showed the burning bug just after 7 p.m. near the Whataburger on Yarbrough and Vista Del Sol. Firefighters said it took
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Click here for updates on this story YORK TOWNSHIP, PA (WPMT) — Being a teen has it’s challenges. Between high school, fitting in, and growing out of that awkward phase, it can be a lot to deal with. But one York County teen has a lot more on his plate. 16-year-old Alex Kepner is a
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump firmó un acuerdo comercial inicial con China que evitaría los aranceles inminentes de EE.UU. y reduciría las tasas de los aranceles existentes a cambio de una promesa china de comprar productos agrícolas estadounidenses, dijeron funcionarios estadounidenses y otras personas familiarizadas con el acuerdo. El equipo comercial de Trump informó
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Major League Baseball will begin testing players for opioids and remove marijuana from its list of “drugs of abuse,” as part of its updated drug program, the league and the players union said Thursday in a news release. Going forward, players will be tested for opioids, fentanyl, cocaine and synthetic THC, along with the other
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For the first time in the history of the long-running competition show “Survivor,” a contestant was pulled from the series over an issue of conduct. Dan Spilo, a 48-year-old talent manager, was the first contestant asked to leave the game in the show’s 39 seasons. At the end of Wednesday night’s episode a title card
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump’s top lawyer sketched out a plan Thursday to coordinate closely for an impeachment trial but haven’t reached agreement on a final strategy to defend Trump against charges of high crimes and misdemeanors, according to two sources familiar with the conversation. The closed-door meeting Thursday between the
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EL PASO, Texas — The Borderland region has been seeing some foggy mornings this week, which are a bit unusual. Several things need to come together to make it happen, and this week we’ve had the perfect set-up for fog– cold air and moisture. The most common form of fog, known as radiation fog, typically
Continue Reading One of six men convicted of brutally beating and raping a student on a bus in New Delhi in 2012 is asking the country’s judiciary to spare him from the death penalty. His argument? Air pollution is already killing him. Akshay Thakur was one of four men sentenced to hang for gang-raping Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old
Continue Reading At least one person was killed after Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday morning during repair work in Russia’s Arctic Sea port of Murmansk, according to Russian state news agencies. A further 10 people were injured and two are missing, Russian state news agency TASS reported. The fire broke out as
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El expresidente de Bolivia Evo Morales llegó este jueves a Argentina en calidad de asilado, confirmó el canciller Felipe Solá. Solá detalló que concedió asilo a cinco ciudadanos bolivianos la noche del miércoles entre ellos el expresidente Morales, su ex vicepresidente Álvaro García Linera, el excanciller Diego Pary y la exministra de Salud
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Federal prosecutors investigating associates of Rudy Giuliani have focused on a Ukrainian state-owned natural gas company, a move that suggests authorities are exploring whether a law prohibiting the payment of bribes to foreign officials has been violated. The fresh line of inquiry has accelerated in recent weeks. New York federal prosecutors have interviewed two senior
Continue Reading A 41-year-old woman named Kathleen had just backed her car into the garage after doing a little Christmas shopping in Atlanta on Wednesday when a man approached her in the driveway and introduced himself as an FBI agent. He wanted to talk with Kathleen about an individual she hadn’t spoken with since 2003: her ex-husband,
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Thursday again publicly mocked teen climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg, tweeting that the 16-year-old Swede who has inspired protesters worldwide has “anger management” issues. Thunberg, who was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year earlier this week over Trump, has sternly castigated world leaders for not doing enough to combat the
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Dr. Paul Spiegel looks back at the years he worked for the United Nations helping to coordinate vaccination campaigns for refugees in war-torn sub-Saharan Africa. There weren’t nearly enough doctors. There often wasn’t any power. Sometimes medical staffers had to flee from armed militias. So, he wonders: Why does the US government say it’s too
Continue Reading Newly sworn-in Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear restored voting rights for over 140,000 former felons in the state through an executive order, his office announced Thursday. “My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches forgiveness and that is why I am restoring voting rights to over one hundred forty
Continue Reading New York state health officials have extended a ban on flavored liquids used in e-cigarette devices. The state health department’s Public Health and Health Planning Council voted Thursday to reauthorize its emergency prohibition on flavored e-liquids. The renewal is effective for another 90 days and bans the sale of all flavored e-liquids, other than tobacco
Continue Reading The last of four teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Nashville, Tennessee, nearly two weeks ago was captured on Thursday, authorities said. A tip provided through Crime Stoppers helped lead authorities to 17-year-old Brandon Caruthers, who was recaptured in a suburban Nashville apartment, the Metro Nashville Police Department said. Police posted a
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Not expecting much fog overnight and Friday morning. Temps will warm to the 60’s for Friday then perhaps 70 degrees both Saturday and Sunday. A decent amount of sunshine is expected. The winds will begin to pick up Saturday at around 30 mph then hit 45 for Sunday. The recent rains should limit any blowing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KSHB) — For 10-year-old Halley Vincent, reading is a part of her routine. But on Tuesday afternoons, she doesn’t read for herself, but to sheltered animals. “I just really like animals,” Vincent said. “I always have.” For an hour after school, Vincent will read to
Continue Reading (CNN) — Es la temporada de las fiestas navideñas, impulsadas por aperitivos grasos y salados con mucho alcohol para bajarlos. La combinación puede crear lo que los médicos llaman “síndrome cardíaco de las festividades”. Es un término acuñado en 1978 para describir el aumento repentino de pacientes en salas de emergencia durante las festividades, quejándose
Continue Reading The House Judiciary Committee is in the midst of a marathon session that will, eventually, end with a final vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. You might think that a hearing that began at 9 a.m. ET and could easily extend past the 12-hour mark might be overwhelming. Or filled
Continue Reading President Donald Trump has signed off on an initial trade agreement with China that would avoid imminent US tariffs and reduce the rates of existing duties in exchange for a Chinese promise to purchase American farm goods, US officials and others familiar with the agreement said. Trump’s trade team briefed the President on the agreement
Continue Reading The Justice Department on Thursday quietly published on its website some never-before-seen internal legal opinions that could help President Donald Trump block congressional requests as he faces impeachment by the US House and a trial in the Senate. Eight of the opinions appear to bolster the White House’s stonewalling of Congress on witness testimony and
Continue Reading Lyft has spent years battling Uber in the ride-hailing market. Now, it’s taking on Hertz and Avis, too. The company announced a new service called Lyft Rentals on Thursday, which allows users to rent cars for up to two weeks. A sedan in San Francisco was available for $35 per day on Thursday, but prices
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