The US military tested Thursday a conventional missile that was previously banned by the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty that the Trump administration exited earlier this year, citing Russian violations. “The Department of Defense conducted a flight test of a conventionally-configured ground-launched ballistic missile at approximately 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, today, Dec. 12, 2019, from
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SILVER CITY, New Mexico — A man was arrested on a theft-related charge by police following a report of shots fired that caused an active shooter scare at the Silver City Walmart store on Thursday afternoon. Fire officials told ABC-7 that no one was injured in the incident and confirmed that police had taken a
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House Democrats can now say they’ve taken action to lower drug costs. The chamber on Thursday passed a drug price bill backed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi by a 230 to 192 vote. That’s as far as the legislation is likely to go, since both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Trump administration have said
Continue Reading Six executives detained in Venezuela for more than two years have been moved into house arrest — a small but insufficient step, their families and US officials said. Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Alirio Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano and Jose Angel Pereira — nicknamed the “Citgo 6” — were transferred from the notorious detention
Continue Reading The Senate on Thursday passed a resolution formally recognizing the mass killings of Armenians from 1915 to 1923 as genocide, a move the Turkish government has long opposed. The resolution states, “it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance,” describing the genocide as “the killing
Continue Reading Fifteen appellate judges in Richmond on Thursday spent three hours showing how deeply divided they are on whether they can curtail the President’s business interests. In some of the bluntest public arguments yet in court about President Donald Trump’s hotel empire, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals debated a major case challenging whether Trump
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Click here for updates on this story Dallas (KTVT) — The battle over a whether a baby should remain on life support continues in a North Texas court today, as the family of 10-month-old Tinslee Lewis fights to keep her alive. Tinslee has been hospitalized at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth since her
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Chicago (WBBM) — Every day, countless people go to small claims court to try to collect a debt, but they can’t until someone like Eddie Jackson finds the person who owes them money. Jackson is a process server, and it’s his job to officially notify people who have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Anne Arundel County (WJZ) — Police have arrested a man in an investigation of a series of package thefts in the northern part of Anne Arundel County thanks to one of the man’s alleged victims. An area woman saw some of the items she had ordered for sale
Continue Reading The New York City agency that regulates taxi drivers and for-hire vehicles on Wednesday sent out a guide on pronouns and how to use them, in an effort to help drivers be aware of the diverse passengers they may pick up on a daily basis. “Inclusive Language Tips” went out to more than 100,000 licensed
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The Federal Reserve is strongly suggesting that interest rates are unlikely to budge much before the 2020 election. After three straight rate cuts, the US central bank on Wednesday said rates are at “appropriate” levels to keep the longest economic expansion in history humming. A wide majority of Fed officials anticipate holding rates steady until
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Elmhurst (WGN) — An Elmhurst family is devastated after a burglar stole their baby’s ashes after breaking into their home. Sue LaDeur said someone burglarized her home Tuesday. She said someone smashed a window, went inside and ransacked the home. She said they stole a few items, including
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We now have a look at Lin-Manuel Miranda bringing one of his Broadway hits to the big screen. The first trailer for “In the Heights” debuted Thursday, and it’s a major production. The film tells the story of a mostly Hispanic neighborhood in New York City and centers around bodega owner Usnavi, played by Anthony
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Geoff Hopkins says he will never forget the cries as the survivors of the White Island volcano eruption were pulled aboard the boat. Screaming in pain, with skin peeling from their faces and limbs scorched by steam and ash, the survivors were transferred from a dinghy bobbing in the water off the small island. There
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Oceanside (KGTV) — A UPS driver called for help Wednesday night after discovering a stabbing victim in an Oceanside parking lot. Oceanside police told 10News the man was found at Neptune Way and North Pacific Street just before 6 p.m. The victim, who is Hispanic and in his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milwaukee (WTMJ) — Two suspects were arrested and two officers were hurt after a suspected robbery turned into a nearly 65-mile chase that ended in a crash on an interstate off-ramp Thursday morning, police say. According to police, it all started at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when officers
Continue Reading Facebook’s stock took a dive on Thursday following a report that federal regulators may seek to prevent the company from more tightly integrating its social media products. The Federal Trade Commission is said to be considering asking for a court order to delay Facebook from making the services it owns, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook
Continue Reading The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with plans to designate a three-digit number to reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988. The five-member commission unanimously voted on Thursday to approve the proposal, which is now open for public comment, and start the rulemaking process. “988 has an echo of the 911 number we all
Continue Reading After meeting for dinner in December 2018 on the sidelines of a major international summit in Argentina, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping raised the prospect of an imminent deal to end their tit-for-tat trade war. Here’s a timeline of key events in the talks since then: December 1, 2018: Trump and Xi,
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is on a mission to bring back the first sample from an asteroid, and the team behind it has found the perfect place to collect that material. NASA announced Thursday that they’ve identified the “Nightingale” location, within a crater on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu’s northern hemisphere. The goal is for OSIRIS-Rex to retrieve
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Philadelphia (KYW) — A Temple University student has sparked outrage after his viral video post on a social media app has offended an entire community. The video, taken on the social media app Tik Tok, has outraged the Temple University community. The video has been viewed thousands of
Continue Reading Who’s a better president: The first one or the current one? A new Monmouth University poll asked that very question. And the answers — especially among Republicans — will shock you. Overall, 7 in 10 say that George Washington was the better president while 15% picked Trump. But among GOPers it’s far closer — with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Orangevale (KOVR) — Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened inside a home in Orangevale early Thursday morning. The incident started around 4 a.m. on Santa Juanita Avenue. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, deputies say a person was asleep inside a residence when they woke up
Continue Reading Former NFL stars Clinton Portis and Joe Horn are among 12 retired players accused of defrauding the league’s retiree health care benefits plan for more than $3 million, according to federal prosecutors. Ten retired NFL players were charged in two indictments for allegedly submitting phony health care claims seeking to be reimbursed for expensive medical
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Monroeville (KDKA) — A local family is accusing Petland Monroeville of knowingly selling them a sick dog that later died. The Kunkle family had no intention of buying a dog when they wandered into Petland Monroeville in October. But with a 16-week-old Siberian Husky puppy named Shelby, it
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(CNN Español) — Con 79 votos a favor y 73 en contra, la Cámara baja del Congreso de Chile determina que la cuestión previa de la Acusación Constitucional contra el presidente Sebastián Piñera no cumple con los requisitos que la Constitución señala. Es decir, la acusación contra Piñera no procede. A Piñera lo acusan de
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump amenazó con aranceles de aproximadamente US$ 160.000 millones para productos hechos en China a partir de este fin de semana. El arancel del 15% afectaría a los iPhones y otros teléfonos celulares, computadoras portátiles, tabletas, consolas de videojuegos, una variedad de otros dispositivos electrónicos y juguetes que no hayan
Continue Reading (CNN) — El mundo necesita llegar a algo que los científicos han llamado un “tope de carne” en los próximos 10 años para combatir los efectos del cambio climático, según advirtió un grupo de expertos. En una carta a The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, dijeron que todos menos los países más pobres necesitaban establecer un
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Lancaster County (WPMT) — A Lancaster County man pleaded no contest Thursday in Lancaster County Court to years of sexual abuse against four juveniles, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said. By pleading no contest to 20 felonies, including rape of a child and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse
Continue Reading ISIS has claimed responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks on Niger’s military, which left 71 soldiers dead and 12 wounded. The attack happened on Tuesday, when several hundred heavily armed militants ambushed soldiers at an outpost in Inates, in the west of the country near the Mali border, according to defense minister, Issoufou Katambe.
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