Click here for updates on this story JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PA (WNEP) — Dusty and Ellie are a true love story at Ashburn’s Animals, an animal rescue near Selinsgrove. Some donkeys were rescued from different parts of the state but have been inseparable since they came here two years ago. “They’d never known each other prior
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The number of identified victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in London has risen more than tenfold in the space of five years, according to a new report which analyzes police data. Data from London’s Metropolitan Police shows a 1,154% increase in the number of recognized victims of modern slavery — from 187 referrals
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EL PASO, Texas — Police detained three teenagers with a BB gun after searching room by room in a locked down El Paso High School on Thursday morning following reports of gunmen at the school. “Initial reports said there were three armed subjects in black walking into the school,” according to a police spokesman. Police
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP) — A Good Samaritan will enjoy free breakfast for a year after rescuing an 8-year-old girl from a potential kidnapper. Cody Byrd, a North Carolina A&T University graduate student studying computer science, is being praised as a hero after he stepped in when a man,
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Europe wants one charger to rule them all. The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the bloc’s executive branch to “urgently” force tech companies to use just one type of charger. Lawmakers are asking for a common charger that can be used across different brands and types of devices including mobile
Continue Reading Tesla posted its first annual profit, easily topping Wall Street’s forecasts in the final three months of 2019. Tesla has had only a handful of quarterly profits in its 10 years as a public company. On a strict accounting basis the company posted yet another loss for 2019. However, Tesla posted a $386 million profit
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After years of splitting headaches, a Texas man’s long-awaited diagnosis was something out of a Google symptoms search nightmare: The aches were caused by tapeworm larvae that had taken up space in his brain. The cyst of tapeworms could’ve killed him if he had waited any later to seek help, said Dr. Jordan Amadio, a
Continue Reading The US economy in 2019 grew at its slowest pace in three years, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. The economy expanded by 2.3% last year, its lowest level since 2016, when growth stood at 1.6%. The economy under President Donald Trump has been consistently strong but not electric. In its best year,
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Americans shell out far more on health care than other wealthy countries, but it’s not helping them live longer lives. In the US, health care spending accounted for 16.9% of the economy in 2018, nearly twice as much the average developed nation, according to a new study released Thursday by The Commonwealth Fund. Americans spend
Continue Reading Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard said he’d used the same helicopter pilot who was at the controls of the helicopter that crashed last Sunday, killing basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight others. Leonard talked with Bryant about commuting by helicopter after moving to Los Angeles to play for the Clippers last year, Leonard told
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s legacy extends beyond his time on the basketball court. He was also known to the business world as a brand-builder; an investor; and a coach to other athletes and company founders. Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at the age of 41. “For 20 seasons, Kobe showed us what
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — A West Donegal Township couple has been charged with felony counts of animal cruelty in connection to the death of an emaciated horse found outside their Stonemill Drive home last month. Kenneth Breneman, 64, and Jean Breneman, 63, are charged with felony counts
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Harvey Weinstein said he had a vasectomy when he allegedly raped an aspiring actress who agreed to meet the Hollywood mogul about a possible role in one of his movies, the woman testified in court Wednesday. Tarale Wulff said that she went to Weinstein’s New York apartment in 2005 for what she believe would be
Continue Reading In response to a new California law that took effect at the start of this year and has the potential to upend numerous on-demand companies, Uber has pushed out changes for drivers in the state that would once have been unthinkable: capping service fees that go to Uber, boosting fare transparency and even testing the
Continue Reading Whenever there was a new kid at Harbor View Elementary School, Todd Schmidt knew he could count on Payton Chester. “If I had a new student, I could just go to Payton and several of her friends and they would just make sure that person, from almost the moment that she met them, would feel
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An activist and the owners of a New York city bakery teamed up to find a sweet way to pressure Republican senators to subpoena testimony from President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton: With cake. Colin Bishopp, the executive director for the environmental nonprofit PACE Foundation, worked with Brooklyn-based Butter & Scotch to
Continue Reading We all likely have a bit of Neanderthal in our DNA — including Africans who had been thought to have no genetic link to our extinct human relative, a new study finds. Evidence that our early ancestors had babies with Neanderthals first emerged in 2010 when the first genome, extracted from the bones of the
Continue Reading(CNN) — Three attorneys general of states that recently ratified the Equal Rights Amendment are suing to have the amendment added to the Constitution, challenging a Justice Department opinion that the deadline for passage expired decades ago. In a complaint filed Thursday, the attorneys general of Virginia, Illinois and Nevada are asking the US District
Continue Reading A more than 100-year-old law protecting migratory birds from unintentional deaths by oil and gas companies and construction crews could be weakened by the Trump administration “as early as Thursday,” The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times said the administration is planning to eliminate the “threat of punishment” provided by the Migratory Bird Treaty
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, made her first public statement Wednesday, posting a long message on Instagram. “My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. “We are completely devastated by the sudden loss
Continue Reading While tuned into the Super Bowl this Sunday, you might see an ad for veterinary research featuring a very, very good boy. That’s Scout, and here’s his story. David MacNeil, CEO of car accessory manufacturer WeatherTech, found out that his golden retriever — Scout — had a tumor on his heart last summer. The 7-year-old
Continue Reading When Brady Smigiel, 13, captured a blurry selfie with his idol, Kobe Bryant, on Saturday at the Mamba Sports Academy, he didn’t know it probably would be one of the last photos of the NBA legend alive. Just the day after, Bryant and his daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California,
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said a pedestrian was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on I-10 West near Horizon Thursday morning. Deputies blocked off the westbound lanes of the freeway near Harnose following the 7 a.m. crash. The interstate finally reopened around
Continue Reading(CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on the US military’s ability to use landmines in the coming days, weapons that have been banned by more than 160 countries due to their history of killing and wounding civilians, multiple Defense Department officials tell CNN. The move represents a major reversal from the
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The number of women dying each year due to pregnancy or childbirth in the United States has remained steady and some women remain more at risk of death than others, according to a new government report. In 2018, the year with the most recent national data, a total of 658 women in the United States
Continue Reading The Church of England is investing £600 million ($780 million) in a new stock market index packed with companies that are aligned with the goals of the Paris climate agreement. The index, which launched Thursday on the London Stock Exchange, was designed by the Church of England Pensions Board, exchange operator FTSE Russell and climate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WDAF) — There are now bullet holes in the front window of the Pizza Hut at 43rd and Rainbow Boulevard. They help tell part of the story about what happened inside: an armed robbery foiled by a 25-year-old delivery driver who fought back and lost
Continue Reading Scientists have created a soft robot muscle that sweats to stay cool and mimics the movement of a hand. The researchers, from Cornell University in New York, developed the robot hand from hydraulically controlled “fingerlike actuators” that have small holes which can secrete water. The robot, researchers said, can “sweat” to regulate its own temperature.
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Is Duane “Dog” Chapman headed back down the aisle? It’s hard to tell, but a clip from an upcoming “Dr. Oz” show certainly makes it look like it could be a possibility. A sneak peek of the episode, which is set to air on Monday, features the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” star appearing with longtime
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Kansas City police found a child inside of a carjacked vehicle outside of Hy-Vee Arena on Wednesday morning. The baby’s father told FOX4 that someone stole his wife’s vehicle with the child inside when she walked into her business in Merriam. He said
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