January 2020

Kansas lawmakers renew effort to outlaw sexual battery against a spouse

January 28, 2020 4:24 PM CNN

Kansas lawmakers are renewing bipartisan efforts to make sexual battery of a spouse illegal. The state House Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to…

Justice Department moves to thwart global robocall scheme

January 28, 2020 4:21 PM CNN

The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal judge to shut down a scheme involving companies in New York and Arizona that connect hundreds of…

Alan Dershowitz says Elizabeth Warren ‘doesn’t understand the law’ after she criticizes his presentation

January 28, 2020 4:20 PM CNN

President Donald Trump’s attorney Alan Dershowitz on Tuesday shot back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren after the Massachusetts Democrat assailed his…

Alan Dershowitz called Trump corrupt in 2016 and said he could be corrupt as President

January 28, 2020 4:10 PM CNN

Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who is a member of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, said in 2016 that he believed Trump was…

‘Fast & Furious 9’ trailer is coming Friday but here’s a taste

January 28, 2020 4:09 PM CNN

A threat that is even more furious than you’ve seen in eight other films is coming. What, exactly, is that? Michelle Rodriguez doesn’t…

Coronavirus will test the Trump administration’s ability to handle a crisis

January 28, 2020 4:08 PM CNN

President Donald Trump was sitting for breakfast with American business leaders last week when the conversation turned to the dangerous new virus…

Buttigieg vows to work harder on diversity and inclusion in response to staffers’ concerns

January 28, 2020 4:08 PM CNN

Pete Buttigieg‘s presidential campaign acknowledged on Tuesday that it has, over the course of several months, responded to concerns from…

Several high-rise buildings in Miami were evacuated after a powerful earthquake hit the Caribbean

January 28, 2020 4:05 PM CNN

Hundreds of people were evacuated from high-rise buildings near downtown Miami after a powerful earthquake in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday. Several…

McConnell says he lacks votes to block witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

January 28, 2020 4:04 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses…

Poll: 75% of voters want witnesses for Senate impeachment trial

January 28, 2020 4:02 PM CNN

Three-quarters of registered voters think witnesses should be allowed to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, which has reached a crucial…

Teen facing charges for allegedly bringing gun to Sweet Home HS, threatening another student

January 28, 2020 3:55 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story SWEET HOME, OR (KPTV) — A 15-year-old is facing charges for allegedly bringing a…

Trump unveils Middle East plan that caters to Israel and was swiftly rejected by Palestinians

January 28, 2020 3:47 PM CNN

President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed a Middle East plan that he claimed was a “realistic two-state solution” but caters to nearly…

The NFL and nearly half of its teams had their Twitter accounts hacked

January 28, 2020 3:38 PM CNN

With less than a week to go until Super Bowl LIV, the NFL is dealing with a breach that saw the Twitter accounts for nearly half of the…

Democrats look to flip red Texas House seat in runoff election

January 28, 2020 3:25 PM CNN

Democrat Elizabeth Markowitz is facing off on Tuesday against Republican Gary Gates in a Texas House runoff election that could provide a glimpse of…

Joe Biden is using Trump’s impeachment attacks to show Democrats he ‘can take a punch’

January 28, 2020 3:20 PM CNN

Joe Biden had a question for the crowd gathered to see him in Muscatine, Iowa, on Tuesday: “Did anyone see what your senator, Joni Ernst, did…

Ben Smith is leaving BuzzFeed for the New York Times

January 28, 2020 3:18 PM CNN

Ben Smith, the former political blogger who built BuzzFeed News into a digital powerhouse, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the website and…

Tennessee bill would allow tipped employees to earn minimum wage plus tips

January 28, 2020 3:13 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A bill proposed in the Tennessee legislature would allow…

Police: Woman stabs attacker in the head with box cutter, chases him after he tries to rape her

January 28, 2020 3:06 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A Memphis man was arrested after police say a woman he tried…

Sunland Park firefighter hurt battling blaze that destroyed La Union home

January 28, 2020 3:04 PM Jim Parker

LA UNION, New Mexico — Fire destroyed an Adobe home in La Union on Tuesday, despite efforts from roughly two-dozen firefighters to put out the…

Table tennis champion brings quest to be oldest modern U.S. Olympian to borderland

January 28, 2020 3:03 PM Shelby Montgomery

EL PASO, Texas– Dan Seemiller, a former 5x US singles and 10x doubles table tennis champion, brought his quest to be the oldest modern US Olympian…

Police: Man who smoked weed after learning of Kobe Bryant’s death involved in deadly car accident

January 28, 2020 2:55 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A Memphis man accused in the death of two people over the…

Opinion: Your kid is right, homework is pointless. Here’s what you should do instead.

January 28, 2020 2:49 PM CNN

We live, for the most part, fairly similar lives to our next-door neighbors. Both households have two working parents, two kids and an appreciation…

Kushner defends Trump’s Middle East plan after Palestinian rejection

January 28, 2020 2:41 PM CNN

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner made the case for President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan Tuesday, praising the relationship his…

Death toll from Wuhan coronavirus tops 100 as infection rate accelerates

January 28, 2020 2:35 PM CNN

Hong Kong announced Tuesday that it was closing many of its border crossings with mainland China in a bid to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, as the…

New teen center set to open in Bigfork

January 28, 2020 2:28 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story BIGFORK (KPAX TV) — A new teen center is set to open in Bigfork, giving high…

Missoula City Council approves controversial condominium proposal

January 28, 2020 2:25 PM CNN

Click here for updates on this story MISSOULA (KPAX TV) — The debate over a controversial condominium proposal that we…

GOP senator says they’ve ‘got to be able to see’ Bolton manuscript before witness vote

January 28, 2020 2:24 PM CNN

Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said Tuesday that senators participating in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial have…

Harvard professor among three charged with lying about Chinese government ties

January 28, 2020 2:12 PM CNN

A Harvard University professor and two other Chinese nationals were federally indicted in three separate cases for allegedly lying to the US about…

Crackdown following recent Cincinnati District violence results in 21 El Paso arrests

January 28, 2020 2:09 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A massive weekend crackdown after recent violence in El Paso’s Cincinnati bar area resulted in over 20 arrests by local, state and…

CBO projects a decade of trillion-dollar deficits and soaring US debt

January 28, 2020 2:09 PM CNN

The federal deficit is projected to keep rising over the coming decade, driving US debt to the highest level since World War II over the next 10…

Month: January 2020