WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland say they have indicted 10 people with embezzling over 3 million zlotys ($780,000) in money and goods from a regional chapter of the Polish Red Cross. Polish media identify four of them as former officials of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party. Prosecutors in the southwestern city
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US households now hold more than $14 trillion of debt, a new record, the New York Federal Reserve said this week. Total household debt rose by $193 billion during the last quarter of 2019, continuing a five-year upward trend. It now stands $1.5 trillion higher, in nominal terms, than the pre-recession peak of $12.7 trillion
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Medtronic has recalled some of its insulin pumps after injuries and one death were reported due to the device malfunctioning, according to a US Food and Drug Administration announcement on Wednesday. The FDA identified it as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Insulin pumps are small devices that can deliver insulin
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Most planets found by astronomers are “old” — they’re fully formed after millions of years pulling together elements around their star. But researchers just located a baby giant exoplanet orbiting a young star just 330 light-years from Earth, making it the closest of its kind to us. The planet is known as 2MASS 1155-7919 b,
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Click here for updates on this story BARTOW CO, GA (WGCL) — A 5-year-old is being recognized as a hero for saving his family during a fire. After a fire broke out at Noah’s home in Bartow County, Noah sprang into action and got himself and his 2-year-old sibling out of a window, according to
Continue Reading The Trump administration is seeking to announce a deal to deescalate violence with the Afghan Taliban as soon as this week, according to two US defense officials familiar with the discussions. The prospective deal is being described as a “reduction in violence announcement,” which would call for a ceasefire period between the coalition and the
Continue Reading With New Hampshire in the rearview mirror, all eyes in the 2020 race turn to Nevada and its caucuses on February 22. So, what’s going to happen? And how much does what happened in Iowa and New Hampshire matter to the state of play in Nevada? I put those questions to the unquestioned king of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U-Haul has an unusual wellness goal for 2020: hiring fewer smokers. The truck rental company it will stop hiring people who use tobacco or nicotine products in the 21 U.S. states where it is legal to do so. Executives said the new policy, which takes effect this month, is expected to the
Continue Reading(CNN) — Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN. “I believed and still believe we had a strong case to make for being able to deliver better outcomes,” Patrick said. “But the
Continue Reading A Netflix documentary series on the assassination of Malcolm X has raised enough questions that the case will be reinvestigated. The Manhattan district attorney’s office said Monday it would review the case after new information came to light. It’s also working with the Innocence Project, a non-profit that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted. “District
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — When the factory in China that makes Romy Taormina’s anti-nausea wristbands closed for the Lunar New Year in late January, she expected production to resume by early this month. But many factories across China are still closed to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus, leaving business owners in limbo.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRHOPE, AL (WALA) — It’s an art lesson with a very different twist. The Eastern Shore Art Center bringing together two unlikely groups — seniors in Fairhope High School’s Art Club with senior citizens living at Brennity at Fairhope Assisted Living. “They always have some story to tell
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They fought to end slavery more than 150 years ago. Now, statues of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are standing in the room where it was abolished in Maryland. The two life-size bronze statues of the African American abolitionists were unveiled in the Maryland State House during a Monday night ceremony. They stand in the
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View this post on Instagram More tattoos last night for my brother @chrisbrownofficial , here is this Jordan shoe that I did recently, , @blackpyramidofficial A post shared by GANGA (@gangatattoo) on Feb 11, 2020 at 1:00pm PST Face tattoos continue to be a thing. Singer Chris Brown has a newish one, according to the
Continue Reading Google has shared bird’s-eye-view images of some of Earth’s most stunning landscapes from space for years now, and it just released its largest update to its Google Earth View collection with 1,000 new images. The Google Earth View collection now boasts over 2,500 landscapes from across the globe, and the upgraded imagery has been optimized
Continue Reading Janet Jackson is hitting the road again. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is set to kick off her Black Diamond World Tour in arenas across North America this summer. The all-new production will feature new music from her forthcoming “Black Diamond” album which will be released this year. The tour will include music
Continue Reading “It ain’t over man,” Joe Biden told a crowd of supporters rin South Carolina on Tuesday night. “We’re just getting started.” That appears to be wishful thinking on the part of the former vice president of the United States — particularly after finishing 4th in the Iowa caucuses on February 3 and following that up
Continue Reading She’s back. It’s been more than 20 years since Mandy Moore burst onto the scene with her hit single “Candy” and now she’s returned with a new album, her first in 11 years. As to what brought her back to her first love, long before her acting career (which has received praise for her starring
Continue Reading A British woman who tried to open the door of a plane mid-flight was sentenced to two years in jail Wednesday. Chloe Haines, 26, was on a flight from London Stansted Airport to Dalaman in Turkey in June 2019 when crew members and fellow passengers had to stop her from opening the door. “Ms. Haines’
Continue Reading President Donald Trump, ever the reality television star, had been hinting that a big reveal was coming. Trump ran for the presidency on a signature promise to make Mexico pay for a giant wall on its own border. Mexico has not paid. But Trump insisted at campaign rallies in January that, at some point in
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COLUMBUS< Ohio — Two Ohio State football players were arrested early Wednesday on felony rape and kidnapping charges, authorities said. Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint are being held in Franklin County’s main jail in Columbus, according to online jail records. Both men are 21 and due to be seniors next season. “We are
Continue Reading A Michigan man calls himself blessed after a steel beam came inches from hitting his chest. Johnnie Lowe was driving a 26-foot box truck to pick up auto parts in Lansing for his employer, DNC Logistics, when a steel beam got loose from a flatbed truck in front of him and collided with his vehicle.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — A couple of creative first graders came up with an invention that’s earning them the national spotlight. The two won an invention contest at their South Side school with a design for a portable sink – and now they’re getting featured on ABC’s “Strahan,
Continue Reading Disney fans looking to party with Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the gang in California could have to pay more than $200 per ticket. Disney Parks on Wednesday revised its demand-based pricing structure for its California theme parks. Disney now offers five pricing tiers, up from three. The company introduced the new ticketing system
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Special prosecutor Dan Webb filed new charges Tuesday against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019, saying further prosecution is “in the interest of justice.” Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury
Continue Reading House Intelligence Committee Republicans boycotted a public hearing on Wednesday in what they say is a protest of the committee’s focus on “publicity events” rather than intelligence community oversight. The intelligence panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, and the other GOP members on the committee sent a letter to House Intelligence Chairman Adam
Continue Reading If you’ve always dreamed of exploring space, here’s your chance. NASA wants to get to the South Pole of the moon by 2024 — and it wants to send a woman there for the first time, along with another man. So starting on March 2, the agency will be accepting applications for its next class
Continue Reading A former Russian prison service official died by suicide in a Moscow court on Wednesday after he was sentenced to three years in jail, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Moments after the judge found him guilty, Viktor Sviridov, the former chief of Russia’s federal penitentiary service’s motor transport department, took out a pistol and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story METAIRIE, LA (WGNO) — With Valentine’s Day coming up this week, many people are rushing to make reservations at intimate restaurants. But if you’re dying for a more offbeat Valentine’s, head to Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home. This year, Tharp-Sontheimer is hosting its first ever Valentine’s Movie Night with a
Continue Reading Facebook announced Wednesday morning that it had removed a small network of fake social media accounts it said were run from Iran and were posting about US politics. Twitter also said it removed accounts from Iran, but said its investigations were ongoing and provided few details. The takedowns are the latest in a series of
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