A group of tourists stranded near the top of the UK’s highest mountain was saved thanks to a Scottish mountain rescue team and an app that helped track them down. The tourists were stranded in a blizzard near the summit of Ben Nevis. They had gone off for a hike and appeared to get lost.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — NHL game between St. Louis and Anaheim postponed after Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester collapses on bench.
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As the US gears up for the results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the public can keep up in an interesting way: with “The Conners.” “The Conners,” an ABC comedy sitcom, announced that it will air a special live episode as the results from the New Hampshire primary roll in. In the episode, the cast
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Tuesday’s primary in this Northeastern state may mark the final day of nearly 50 years of unparalleled influence for Iowa and New Hampshire as the one-two kickoff contests in the Democratic presidential nominating process. In this year’s presidential campaign, the distorting effects of providing such power to two virtually all-white states in an increasingly diversifying
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar had a request of the overflow crowd gathered to see her on the eve of the New Hampshire primary: Surprise the country on Tuesday. “So, as you probably heard, we’re on a bit of a surge,” she said. “To think this all happened in New Hampshire, well, maybe I am not surprised.”
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Democratic legislators in New Mexico pushed forward Tuesday with a red-flag gun proposal, sending the bill toward a decisive House floor vote after a final round of public comment. The Senate-approved bill would allow law enforcement to petition a court for the temporary surrender of guns by people who appear
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A school resource officer in Arkansas has been “relieved of duty pending an investigation,” Camden Police Chief Boyd Woody said, after a video surfaced online of the officer apparently holding a student in a chokehold. The video, which was posted on Facebook, starts with the officer already holding the student in what appears to be
Continue Reading Long before the polls close in New Hampshire on Tuesday night — 8 p.m. Eastern if you are wondering — Joe Biden was gone from the Granite State. He left New Hampshire in the late afternoon Tuesday to fly to South Carolina, the state that he has repeatedly called his “firewall.” Here’s the problem for
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When the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern, it did so over fears that smaller or less-developed countries would struggle to contain the virus. The flu-like respiratory illness is highly contagious and the outbreak has overwhelmed hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where
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An 11-year-old boy was repeatedly stabbed during a home invasion in an apparent random attack, according to the police department in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The boy survived and a suspect is in custody. “I was literally in a deep sleep, and his screams woke me up,” Yahira Suarez, the victim’s mother, told CNN affiliate WOOD-TV
Continue Reading Max Schachter didn’t set out to become a political activist, but this week, he found himself on Capitol Hill and in the Oval Office, where he joined the administration in discussing new steps toward making US schools safer. Friday will mark two years since a mass shooting rampage shook Parkland, Florida, and the nation. This
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Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Two men were arrested after deputies say they stole toilets, a carport and more from an Alamance County home, according to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, deputies respond to a report of stolen items at an unoccupied home in southern Alamance
Continue Reading A British man linked to a number of coronavirus cases after traveling from Singapore to a French ski chalet to the UK has fully recovered. The patient, Steve Walsh, is believed to have infected at least nine other people during his stay in the French Alps after contracting the virus in Singapore. He released a
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EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and injuring two dozen more in a shooting rampage at an El Paso Walmart last August has been assigned two new attorneys to defend him in federal court. David A. Lane from Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP out of Denver, Colorado and Rebecca L.
Continue Reading Democratic voters turning out for Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary say they are looking for a candidate who can beat President Donald Trump over one who agrees with them on the issues by a roughly 2-to-1 margin, according to early exit polls conducted for CNN. Six in 10 Democratic voters in New Hampshire prioritize a nominee
Continue Reading In the foothills of the Sierra de los Órganos Mountains, more than two hours west of Havana, a trickle of riders on horseback descends a reddish-brown mountain in a serpentine line. They smile as they pass a group of hikers and continue on their ride. Known as the garden of Cuba, the Viñales Valley was
Continue Reading Former Houston Astros player Marwin Gonzalez apologized Tuesday for the sign-stealing scheme used during the team’s 2017 championship season. “I’m remorseful for everything that happened in 2017, everything that we did as a group and the players that were affected directly by us doing this,” Gonzalez told reporters. “I wish we could take it back
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This latest February winter storm that brought rain, sleet and then snow across the area continues to move NE. The E/NE sides of El Paso picked up anywhere from 0.5″ to nearly 2″ of snow while Las Cruces had around 2″. Ground temperatures have been warm so the snow did not accumulate on the roadways
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Continue Reading(CNN Español) – Un juez con jurisdicción nacional decretó este martes detención judicial en contra del comisionado general de Policía Nacional de Honduras Leonel Luciano Sauceda Guifarro y su esposa, Patricia Estrada Pacheco. La pareja fue capturada en su casa en Tegucigalpa tras ser acusados del delito de lavado de activos, informó la portavoz del
Continue Reading A Cook County, Illinois, grand jury has returned a six-count indictment against actor Jussie Smollett for making false reports to police that he was a victim of a hate crime, a special prosecutor said Tuesday. Smollett, who is gay and black, said he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack near his Chicago
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(CNN Español) — El líder opositor venezolano Juan Guaidó, reconocido como presidente interino por más de 50 países, regresó a su país, según pudo constatar CNN. Entre empujones y gritos a favor y en contra en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía, el presidente de la Asamblea General arribó este martes a Venezuela tras una extensa
Continue Reading The Boston Red Sox have replaced former manager Alex Cora with bench coach Ron Roenicke as interim manager, the team announced Tuesday. Cora parted ways with the team last month following his role in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scheme in 2017 when he was the Astros bench coach. Cora, who led the Red Sox to
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – En conferencia de prensa, el ministro de Gobierno interino de Bolivia, Arturo Murillo, dio a conocer el informe oficial de la explosión ocurrida en la noche de este lunes en el penal de Mocoví, en la ciudad de Trinidad, departamento del Beni, que dejó dos muertos y varios heridos. Murillo explicó que,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El primer evacuado estadounidense de China que se sabe que está infectado con el coronavirus de Wuhan fue dado de alta por error de un hospital de San Diego después de que una prueba inicial indicara que la persona no había sido infectada, dijeron el lunes funcionarios de salud locales. El paciente llegó
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Las compañías Cisco y Facebook, ambas de Estados Unidos, anunciaron este martes su decisión de anular también su presencia del congreso MWC en Barcelona. Según confirma un portavoz de Facebook a CNN: “Por precaución, los empleados de Facebook no asistirán al Mobile World Congress de este año debido a la evolución de
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary election Tuesday night, ABC News and the Associated Press projected, narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST MOLINE, IL (WQAD ) — A mother in East Moline says her son doesn’t feel safe at Glenview Elementary School after a classmate stabbed him in the face with a broken pencil. Candice Leshoure said that she rushed to the school as soon as she learned that
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La justicia de Estados Unidos condenó este martes a Mario Amílcar Estrada, excandidato a la presidencia de Guatemala, a 15 años en prisión por participar en una conspiración para importar y distribuir toneladas de cocaína en EE.UU. La sentencia fue anunciada por Geoffrey S. Berman, fiscal del distrito sur de Nueva York,
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