Less than 24 hours after formally being acquitted by the Senate, President Donald Trump riffed for over an hour from inside the White House — a vengeful, angry, fact-challenged spew of score-settling that even for this most unorthodox of presidents was eye-opening in its tone and jaw-dropping in its boundary busting. “It’s a celebration,” Trump
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Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV) — A 29-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the death of a four-year-old boy that was stabbed to death in Honolulu. On October 10, 2016, Waiser Walter attacked the child and the child’s aunt in the McCully apartment. Both suffered multiple stab
Continue Reading President Donald Trump pledged more action to ramp up pressure on Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro during a White House meeting Wednesday with Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader who is recognized by the US and more than 50 countries as Venezuela’s interim president, a source familiar with the meeting said. Meeting in the Oval
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EL PASO, Texas — A water main break on Thursday afternoon caused a sinkhole as well wet road conditions in a portion of west El Paso. Crews were working to fix the leaking water main in the 4400 block of Stanton; one lane was closed for about a block for the work crews. The water
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Diane Nash was talking about President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial one evening when she began experiencing sickening flashbacks. As a civil rights leader who worked in the Jim Crow South, Nash saw white mobs tearing into young civil rights activists with baseball bats and poor black families kicked off their land for trying to vote.
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President Donald Trump painted a bleak view of American cities defying his immigration authority in his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday. The next day, his acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced on Fox News that New Yorkers, specifically, would no longer be able to apply for or renew their membership
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Voyager 2 was only expected to last for five years, but it’s still operating 42 years after launch. Yet Saturday, January 25, the probe did experience a bit of a hiccup 11 billion miles from Earth, according to NASA. The spacecraft was expected to make a scheduled maneuver and rotate 360 degrees to help calibrate
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers want to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by an advice columnist who has accused him of raping her in the 1990s and is seeking his DNA as possible evidence. Trump attorneys argued in legal papers this week that E. Jean Carroll’s and “extensive and burdensome”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police said Thursday that they were following both old and new leads in a three-decade old mass shooting that ultimately claimed five lives and left two wounded survivors at a local bowling alley. In addition, to mark the upcoming 30-year anniversary of the slayings, Las Cruces Crime Stoppers
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WINSTON-SALEM, NC (WGHP) — Two people were rescued from their flooded basement in Winston-Salem amid the heavy rains on Thursday, according to Winston-Salem Fire Department Capt. T.C. Denny. Firefighters were called to 1538 Longview Drive, where a basement was flooded with two to three feet of water. A
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(CNN Español) — En una noche atípica en el Santiago Bernabéu, el equipo dirigido por Zinedine Zidane cayó 3-4 ante la Real Sociedad y quedó eliminado de la Copa del Rey en los cuartos de final. Atípica porque no muchos equipos le marcan cuatro goles al Real Madrid en su estadio. El marcador lo abrió
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Expectations for mattress maker Casper were quite low. It appears the stock couldn’t go anywhere but up. Shares Casper rose more than 20% once they began trading Thursday and quickly moved above $15 a share. The stock settled down by the end of the day to finish at $13.50, a 12.5% gain. That would normally
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Kendall Jenner made waves on social media this week after she joined TikTok, the buzzy short-form video platform. There was just one problem: it wasn’t her. The account, which had received a blue check mark indicating the platform had “verified” it was the model and reality TV star, turned out to be an imposter. It
Continue Reading (APPLAUSE, Trump arrival) TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. (APPLAUSE). Thank you. (APPLAUSE). Thank you. (APPLAUSE). Wow. (APPLAUSE). TRUMP: Well, thank you very much, everybody. Wow. We’ve all been through a lot together, and we probably deserve that hand for all of us because it’s been a very unfair situation. TRUMP: I invited some of
Continue Reading Disney CEO Bob Iger has apologized to a California elementary school after it was charged $250 for showing the studio’s 2019 remake of “The Lion King” during a fundraiser event. “Our company @WaltDisneyCo apologizes to the Emerson Elementary School PTA,” Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, tweeted on Thursday. “I will personally donate to their fund raising
Continue Reading Gayle King has criticized her employer CBS for sharing a “salacious” and “out of context” clip of her questioning basketball icon Lisa Leslie about allegations leveled against the late Kobe Bryant. The CBS This Morning anchor came under fire Wednesday from rapper 50 Cent and other fans after footage of her asking Leslie whether she
Continue Reading The first significant ad buy for state Sen. Erica Smith, a Democratic candidate for US Senate in North Carolina, appears to be backed by Republicans. Faith and Power, a new political action committee with ties to Republicans, formally launched on January 29 and spent more than $1.9 million to influence the Democratic primary, according to
Continue Reading The acting secretary of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that New York state residents can no longer participate in certain Trusted Traveler Programs, including Global Entry, due to provisions in the state’s new “Green Light Law” supporting undocumented immigrants. The law, which went into effect in December, allows undocumented immigrants to apply for New York driver’s
Continue Reading When the government releases its monthly jobs report on Friday, a history-making methodology change will be lurking in the footnotes. For the first time ever, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will include same-sex couples in its count of married workers in the US economy. Previously, categories tracking marital status only included people in heterosexual marriages.
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Let’s just call today, “The One Where Matthew Perry Joins Instagram.” The former “Friends” cast member has finally joined the social media platform, much to the joy of his former co-star Lisa Kudrow, who announced his arrival. “Finally!!! Yay!! Can’t believe my eyes MY EYES. Welcome to Instagram @mattyperry4 #friendsforlife,” she wrote. His arrival to
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Purdue (13-10, 6-6) vs. Indiana (15-7, 5-6) Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Purdue looks for its sixth straight win in the head-to-head series over Indiana. Purdue has won by an average of 8 points in its last five wins over the Hoosiers. Indiana’s last win in the series came on
Continue Reading Richmond (16-6, 6-3) vs. Fordham (7-14, 1-8) Rose Hill Gym, New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Two guards will be on display as Jacob Gilyard and Richmond will go up against Jalen Cobb and Fordham. The junior Gilyard is averaging 14.6 points and 6.2 assists over the last five games. Cobb, a sophomore,
Continue Reading South Dakota (17-8, 7-3) vs. North Dakota (10-13, 4-5) Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota looks for its sixth straight conference win against North Dakota. South Dakota’s last Summit League loss came against the North Dakota State Bison 72-70 on Jan. 15. North Dakota lost
Continue Reading Entrepreneur Andrew Yang‘s campaign fired staffers in the wake of a poor finish in the Iowa caucuses, multiple campaign aides told CNN on Thursday. Those fired include the campaign’s national political director, the deputy national political director, multiple policy staffers and some Iowa staffers. With 97% of Iowa’s precincts reporting, Yang has 1% of state
Continue Reading Shortly after Ben Smith announced that he was resigning as editor in chief of BuzzFeed News to join the New York Times, staffers at the New York City headquarters gathered to pepper him with questions about the decision and about what comes next. One question in particular stood out. “Since you’ll be starting at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, AR (KFSM) — A post shared on Facebook showing a sick veteran getting help caring for his dog has touched many in the Northwest Arkansas community. Veteran Mike now lives at the Arkansas Veteran’s Home at Fayetteville after getting sick. One thing missing from Mike’s new home
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, NC (WLOS) — Heavy flooding is an all too familiar occurrence for one Weaverville community. Early Thursday, dozens of residents at the Eden Glen mobile home park were unable to leave after authorities were forced to block their bridge because of rising floodwaters. “Yeah, it’s definitely scary,”
Continue Reading Chinese technology company Huawei filed two lawsuits against Verizon in US courts on Thursday. The Chinese company is suing the US carrier seeking compensation for alleged unauthorized use of Huawei patents for optical transmission, digital communications and related services. Huawei is the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker and a leading smartphone brand. But the Shenzhen-based
Continue Reading Dunkin’ is trying to win over customers by serving better hot coffee. The company, which has been trying to rebrand itself as a higher-end coffee shop, is investing about $60 million in new brewing equipment for all of its cafes. The new smart brewers are designed to improve coffee quality and consistency, offer more variety
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg‘s campaign will announce in an email to supporters that they raised $2.7 million since the day after the Iowa caucuses, according to a copy of the email provided to CNN. The announcement, which will come on Thursday from the Pete for America team, tells supporters that the campaign raised $2.7 million from 63,841
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