The rapidly-spreading coronavirus in China poses the biggest demand threat to the oil market since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet OPEC and Russia can’t agree on a rescue plan. Saudi Arabia, seeking to cushion the blow from the coronavirus, proposed further production cuts during three days of meetings in Vienna this week. But Russia is
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Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — Controversy rises at Captain Shreve High School after a student was dismissed from the cheerleading team. Her mom, Trice Calloway says it’s because of her daughter’s hair. Her daughter, Asia Simo, is black. She says her hair texture isn’t as easy to style
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AKRON, Iowa (AP) — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are ubiquitous in the Midwestern countryside. The Iowa farmer didn’t follow state requirements to get construction approval and file a manure disposal plan. But Zenk’s operation initially flew under the radar
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump emerged vindictive and angry at a noontime event on Thursday meant to mark his impeachment acquittal. “It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops, it was leaks and liars,” Trump told an East Room packed with conservative lawmakers, media pundits, and a number of Cabinet officials. “This should
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Rhode Island (17-5, 9-1) vs. George Washington (10-13, 4-6) Charles E. Smith Center, Washington; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island looks for its 10th straight conference win against George Washington. Rhode Island’s last A10 loss came against the Richmond Spiders 69-61 on Jan. 5. George Washington lost 72-47 at Saint Bonaventure on Wednesday.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Honolulu, HI (KITV) — State House and Senate leaders and law enforcement officials say the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers in Diamond Head last month and a rash of gun-related crimes have heightened the urgency to protect public safety. A public hearing is set for Thursday
Continue Reading AKRON, Iowa (AP) — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are ubiquitous in the Midwestern countryside. The Iowa farmer didn’t follow state requirements to get construction approval and file a manure disposal plan. He also put one barn too close to
Continue Reading After four aid volunteers entered an Arizona wildlife refuge in 2017 and left jugs of water and cans of beans for undocumented migrants to find, the volunteers were found guilty of breaking federal law. Now, a federal judge has overturned their convictions. On Monday, US District Judge Rosemary Márquez ruled that the volunteers, who were
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WASHINGTON, DC — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office and pointing ahead to his reelection campaign. Trump, triumphantly waving a newspaper front page – “ACQUITTED” – declared the impeachment proceedings a “disgrace” and
Continue Reading The death toll and number of people infected by the Wuhan coronavirus continues to grow, with no signs of slowing despite severe quarantine and population control methods put in place in central China. The number of confirmed cases globally stood at 28,275 as of Thursday, with more than 28,000 of those in China. The number
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(CNN) — La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, acaba de mencionar cómo el senador republicano Mitt Romney hizo historia este miércoles cuando votó para condenar a Trump por uno de los cargos de juicio político. Con su voto, Romney se convirtió en el primer senador en la historia de Estados Unidos en
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Lyft driver accused of raping a woman will be allowed to return home under house arrest while awaiting trial. A judge reduced Larry Ward’s bail Wednesday citing his family ties to the area and that he’s been a resident of St. Charles
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President Donald Trump began his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast by taking veiled shots at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was on the stage with him as he spoke, and Sen. Mitt Romney, the morning after the GOP-controlled Senate acquitted him. Romney, citing his Mormon faith, was the only Republican to vote against his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Stray Rescue has a new puppy named Gemma, who is pretty popular because of something extra she was born with. Gemma is a three-month-old Great Dane mix born with five paws. “Gemma’s a really special dog that’s come to us recently,” Aimee Dearsley
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To many who admired him, Mark Hyatt was a real-life Clark Griswold when it came to Christmas decor. But to his neighbors and the city of Plantation, Florida, he was more of a pesky Grinch. Hyatt was many things to many people: City councilman, (ex) husband, a thorn in Plantation’s side. But he’s most famous
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Vanderbilt Women’s Bowling team is one of the best in the country. Two National Championships and a runner up trophy last year prove that point. However, they’re not the only champs in town. The other one is 92 years old. Rosemary Strawn had a
Continue Reading(CNN) — Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes planean presentar una resolución de desaprobación que condene a la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, por romper su copia del discurso del Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump. Se espera un voto relacionado con la resolución en la Cámara el jueves,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A federal judge is considering arguments surrounding a long-standing case over Michigan’s sex offender registry. Judge Robert Cleland’s decision could affect thousands of people who are currently on the sex offender list. In 2016, the court of appeals ruled that punishments couldn’t be applied to
Continue Reading Loving your enemies is one of Jesus’ most famous teachings, mentioned in his Sermon on the Mount just after he tells followers to turn the other cheek. So it wasn’t surprising to hear Arthur Brooks, the keynote speaker at Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast, draw on that teaching. Brooks, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School,
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Perhaps the one great equalizer left in the world is when everyone in an audience, Anna Wintour included, is forced to hand over their phones and pretend to be okay with that for 90 minutes of theater. At a Broadway performance last fall of “Freestyle Love Supreme,” a superb hip-hop improv show co-created by Lin-Manuel
Continue Reading The deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could impact Japan’s preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this summer, a senior organizer has warned. The virus has infected over 28,000 people across more than 25 countries and territories, and claimed more than 560 lives — the vast majority of cases and all but two deaths in mainland China.
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Actress Jameela Jamil came out as queer in a Twitter post on Wednesday. “The Good Place” star had added a rainbow to her Twitter name years ago, but she had never revealed her sexuality officially, Jamil said in a post to her Twitter. “I kept it low because I was scared of the pain of
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EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in El Paso is being formally charged with federal hate crimes, according to a copy of a federal court indictment obtained by ABC-7. Suspected gunman Patrick Crusius is accused of killing and harming
Continue Reading The Senate Intelligence Committee released the third installment of its five-part report on Russian interference in the 2016 election Thursday, focusing on the Obama administration’s reaction to initial reports of Moscow’s efforts and the steps officials took — and failed to take — to deter them. The committee wrote that the Obama administration was constrained
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A 42-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man has been charged in connection with the car chase with law enforcement vehicles through the secured Chiefs Celebration Parade on Wednesday. Addae J. Doyle faces resisting arrest, possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor driving while
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When American newlyweds Milena Basso and Gaetano Cerullo set out for their honeymoon, it should have been the trip of a lifetime. But as the Wuhan coronavirus spread around the world, sickening more than 28,000 people and killing more than 560, the couple have found themselves quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KSL) — The University of Utah is seeing a lot of success with a new Safer sex campaign designed to promote safer sex practices among their students. It works like Grub Hub or Door Dash, but they’re offering birth control devices instead of food.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KSL) — Elizabeth Smart has revealed she was sexually assaulted on an airline flight last year. She’s talking about it publicly for the first time, telling CBS This Morning she was asleep on the plane on the way back to Salt Lake City when
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — It was supposed to be a night of fun for Laura Cummings. “She was singing We Belong to The Night by Pat Benatar and a minute into her song she collapsed, explained her sister, Sarah Smith. A heart attack at age 36. Looking at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, AZ (KTVK) — A CEO of a Valley fertilizer company has been relieved of his duties after he allegedly said a racial slur to his Uber driver, who is African American. Tempe-based Agroplasma said in a statement that CEO Hans Berglund “has been relieved of his duties”
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