Click here for updates on this story MARYVALE, AZ (KTVK) — There are concerns about how a Maryvale couple now facing child abuse charges was allowed to adopt multiple kids. Last week investigators found a child’s remains in the home of Maribel and Rafael Loera. According to court records, the couple had four children in
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Germany faced a political crisis Thursday after centrist parties breached a decades-old taboo and teamed up with the far-right Alternative for Germany in a regional parliament. Chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear she was outraged after her party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union, voted with the AfD and the liberal Free Democratic Party on Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MESA, AZ (KTVK) — One of the two puppies who were off to a “ruff” start this week after taking a tumble into some cactus in front of a Mesa home is now ready for adoption. Homeowner Thea Abel said her neighbor saw the pups in their prickly
Continue Reading When a taxi driver showed up to pick up Priscilla Dickey and her 8-year-old daughter from their home in Wuhan, China, the epicenter the outbreak of the coronavirus, he wore a blue hazmat suit. Dickey took a video on the familiar ride to the airport. The streets, which are normally clogged with traffic, were empty.
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(CNN Español) — Jhon Jairo Velásquez, alias ‘Popeye’, el jefe de sicarios de Pablo Escobar, murió el 6 de febrero en Bogotá, confirmó en un comunicado el Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario, INPEC. Velásquez falleció en el Instituto Nacional Cancerológico, donde estuvo hospitalizado desde el 31 de diciembre recibiendo tratamiento para el cáncer que padecía
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TUSCOLA COUNTY, MI (WJRT) — Police in Tuscola County arrested a California man convicted of several sexual assault charges who allegedly skipped part of his trial there to see a Michigan girl he met online. A jury in Sacremento, Calif., found Michael Khatoonian guilty of the following charges
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The former prison employee who helped two convicted murderers escape an upstate New York prison in 2015, sparking a weeks-long manhunt, was released from her own prison stay on Thursday. Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell was conditionally released from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility into community supervision, according to the New York State Department of Correction and Community
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The Rolling Stones don’t have any new music out. They’re touring anyway. And if we’re lucky, they’ll tour forever. The band announced the rest of their North American tour dates that’ll run through summer 2020. The Stones postponed their North American tour in May 2019 so frontman Mick Jagger could recover from heart surgery. Looks
Continue Reading Martin Tankleff was admitted to the New York State bar Wednesday in the same appellate court where his wrongful conviction in the 1988 killing of his parents was overturned. Tankleff, 48, was just 17 when his parents were found stabbed and bludgeoned to death in their home on suburban Long Island. He served nearly two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PA (WNEP) — State police are searching for the person who killed a dog with a bow and arrow in Lackawanna County. The 7-year-old lab named Zorro was rushed to an emergency vet clinic shortly after his owner noticed he had been shot, but Zorro didn’t
Continue Reading (CNN) — El secretario interino de Seguridad Nacional anunció el miércoles que los residentes del estado de Nueva York ya no pueden participar en ciertos Programas de Viajeros de Confianza, incluido el conocido como Global Entry, debido a las disposiciones de la nueva “Ley de Luz Verde” del estado que apoya a los inmigrantes indocumentados.
Continue Reading(CNN) — El presidente Trump comenzó sus comentarios en el Desayuno de Oración Nacional atacando salvajemente y haciendo críticas veladas a la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, quien estaba en el escenario con él mientras hablaba, y al senador Mitt Romney, quien fue el único republicano que votó a favor de su
Continue Reading An abandoned storage unit that was rented to Lori Vallow — the mother of two missing Idaho children — had children’s items in it, CNN affiliate East Idaho News reported. Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 17, were last heard from in September. About two months later, Vallow and her husband, Chad
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With the recent stock-price surge, Tesla has become one of the most valuable companies in the United States. But it’s still missing from the S&P 500 index, the collection of large-cap stocks meant to give investors a chance to buy into the nation’s blue-chip companies. The reason is simple: It hasn’t been profitable long enough.
Continue Reading If the fear is that Americans have become inured to gun violence — hearing the statistics, sighing and moving on — “In Memoriam” seeks to remedy that, with a documentary that’s alternately spare and horrifying. Airing commercial-free on Investigation Discovery, a basic-cable network usually devoted to lurid true crime, the special focuses on a trio
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In “Suicide Squad,” Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was the best part of a bad movie. That’s true again with “Birds of Prey,” which moves the Joker’s sadistic sidekick front and center, then proceeds to assault the senses in much the way its protagonist wields a baseball bat. The too-cute subtitle, “And the Fantabulous Emancipation of
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The Justice Department is reviewing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s request to open an investigation into allegations that Trump ally Erik Prince repeatedly misled Congress during the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, according to a letter obtained by CNN. The Department of Justice letter to Schiff, dated February
Continue Reading At least 41 people have been killed and 84 injured after two avalanches hit the mountainside near Turkey’s eastern border with Iran in 24 hours, the Turkish Natural Disaster and Crisis Directorate (AFAD) said Thursday. The avalanches took place on Tuesday and Wednesday near the Van-Bahcesaray highway in Turkey’s Van province. The second avalanche, which
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Today’s the day: An e-cigarette policy that goes into effect will result in a number of flavored vaping products being taken off the US market. Trump administration officials announced in September that they were concocting such a policy — which came to be known as a “flavor ban.” This is partly because the policy, as
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Boeing was already hamstrung in China by the 737 Max crisis. Now, the coronavirus outbreak has sidelined its biggest rival. The Airbus plant in Tianjin remains closed after Chinese authorities extended the Lunar New Year holiday in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading. The closure has knocked out a significant portion of the
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He may not be a global superstar but Manchester United’s newest signing is still influential enough to convince fans to change the team they support. Odion Ighalo’s deadline day loan from Shanghai Shenhua to the Premier League club was one of the biggest surprises of the January transfer window — and the move has made
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Director of the El Paso Playhouse Minden Dixon and actor Estevan Herrera sit down with us to talk about their upcoming performance of Shakespeare’s “As you like it”.
Continue Reading Turkish prosecutors summoned two pilots on Thursday after a plane skidded off the runway at an Istanbul airport and broke into three parts, killing three people and injuring more than 100, state media reports. Dramatic images on Wednesday night show the Pegasus Airlines’ Boeing 737 snapped in two places at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport, as
Continue Reading Reggae legend Bob Marley would have turned 75 on February 6 and his estate is marking that in a special way. An animated video of one of his most famous songs has been released. The new video for “Redemption Song” was posted on the MARLEY75 site. French artists Octave Marsal and Theo De Gueltzl drew
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After a very active day Wednesday, we will see a quiet weather pattern. The winds this afternoon may get a little gusty at times, which will make it feel cooler. We will continue our warming trend as we move into the weekend.
Continue Reading Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cracked a joke during a Tuesday lunch with his Republican colleagues that the previous two weeks had been like a family vacation that had gone on too long. Members were spent, tensions high and patience with their colleagues across the aisle had been hovering around an all-time low. Still, GOP Sen.
Continue Reading Two people died and dozens were injured after a high-speed train derailed in Italy’s Lodi province early on Thursday morning, Italian authorities said. The crash happened in the town of Casalpusterlengo, some 30 miles southeast of Milan in the north of the country. The train’s two conductors were killed and 28 people were injured, according
Continue Reading Google is giving its popular Maps app a redesign and new features for its 15th birthday. The tweaks to the app, announced in a blog post Thursday, put greater emphasis on discovery and recommendations with three new tabs on the bottom of the screen: “Saved,” “Contribute” and “Updates.” The “Commute” and “Explore” tabs will remain,
Continue Reading Barnes & Noble says it is canceling a Black History Month event at its flagship New York store and suspending plans to release a series of classic novels with new cover art featuring people of color. The Diverse Editions program sparked a social media backlash from critics, who point out that the characters inside the
Continue Reading The New York Times broke records with digital subscriptions in 2019, but advertising revenue fell in the last three months of the year compared to the year before, according to its fourth quarter earnings report. The company reported on Thursday it added more than 1 million digital-only subscriptions in 2019, its largest increase ever, for
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