The Iowa Democratic Party has not released results of Monday night’s caucuses due to “inconsistencies.” Read their full statement from Chair Troy Price: Last night, more than 1,600 precinct caucuses gathered across the state of Iowa and at satellite caucuses around the world to demonstrate our shared values and goal of taking back the White
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Picture this: a 19-month-old hungry baby picks up a delicious snack, but instead of gobbling it up gives it to an adult who appears to want it, too. Now imagine dozens of different babies of the same age doing the same. And that’s exactly what happened during a study published Tuesday that tests the beginnings
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“Goo goo ga ga? Are wu my widdle baby?” If your idea of “baby talk” makes you throw up in your mouth a little, then it’s time to get educated. True baby talk, which a new study shows can boost infant brain and speech development, is actually proper adult speech, just delivered in a different
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BERLIN (AP) — A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible’s fratricidal Cain went on display at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on Tuesday as part of a new permanent exhibition. Grosz was one of the most important artists focused on political themes during the
Continue Reading The State of the Union address Tuesday night gives President Donald Trump the chance to shift from weakness to strength by spotlighting the resilient American economy. The President’s weakness — his insistence on crossing behavioral and ethical, if not legal, lines — landed him in the Senate impeachment trial scheduled to conclude Wednesday. It has
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“Love & Hip Hop: New York” cast members Safaree Samuels and his wife, Erica Mena Samuels, have welcomed their first child together. Samuels, who goes professionally by Safaree, posted on his official Instagram account a photo of his newborn daughter holding his finger. He both shared the news and got in on a tribute to
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A South African judge said she was left with no choice but to issue former President Jacob Zuma with an arrest warrant after he failed to appear in court on Tuesday. Zuma’s legal team said he was receiving medical care outside the country. But Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Dhaya Pillay was skeptical of the document
Continue Reading Framed by abundant woodland, surrounded by icy water and bathed in the glowing winter sun, this new hotel in Swedish Lapland already sounds pretty special. And that’s before you realize its centerpiece is a circular structure adrift on the Lule River, reachable only via wooden walkway and designed to resemble a cluster of logs caught
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Britain will ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars from 2035 — five years earlier than planned — heaping pressure on an auto industry that is already struggling to cope with a global sales slump and the fallout from Brexit. And for the first time, hybrid vehicles will also be covered by the ban.
Continue Reading On December 30, Li Wenliang dropped a bombshell in his medical school alumni group on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat: seven patients from a local seafood market had been diagnosed with a SARS-like illness and quarantined in his hospital. Li explained that, according to a test he had seen, the illness was a coronavirus
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Are we witnessing the start of a thrilling new NBA rivalry? The signs looked good when rookie prodigies Zion Williamson and Ja Morant went toe-to-toe in the NBA for the first time Friday. The pair, who have already made a big splash in the league, were the 2019 NBA Draft’s No.1 and No.2 picks respectively,
Continue Reading You may have heard of celebrities or multibillion-dollar companies donating money to cover students’ lunch debt. But Keoni Ching from Vancouver, Washington, is just your normal 8-year-old who wanted to help his schoolmates. With his handmade key chains that go for $5 each, Keoni raised $4,015 to erase the lunch debt of students from his
Continue Reading Ordering Chinese takeout isn’t anything new, but PF Chang’s is putting its own spin on it. The chain opened PF Chang’s To Go in Chicago, its first-ever location that’s focused exclusively on ordering out. At 2,000 square feet, the new space is a fraction of the size of one of its regular restaurants and features
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The ABC-7 First Alert continues for much colder temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday. A winter storm system will impact our region over the next few days. Bundle up! Temperatures will be much colder. Thankfully the winds won’t be as strong as yesterday afternoon but we will see wind gusts between 25 to 30 mph. Temperatures will
Continue Reading Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will seize the national spotlight Tuesday evening when she delivers one of the Democratic Party’s responses to the President’s State of the Union address, drawing attention to a state her party is hoping to win back from Donald Trump this November. Party leaders announced last month that Whitmer will give the
Continue Reading Fifty-year-old Lewis Pugh says he was terrified when he plunged into the water of East Antarctica in nothing but swim briefs, a swim cap and goggles. He was even more terrified when he swam below the Antarctic ice sheet, through melting tunnels — though he said it was the most beautiful swim he’s ever done.
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EL PASO, Texas — For some, colder weather is an excuse to break out the winter coat or spend a cozy day indoors. For those sleeping on the streets, colder temperatures can be dangerous. The Opportunity Center for the Homeless is reminding the public that their shelters have an open door policy. There are no
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A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. More bad news for those shorting Tesla’s stock: The company’s shares shot up another 20%, or $129, on Monday, bringing its market value to a whopping $140.6 billion. Toyota is now the
Continue Reading Esow Alben was just three years of age when the deadly tsunami struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Boxing Day 2004. More than 2,000 people lost their lives in the trail of utter devastation that followed on the remote archipelago some 1,400 kilometers from the Indian mainland. Esow was fortunate to live with his
Continue Reading Turkish club Trabzonspor says it has filed a criminal complaint against individuals who allegedly racially abused midfielder John Mikel Obi. The former Chelsea star, who spent 11 years in the Premier League, received the alleged racist abuse online following Trabzonspor’s 2-1 win over Fenerbahce Saturday. “Racism is a shelter for helpless and ignorant,” the club
Continue Reading UMass Lowell (9-14, 3-5) vs. Stony Brook (15-8, 6-2) Island Federal Credit Union Arena, Stony Brook, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Stony Brook goes for the season sweep over UMass Lowell after winning the previous matchup in Lowell. The teams last met on Jan. 29, when the Seawolves shot 40.3 percent from
Continue Reading Maine (6-16, 2-6) vs. Vermont (17-6, 7-1) Roy L Patrick Gymnasium, Burlington, Vermont; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Vermont looks for its 19th straight win in the head-to-head series over Maine. In its last 18 wins against the Black Bears, Vermont has won by an average of 20 points. Maine’s last win in the
Continue Reading Neymar has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for the team’s upcoming league match at Nantes after suffering a rib injury. The Brazilian’s absence comes just days after he celebrated his 28th birthday with teammates at a Paris nightclub, an occasion which PSG manager Thomas Tuchel admits was not ideal preparation for Tuesday’s Ligue
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(CNN) — Los cuerpos de Kobe Bryant, su hija Gianna y otras siete personas muertas en un accidente de helicóptero el mes pasado en Calabasas, California, han sido entregados a sus familias, según el sitio web del médico forense del condado de Los Ángeles. La semana pasada, la oficina del forense anunció que había identificado
Continue Reading Macao, one of the world’s top gambling hubs, is planning to close its casinos as the deadly coronavirus outbreak continues to surge. The government of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory will suspend operations in gambling and other related industries for about two weeks, Macao Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said during a press conference Tuesday. Macao
Continue Reading Temple (11-10, 3-6) vs. Memphis (16-5, 5-3) FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: AAC foes meet as Temple faces Memphis. Temple beat East Carolina by 12 in its last outing. Memphis is coming off a 70-63 win over UConn in its most recent game. SUPER SENIORS: Temple’s Quinton Rose, Nate Pierre-Louis and
Continue Reading Seven years ago, Patrick Mahomes dreamed of being the quarterback who goes to Disney World after winning the Super Bowl. On Monday, he was able to live that dream, fulfilling the prophetic tweet he wrote as a 17-year-old. “I had forgotten all about it until it started getting retweeted this week during the Super Bowl
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A crew of rowers who call themselves the “Ancient Mariners” say they have broken a world record after rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in just 49 days. With a total combined age of 257 years and 10 days, the group laid claim to the title of the oldest crew of four to row
Continue Reading In summer 2019, it looked for a moment that one of the most controversial issues in 21st century travel might be over. Italy’s transport minister announced that the government had plans to ban cruise ships from the historic center of Venice. The huge ships, grossly oversized compared to the fragile renaissance buildings above which they
Continue Reading Monday’s market sell-off in China was the worst in many years and wiped nearly half a trillion dollars off the value of the country’s biggest companies. Now the Chinese government has to find ways to stem the panic before the coronavirus epidemic makes things even worse. Beijing already has a blueprint to work with. When
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