Click here for updates on this story HAYWOOD COUNTY, NC (WLOS) — A line of people are expected to pile into the historic Haywood County Courthouse Monday for what commissioners are calling a symbolic resolution. On Feb. 3, 2020, commissioners will vote on whether to pass a resolution declaring Haywood County a ‘Constitution Protecting County.’
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Mathematicians and geeks everywhere celebrated a rare occurrence Sunday, 02/02/2020, a kind of 8-digit palindrome that hasn’t happened for more than 900 years. A palindrome is any sequence, phrase or word that reads the same backward as forward. And 02/02/2020 is considered a “universal palindrome” because it reads the same whether
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, IA (WOWT) — Traffic may not be so bad on interstates and highways after crashes thanks to some new technology. The Iowa State Patrol is now looking to the skies to help them reconstruct accident scenes. That means lanes won’t be closed for nearly as long.
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EL PASO, Texas — Microsoft hosted a three-day El Paso Strong Hackathon in response to the Aug. 3, shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart. The event focused on building a stronger and safer El Paso. The event started Friday Jan. 31 and lasted through the weekend. Event organizer and computer science major at UTEP Malina
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The leading Democratic presidential contenders have sharpened their cases in the final hours of the Iowa caucuses, hoping that clearer divisions will help undecided caucusgoers tilt their way. All six candidates — former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
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Days after the 2016 Iowa caucuses, the instructions were clear. “[U]se any opportunity to criticize Hillary and the rest (except Sanders and Trump — we support them),” they read. The guidance had been circulated among a group of Russians who were covertly running a vast network of social media accounts seeking to divide Democrats and
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Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are celebrating 20 years together, thanks to a mutual friend who stood them up. Gellar on Saturday thanked “Punky Brewster” actress Soleil Moon Frye for not making it to dinner 20 years ago, where the three had planned to catch up. Frye’s no-show allowed her and Prinze to
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Tributes to Kobe Bryant have been pouring in in the week since the basketball legend died, and a song dedication by Guns N’ Roses is maybe one of the most touching. Playing at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest Friday night, the band dedicated their version of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” to Bryant, his
Continue Reading Halsey might be bad at love, but she isn’t bad at putting disrespectful people in their place. One fan learned that the hard way after repeatedly screaming her ex-boyfriend G-Eazy’s name during a pre-Super Bowl concert in Miami on Saturday night. She wasn’t having it. “If you say G-Eazy one more f***ing time, I will
Continue Reading This Super Bowl is a classic case of a seemingly unstoppable offense against an impenetrable defense. Which means this: Something’s got to give on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will meet in Super Bowl LIV, with kickoff scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The
Continue Reading Democratic presidential contenders are turning the Super Bowl into campaign events on the eve of the Iowa caucuses. This year’s game is awkwardly timed, kicking off as candidates wrap up a whirlwind weekend of campaigning that might on any other night be punctuated by a large final rally. Their organizers and volunteers will keep knocking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A local mother and wife is back in St. Louis with her two young boys after fleeing China due to the coronavirus. Erin Henderschedt and her husband have been in China for four years while their two other boys stayed in the US
Continue Reading As the NFL celebrates its 100th season, the commission has asked four 100-year-old World War II veterans to join in on the Super Bowl festivities. The men will be honored for their service but will also play a special role at Sunday night’s game. They are taking part in the official on-field coin toss ceremony
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EL PASO, Texas — Loop 375 is back open in both directions after a two-vehicle accident near Pellicano, according to TXDOT. “Crews are done earlier than expected!” the agency tweeted. “All lanes are open now! The accident happened at about 11 a.m. In a tweet, El Paso police said one of the vehicles crashed into
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — Shreveport City Court Judge Lee Irvin, who was involved in a romantic relationship with a young woman who had misdemeanor criminal cases pending before him, has been suspended indefinitely with pay while investigations of his case continue. Irvin’s ex-girlfriend shot herself last November
Continue Reading Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg addressed again on Sunday concerns from minority staffers about key decisions made in the campaign and its overall culture of inclusion, saying his campaign has taken corrective steps to respond to the issues. “More than 40% of the staff on our campaign are people of color doing a phenomenal job
Continue Reading House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff declined on Sunday to say whether the House will subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton but said “the truth will come out” in one form or another. “I don’t want to comment to this point on what our plans may or may not be with respect to John Bolton,
Continue Reading From the Columbine shooting in 1999 to last year’s shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, Colorado has stood as the scene for far too many acts of youth gun violence. To help prevent further atrocities, Denver is giving away 1,200 free gun locks to residents at several churches in the area on Sunday. “Youth are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — A warning that comes from the military. Photos of those serving are being hijacked off social media to fool victims of romance scams. In a Six on Your Side investigation, we’re not identifying the victim to keep scammers from making her a target again.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAYETTEVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — One coffee shop in Fayetteville is brewing with purpose. According to ABC affiliate WTVD, veteran-owned In His Presence Coffee, Books, & More opened for business six months ago and the mission is personal for owners Janeissy and Douglas Armstrong, who adopted a 16-year-old
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP ) — The Greensboro Four Sit-In touched the entire nation when four students from North Carolina A&T State University decided to fight segregation at a local lunch counter. The courage that Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond and Franklin McClain displayed 60 years ago
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Sunday defended President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival, but said he did so “maybe in the wrong manner.” “Generally speaking going after corruption would be the right thing to do, he did it maybe in the wrong manner,” the Iowa Republican told CNN’s Jake Tapper
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Thousands of people gathered Sunday at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch a famous groundhog deliver his highly anticipated forecast. Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow around 7:25 a.m. and did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring for us all. “Now my forecast on a day that’s a palindrome will cause some
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(CNN) — Hoy es una ocasión muy especial: la fecha es un palíndromo, lo que significa que es lo mismo cuando se lee hacia adelante y hacia atrás. Es el 2 de febrero de 2020 o el 02/02/2020, tanto en formato MM/DD/AAAA como en formato DD/MM/AAAA. Justo después de las 2 am, eran las 02:02:20
Continue Reading When Jennifer Lopez was growing up, the holidays were all about Spanish music. At her house in the Bronx, her mother’s musical preferences reigned supreme, and young Lopez wasn’t too happy about it at the time. “We hated it,” Lopez said in an interview with People in 2017. “We wanted to hear what was cool
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WeWork has appointed Sandeep Mathrani as its new chief executive, the company announced Sunday. Mathrani is a seasoned real estate executive who will be tasked with turning around the fortunes of the troubled start-up, following its failed IPO last year. Mathrani will officially assume the top job on February 18. He will take over from
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — At least seven members of the same Pakistani family were killed Sunday when their home was hit by a mortar round fired from across the border in Afghanistan by suspected militants, Pakistani police said. Four children, two women and a man were killed in Bajur district, once a Taliban stronghold inside
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton is not running for president in 2020. And yet, Clinton is, again, at the center of a four-year-and-counting civil war within the party she represented in the 2016 general election — a fight for the future of Democrats that will begin to be decided in 24 hours’ time in Iowa. The latest flare-up
Continue Reading NFL star JJ Watt took on the roles of dopey football player, “Frozen II” giant and stilted Bachelor as he hosted the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live.” With Watt, a defensive end with the Houston Texans, the episode featured two football-specific bits a day ahead of the Super Bowl. In one, Watt recorded in-game
Continue Reading When Grimes first posted a series of pregnancy photos on Instagram earlier this year, fans couldn’t tell if she was trolling or not. The Canadian singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, confirmed on Friday that she is, in fact, pregnant — and having a tough time. “I feel like I was woefully ill
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