She may just have won the Geneva Summit 2020 International Women’s Prize but Iranian activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh says she can’t feel happiness anymore — not while her friends and other women’s rights activists remain imprisoned in Iran. “I’m not a happy person and I feel guilty all the time,” she told CNN in a candid
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EL PASO, Texas — The landscape of American immigration changes dramatically this week with the controversial “public charge rule” officially going into effect. Immigration officials say that the new rule allows the government more authority to deny green cards to legal immigrants who use or are deemed likely to use Medicaid or similar programs. Immigrant
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It’s a reckoning in global markets. Investors had been too sanguine on the risk for the coronavirus to dent global growth. Faced with new cases in Italy and South Korea, strains in global supply chains and new profit warnings, investors ran for cover. In classic risk-off mode, investors sold stocks and bought bonds and gold
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When Kwane Stewart first decided to become a veterinarian, he had no idea his job would become less about the animals he treats and more about the humans who own them. The 49-year-old animal lover spends his free time driving around California and spotting homeless people with animals. But his goal isn’t to take away
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President Donald Trump has lots and lots of thoughts about the novel coronavirus that has crippled China and has been spreading worldwide. Unfortunately, most of those thoughts are either wrong or factually questionable. At a press conference during his visit to India on Tuesday, Trump made a number of claims about the virus, which has
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Click here for updates on this story POTTSVILLE, PA (WNEP) — A Roman Catholic priest from Pottsville who admits groping a teenage girl in a Lehigh Valley church will head to jail. Fr. Kevin Lonergan, 31, lives in Pottsville but was assigned to St. Francis Of Assisi Church in Allentown. Lonergan was sentenced to one
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The US will sign an agreement with the Taliban “if and only if” the week-long reduction in violence is successful, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. The US is edging toward a peace agreement that could trigger the long-anticipated reduction of US troops serving in America’s longest war. Under the plan, the American military
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GADSDEN, New Mexico — The Gadsden Independent School District’s computer network has been attacked by a ransomware virus that has shutdown the system, a district spokesman confirmed Tuesday. In an message sent to ABC-7, GISD spokesman Luis Villalobos said the virus infected “internet and communications systems” on Monday, “affecting all schools and support service locations.” The
Continue Reading Molly Pedrone doesn’t remember crashing her white Kia Soul into a Boca Raton canal or being pulled from the sinking vehicle by bystanders who jumped in to save her. But she is grateful. The 34-year-old was driving home after a work meeting on Sunday, thinking about doing some chores and having lunch when she had
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT VALLEY, GA (WGCL) — Monday night was full of music, prayers, and hugs for the more than 600 students, faculty and strangers who packed a Fort Valley State University auditorium. They came out to celebrate the life of murdered 23-year old university senior Anitra Gunn. Gunn sang
Continue Reading Julian Assange tried to warn the US government that sensitive documents were to be leaked “imminently,” but was told to call back in a few hours, according to his lawyers during the second day of the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing in London. Assange personally warned the State Department that an encrypted database of 250,000 unredacted
Continue Reading More than one thousand members of the historic African-American sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to promote 10 pieces of legislation they say are critical to the black community. Dressed in their traditional red from head to toe, sorority sisters of all ages walked from one lawmakers’ office to another, vowing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, AR (KFSM) — Tyson Foods is being recognized for its support of military members and their families. They have received the Silver Star award from Camp Alliance, an Arkansas based non-profit that supports military families. Camp Alliance executive director Jody Bergstrom says that Tyson supports the program
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Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WBBM) — Faith Phoenix’s bruises are healed, but the beating she suffered seven months ago inside a public housing complex still stings. She’s still afraid of leaving her apartment, because her attacker till lives a few floors below. CBS 2 Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes a
Continue Reading Just days before the South Carolina presidential primary and Super Tuesday, officials from the Democratic National Committee will give House Democrats a briefing on the delegate allocation process, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill told CNN on Tuesday. “The Democratic National Convention to nominate the next President of the United States will be held
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Tuesday predicted the coronavirus is “going to go away” despite warnings from Democrats that his White House is asleep amid cresting fears in Washington that the outbreak could spark a pandemic. The President maintained his sunny optimism about the virus that is showing signs of spreading around the world from its
Continue Reading There is mounting concern on Capitol Hill that more needs to be done to contain the coronavirus, the contagious respiratory disease that started in China and has reached from Iran to the US, with Republicans and Democrats outwardly expressing alarm and outrage. In a tense exchange Tuesday, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana pressed acting
Continue Reading A day after Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s memorial service, Tom Brady took to social media to reflect on the basketball star’s impact, writing that Bryant was the “real life superhero our world needs.” Brady posted a five-paragraph reflection titled “What’s really important?” to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter on Tuesday morning. He begins by saying he’s
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new campaign ad Tuesday, hitting Michael Bloomberg in the states that vote on Super Tuesday and attacking the billionaire for his campaign spending and past support of a Republican incumbent whom Warren ousted for her Senate seat. The Warren attack ad comes ahead of the critical March 3 contests, which
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EL PASO, Texas — Mardi Gras 2020 is happening on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Both El Paso and Las Cruces are each hosting a signature event to celebrate. Here are the details… Bourbon Street on Cincinnati Street, El Paso: The annual Mardi Gras celebration will take place in Kern Place. Cincinnati Street is closed to vehicle traffic
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Citing diminishing profits, the Las Cruces Country Music Festival will not return in 2020. “Due to rising entertainer fees and a trend of dwindling ticket sales over the past couple years, Visit Las Cruces has decided to hang up its cowboy hat,” a news release by the city stated. “When
Continue Reading Newly convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was supposed to be locked up on Rikers Island by now. Instead, the former movie mogul is in a Manhattan hospital, one day after his convictions for first-degree criminal sex act and third-degree rape. The ambulance carrying Weinstein to Rikers on Monday was diverted to Bellevue Hospital due to heart
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(CNN Español) — En medio de un feriado por las festividades de Carnaval y por instrucción del ministro de Ambiente de Ecuador, Raúl Ledesma, la dirección de ambiente de la provincia de Santa Elena presentó este lunes una denuncia ante la Fiscalía General del Estado por “delitos contra el agua” en contra el municipio de Salinas,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — The state is asking both the prosecution and the defense to provide their reasons for either keeping or dropping an appeal to a gag order in the murder case against Fotis Dulos. The state issued a memorandum on Tuesday, which was in response to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — Denver Fire Chief Eric Tade is expected to announce Tuesday that he is stepping down. Multiple sources familiar with the situation tell CBS4 his departure from the role of Chief is related to a union-sponsored firefighters ball last weekend that featured coarse humor and
Continue Reading The US and South Korea are expected to announce as soon as Tuesday that a critical joint military exercise has been scaled back because the coronavirus outbreak is severely limiting the ability of both nation’s militaries to participate, according to three US officials. This would be the first major impact of coronavirus on US military
Continue Reading JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made a joke Tuesday about the deadly coronavirus outbreak. “I had this nightmare that somehow in Davos, all of us who went there got it, and then we all left and spread it,” Dimon said Tuesday at the bank’s annual investor meeting. “The only good news from that is that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver, CO (KCNC) — State regulators are currently in negotiations with Suncor Energy over more than 100 unmet standards and violations at its Commerce City refinery. The company tells CBS4 it is working to resolve the compliance advisory, but people in nearby communities are concerned this process won’t
Continue Reading President Donald Trump is revisiting the idea of nominating Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the next Director of National Intelligence, two sources told CNN. Ratcliffe withdrew his name from consideration for the same job last year amid bipartisan concerns about his qualifications but the President now appears open to the idea of tapping him
Continue Reading A new rule from the National Labor Relations Board could limit the responsibility of franchise operators, such as McDonald’s, for the millions of employees who work for their franchisees. The rule involves what is known as joint-employer status for that group of employees. The final rule issued Tuesday by the three Republican members of the
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