Daredevil “Mad Mike” Hughes died during an attempt to launch his homemade rocket Saturday. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike Hughes’ family and friends during this difficult time. It was always his dream to do this launch, and Science Channel was there to chronicle his journey,” the Science Channel said in a statement.
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Hemp Growers put together a class for farmers to learn how to grow and use hemp. The association is made up of farmers, processors, and retailers. The class went through the process of growing hemp and cultivating the plant that has many purposes including medicinal ones with Cannabidiol or CBD.
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Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. Trump’s Indian adventure President Donald Trump heads to India this week for a state visit — and says he can’t wait to see the crowds Indian Prime Minister Nehendra Modi has promised will be
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on “a great win” in the Nevada caucuses, saying he hopes the Democratic presidential candidate is “treated fairly” during the nominating process. “So I think it was a great win for Bernie Sanders. We’ll see how it all turns out. They’ve got a lot of
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s biggest rally might not be in a red state, or even in the United States. It’s likely to be inside a cricket stadium in Gujarat state, in western India, packed as promised by the President’s loyal counterpart. Trump has proclaimed 7 to 10 million people will come to watch him as he arrives
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Continue Reading A 6-year-old boy was killed and a 9-year-old girl left critically injured when someone opened fire on their car in St. Louis on Saturday afternoon. The children were in the vehicle with a 27-year-old man, a 31-year-old woman and a 7-year-old girl, according to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department incident summary. The man and
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NASA wants your help creating new technology for a mission to a “hellish” planet. The space agency is trying to explore the surface of Venus with a rover, something that has never been accomplished before. “With a surface temperature in excess of 840 degrees Fahrenheit and a surface pressure 90 times that of Earth, Venus
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Two snowmobilers in Colorado narrowly escaped disaster when they accidentally triggered an avalanche. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center on Saturday shared a video on Facebook showing the terrifying incident, which partially buried one of the riders. In the video, the snowmobilers are riding up a mountain when the one in front sets off an avalanche
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A new national poll finds Sen. Bernie Sanders is well ahead of the field of Democratic presidential candidates as the party’s nominating process nears the fourth contest of this cycle. Sanders, a Vermont independent, stands at 28% among those likely to vote in the Democratic primary, according to a CBS News and YouGov poll released
Continue Reading It’s been weeks since a newborn baby in Florida went missing. Officials are now offering an $8,000 reward to locate the baby boy. Authorities have been searching for 1-week-old Andrew Caballeiro since January 28, when police were called to a Miami home and found three women shot dead. At the time, Andrew was missing and
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Click here for updates on this story STORRS, CT (WFSB ) — University of Connecticut students are working up a sweat and dancing for 18 hours straight this weekend for a good cause. More than 3,000 students are strutting their best dance moves at HuskyTHON Dance Marathon in Storrs to raise money for the Connecticut
Continue Reading President Donald Trump attacked the jury forewoman in Roger Stone’s criminal case again on Sunday, repeating claims that she was biased and therefore unfit to participate in his longtime friend’s trial last November. Asked by reporters at the White House about the possibility that he would pardon Stone, who was sentenced last week to 40
Continue Reading Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ big win among Latinos in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses underscores the potential for the nation’s largest minority group to reshape the next stage of the Democratic presidential race. Almost all of the states with a large Latino population will vote in just the next four weeks: Nevada led the way Saturday, followed
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(CNN Español) — Después de 14 días, terminó este domingo la cuarentena por coronavirus para el grupo de 58 personas que se encontraba aislado en la base aérea de Anápolis en Brasil desde que fueron retornados de Wuhan, China, según la agencia estatal Agencia Brasil. El ministro de Defensa, Fernando Azevedo, participó en la ceremonia
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Rihanna received thunderous applause following her stirring speech at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards. The musician, business mogul and philanthropist received the prestigious President’s Award at Saturday’s ceremony. During her acceptance speech, Rihanna spoke of the importance of unifying communities and encouraged people of color to tell friends of different races to “pull up.” “I’m
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg shared an emotional moment with a young supporter in Denver on Saturday night. “Thank you for being so brave,” the boy, later identified as 9-year-old Zachary Ro, wrote in a question submitted via fishbowl during the presidential hopeful’s Saturday rally, “Would you help me tell the world I’m gay, too? I want to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (Quad-City Times ) — ot too buggy. Hot, like Davenport in July. Playful monkeys hopping about. Constant awareness that it he fell into the water, piranha and alligators could literally eat him alive. Those are four impressions Davenport artist Raphael “Ralph” Iaccarino brought back from his
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS ) — Utility linemen. Most people don’t consider them first responders, but they are the first ones to respond when there’s a power emergency. Linemen have a big responsibility when it comes to providing customers with electricity and safety, 24/7/365 days a year. “I’ve been
Continue Reading When President Donald Trump travels abroad — be it to Saudi Arabia or Singapore — his hosts usually try make him feel at home with his favorite meal: steak with miniature bottles of ketchup on the side. But what’s a beef-lover to do in India? The President, whose diet is often a rotation of steaks,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP ) — Heaven Fitch became the first female to win an NCHSAA Wrestling Individual State Championship on Saturday. She wrestles in the 106-pound weight class for Uwharrie Charter High School in Asheboro. Fitch is a junior at the high school, and she wrestles in the
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La presidenta interina de Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, y varios de sus ministros llegaron en la mañana del sábado al municipio Tiquipaya, departamento de Cochabamba, horas después de que un río se desbordara y afectara a varias casas durante la noche del viernes y la madrugada del sábado. Según el Ministerio de Defensa,
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Rapper Travis Scott’s fans got goosebumps when word spread that he was collaborating with Nike on a new SB Dunk shoe. When the sneakers finally dropped in his online store Saturday, they quickly sold out. The Cactus Jack Low PRM Qs were available exclusively through Scott’s online shop. They feature blue and beige bandana and
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The Fashion Institute of Technology has apologized and placed two academic officials on leave, after its graduate fashion show used accessories that many — including a model scheduled to walk in the show — called racist. The incident occurred earlier this month during the school’s MFA Fashion show, which featured works designed by 10 alumni
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton said in 2011 that the central bank was “almost a rogue agency” in the US government and had become a “behemoth” that couldn’t be trusted with oversight of the dollar. “Our government is promising so much to so many and at the same time we let the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — It’s a reunion seven years in the making as a teenager thanks to the firefighters who saved his life. 15-year-old Demetrius Gollett went to say thank you. The visit as you can see was filled with hugs and smiles, quite different from how
Continue Reading (CNN) — Nueve personas murieron y 37 resultaron heridas en el este de Turquía después de que un terremoto de magnitud 5,7 sacudiera el domingo un área fronteriza con Irán, informó el ministro de Salud de Turquía, Fahrettin Koca, en Twitter. El terremoto sacudió la madrugada del domingo y el epicentro fue la ciudad de
Continue Reading A Utah paint shop that specializes in motorcycles and classic cars has designed a customized casket for a fallen police dog. Hondo, a K-9 with Herriman City’s Police Department, was shot while assisting officers apprehending a fugitive in Salt Lake City on February 13. Hondo suffered a gunshot wound to the sternum and died at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, NC (WLOS ) — Folks in Hendersonville rallied around a young man fighting a rare disease on Saturday with an old-fashioned barbecue. Javon Clark is now 13, but was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at the age of eight. He’s lost his ability to walk and
Continue Reading A man was arrested last week for allegedly filming two women in the bathroom stalls at a Barnes & Noble store in New Jersey. Juan Mejia, 44, faces two counts of invasion of privacy in the third degree, the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. Mejia was also found to be in
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