President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has not yet decided who to nominate to be the next director of national intelligence. “We have four or five people that are great — very respected. In the meantime we have our ambassador to Germany who is a very smart person and he’s doing a very good
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The family of a British teenager killed in a road accident involving the wife of a American diplomat in August 2019 has called for the UK government to block the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, unless Washington agrees to send Anne Sacoolas in the opposite direction. Radd Seiger, lawyer and spokesman for the
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Click here for updates on this story BARTOW County, GA (WGCL ) — In Bartow and Cherokee counties, Allatoona Lake is more than twenty feet higher than it should be. It’s been nearly six decades since the levels have risen to this level during this time of year, and that is what the folks from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BARTOW County, GA (WGCL ) — In Bartow and Cherokee counties, Allatoona Lake is more than twenty feet higher than it should be. It’s been nearly six decades since the levels have risen to this level during this time of year, and that is what the folks from
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Eder Gallardo and Desiree Leon donated $25,000 to El Paso Children’s Hospital to show their gratitude to the hospital for treating their son, Liam. EL PASO, Texas– One in 700 babies are born with a cleft palate every year in the country. For most parents, finding specialized care for their child includes traveling out of
Continue Reading The Nevada caucuses — the third vote of the 2020 Democratic nomination fight — are over. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was the big winner, claiming his second straight victory and heading into the South Carolina’s primary next Saturday with a considerable amount of momentum. It was a far tougher night for the like of Sens.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV ) — Over 1,500 people ran into the Columbia River for the annual Polar Plunge at Broughton Beach in northeast Portland on Saturday. Several groups dressed up in costumes jumped into the water once an hour for 24 hours to raise money for Special Olympics
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ROCK ISLAND, IL (WQAD ) — An Augustana College fraternity has been suspended after showing an explicit video during a recruitment event. The video, which showed revealing photos of women, was the catalyst for a petition to ban the Phi Omega Phi and a sit-in demonstration on campus
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Lindsey Renee Lagestee, the 25-year-old lead female vocalist of the country music band Dixie Crush, died days after being hit by a car on her way to a Valentine’s Day performance in Chicago, the band said on Facebook. Dixie Crush, which bills itself as “the Midwest’s Ultimate Country Party Band,” said Lagestee was a founding
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST BEND, WI (WDJT ) — “These are cycling shoes, we also have ‘Hello Fresh’.” Boxes upon boxes, found in a dumpster outside Skate Country roller rink in West Bend. Yes, it’s trash, but it doesn’t belong here. Operations Manager Thomas Neuy said his girlfriend found all the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST BEND, WI (WDJT ) — “These are cycling shoes, we also have ‘Hello Fresh’.” Boxes upon boxes, found in a dumpster outside Skate Country roller rink in West Bend. Yes, it’s trash, but it doesn’t belong here. Operations Manager Thomas Neuy said his girlfriend found all the
Continue ReadingYour Voice, Your Vote: We’re highlighting the race for El Paso County Sheriff with a debate in the ABC-7 studios. Three of the four Democratic candidates vying for the position joined ABC-7: current El Paso Police Sergeant Ron Martin, Canutillo ISD Police Chief Carlos Carrillo and Raul Mendiola who works in security for the Ysleta
Continue Reading National security adviser Robert O’Brien pushed back Saturday on information relayed to members of the House Intelligence Committee maintaining Russia is interfering in the 2020 election in order to benefit President Donald Trump. O’ Brien said he has seen no intelligence or analysis to support that claim, but a source told CNN that the intelligence
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It was a celebration of black excellence Saturday night at the 51st NAACP Image Awards. Hosted by “black-ish” star Anthony Anderson, the ceremony aired live Saturday night on BET from the Pasadena Civic Center Auditorium in California. NAACP President and Chief Executive Officer Derrick Johnson presented music and fashion star, business entrepreneur and philanthropist Rihanna
Continue Reading California authorities tranquilized a 400-pound bear on Friday, after the creature was spotted taking a leisurely stroll through a residential neighborhood. The bear decided to take a day trip to Monrovia, California — just outside of Los Angeles — on Friday morning, according to CNN affiliate KCAL. Undoubtedly, she was bored of her forest living
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– We have issued an ABC-7 First Alert for today as a wind advisory has been issued for El Paso, Hudspeth and Otero counties. This morning we were tracking spotty showers around El Paso and temperatures in the 50s. Clouds will begin to clear later this morning and the winds will arrive by
Continue Reading New Orleans officials have banned tandem floats from parading during the rest of the Mardi Gras season after two people were killed in separate accidents last week. Both incidents — one on Saturday and the other on Wednesday — involved tandem floats, which have two or more floats connected together by a hitch and pulled
Continue Reading Twitter began suspending 70 pro-Mike Bloomberg accounts on Friday for breaking its rules, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The accounts were posting identical messages in support of Bloomberg and ran afoul of Twitter’s rules against “platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesperson said. Bloomberg campaign spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told CNN on Sunday that staff
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders solidified his status as the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination with a commanding win Saturday in Nevada. Sanders dominated among Latinos and young voters, entrance polls showed. But he was broadly successful across demographic groups — reaching parity with his rivals among moderate voters. Still, Sanders is far from clinching the Democratic
Continue Reading If ever someone made the notion of the American dream feel within black America’s reach, it was the actress Ja’Net DuBois, who died on Monday. In addition to her popular role as the spirited neighbor Willona Woods on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” DuBois was known for her work on “The Jeffersons” — another
Continue Reading First things first: The theme song of the week is Will & Grace. Poll of the week: A new Gallup national poll finds that President Donald Trump has a 49% approval rating and a disapproval rating of 48%. That’s very similar to its previous poll and marks the first time since January 2017 that Trump
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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. Markets closed out last week on an anxious note. It’s not difficult to see why: the coronavirus continues to spread, and there are signs that some of the world’s top economies could
Continue Reading An intense search in Northern California ended joyously on Saturday when rescue teams found a couple in their 70s who went hiking more than a week ago and got lost in dense forest, said Sgt. Brenton Schneider of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, are now recovering in a
Continue Reading On Friday, Iranians will vote in parliamentary elections at a time of turmoil at home and of simmering tensions abroad. The vote comes after months of anti-government protests that were fueled by a nosediving economy and met with a brutal crackdown on dissent. The election also comes barely a month after US President Donald Trump’s
Continue Reading The mother of a 15-month-old girl last seen two months ago and reported missing last week in Tennessee says she knew who had her daughter, and she was afraid to report her disappearance. Evelyn Boswell of East Tennessee was last seen in December but authorities issued an Amber Alert for her Wednesday. Her mother, Megan
Continue Reading Before the novel coronavirus outbreak hit Wuhan in December, the exact whereabouts — and even existence — of the central Chinese city had slipped from the general public’s awareness in the West. But it wasn’t always that way. Two generations ago, this city of 11 million people, on the junction of the Yangtze and Han
Continue Reading A stabbing incident at a nightclub near Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant left three people injured early Sunday morning, authorities said. The incident took place at Wayside Central, according CNN affiliate WNEM, which cited a message sent out by the university’s emergency alert system. The scene is about a tenth of a mile from
Continue Reading The NAACP Image Awards paid tribute to Kobe Bryant Saturday night. The NBA legend and his teenage daughter Gianna died along with seven other people last month when the helicopter they were taking to the young girl’s basketball game crashed into a hillside. The annual awards show honoring the achievements and performances of people of
Continue Reading Some say it’s the most famous, perfectly composed news photo of all time. Sunday marks 75 years since Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the iconic photograph of six US Marines raising an American flag over the battle-scarred Japanese island of Iwo Jima. The image was so inspiring that, by 1945 standards, it went viral.
Continue Reading First-time flyers are typically nervous, anxious or downright excited. Not Fred. After months of training, the miniature service horse’s first flight was a breeze. Freckle Butt Fred, as he’s formally known, flew last week for the very first time as a service animal for his owner Ronica Froese of Croton, Michigan. The dual-certified horse is
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