People love pizza, and they also love discounts. That combination proved successful for Domino’s, which reported strong fourth-quarter earnings Thursday. Sales at stores open at least a year in the United States jumped 3.4% for the quarter and net sales rose 6.3% to $1.15 billion — both figures beat analysts’ expectations. It’s a sharp turnaround
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department is collecting Mardi Gras throws for a local child fighting cancer. Ava Smith, 11, has Spindle Cell Sarcoma, a rare, aggressive form of cancer. Thanks to the help of Mardi Gras krewes, she will be riding in the Joe Cain
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Deputies seized more than 700 marijuana plants from a grow operation in Davie County, according to Sheriff JD Hartman. On Feb. 12, investigators searched 130 and 171 Shoffner Lane. “When officers entered 130 Shoffner Lane they discovered that the entire house had been
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Tori Navarro was born and raised in El Paso, TX, and graduated from Burges High School in 2016 with several volleyball accomplishments and awards.
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The Dutch government returned a stolen ceremonial crown to the Ethiopian government Thursday. The 18th-century crown, which has great religious significance, went missing from a church in Ethiopia 21 years ago, the Dutch government said in a statement. Sirak Asfaw, a Dutch national of Ethiopian origin who emigrated to the Netherlands in the late 1970s,
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British actress Julie Walters has revealed she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2018. The “Mamma Mia!” and “Billy Elliot” actress said she was shocked to be diagnosed with stage three of the disease around 18 months ago, but has now been given the all clear. The experience has led the Academy Award-nominated actress to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WOODFIN, N.C. (WLOS) — K-9s and their handlers from all over the state trained with the FBI on Wednesday at the A-B Tech Training Center in Woodfin. Federal agents were needed because this training is very specific and important for bomb dogs, like K-9 Aron from Buncombe County,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — A woman was struck and killed by a double-decker Mardi Gras parade float in New Orleans on Wednesday night, a city spokesperson confirmed. Spokesperson Latonya Norton said the incident happened during the Nyx parade. The New Orleans Police Department stopped the parade after
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHLAND, PA (WNEP) — Two dogs were rescued Tuesday from a home in Schuylkill County after police say the homeowners moved away but left the dogs inside alone to fend for themselves. According to police, the homeowners, Derek Reese and Kayla Schaeffer, turned themselves in to authorities Wednesday
Continue Reading Professor Andre Simpson had a problem. The University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus was paying through the nose for a crucial material for its 3D printer. Few would have guessed McDonald’s would come to the rescue. Simpson is director of the school’s Environmental NMR Center dedicated to environmental research. Central to this research is an analytical
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(CNN) — Gran parte del sudeste de Estados Unidos verá lluvia o nieve a medida que las temperaturas frías continúan este jueves. Una tormenta invernal que se extiende desde las Montañas Humeantes en Tennessee hasta partes de Georgia y Carolina del Norte ha dejado a más de 12 millones de personas bajo advertencias o alertas
Continue Reading The arteries of global trade are clogging up. Shipping companies that carry goods from China to the rest of the world say they are reducing the number of seaborne vessels, as measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus crimp demand for their services and threaten to disrupt global supply chains. About 80% of world
Continue Reading Do you have this water bottle? Take it away from your kids immediately, the company that produces them says. Contigo announced a recall of about 5.7 million of its kids water bottles over fears its spout can detach and cause a child to choke. This marks the second time these water bottles were recalled and
Continue Reading The sweeping scourge of the Black Death in 14th century England was so great it forced city-dwelling victims out to countryside hospitals, based on the tragic findings in a mass grave in Lincolnshire, England. The remains of 48 people, including 21 children, were found at a previously unknown Black Death mass grave site at Thornton
Continue Reading Income inequality in the United States worsened in 2019. Earners at the top of the income ladder received the largest increase in their paychecks, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute. Wages at the 95th percentile grew by 4.5% last year, while the median increase was just 1%. That’s nothing new: The median
Continue Reading Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, has warned of a “very weak” start to the year as the coronavirus keeps factories shuttered in China and dents demand for the transport of goods. The Danish ship operator said Thursday that it has canceled more than 50 trips to and from Asia since the Lunar New
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Un vecino de la municipalidad donde fueron detenidos los presuntos implicados en la muerte de Fátima, alertó a las autoridades del paradero de la pareja, informaron las Fiscalías Generales de Justicia del Estado de México (FGJEM) y la Ciudad de México Tras recibir la información, agentes de la policía municipal y de
Continue Reading Lark Voorhies has shared how she is feeling about not being invited to participate in “Saved by the Bell” reunion events. The actress who portrayed Lisa Turtle on the popular 1990s series, appeared on “Dr. Oz” to talk about her mental health. In a clip shared by Dr. Oz Tuesday on his official Twitter account,
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A woman and her three young children have been killed in a car fire allegedly started by her husband who also died in the incident in Brisbane, Australia. Hannah Baxter, 31, and her family were in a car when 42-year-old Rowan Baxter climbed in and doused it with petrol before setting it alight, according to
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Mike Bloomberg’s rivals tore into his claim to be the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump in November by branding him as a misogynistic, Obamacare-hating, soft-on-Wall-Street bully — basically the rough equivalent of that other New York billionaire. The question now is whether the torching that unfolded after Bloomberg’s first turn on the debate stage
Continue Reading Nueva York (CNN Business) — TikTok les está dando a los padres más control sobre cómo sus hijos adolescentes usan la aplicación. El miércoles, la plataforma de video de formato corto lanzó una nueva función llamada Modo de seguridad familiar, que permite a los padres administrar la actividad de sus hijos y el tiempo que
Continue Reading (CNN) — RMS Titanic Inc., una compañía que tiene derechos exclusivos para rescatar artefactos del Titanic, quiere recuperar la radio utilizada para pedir ayuda después de que el barco golpeó un iceberg, según documentos presentados en un tribunal federal de Virginia. Una audiencia para discutir este asunto está programada para el jueves, según documentos judiciales.
Continue Reading This stunning bull run appears to have no end in sight. The Dow and Nasdaq are both approaching splashy numerical milestones. The Dow is about 2% away from topping 30,000 while the Nasdaq is less than 2% from 10,000 after hitting a new record high on Wednesday. So is it finally time for investors to
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Before we get to President Donald Trump and Julian Assange and the ongoing saga of the President’s pardons … it’s fight night in Las Vegas. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who calls himself a democratic socialist and who demonizes billionaires, is the front-runner in polling. But Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat who is spending his
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s determination to bend the justice system threatens what makes America great in ways far beyond the fate of his allies such as Roger Stone. Trump has alarmed diplomats, business leaders and officials in both parties with unbridled legal commentary supporting his allies and maligning his adversaries. This week’s pardon spree for high-profile
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The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather team issued an ABC-7 First Alert for windy conditions and cooler temperatures. A cold front will arrive Thursday bringing wind gusts between 40 to 45 mph for west El Paso, southern Dona Ana, Hudspeth, and Otero Counties. The borderland will also be much colder by the end of the week. Friday
Continue Reading PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Four people have been arrested in connection with what federal authorities say was an extensive scheme to import large amounts of steroids primarily from Hong Kong for redistribution to customers across the U.S. David Esser, 46, of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, was the ringleader, the U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island said.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — En medio de pedidos de renuncia y críticas por sus acciones, el presidente de la Junta Central Electoral (JCE) de la República Dominicana, Julio César Castaños Guzmán, advirtió este miércoles que la única forma en la que él o algunos de los miembros de ese ente puedan dejar sus cargos es a
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EL PASO, Texas — A new nationwide Gallup survey has found that nearly six in 10 Americans have lost their confidence in the honesty of U.S. elections. Many say they feel this way because of fears over cybersecurity and foreign interference. El Paso residents had mixed feelings on those concerns. “It kind of does (concern
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