A spectacular restoration project at Pompeii means visitors can now visit the famed House of Lovers for the first time in 40 years. The building is one of the best-known attractions at Pompeii, the ancient city buried in 79 AD after nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted. It was shut to visitors in 1980 after suffering damage
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A credibility crisis rocking President Donald Trump’s Justice Department significantly deepened over the long holiday weekend amid rising calls for Attorney General Bill Barr to quit over claims he has politicized highly sensitive cases. Latest developments suggest that the President’s destruction of the invisible wall between the White House and the department and the obliging
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With a presidential dust-up over dinner hour entertainment in the rear view mirror, the White House Correspondents’ Association is returning to form and inviting a comedian to roast the president and the press at an annual awards gala this spring. Hasan Minhaj, who performed at the dinner in 2017, will return for this year’s event
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A judge has ordered the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pay more than $150,000 for the attorneys’ fees of a man who was denied of his request for a license plate that read “IM GOD.” Hart, who says he is an atheist, told CNN affiliate WXIX that he drove around Ohio with “IM GOD” on his
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Ashraf Ghani has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan’s presidential elections, nearly five months after the poll took place on September 28 of last year. The final result was announced by the Afghan Independent Election Commission Chairperson Hawa Alam Nuristani on Tuesday. Ghani secured 50.64% of total eligible votes, according to Nuristani. Abdullah Abdullah,
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Click here for updates on this story BELLEVILLE, IL (KMOV ) — A Metro East man is pleading for help Monday after thieves broke into his SUV and stole his mom’s ashes. Joe Buckingham’s mom, Sandra, died in 2018 from lung cancer. She was just 63-years-old. “My mom wanted to travel before she got sick,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, TN (WSMV) — A person using a metal detector in Lebanon today uncovered a decades-old mortar round behind Hartmann Plantation. According to the Lebanon Police Department, the mortar was left over from when the area was a training site during World War II. Representatives with Fort Campbell
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM ) — A gentle pooch will soon return home to California after being lost in Mid-Michigan for more than two years. Snowball was visiting Midland a could years ago when he wandered off and his owner had to head back home without him. Last spring, he
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg soared into second place nationally in a new NPR/PBS/Marist poll released Monday morning, a stunning surge fueled by hundreds of millions of ads funded by the billionaire former mayor of New York City. That poll allowed him to qualify for Wednesday’s Nevada debate, the first 2020 debate in which he will appear. That
Continue Reading A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. A string of US companies has been cautioning investors that first quarter sales could take a hit from the spread of coronavirus. Apple just made it all more real. The $1.4 trillion
Continue Reading(CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday granting clemency to Eddie DeBartolo Jr. , White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley announced at the White House. DeBartolo is the former owner of the San Francisco 49ers.
Continue Reading(CNN) — Roger Stone will still be sentenced Thursday, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, amid a tumultuous week that saw President Donald Trump suggest she is biased and several prosecutors quit his case after Justice Department leadership rescinded their initial sentencing recommendation. Judge Amy Berman Jackson says she’ll consider his latest request for a new
Continue Reading Ozzy Osbourne has canceled the North American dates of his 2020 “No More Tours 2” to deal with his health issues. The 71-year-old rocker went public last month with his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. Rather than touring, Osbourne is set to head to Europe for additional treatments. “I’m so thankful that everyone has been patient because
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — The Atlanta City Council approved historic legislation that will impact the cities’ rental markets. The ordinance, according to a press release from the city council’s office, prohibits landlords from refusing to rent or sell a home based on the applicant’s source of income, including denying
Continue Reading At an appearance at Duke University to promote his forthcoming book on Monday, former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was asked whether he believes the July 25, 2019, phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “perfect,” as Trump has repeatedly described it. “You’ll love Chapter 14,” Bolton said
Continue Reading The Latino impact on the Democratic presidential race will be felt very soon. Almost all of the states with a large Latino population will vote in just the next four weeks: Nevada on February 22 through Arizona, Florida and Illinois on March 17 — with Texas, California and Colorado in between on March 3, or
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Laurie is among America’s most successful clergymen — senior pastor at a California megachurch, prolific author, host of a global radio program. Yet after a youthful colleague’s suicide, his view of his vocation is unsparing. “Pastors are people, just like everyone else,” Laurie said by email. “We are broken people
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) — A man is facing an attempted aggravated murder charge for allegedly trying to kill an Oregon City police officer. Beau Nichlas Wilcox, 31, shot at the police sergeant on Feb. 12 as the sergeant was responding to a domestic disturbance call at a
Continue Reading Martin Charlton vividly remembers the moment last year when he and his son walked into the lobby of a Marriott hotel in Orlando to check in ahead of a social media event. A group of teenage girls quickly recognized his 15-year-old son, Luca Schaefer-Charlton, and started screaming. For the rest of the weekend, the pair
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Family and friends of the two men who killed each other during the tragic and deadly shooting at Walmart on Government Street Wednesday are still reeling from their sudden deaths. Monday, Mobile Public Safety Director said 44-year-old Seantatis Kirksey fired the first shot at
Continue Reading “The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison,” Simon & Schuster, by Jason Hardy “The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison” by Jason Hardy is a compelling story of a parole officer’s work in New Orleans that emerges as a persuasive call to action on several fronts: • Devoting more resources to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FREELAND, MI (WJRT) — The blistering cold turned deadly Saturday afternoon. One Mid-Michigan family says their 62-year-old relative, Arnoul Jaros, was found dead in his unheated home. The inside was dark, but this tragedy is shining a light on mental health. The Jaros family had gone to invite
Continue Reading Michael Bloomberg unveiled a suite of proposals on Tuesday aimed at addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system, reducing the prison population and investing in reintegration initiatives. The policy rollout, which comes as the former New York mayor faces intense and renewed criticism for his past comments defending the implementation of “stop and frisk,”
Continue Reading HSBC on Tuesday said it would cut around 35,000 jobs and dramatically overhaul its business after its profit plunged by a third in 2019. The bank plans to reduce its global headcount by roughly 15% to 200,000 over the next three years, a company spokesperson said, although the precise figures have not been finalized. HSBC
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Bernie Sanders was stuck in the hospital. His second presidential run was stuck in the mud. The Sanders campaign, which had been bustling along but stagnant in the polls for nearly eight months, put itself in a holding pattern. Internally, the directive to staff from campaign leadership was simple: Keep your heads down and continue
Continue Reading Bill Gates co-founded America’s most valuable company and has become one of the world’s leading philanthropists. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk finds him “underwhelming.” In a tweet Tuesday morning, Musk dissed Gates after the Microsoft founder mentioned in a recent interview that he had bought an electric Porsche Taycan, rather than a Tesla. In the
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Motorsport and sustainability are finally on converging paths, says the woman dubbed the “female Elon Musk.” As the MotoE World Cup prepares for its sophomore season, Livia Cevolini, CEO of the series’ motorcycle manufacturer Energica, believes technology and shifting public opinion mean zero emissions racing is ready to go mainstream. “Finally, we’re able to commit
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route. A few hundred miners with trade union flags in the southern coal mining region town of Slawkow also planted devices on the tracks that looked like explosives. They said
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS, Nevada — Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, paving the way for the former New York mayor’s first appearance on stage with his 2020 rivals. Bloomberg met the Democratic National Committee-mandated polling threshold on Tuesday with a NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finding the former New York mayor at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEHMAN, Pa. (WNEP) — Jennifer Scott has been waiting to thank those who saved her life back in December. The teens that saved her were given the Heroic Bravery Award at a supervisor’s meeting in Lehman Township. “I’m so thankful. I’m so grateful that I’m here, that I’m
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