Some conservatives in South Carolina want to disrupt the state’s upcoming Democratic primary and inject chaos into the race for the nomination. How? By getting Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary. “You know I guess you could call it meddling,” said Christopher Sullivan, one of the organizers of the Conservative Defense Fund in South
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President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will move to limit access to Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s tallest mountain and a famous tourist attraction, as part of a broad effort to protect the country’s biodiversity in the face of climate change. Macron made the announcement in the Alpine village of Chamonix after visiting a shrinking
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Continue Reading (CNN) — El Senado controlado por los demócratas en Virginia aprobó una legislación que otorgaría licencias de conducir temporales a inmigrantes indocumentados. La medida SB 34, aprobada en una votación de 22-18, permitiría a los residentes en Virginia que pagan impuestos, que puedan probar su identidad y que sepan conducir, obtener permisos para conducir de
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they made a pair of “huge” seizures Wednesday night involving liquid meth and a cache of gun ammunition at the El Paso ports of entry. The meth seizure happened at the Ysleta port cargo facility, where 32 bottles of it in liquid form –
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Two recently dismissed Ohio State football players pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to raping and kidnapping a woman at their apartment complex. Former defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint, both 21 and due to be seniors next season, were arrested Wednesday, according to Franklin County online jail records. The same day, Riep and Wint
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Democratic strategist James Carville has fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders after the Vermont independent dismissed him as a “political hack” in an interview with CNN. “Last night on CNN, Bernie called me a political hack. That’s exactly who the f**k I am!” Carville told Vanity Fair contributor Peter Hamby in a phone interview, according
Continue Reading The father of a former Sarah Lawrence College student allegedly extorted and abused several students from the prestigious university and forced at least one student into prostitution over the past decade, federal prosecutors said. Lawrence Ray “exploited and abused young women and men emotionally, physically and sexually for his own financial gain,” ultimately extorting approximately
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Las autoridades de Panamá lograron la recaptura del dominicano Gilberto Ventura Ceballos, condenado a 50 años de prisión por el secuestro y asesinato de cinco jóvenes panameños de origen asiático. Por este crimen, Ventura estaba detenido en una cárcel de máxima seguridad ubicada al este de Ciudad de Panamá, de donde se
Continue Reading (CNN) — La policía en Australia pidió la ayuda del público para investigar la muerte de un maestro que fue atado a una silla, golpeado y atropellado por un camión. Anthony Stott, de 43 años, era un maestro de Brisbane que trabajaba en el colegio St Peters Lutheran College Springfield en el estado de Queensland,
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A Chicago-area pediatrician’s suicide note has prompted an investigation into his vaccination practices and record keeping, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. Dr. Van Koinis, found dead of suicide in September 2019, left behind a note that “raised questions about the record keeping of vaccinations at his medical practice,” the sheriff’s office said in
Continue Reading Harvey Weinstein’s defense attorney told jurors in her closing argument Thursday that this is their chance to do the right thing. Donna Rotunno told the jurors to use their “New York City common sense” and acquit Weinstein on all charges because the evidence isn’t there. “He was a target of a cause and of a
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Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova’s family just got even bigger. The famous couple welcomed their third child Thursday. Iglesias took to Twitter to share a photo of their baby girl. “My Sunshine,” he captioned the pic. The couple are parents to two-year-old twins Lucy and Nicholas. The tennis star also shared a photo on Instagram
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Nationally, one in 10 students have been sexually assaulted, yet only 10 percent report it. Sexual assault is called a “silent violent epidemic” because students are afraid to come forward. “This is an epidemic of sexual violence and young people need to step off
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Call it a tale of two economies. Two new studies paint a contradictory picture of Americans’ personal finances. One found that tens of millions of Americans can’t afford their medical bills, just as news dropped that 401(k), IRA and 403 (b) balances reached a record high last year. The stock market is undeniably on fire.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — Students at Concordia University walked out of class Thursday morning to show their frustration with the university’s decision to close this spring. The university announced Monday that the school would close after the Spring 2020 academic semester. Thursday morning, students met on the “green”
Continue Reading The US government has charged Chinese technology giant Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. A third charge alleges that Huawei engaged in wire fraud to steal intellectual property. The three new allegations supplement
Continue Reading The 15th case of the novel coronavirus in the United States is one of the evacuees at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The patient has been under the 14-day federal quarantine since arriving in the United States from China on a chartered flight on February
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La filtración de imágenes de la escena del crimen contra la joven mexicana de 25 años Ingrid Escamilla desató controversia tantos en medios locales como en redes sociales. Mientras la Fiscalía de la Ciudad de México comienza un proceso judicial por el feminicidio ocurrido el fin de semana en un barrio del norte
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, justificó la detención de Juan José Márquez, tío del líder opositor Juan Guaidó, en el aeropuerto de Maiquetía a su regreso al país este martes junto a Guaidó tras una gira de 20 días por el exterior. LEE: Denuncian la desaparición forzada
Continue Reading Nota del editor: David Bittan es abogado. Analista de temas políticos e internacionales. Columnista del diario el Universal de Venezuela. Ha participado en el Congreso Judío Mundial. Es miembro del American Jewish Committee y de la Federación de Comunidades Judías de España. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son propias del autor. (CNN Español) — El
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KETV) — Omaha firefighters are sounding the alarm over a new social media challenge. Firefighters said young people are starting fires on purpose and posting about it on an app. Firefighters hope parents help put this new craze out. The videos can be found on TikTok,
Continue Reading Prosecutors on Thursday called for former Democratic Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh to be sentenced to 57 months in prison, the maximum possible sentence for charges stemming from a book-deal scandal that led to her resignation last May. “The maximum sentence within the applicable guideline range provides an adequate and just punishment for Pugh’s longstanding pattern
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, IA (KCCI) — February is heart month and this week is Congenital Heart Defect awareness week. The Centers for Disease Control says every four-and-a-half minutes a baby is born with a birth defect in the US. A heart defect is the most common. Iowan Piper Veentsra
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, LA (WDSU) — One New Orleans woman doesn’t want anything to do with a peacock that’s become part of her neighborhood, and that’s causing a rift between her and her fellow homeowners. Catherine Broussard, who lives in the Carrollton neighborhood where the bird roams, said she
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KMBC) — Two people are facing animal cruelty charges after more than 260 animals were pulled from a filthy home in Kansas City Monday. City officials said Mikabel Montero and Natasha Marie Acosta have each face three animal cruelty charges in municipal court — specifically
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORT ST. LUCIE, FL (WPBF) — A Port St. Lucie dialysis patient wants to know why he can’t bring his emotional support life sized cutout of President Donald Trump with him to his dialysis facility during his treatments. Nelson Gibson says his treatments can last about three and
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The inaugural class of LeBron James’ I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, has received some amazing news. All 193 students, who are high school juniors, will be receiving free tuition to Kent State University. The kids, who were visiting the Kent State campus, erupted in cheers when they were told of the
Continue Reading Central Arkansas (9-16, 8-6) vs. Sam Houston State (16-9, 9-5) Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Central Arkansas goes for the season sweep over Sam Houston State after winning the previous matchup in Conway. The teams last played each other on Jan. 11, when the Bears outshot Sam Houston State from
Continue Reading Colorado State (17-9, 8-5) vs. Wyoming (6-19, 1-12) Arena-Auditorium, Laramie, Wyoming; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Colorado State goes for the season sweep over Wyoming after winning the previous matchup in Fort Collins. The teams last played each other on Jan. 4, when the Rams shot 51 percent from the field while holding Wyoming’s
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