You can tell the dude sitting next to you in the movie theater is a smoker or vaper; you can smell it on his clothes. But since he’s not lighting up and puffing smoke your way, it’s OK, right? Not at all. A new study out of Yale University says thirdhand smoke — the tobacco
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Click here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, OR (KPTV) — A Beaverton man has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. John James Shore IV, 55, of Beaverton, entered his plea in federal court Wednesday. Shore was arrested in February 2018 after the FBI served a search warrant at his Beaverton home. Court documents state
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has mounted his campaign on the premise of rejecting the establishment, has released a new ad that features former President Barack Obama. The ad, which is scheduled to air in several upcoming primary states, features audio and video of Obama strung together from several different settings in which the 44th president
Continue ReadingPink indicates counties that voted for Biden, Blue for Sanders and Orange for Bloomberg. (Map: Texas Tribune) EL PASO, Texas — Former vice president Joe Biden bested Bernie Sanders in Texas on the strength of Election-Day ballots that heavily favored him in the state’s most populous counties, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. Hours before
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Having already established a niche in cerebral science fiction with “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” writer-director Alex Garland brings that brand to streaming TV with “DEVS,” a mind-blowing concept that doesn’t entirely come together at the close, but which remains unsettling and provocative throughout. Premiering on Hulu under the label of the FX network (a bit
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The devastating wildfires that burned across Australia last year and into 2020 were made far more likely and intense by the climate crisis, a new analysis shows. Scientists found that the chances of the kind of extreme weather that triggered the blazes have increased by more than 30% since 1900, and that fire conditions like
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As the dust settles on Super Tuesday, one thing has become abundantly clear: Underestimate black voters at your own peril. Not even five days ago, former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination seemed as if it had hit a snag following a string of disappointing performances throughout February. In the Iowa
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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) — En
Continue Reading (CNN) — La banda británica de rock Genesis confirmó que está trabajando para una gira en 2020, la primera en 13 años. Phil Collins, Tony Banks y Mike Rutherford hicieron el anuncio durante una aparición en el programa BBC Radio 2 de Zoe Ball el miércoles por la mañana. Revelando detalles de su gira de
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson and her husband, former NFL long snapper Andrew East created a GoFundMe at 9:00AM Tuesday to raise money for those affected by the tornado in Tennessee. The fundraiser says, “This fund is to help the individuals and families affected by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) — As health professionals around the globe work to get a handle on the coronavirus, a local professor is on call, knowing he could be deployed to a potential hot spot at any moment. Southern Connecticut State University Professor Dr. John Nwangwu has traveled
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, PA (KYW) — A group of volunteers found a way to help girls in underdeveloped countries stay in school, and it’s using something many girls here might take for granted. Inside St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne, you’ll often hear the unmistakable sound of sewing machines. “These
Continue Reading The video sharing app TikTok has exploded in popularity among young people, there’s no doubt about that. But that hasn’t stopped a self-styled octogenarian chef from using it. Meet Stephen Austin, who as “Old Man Steve” is perhaps TikTok’s unlikeliest star. “People want to know what the secret is. I don’t know that there is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FEDERALSBURG, MD (WJZ) — A 22-year-old Hurlock fisherman made a huge catch on Monday while fishing for blue catfish in the Marshyhope Creek in Dorchester County. Samson Matthews told the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, he was about 10 minutes into fishing with a friend when he felt
Continue Reading Aaron Steed knows the sound of desperation all too well. “I would get phone calls from women looking to flee their abusive relationships. I would be on the phone, talking with them, hearing their stories with their voices trembling,” the CEO and co-owner of Meathead Movers told CNN. Aaron and his brother, Evan, have been
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Oil producers are facing the biggest drop in demand for their product ever as the coronavirus spreads around the world, forcing OPEC and its allies to consider emergency measures. Research firm IHS Markit said Wednesday that oil demand will suffer its steepest decline on record in the first quarter — worse even than during the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTH EAST, MD (WJZ) — The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Bay View Elementary pre-K student showed classmates several empty blue wax paper baggies, normally used for drugs, at lunch on Tuesday. According to Cecil County Public Schools, the school resource officer confiscated the baggies
Continue Reading Former President Barack Obama has not endorsed anyone in the Democratic presidential primary. But both former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have featured praise from Obama in their campaign ads. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has now released an Obama ad of his own. Like Bloomberg, who dropped out
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HANSON, MA (WBZ) — Police in Hanson identified the woman who was driving when a young child opened the door of a moving vehicle and tumbled into the road. After speaking to the woman, who is the child’s caregiver, police determined the situation was an accident. On Tuesday,
Continue Reading “Love Is Blind” finished airing on Netflix on February 27, and everyone’s favorite couple, Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton, ended up getting married. The show ended production in the fall of 2018, so the two have actually been married for about a year and a half. They’ve been living in Atlanta in Hamilton’s house, “our
Continue Reading Joe Biden just pulled off the biggest, fastest and most unexpected comeback in modern political history. Nothing about the former vice president’s electoral history, hitherto lackluster campaign and the dynamics of this presidential race suggested his Super Tuesday rampage. The former vice president’s three White House campaigns were a punchline until Saturday. It took the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DEKALB CO., GA (WGCL) — Police have identified a fast-food worker who they said shot a customer as Johnte Robinson, 24. According to officials with DeKalb County, officers responded to a person shot call at the Checkers on Candler Road, near I-20 in unincorporated DeKalb County. Officers at
Continue Reading(CNN) — Joe Biden will win the Maine Democratic Primary, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.
Continue Reading Want to understand how former Vice President Joe Biden stunned the political world on Super Tuesday, winning nine states and wresting back control of the delegate math from Sen. Bernie Sanders? I’ll explain it to you in one number: 30.2%. That’s the average margin that Biden won voters who made their mind up either on
Continue Reading A Texas man said he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a polling center to participate in Super Tuesday, holding that although the long line deterred other voters, he felt it was his duty to cast a ballot in the Democratic nominating process. “I figured like it was my duty to vote.
Continue Reading A US Defense Department contractor who worked in the Middle East has been charged with transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Mariam Taha Thompson, 61, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was arrested last week and charged in the District of Columbia. Thompson
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Everyone knows how to seal a ballot return envelope, right? You lick it shut? Wrong, says Washington’s Secretary of State and Department of Health. Authorities in Washington, which votes by mail-in ballot, asked residents on Twitter to please (please!) use “alternative methods” to seal ballot return envelopes, like wet sponge, cloth, heck even your pet’s
Continue Reading The Supreme Court appeared divided after over an hour of arguments Wednesday concerning a controversial Louisiana abortion access law that critics say will leave just one doctor in the state to perform the procedure. Key justices indicated that they could be poised to uphold the law that is similar to a Texas law the Court
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KLAMATH FALLS, OR (KPTV) — An engaged couple from Klamath Falls picked up more than eggs and milk when they bought a winning Oregon Lottery Scratch-it ticket while grocery shopping. The Oregon Lottery said Ruth Wallace and her fiance Scott O’Neil every so often get lottery tickets. When
Continue Reading As Bloomberg TV wrapped up its live coverage of Super Tuesday, correspondent Kevin Cirilli asked, “Who had the worst night tonight?” A straightforward question, but it was awkward because of where it was asked: On the television network belonging to Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg Washington bureau chief Craig Gordon let out an “uhhh” and didn’t hold
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