Instead of a winter wonderland, residents living along the shore of Lake Erie in New York woke up this weekend to a winter nightmare when they found their homes completely encased in thick ice. Ed Mis has lived in his home in Hamburg, New York, for the past eight years, and while the neighborhood has
Continue Reading When Thomas Knight set out on the ice to go fishing for lake trout, he was determined to haul in a big one. He came prepared with an 11-inch sucker because big bait attracts big fish, he said. But what he reeled in was bigger than anything he could have imagined. Knight, of Meredith, New
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Vice President Mike Pence said the federal government is ready to combat coronavirus, stating that thousands of additional testing kits are in the mail to state and local clinics. “We’re ready. And this is an all hands on deck effort,” Pence said confidently in an interview released Sunday with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of
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Joe Biden’s win in South Carolina has set off an intense push by his campaign to turn that victory into the kind of momentum that can alter the course of the Democratic presidential race. Fourteen states, including California and Texas, are set to vote Tuesday — the single biggest day of the Democratic presidential race,
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Thousands of migrants are gathered at Turkey‘s border with Greece, after the Turkish government last week allowed the refugees passage to Europe saying it had “reached its capacity.” The move tramples on a 2016 deal struck with the European Union to halt migrants traveling from the Middle East towards Europe. It comes on the back
Continue Reading Welcome to 2020! With just 2 days until Super Tuesday, the 2020 election is in full swing. Every Sunday, outline the 5 BIG storylines you need to know to understand the upcoming week on the campaign trail. And they’re ranked — so the No. 1 story is the most important of the coming week. Subscribe
Continue Reading AMHERST, New York — When ordering a pizza, you expect to receive it in a plain cardboard box that you throw away once you’re full. But a New York pizza shop is giving their customers an especially adorable treat to go with their munchies while helping out a community organization at the same time. The
Continue Reading Satellite images released by NASA and the European Space Agency reveal that air pollution over China has gone down since the coronavirus outbreak. Production in many factories has been halted and transportation has been restricted to prevent spreading the virus. In mainland China, tens of thousands of cases have been confirmed with more than 2,700
Continue Reading Lil Uzi Vert and Backstreet Boys are two worlds apart, but it didn’t stop the rapper from channeling the boy band for his new single. Uzi surprised fans Sunday with the release of a new song, “That Way,” where the rapper discusses how great he is and the women he’s been with. It seems Uzi
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The race is on for your vote. Several Democratic Presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail in hopes of becoming the next President of the United States. Several states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, already held their primary elections. Bernie Sanders came out as the winner in two of the four states. Texas’
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday was short and sweet compared to his more than two-hour long address last year, which remains the longest speech of his presidency. Like his campaign rallies, Trump’s CPAC speech this year catered to his base — in particular, the mix of conservatives the conference
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Valerie Biden Owens was in the Borderland Sunday campaigning for her brother Joe Biden after his first primary win in South Carolina. “I use the analogy that South Carolina was the launchpad and we’ve come to Texas, which is going to give us the rocket fuel to take us through super
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Indiana — Pete Buttigieg is ending his race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a campaign aide confirmed Sunday afternoon directly to ABC-7. The aide said Buttigieg would fly home to Indiana, where he would address supporters about his decision to end his campaign. “The truth is the path has narrowed to a close
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As health officials in a growing number of countries fight to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, they’re also working to stem a secondary issue that the World Health Organization is calling an “infodemic.” The WHO defines an infodemic as “an overabundance of information — some accurate and some not — that makes it
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Health officials in Mexico are investigating a possible case of coronavirus in Juarez after young man returned from a trip to Italy, according to Dr. Arturo Valenzuela, medical director of the Chihuahuan Health Department in the Northern Region According to El Diario Juarez, the potential case was reported at a private
Continue Reading Congressional negotiators and the White House have made major progress over the weekend on a multi-billion dollar spending package to deal with the US response to coronavirus, according to two sources familiar with the talks. Sources said a deal could be announced over the next day, setting the stage for swift approval by both houses
Continue Reading Civil rights icon and US Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia made a surprise appearance at this year’s “Bloody Sunday” commemorative march in Selma, Alabama, where he delivered an impassioned plea to voters to use the ballot box as “a nonviolent instrument or tool to redeem the soul of America.” Lewis, who had his skull
Continue Reading In selecting judges for top US courts, President Donald Trump has searched for reliable conservatives who would reduce federal regulatory power over the environment and energy, worker safety and consumer affairs. As then-White House counsel Don McGahn told an audience a year after Trump took office, “There’s a coherent plan here, where actually the judicial
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Continue Reading It’s rare enough to be born on leap day. It’s even rarer to share that leap day birthday with someone in your family. And that’s what makes Baby Camila’s birthday special — the little girl was born Saturday and has the same birthday as her father. The staff at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in
Continue Reading Americans who go to the polls on Election Day don’t actually don’t select the President directly. They are technically voting for 538 electors who, according to the system laid out by the Constitution, meet in their respective states and vote for President and Vice President. These people, the electors, comprise the Electoral College, and their
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Click here for updates on this story Davenport, IA (WQAD) — Public works says piles of 16,000 tires in a home off Lincoln Ave. have grown out of control forcing the city to get involved. William Peters lives in the home and owns B&M PitStop LLC, a tire removal company. He’s the middle man between
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(CNN) — Cuando se trata de la seguridad ante los nuevos coronavirus, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades tienen algunas sugerencias sobre el vello facial. Según una infografía de los CDC, los bigotes laterales, los candados y los bigotes del manillar se pueden llevar. Pero no se recomiendan estilos como la
Continue Reading Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an interview Sunday did not reveal any details of a potential historic meeting between President Donald Trump and leaders of the Taliban. Trump said during a news conference a day earlier that he would meet with leaders from the militant group “in the not too distant future” following the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Wauwatosa, WI (WDJT) — Police say a fight involving 35 juveniles erupted in the Mayfair Mall food court Saturday evening, Feb. 29. Wauwatosa police responded around 7:49 p.m. Three juveniles were arrested for disorderly conduct. Officials say they were detained, processed and released into the custody of their
Continue Reading A video posted online appears to show two Chicago police officers shooting a man at a busy train station after struggling to restrain him. Police say two officers were trying to arrest a man at the Grand station on the CTA Red Line on Friday when the shooting took place. The officers stopped the man
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The world’s largest art museum has survived monarchies, fire and wars, but concerns about the novel coronavirus have shut down the Louvre. “The Louvre cannot open this Sunday, March 1,” a statement from the Louvre said. “Museum staff met to discuss the health situation and the Covid-19 prevention measures taken by the museum following instructions
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Fort Smith, AR (KPMT) — Students at Northside High School in Fort Smith are giving back to the community by building animal shelters for those who need it. The students became inspired after seeing a post on social media of a dog left outside in the rain. Students
Continue Reading Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday defended Donald Trump Jr. after his controversial comments about how Democrats have responded to the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus. Democrats have criticized President Donald Trump and other government agencies over a lack of preparedness, with some going as far to say the administration is downplaying the seriousness
Continue Reading Santa Anita Park in California says it euthanized a horse Saturday, bringing to eight the number of equine deaths this year. Chosen Vessel, a 5-year-old gelding, suffered a fracture of the left front ankle while on the turf course, a park report says. X-rays showed the horse could not recover, and the attending veterinarian recommended
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