An Alabama man allegedly parked a pickup truck packed with 11 homemade bombs, an assault rifle and a handgun two blocks from the US Capitol building on Wednesday for hours before authorities ever noticed, according to federal prosecutors. Another man allegedly showed up in the nation’s capital with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds
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It took President Donald Trump years and tens of thousands of tweets to build up 88.7 million followers on Twitter. It took a single moment Friday to lose them forever. He may yet be impeached for a second time, an historical stain on an already tainted legacy, but the loss of his Twitter handle may
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(CNN Español) — Autoridades de salud de El Salvador están tras la pista de 58 pasajeros y la tripulación que el jueves viajaron en un vuelo de la aerolínea Spirit Airlines desde Houston, Texas, hacia San Salvador, debido a que una persona a bordo tenía una prueba positiva de PCR por covid-19. La irregularidad fue
Continue Reading The Democratic National Committee is on the precipice of a dramatic change, shifting its role from oppositional force challenging Donald Trump at every turn to a political megaphone for a Democrat-dominated Washington. And the man multiple top Democrats say is expected to become the next chair of the party — Jaime Harrison, the former South
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Firefighters in Florida this week helped rescue a bald eagle with a fishing hook stuck in its beak and the attached line wrapped around its wing and beak. Firefighters at Pasco County Fire Rescue Station 21 on Thursday were greeted by two children holding the injured bald eagle and seeking help, according to the station’s
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Deutsche Bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors who allege the bank violated anti-bribery laws while doing business abroad. The bank has agreed to pay more than $100 million in penalties, prosecutors announced Friday. The German bank entered into the agreement with Brooklyn federal prosecutors remotely. The criminal complaint charges the bank
Continue Reading (CNN) — Se teme que un avión de Sriwijaya Air que transportaba a 62 personas a bordo se haya estrellado poco después de despegar de Yakarta, según el Jefe del Comité Nacional de Seguridad del Transporte de Indonesia, Suryanto Cahyono. El vuelo 182 de Sriwijaya Air desde Yakarta a Pontianak, en Borneo indonesio, perdió contacto
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Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington, DC, last summer found themselves facing a massive show of force: military helicopters hovering over the city, National Guard troops patrolling the streets and tear gas filling the air. When a mob of President Trump’s supporters broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday, they were confronted by a far
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A man and a woman were shot and killed in Spanish Lake Friday night. Officers with the St. Louis County Police Department found a man and a woman shot in the 11000 block of Lilac Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. The woman was
Continue Reading The police officer who died after a mob of President Trump’s supporters invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday was a New Jersey native who had served in the National Guard. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died Thursday night “due to injuries sustained while on-duty,” Capitol Police said in a statement. He was one of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, N.C. (WLOS) — When you first walk into Indian Ink Studio, you instantly see there are a lot of options. Under the roof of what was at one time only a tattoo studio, now houses a retail space, barber’s chair, tanning bed, hair styling and cosmetic tattooing.
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Republican US Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois issued an apology Friday after invoking Adolf Hitler during a speech earlier in the week — comments that have been widely condemned and have some Illinois Democrats calling for her resignation. “I sincerely apologize for any harm my words caused,” the freshman congresswoman said in a statement Friday.
Continue Reading Six House Republicans were captured on video refusing masks offered by a colleague during the US Capitol insurrection on Wednesday. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Delaware Democrat, was shown approaching the group of colleagues and offering blue surgical masks. The video, shot from inside a safe room where the lawmakers gathered during the chaos, was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORTHUMBERLAND, PA (WNEP) — Joe Diblin was a familiar face on Newswatch 16 throughout the years. The Air Force veteran from Northumberland enjoyed sharing his memories of World War II, both good and bad. Diblin died this week from complications with COVID-19 at the age of 103. “Joe
Continue Reading The Los Angeles Clippers found out just how hot Stephen Curry can be after allowing the Golden State Warriors to come from a 22-point deficit. It’s not like NBA fans have not seen this kind of performance from Curry before, but Friday night felt like the Warriors star was on another level. Curry hit 9
Continue Reading Pope Francis said in a recent interview that the violence that broke out at the United States Capitol building on Wednesday “must be condemned.” “Violence is always like this,” the Pope said in comments to Italy’s Canale 5 channel that CNN translated to English, adding that that there are violent outbreaks in every country’s history
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in finding a thief who burglarized a west El Paso business and stole dozens of cell phones. The incident happened on Saturday, Jan. 2, at about 5:10 a.m. A man approached the Metro By T-Mobile store located along the
Continue Reading As images and social media posts of Wednesday’s insurrection at the US Capitol circulate online, some of those who were present are being identified, and some have lost or left their jobs because of it. A man wearing his Maryland company’s ID is terminated Navistar, a direct marketing company in Maryland, announced that an employee
Continue Reading President Donald Trump last month urged the chief investigator for the Georgia secretary of state’s office to “find the fraud” in the 2020 presidential election, telling the individual that they would be a “national hero,” according to a source with knowledge of the call. The phone call, which was first reported by The Washington Post,
Continue Reading Aaron Rodgers is showing his charitable side by throwing $500,000 to the Barstool Fund, a non-profit organization helping small businesses struggling in the pandemic. Barstool President Dave Portnoy hosted the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback on an Instagram live Friday not knowing what Rodgers wanted to discuss. But shortly into the conversation, Rodgers made his intentions
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Having last won a German Bundesliga game just under a year ago, Schalke ended that dismal record in some style on Saturday — comfortably beating Hoffenheim 4-0 on Saturday. Matthew Hoppe was the star of the Schalke show as he became the first-ever American player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga. Armine Harit, assisted
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Una sesión de fotos en la Casa Blanca: eso hacía la primera dama Melania Trump mientras miles de partidarios de Donald Trump llegaron a Washington este miércoles, se dirigieron primero a la Elipse para escuchar al presidente y luego al Capitolio para asediar el epicentro de la democracia estadounidense. Iluminación profesional, del tipo
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — When an elderly woman got a call this week informing her someone would be stopping by her house the following afternoon to give her a COVID-19 vaccine, nothing seemed amiss. After all, the caller had key details. “I just thought it was a result
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, AR (KFSM) — A woman has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting a Fort Smith man over a cell phone. Fort Smith Police have arrested 27-year-old Kelsey Christine Dampier (aka Kelsey Christine Stafford) of Hackett in the shooting death of 37-year-old Joshua Flanagan of Fort Smith.
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EL PASO, Texas – The day after El Paso topped the grim milestone of 1,500 people dead from the coronavirus, local health officials reported six more deaths. The deaths did not happen all in one day, but over the period of more than one month. The six latest fatalities included: two men in their 50s;
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — If COVID-19 forced you to quarantine, running errands probably got a whole lot harder. As the pandemic unfolded, the Douglas County Health Department’s contact tracers tracked exposures and told people to isolate. Some of those families needed help getting food or other services, and
Continue Reading (CNN) — La aerolínea Sriwijaya Air de Indonesia perdió contacto con un avión que salió de Yakarta el sábado, según el Jefe del Comité Nacional de Seguridad del Transporte de Indonesia, Suryanto Cahyono. El vuelo SJY 182 de Sriwijaya Air de Yakarta a Pontianak perdió contacto a las 2:40 p.m. hora de Indonesia Occidental (2:40
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — As California deals with a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, Oregonians are being sent to that state help ease the burden. California hospitals are overrun with COVID-19 patients, and frontline healthcare workers are taking on grueling shifts to deal with the problem. Ryan Hutchinson,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — The Vancouver School District is recommending plans for students to return to hybrid learning. After months of at home virtual learning, this news comes as a relief to the Weaver family. “I was excited,” Jeanette Weaver said. “I’ve seen what this COVID has been
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The state of New Mexico is moving into the next phase of vaccine distribution. In Phase 1B, the state is expanding eligibility for the vaccine to those 75 and older as well as residents with underlying health conditions and frontline workers who don’t have the option of working remotely. “I
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