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Winter Storm Lucian continued to bring snow, freezing rain and sleet to much of the middle section of the nation early Thursday, and officials were again asking motorists to stay off roads.
The storm, which has been blamed in the deaths of at least four people, shut down highways from Arizona to North Dakota. Hundreds of schools were closed for the day. Continue reading “Winter Storm Lucian Responsible for 4 Deaths; Nearly 170,000 Without Power”
This house could be yours for $25 — and, no, that’s not a typo.
A woman is selling her luxurious home in Millarville, Alberta, Canada, for about the same price as a trip to the movies. Continue reading “Woman is selling her $1.7 million home in Canada for $25”
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – Texas A&M University and Celltex are now partnering with Saudi Arabia to support a multi-year research study investigating therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
Saudi Arabian officials say they want to diversify the country’s economy by transitioning from an oil and gas-only focus into the biotechnology industry. Continue reading “Texas A&M, Celltex enter research agreement with Saudi Arabia”
Winter Storm Lucian will continue to bring more snow to the West early this week before turning into a wintry mess by midweek in parts of the Plains, Midwest and interior Northeast.
Lucian is colder than Winter Storm Kai, which means snow is falling at low elevations in the West. It will also bring snow and ice farther to the south across the Midwest when compared to Kai.
PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A suspect was taken into custody at 6:35 a.m. Sunday, ending an intense 12-hour standoff that resulted in the shooting death of one Clermont County deputy and the wounding of another at The Green at Royal Oak Apartments.
In a brief statement, Capt. Jeff Sellers of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said a SWAT team moved in and the suspect surrendered. Continue reading “Suspect in custody after one deputy killed, another wounded during 12-hour standoff”
ASHLEY — Two women who said they were coerced into sex with a Pennsylvania police officer filed a federal lawsuit alleging he violated their constitutional rights.
Mark Icker, 29, of Dickson City is facing sexual assault, official oppression and related charges alleging he pressured the two women into performing oral sex on him to avoid arrest in December, the Citizens’ Voice newspaper reported. Continue reading “Lawsuit: Pennsylvania officer coerced 2 women into sex to avoid arrest”
As the first of two storm systems hit California on Saturday, power was knocked out for tens of thousands, evacuation orders were issued and heavy rain, snow and high winds made driving treacherous.
A Ventura County search-and-rescue team member died in a crash about 7:30 Saturday morning on northbound Interstate 5, ABC 7 reported. Two other team members were injured, one of them critically and the other had minor injuries. Seven other people were involved in the crash that occurred near Pyramid Lake during a heavy rainstorm. Their conditions were unavailable.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS A Texas man who admitted to killing his estranged wife by tying a massive chunk of concrete to her and throwing her off a bridge into a lake has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors in Fort Worth say Rodolfo “Rudy” Arellano pleaded guilty Wednesday to capital murder. He’ll serve life behind bars without chance of parole. Continue reading “Man who tied concrete to wife gets life term in her drowning”
RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Friday acknowledged appearing in a “clearly racist and offensive” photograph in his 1984 medical school yearbook that shows a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.
“I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” he said. “This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. But I want to be clear, I understand how this decision shakes Virginians’ faith in that commitment.” Continue reading “Gov. Ralph Northam ‘deeply sorry’ after photo emerges from his 1984 yearbook showing blackface, KKK hood”
Two teen-age boys from the Chesterton area are in custody after police said they allegedly made a threat to the Valparaiso schools using social media Thursday, including posting a picture of weapons, police said.
A 13-year-old boy allegedly told Siri, “I am going to shoot up a school,” and the reply identified multiple Valparaiso schools because of where he was at the time, Valparaiso police said. Continue reading “Two teens held for Valparaiso school threat through Siri, police say”
NEWARK — Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, the former mayor of Newark who has projected an upbeat political presence at a deeply polarized time, entered the 2020 race for president on Friday, embarking on a campaign to become the nation’s second black president in a Democratic primary field that is the most diverse in American history.
Mr. Booker announced his candidacy on the first day of Black History Month to the sound of snare drums and with a clarion call for unity. In an email to supporters, he drew on the spirit of the civil rights movement as he laid out his vision for a country that will “channel our common pain back into our common purpose.”
“The history of our nation is defined by collective action; by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists; of those born here and those who chose America as home; of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it,” Mr. Booker said in an accompanying video.
Continue reading “Cory Booker Announces Presidential Bid, Joining Most Diverse Field Ever”
Extreme arctic cold will plunge into the Midwest this week, creating dangerously cold wind chills and likely dropping temperatures in some cities to their lowest levels in more than two decades.
The central and eastern United States have been in the grips of a much colder weather pattern in the second half of January, and conditions this week will be the worst yet.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter lashed out at President Donald Trump Friday night over his signing of a bill that would temporarily open the government that did not include any money for his border wall.
Coulter slammed Trump for the concession, telling “Real Time” host Bill Maher *that the president had broken* “the promise he made every day for 18 months.” Continue reading “Ann Coulter says she made a mistake on Trump: ‘I’m a very stupid girl’”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday informed President Donald Trump that he will not be allowed to deliver an annual State of the Union address in the House chamber until a partial government shutdown ends.
In a letter to Trump, Pelosi said: “I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the president’s State of the Union address in the House chamber until government has opened.” Passage of such a resolution is required before the president can speak in the House. Continue reading “House Speaker Pelosi blocks Trump speech until government reopens”
Texas Monthly – by Loren Stuffy
In the fall of 2017, Sean Mitchell and John Daniel thought it would be fun to invite some of their investment banking clients to Midland so they could see the fracking boom up close. As part of the gathering, Mitchell and Daniel, managing directors at Houston-based Simmons Energy, planned to fire up the smoker and host a barbecue. They expected that about fifty people would show up. But this was the Permian Basin, the hottest oil and gas play in the world, and nothing happens on a small scale. Two hundred and fifty people turned out. Continue reading “How West Texas Became Woodstock for Frackers”
The Washington Post – by John Wagner
A new poll finds that 74 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults would consider voting for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for president if they could.
For now, they can’t.
Ocasio-Cortez, who last year became the youngest woman elected to Congress, is 29. Under the Constitution, you must be at least 35 to be president. Continue reading “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a popular choice for president — even though she’s too young to serve”
WASHINGTON — With a second U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit looming in February, researchers have discovered a secret ballistic missile base in North Korea — one of as many as 20 undisclosed missile sites in the country, according to the researchers’ new report.
The Kim regime has never disclosed the existence of the Sino-ri Missile Operating Base to the outside world. Ballistic missiles are the primary delivery mechanism for North Korean nuclear warheads. Continue reading “Report finds another undisclosed North Korea missile site, says there are 19 more”
A 12-year-old girl died on Sunday after the snow fort she was playing in collapsed on her and a 9-year-old friend, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The two girls were playing near Rothem Church in Arlington Heights, Ill., while their parents were inside at church services. They dug the fort together in a snowbank, ABC6 reports. Continue reading “12-year-old girl dies in snow fort collapse”
A tractor-trailer that came apart struck the entrance to the subway station on 6th Avenue and 23rd Street Monday morning — prompting a partial street closure in Lower Manhattan.
According to NYPD, the trailer detached from the truck’s cab. Continue reading “Tractor-Trailer Comes Apart, Strikes Subway Entrance in Lower Manhattan”