Month: October 2018
Weinstein case heads back to court amid potential setbacks for the prosecution
Jefferson Siegel-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York prosecutors dropped part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday. The Manhattan District Attorney decided to drop count six of the indictment, which involves Lucia [Read More…]
Astronauts get dramatic view of Hurricane Michael from International Space Station
Nasa via ZUMA Wire(PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.) — As the destructive forces of Hurricane Michael were set to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station were able to [Read More…]
NY man arrested in alleged Election Day bomb plot
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal authorities have arrested a New York man on charges of unlawfully manufacturing an explosive device, after they say he constructed a 200-pound bomb which he intended to detonate on the National [Read More…]
Woman said she was given real knife instead of prop, stabs friend at haunted house
iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A woman who stabbed her friend in the arm said she thought she was playing along with a scene and given a prop knife, according to a police report. Tawnya Greenfield, 29, [Read More…]
American, Russian cosmonaut bound for ISS make emergency landing after rocket malfunction
Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images(BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan) — A Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut are in “good condition” after a booster rocket on their spacecraft failed and forced them to make an emergency landing Thursday. [Read More…]
Michael takes aim at Carolinas as Florida and Georgia survey destruction from historic hurricane
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A ferocious and historic Hurricane Michael is heading toward the Carolinas after tearing through Florida and Georgia, demolishing homes, submerging entire neighborhoods and killing at least two people, including [Read More…]
US stocks on rollercoaster and global markets tumble a day after Dow plunges
ABC News(NEW YORK) — U.S. stock futures plunged further and global indexes tumbled Thursday morning as high-flying tech companies continued getting hit. Dow Industrial Average Futures were down by about 320.62 points, or 1.3 percent, [Read More…]
Global markets tumble in tandem with US stocks as Dow futures signal lower open
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Stock futures pointed to an early decline on Wall Street Thursday as global indexes tumbled, with popular tech companies getting hit the hardest. Dow Industrial Average Futures were down by about [Read More…]
Harvest dilemmas brought on by rain
Rain has stalled corn and soybean harvest in a number of states, including Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says he has concerns about pod shatter, but believes farmers should prioritize corn [Read More…]
Freeze Warning issued October 11 at 2:35AM MDT until October 11 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS
…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING… …FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Freeze Warning, [Read More…]
Freeze Warning issued October 11 at 2:35AM MDT until October 12 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS
…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING… …FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Freeze Warning, [Read More…]
Astronauts get dramatic view of Hurricane Michael from International Space Station
Nasa via ZUMA Wire(PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.) — As the destructive forces of Hurricane Michael were set to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station were able to [Read More…]
NY man arrested in alleged Election Day bomb plot
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal authorities have arrested a New York man on charges of unlawfully manufacturing an explosive device, after they say he constructed a 200-pound bomb which he intended to detonate on the National [Read More…]
Woman said she was given real knife instead of prop, stabs friend at haunted house
iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A woman who stabbed her friend in the arm said she thought she was playing along with a scene and given a prop knife, according to a police report. Tawnya Greenfield, 29, [Read More…]
White parents say police was called on their black babysitter
ABC News(ATLANTA) — A white couple whose black babysitter was followed by a white woman and questioned by police said they were in disbelief about the incident. David Parker and Dana Mango of suburban Atlanta [Read More…]
Hurricane Michael shuts down 40 percent of Gulf oil production. What will it do to gas prices?
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael may be a monster of a storm, but it’s unlikely to cause dramatic gasoline price spikes, energy experts said. Energy companies were evacuating platforms and rigs, and [Read More…]
At least 2 dead after most powerful storm to hit US in 50 years tears through Florida
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — At least two people have died as a result of Hurricane Michael, a ferocious Category 4 hurricane that made landfall Wednesday afternoon with winds peaking at 155 mph. Michael [Read More…]
British automaker Aston Martin has survived 7 bankruptcies. Now it wants you to invest in it.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON) — For a storied automaker like Aston Martin, it’s hard to imagine that at one time the company was making just five cars a week at its original location in Newport Pagnell, [Read More…]
British automaker Aston Martin has survived 7 bankruptcies. Now it wants you to invest in it.
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON) — For a storied automaker like Aston Martin, it’s hard to imagine that at one time the company was making just five cars a week at its original location in Newport Pagnell, [Read More…]
Super-smart teen girls from India invented an app to deal with all of our iPhone waste
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Solving global problems isn’t on the to-do list for most teenagers. But this group of five teen girls from Delhi, India, is far from average. The team took on the challenge [Read More…]