Month: January 2019

Win McNamee/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the partial government shutdown stretches into day 34 and some of the 800,000 federal workers are set to miss their second paychecks starting Friday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SEBRING, Fla.) — Five people — all women — were gunned down inside a Florida bank in an apparent “random” mass shooting, police said Thursday. Authorities raced to the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, [Read More…]

bhofack2/iStock(NEW YORK) — Roses are red, violets are blue, Sweethearts are gone, what will we do?! People are saying “C YA L8er” to the classic Valentine’s Day candy for the first time in the 153 [Read More…]

Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage(WASHINGTON) — Retired four-star Gen. Colin L. Powell took to Facebook and called on the nation to “take care of each other” after a roadside encounter with one former Afghanistan civilian employee. Powell was [Read More…]

Madison County Sheriffs Office(ELWOOD, Ind.) — The superintendent of a public school district in central Indiana turned herself in to police after claiming a student as her son when taking him to see a doctor. [Read More…]

LOSHADENOK/iStock(LONDON) — Ninety wild horses have been found dead in the Australian Outback in the latest sign the nation is struggling to cope with this week’s record breaking heat wave. A team of Aboriginal Rangers [Read More…]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have set themselves up for a showdown. After Trump recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the interim president on Wednesday, Maduro said he [Read More…]

kali9/iStock(ST. LOUIS) — An off-duty police officer was accidentally shot and killed by another officer in St. Louis early Thursday morning, authorities said. The accidental shooting occurred around 1 a.m. local time after two off-duty [Read More…]

TheaDesign/iStock(CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C.) — Searchers are pushing through heavy rain and whipping winds Thursday in the hunt for a missing 3-year-old boy in coastal North Carolina. Casey Hathaway was reported missing in Craven County on [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the partial government shutdown stretches into day 34 and 800,000 federal workers are set to start missing their second paycheck starting Friday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is downplaying the [Read More…]

Pgiam/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Some Internal Revenue Service employees are claiming they can’t return to work for the upcoming tax season because of financial hardship, a major union said Wednesday, warning that others could follow in their [Read More…]

David Tran/iStock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California wildfire survivors are joining environmental activist Erin Brockovich this week to voice their concerns over Pacific Gas and Electric’s plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Brockovich became famous [Read More…]

photogem/iStock(NEW YORK) — Fans of Sweethearts candy may be left heartbroken this Valentine’s Day. The popular, colorful, heart-shaped conversation candies featuring sayings on them like “Kiss Me,” “Cutie Pie” and “Be Mine,” will not be [Read More…]

SweetBabeeJay/iStock(NEW YORK) — Buffalo Wild Wings has announced that if the Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots goes into overtime, the company will give free wings to everyone in America. [Read More…]

shaadjutt/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The United States has welcomed a proclamation by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s top court that opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi is the country’s new president, following a heavily disputed election win. “The [Read More…]

Shooting suspect Zephen Xaver seen being escorted by law enforcement. (Highlands County Sheriff) (SEBRING, Fla.) — Were it not for Florida residents Victor and Deanna Sparks, the gunman in Wednesday’s deadly bank shooting may have [Read More…]

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(ST. LOUIS) — A police officer was shot and killed in St. Louis, authorities said. The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis said via Twitter early Thursday morning that one of its officers had [Read More…]