Month: October 2019

L. Carter/National Park Service(KING SALMON, Alaska) –All hail this year’s “Queen of Corpulence.” A national park in Alaska declared 435 Holly the winner of its 2019 Fat Bear Week competition on Tuesday. “She is fat. [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(LONDON) — Turkey has launched a long-planned military operation in northeastern Syria, targeting the Syrian Kurdish fighters that helped the United States defeat ISIS. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced via Twitter on Wednesday that [Read More…]

LumiNola/iStock(ATLANTA) — Oprah Winfrey is getting behind historically black colleges and universities in a big way. Last month, Winfrey donated more than $1 million to the United Negro College Fund for scholarships to HSBUs. And [Read More…]

Broward County Sheriffs Office(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A 22-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of cyberstalking and sending threats over social media to families of the Parkland shooting victims. Brandon Fleury used 13 Instagram accounts — which [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Twitter Wednesday morning that an operation had begun in northeast Syria, following President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. troops would be withdrawing. With the operation, [Read More…]

fstop123/iStock(BERLIN) — Two people have been killed in a shooting in the east German city of Halle on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Several shots were fired and the suspected attackers [Read More…]

fstop123/iStock(BERLIN) — Two people have been killed in a shooting in the east German city of Halle on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Several shots were fired and the suspected attackers [Read More…]

milehightraveler/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Pacific Gas and Electric has begun cutting power to more than 800,000 of its California customers in an unusual move to prevent wildfires while its service area is buffeted by severe winds. [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Brush fires will continue to be a critical danger in the West over the next three days, as gusty and very dry winds move from the Rockies into California. Parts of [Read More…]

TheaDesign/iStock(LONDON) — The parents of a British teenager who was killed in a crash involving the wife of an American diplomat are calling on the woman to return to the United Kingdom and “face up [Read More…]

TheaDesign/iStock(LONDON) — The parents of a British teenager who was killed in a crash involving the wife of an American diplomat are calling on the woman to return to the United Kingdom and “face up [Read More…]

gk-6mt/iStock(NEW YORK) — American Airlines announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday that it will start flying the troubled Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Jan. 16. The airline said it expects the [Read More…]

University of Houston via KTRK(HOUSTON) — Students at the University of Houston will have food delivered by rolling robots under a new program announced by the school’s president. University President Renu Khator demonstrated the autonomous [Read More…]

nktwentythree/iStock(NEW YORK) — A male-to-female transgender woman was locked out of her bank account in 2018 because a phone operator thought she sounded like a man. A same sex couple was qualified for a mortgage, [Read More…]

AndreyPopov/iStock(NEW YORK) — You just started college — hooray! Between purchasing books, dealing with student loans and going out with your friends, we understand if you feel like your wallet is crying. That’s why ABC [Read More…]

milehightraveler/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Pacific Gas and Electric has begun cutting power to more than 800,000 of its California customers in an unusual move to prevent wildfires while its service area is buffeted by severe winds. [Read More…]

Portland Police Bureau(PORTLAND, Ore.) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a University of Portland student who disappeared Sunday night. Owen Klinger, 18, was last seen Sunday around 7:30 p.m. on the [Read More…]

Courtesy Rachel Zubrzycki(NEW YORK) — It was a typical Thursday in May 2015 for Rachel Zubrzycki. Amid the hustle and bustle of getting their four children ready for school, Rachel exchanged a quick “I love [Read More…]

milehightraveler/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — Pacific Gas and Electric has begun cutting power to more than 800,000 of its California customers in an unusual move to prevent wildfires while its service area is buffeted by severe winds. [Read More…]

AlexLMX/iStock(NEW YORK) — The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. “Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized our lives and [Read More…]