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Raccoon scales 20-story skyscraper, rises to social media stardom
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — A furry, masked critter that scaled a skyscraper in St. Paul, Minnesota, has become a social media sensation overnight. The raccoon was spotted climbing the ledges along the UBS Financial Services [Read More…]
Proposal to split California into three states makes November ballot
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — California residents will get a chance to vote on a measure to divide the Golden State into three separate states, election officials said Tuesday. Proponents of the CAL 3 initiative submitted more [Read More…]
Judge orders back-flipping FBI agent to stay away from man he’s accused of accidentally shooting
ABC News(DENVER) — The back-flipping FBI agent who accidentally shot a Colorado nightclub patron has been ordered to stay away from the man after being charged with second-degree assault. Chase Bishop, 29, Wednesday made his [Read More…]
Hot, dry conditions help fuel fast-moving wildfires in the West
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hot and dry conditions are helping fuel fast-moving wildfires blazing throughout the West. As of Wednesday afternoon there were 43 large fires burning in 12 states throughout the country: Alaska, Washington, [Read More…]
Senators move to prevent Trump from removing US troops in South Korea
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A pair of Senate Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally drawing down the American troop presence on the Korean peninsula – not necessarily because he’s said [Read More…]
A year later, survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower fire try to cope
Lena Masri/ABC News(LONDON) — Omar Alhaj Ali recently had a dream about his brother Mohammad, who died in last year’s fire in London’s Grenfell Tower apartment complex where they both lived. In the dream, Mohammad [Read More…]
Assault on Yemen’s largest port threatens to increase mass starvation
iStock/Thinkstock(SANAA, Yemen) — A military coalition led by Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates forces, with vital guidance and supplies provided by the United States, has launched the largest assault of Yemen’s war, with an [Read More…]
How North Korea is portraying Kim Jong Un’s historic summit with Trump
iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — The portrayal of Tuesday’s historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is following predictable patterns in the U.S., often falling along party lines. But how [Read More…]
Guess co-founder Paul Marciano resigning after sexual misconduct allegations
Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for Guess(NEW YORK) — Guess co-founder Paul Marciano has resigned from the company after being accused of sexual misconduct, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by the company on [Read More…]
Trump’s pledge to stop ‘war games’ with South Korea throws critical exercises into question
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The biggest surprise to emerge from President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore was not included in the final agreement: Trump’s pledge to stop U.S. military exercises routinely [Read More…]
The world watched: Trump-Kim summit drew global reaction, with many expressing cautious hope
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — At all hours of the night, from all corners of the globe, the world watched. China praised the outcome of the summit, in which President Donald Trump pledged security guarantees to the North [Read More…]
Mattis not surprised by Trump’s call to end military exercises: Pentagon
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not surprised by President Donald Trump’s call to end U.S. military exercises with South Korea and had been consulted beforehand, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. As reports emerged [Read More…]
Wildfires explode in Southwest; severe weather possible in Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are 45 large fires burning in the nation, with half of them in the Southwest. Hot and dry weather is helping to fuel these fires, as mandatory evacuations have been [Read More…]
Organizer of infamous failed Fyre Festival charged with duping customers again
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The organizer of the infamous Fyre Festival, a failed concert in the Bahamas in 2017 that went viral for its lack of success, has been charged with duping customers again. William McFarland, [Read More…]
Trump celebrates denuclearization upon return from Singapore summit
Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter to reassure Americans to “sleep well tonight” upon landing in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning after the landmark summit in Singapore between the [Read More…]
Trump proclaims ‘there is no longer a nuclear threat’ upon return from summit
Kevin Lim/The Strait Times/Handout/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter to reassure Americans to “sleep well tonight” upon landing in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning after the landmark summit in Singapore between the [Read More…]
Trump’s pledge to stop ‘war games’ with South Korea throws critical exercises into question
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The biggest surprise to emerge from President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Singapore was not included in the final agreement: Trump’s pledge to stop U.S. military exercises routinely [Read More…]
Samsung asks woman to return phone she says exploded and torched her car
Thurswell Law Firm PLLC(NEW YORK) — Days after a Michigan woman claimed her Nissan Maxima was set on fire when one of her two Samsung cell phones “exploded,” she said the tech giant sent her [Read More…]
No sign of immediate threat to kids during Orlando standoff that left 4 children dead: Police
Volusia County Jail(ORLANDO, Fla.) — During the 21-hour hostage standoff at an Orlando apartment that left four young children shot dead, there was never any indication of an imminent threat to the kids, police said [Read More…]
Disclosures show Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million last year
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Jared Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million in outside income last year while working as White House advisers to President Donald Trump, according to newly-released financial disclosure [Read More…]