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Parents who allegedly bound daughter with duct tape plead not guilty
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 05:18
An upstate mom and dad were charged Wednesday with binding their daughter with duct tape and forcing her into the back of their car on the Lower East Side. Menachem and Rachel Cohen, of Monticello, pleaded not guilty in ...
Foot found on California beach linked to deadly car crash victim
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 03:30
A foot discovered on a Northern California beach was identified as belonging to a 16-year-old Oregon girl who died along with her family when their SUV veered off the Pacific Coast Highway and plunged off a cliff, author...
'It's not business as usual': Federal shutdown brings FDA cutbacks, fewer food inspections
USA Today - 10 Jan 2019 04:42Homeless man at the center of $400K GoFundMe scandal arrested: Report
ABC News - 10 Jan 2019 01:00
A warrant for Johnny Bobbitt's arrest was issued after he missed a court hearing in Burlington, County, New Jersey on Tuesday.
Ocasio-Cortez slams right-wing sites over her 'fake nude photo'
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 05:10
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed right-wing media sites on Wednesday for publishing a “fake nude photo” that some claimed showed the freshman congresswoman in a bathtub. The image of a young woman’s legs soaking...
Trump's team had over 100 contacts with Russian-linked operatives, report shows
USA Today - 10 Jan 2019 04:39Trump offered Pelosi and Schumer Skittles, Butterfingers and Baby Ruths
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 03:57
He tried to sweeten the deal. President Trump handed out stacks of candy during his meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday, sources said. Trump treated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck...
Disgraced judge gets prison for posting fake sex ads of ex-girlfriends
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 16:50
A disgraced judge in Texas convicted of posting fake sex-for-hire ads featuring photos of two ex-girlfriends was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison. Christopher Michael Dupuy, a 47-year-old former judge in Gal...
U.S.-China Trade Talks Conclude With Uncertain Outcome
Time - 10 Jan 2019 05:24
Both sides kept mum about what lies ahead
DC's oldest synagogue was literally picked up and moved
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 04:54
It wasn't much of a schlep -- just under two blocks -- and all told, the holy rolling took less than an hour. But it was still a historic move for Washington, DC's, oldest synagogue, which was noodged down Third Street N...
Federal workers flood GoFundMe amid shutdown
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 04:48
Desperate government workers and others dependent on federal checks have opened GoFundMe accounts to try to raise money during the shutdown to pay for everything from baby formula to mortgages. Some have pleas like "HELP...
Congo's Opposition Leader Felix Tshisekedi Has Won the Presidential Vote, Officials Announce
Time - 10 Jan 2019 04:33
Tshisekedi is the son of late opposition icon Etienne yet relatively unknown
Issues facing Trump's MS-13 crackdown
CBSNews - 10 Jan 2019 04:13
President Trump is starting to target the violent MS-13 gang in schools. One student in Long Island, New York, was arrested and deported after the school saw him drawing the mascot and the calling code for Honduras. Hann...
Australian Women Held a Topless Protest in Support of Saudi Runaway
Time - 10 Jan 2019 03:58
The women protested outside the building housing the Saudi Consulate in Sydney
A Critically Endangered Forest Antelope Has Been Born in a Florida Zoo
Time - 10 Jan 2019 03:33
The Eastern bongo weighed 50 pounds when it was born at the Jacksonville Zoo
Trump will 'maybe definitely' declare national emergency for border wall
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 17:08
President Trump on Thursday said he would “maybe definitely” declare a national emergency that would allow him to bypass Congress and build a wall on the southern border. We "have the option" to declare a national em...
Unjustly Jailed Blogger Faces New Charges in Azerbaijan
Human Rights Watch - 10 Jan 2019 17:00
Expand Mehman Huseynov. © 2017 Aziz Karimov Azerbaijan authorities know no limits when it comes to silencing government critics. As everyone was celebrating the New Year, Azerbaijan authorities were busy pressing new ch...
Machine that folds laundry debuts at Consumer Electronics Show and parents learn to dream again
USA Today - 10 Jan 2019 16:59
FoldiMate, which folds 25 pieces of laundry in less than 5 minutes, was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Trump, heading to border, makes his most explicit threat yet that he may declare a national emergency
USA Today - 10 Jan 2019 16:58Trump accuses Schumer of lying about shutdown meeting
New York Post - 10 Jan 2019 16:55
President Trump on Thursday said Sen. “Cryin Chuck” Schumer lied when he claimed the president “slammed” his hand on the table and stormed out of a White House meeting trying to break the stalemate over the borde...
Pompeo says 'no contradiction' in shifting US strategy on Syria
CNN - 10 Jan 2019 16:49
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo maintained Thursday that "there's no contradiction whatsoever" in the shifting US strategy on Syria, despite mixed messages from the administration since President Donald Trump's announceme...
Kamala Harris has reportedly decided to run for president
The Week - 10 Jan 2019 16:48
Yet another Democrat is poised to jump into the 2020 pool. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has decided she will run for president in 2020, KCBS Radio reported Thursday. No official announcement has been made, but this repo...