Month: October 2019

Click here for updates on this story     WILKES-BARRE /SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PA (WNEP) — A loaded handgun was found inside a carry-on bag at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on Monday. A TSA officer spotted the gun in an x-ray machine during a checkpoint. Avoca police responded, confiscated the gun and questioned the man from

We were just sitting down for dinner on Sunday night when videos of the flames leaping around Interstate I-80 in California suddenly appeared across my wife’s phone. She held up her screen so I could see it from across the table, and we paused before eating, talking quietly about the horror of the moment and

Click here for updates on this story     BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — She’s grown up with pit bulls her whole life, and now Ashlyn Wasik from Lakeview is raising money to help pit bulls in foster care. Ashlyn says she thinks bully breads can sometimes have a bad rep and wants to change that. “I don’t

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s state law limiting access to abortions. Read the ruling and injunction here: cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/ruling-blocking-al-abortion-ban/index.html

A spy for Kurdish forces in Syria stole Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s underwear in order to obtain a DNA sample of the ISIS leader and help lead the US military to his location, Kurdish officials have claimed. Officials from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) described how they tracked the elusive Baghdadi from one end of

Beware the alternate at the WTA Finals, especially if it’s Kiki Bertens. The Dutchwoman replaced Naomi Osaka Tuesday after a back injury ended the Japanese superstar’s season, and she duly produced a stirring comeback to oust the world’s top-ranked player Ashleigh Barty 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the Red Group. Last year, Bertens came in for

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is prepared to tell Congress on Tuesday the company deserves the scrutiny it is receiving on the 737 MAX after two crashes and a worldwide grounding of the airplane. Read his prepared remarks here: cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/boeing-ceo-opening-statement/index.html

Click here for updates on this story     CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Two teenage boys were taken into custody Tuesday morning after deputies say they led them on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle and then crashed next to railroad tracks in Milwaukie. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies attempted to stop a Hyundai

Robert Evans was bigger than life and he left us with a little something that we can meditate upon. The Hollywood titan who died over the weekend at the age of 89 is being hailed for his final tweet that reflected his outspoken nature. Back in July, Evans responded to a tweet from Scott Feinberg,

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is prepared to tell Congress on Tuesday the company deserves the scrutiny it is receiving on the 737 MAX after two crashes and a worldwide grounding of the airplane. Read his prepared remarks below:

Eight Russian service members were killed in a shooting at a military base in Siberia on Friday, Russia’s top law enforcement agency said in a statement. According to the statement from the Investigative Committee, a soldier allegedly opened fire on colleagues at a military garrison near the city of Chita, killing two officers and six

Fresh from his grilling by the House Financial Services Committee, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the Paley Center for Media in New York Friday to announce Facebook News, which will curate “high quality” news and information using a combination of both humans and algorithms. Facebook will pay some publishers millions of dollars a year

Facebook executives are facing mounting pressure, including from inside the company, to make sweeping changes to how the social media site runs political ads — including reversing a controversial policy that allows politicians to run false ads and how voters are targeted on the platform. On Monday night, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence

Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from cricket for two years, with one year suspended, after breaching the sport’s anti-corruption code. Al Hasan was guilty of failing to contact the sport’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) watchdog after being approached on three separate occasions to “engage in corrupt conduct,” said a statement published on

Age is a just a number to 75-year-old winger Isao Tsulabayashi, who is a member of Tokyo’s Buwaku Rugby Club. “For me rugby is a tough sport,” Tsulabayashi told CNN Sport’s Christine Macfarlane. “I train myself to harden my body for rugby.” READ: South Africa edges past Wales to reach third Rugby World Cup final