Click here for updates on this story TACOMA, WA (KCPQ) — Thursday is Halloween, and for many families, that means putting the finishing touches on costumes and filling candy bowls. However, for thousands of kids and their families in western Washington who are experiencing homelessness, costumes and candy are the last things they are thinking
Continue Reading-GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… High pressure will continue to deliver a lot of sunshine to the High Desert today and after a cold start to the morning, we will see a nice warm up this afternoon. Highs will be in the mid to upper 50’s and breezes will be light out of the north. Skies
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (KPTM) — It has been quite the morning for one member of the Omaha metro. Omaha Police, via a Twitter post, stated someone tried to steal a pickup Thursday morning. The truck was in the area of 99th and Fort Streets near Grandridge Apartments. According to
Continue ReadingA growing number of female British lawmakers have quit ahead of the UK general election, with some citing vicious abuse and intimidation as reasons for stepping down. In total, six female politicians have resigned since Monday because of the difficulties of being an MP, personal circumstances, or due to threats. The exodus comes after a
Continue ReadingA court has dismissed the first climate lawsuit to be brought against the German government. For now, three German families have been thwarted in their attempt to sue Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration over its failure to meet climate protection targets, a spokesman for the administrative court in Berlin told CNN. But they are still hopeful,
Continue ReadingMichigan Rep. Justin Amash, a former Republican turned independent, voted with House Democrats to approve a resolution to formalize the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The final vote on the resolution was 232-196, passing largely on party lines. Amash, who left the Republican Party in July, joined his Democratic colleagues to
Continue ReadingAt least 70 people were killed and 30 more injured in a fire that engulfed a train in Pakistan on Thursday morning, after a gas canister that passengers were using to prepare breakfast exploded. The train was passing through the town of Rahim Yar Khan, in the south of Punjab province, when a stove blew
Continue ReadingMore than 200,000 people, half of them children, have fled their homes following massive floods that have left most of a town in central Somalia under water, Save the Children said on Thursday. People have been evacuated using tractors and boats from neighborhoods that have been submerged in water in Beledweyne town after days of
Continue ReadingJoseph Akinfenwa, aka Joeboy, is one of Nigeria’s fast-rising music artists. The 22-year-old went from singing in his bathroom to topping music charts in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria in the space of a few months. In 2017, unsigned, he released a cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” The cover made it into the Instagram
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Continue ReadingA package of marijuana has been retrieved from the nose of a man 18 years after he smuggled it into prison, in what doctors have described as the first case of its kind. According to the team who reported on the case in the British Medical Journal, the man received the drugs wrapped in a
Continue ReadingA federal appeals court nominee broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, reacting to a scathing letter against his confirmation by the American Bar Association after it conducted 60 interviews and concluded that he was “not qualified” for the judicial branch. Lawrence J.C. VanDyke grew emotional, with his face turning red
Continue ReadingThousands of high school seniors are on the brink of missing a college application deadline. Countless more could lose a chance at scholarships. And those are just a few of the many unexpected consequences of the Chicago teachers’ strike. “It’s heartbreaking, really,” said Ian Bacon, a senior at Jones College Prep high school. His cross-country
Continue ReadingJulien Cooper remembers the flames licking his property in 1980 when a devastating wildfire destroyed his neighborhood in San Bernardino, California. All but a few houses burned in that fire — including his parents’ and the neighbor’s. Now, another blaze is wreaking havoc in the area, bringing back traumatic memories. Cooper, 53, who still lives
Continue ReadingOur economy is at a critical juncture. Recession risks are the highest they have been since the record-long economic expansion began over a decade ago. Whether we suffer a downturn will greatly depend on how much longer President Trump pursues his trade war with China. Whether we avoid a recession will greatly depend on the
Continue ReadingEpicures searching for foie gras in New York City will have to look elsewhere starting in 2022. New York will ban restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, after the bill passed the city council Wednesday. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office confirmed to CNN in an email that he will sign the bill into
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Más de 300 agentes respondieron a un enfrentamiento entre reclusos en el interior del Centro de Reinserción Social Morelos, en México, que dejó a seis reclusos muertos el miércoles, informó la Comisión Estatal de Seguridad Pública. Según el Gobierno de Morelos, el motÃn se desató durante la mañana del miércoles. Cuatro agentes
Continue ReadingTwitter will stop accepting political ads, the company’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, announced Wednesday. “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought,” Dorsey tweeted. “A political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet. Paying for reach removes
Continue ReadingThere’s a reason why women and feminists these days are so quick to refer to Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” when it comes to describing America’s abortion politics. The latest eerie resemblance between our present day society and the one set in the book can be seen playing out in Missouri,
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s reelection campaign made a seven-figure television ad buy during the final game of the World Series Wednesday night, checking off the President’s accomplishments and going after his perceived enemies in Washington. The Trump campaign ad depicts how the President is “changing Washington.” Notably, the ad highlights the recent death of ISIS leader Abu
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