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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump. Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties
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TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Northern California got a bit of respite Monday after a weekend of heavy mountain snow but forecasters said up to several more feet will pile up through midweek, followed by potential flood concerns. A lengthy stretch of U.S. 395 on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada remained closed. Other major
Continue ReadingBy Madison Steward Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — Members of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine gathered outside Memorial Union on MU’s campus Thursday to protest the School of Medicine’s use of live animals during training. According to the committee’s campaign website, “live pigs are used to teach procedures
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CNN, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 By Artemis Moshtaghian, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN At least seven people have been injured in a five-alarm fire in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City thought to have been caused by a lithium-ion battery, according to fire officials. A civilian and an emergency services worker were seriously injured,
Continue ReadingBy ALEX KELLER Click here for updates on this story ARLINGTON (KTVT) — As Meadowbrook Park’s 100-year anniversary approaches, the City of Arlington is asking residents to weigh in on some proposed improvements. Meadowbrook was the first park to ever open in Arlington back in 1924. Including the park itself, the golf course, and the
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Interstate 10 traffic was being slowed Monday morning following a 3 vehicle wreck in the eastbound lanes near Haugen Lehmann Way in Whitewater, according to the California Highway Patrol. The eastbound freeway’s two middle lanes were shut down due to the collision reported at 6:29 a.m. At least four miles of backup was reported in
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Members of the Chicago Fire Department were among the thousands who braved the frigid waters of Lake Michigan for the Polar Plunge Sunday morning. The Plunge first began 23 years ago with a much smaller group taking part. “In about 2000 a
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Howard County residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for new rental assistance to avoid losing their homes. Applications for the rental assistance can be submitted through an online portal from March 6 to March 10. The county announced new
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story AMHERST (WBZ) — Officials at UMass Amherst are warning of a growing TikTok drinking trend after dozens of students had to be taken by ambulance due to alcohol intoxication during the annual “Blarney Blowout” weekend near campus. Mutual aid was required and a task force
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal brought by a Florida city that was sued by individuals who argued it had violated the Constitution when it held a prayer vigil in 2014 in response to a local shooting. The city of
Continue ReadingBy LI COHEN Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WWJ) — The Transportation Security Administration is issuing a renewed set of warnings to pet owners who are flying with their animal companions: “Stop sending your pets through x-ray.” The reminder comes days after someone left their pet cat in a carrying case at
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urielblanco (CNN) — Algunas personas viajan por el mundo en busca de aventuras, mientras que otras buscan maravillas naturales, lugares de interés cultural o experiencias culinarias. Pero el fotógrafo francés François Prost buscaba algo totalmente distinto en su reciente viaje por Estados Unidos: clubes de estriptis. De Miami a Los Ángeles, el más reciente libro
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The US economy may still be running fast and strong, but its risk of suddenly falling into a recession still looms large, despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned Monday. Summers told CNN’s Poppy Harlow in an interview that he expects the Fed will have to raise
Continue ReadingBy Lucy Nelson Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSTU) — Forty-four high school student teams from Utah and nine other states showed off their STEM skills at the annual Utah Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. It’s a big deal for teams like the Robo Hawks from Mount Pleasant, who had
Continue ReadingBy Laura Polacheck Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) — Each year students from Pine View High School in Washington County raise money to help a student in need; it could be a child fighting cancer, or whose family has faced a natural disaster. But this year, they got a
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.15 million he owes to the US government over misrepresentations he made on his tax returns almost a decade ago, bringing to a close the former Trump campaign chairman’s financial tangles in court. Manafort hadn’t disclosed to the Treasury Department nearly
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Joseph Click here for updates on this story PROVO, Utah (KSTU) — Kyndal Ray, a man who battled addiction and mental illness in his life, has embarked on a journey to spread the message that “your past does not define you.” Ray’s mission brought him all the way from Florida to Utah in
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN HBO’s dark revisionist version of “Perry Mason” didn’t reach its top tier of dramas in the first season but comes considerably closer in the second, achieving a film-noir-ish cool that leans deeply into “L.A. Confidential” territory. Filtering race, sexuality and the corrupting influence of wealth through a 1930s lens, the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Tom Sandoval has issued an apology, but not to the person expected. The “Vanderpump Rules” star posted a statement on his verified Instagram account over the weekend after he reportedly split from longtime girlfriend and castmate, Ariana Madix. “Hey, I fully understand and deserve ur anger & disappointment towards me,
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