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By Adam Harrington Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The history section of the website for the original Hooters restaurant chain has its share of characteristic cheekiness, as it describes the first location in Clearwater, Florida, founded by six men with no restaurant experience in 1983: “What to name the place.
Continue ReadingBy Chilekasi Adele Click here for updates on this story CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Some dentist offices in our area and around the nation are helping our nation’s veterans and active-duty military by giving them free dental care. It’s part of what’s called “Freedom Day U.S.A.” It’s a red, white, and blue welcome for those
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Continue ReadingBy Matt Schooley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announced Wednesday that he will be donating $100,000 to help people in Florida following Hurricane Milton. Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, late Wednesday night as a powerful Category 3 storm. As of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump has criticized Detroit while delivering remarks to an economic group in the very same city. In remarks to the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump said the whole country will end up like Detroit if his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is elected. He also called Detroit a
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump unveiled yet another set of targeted tax break proposals on Thursday, doling out more promises of relief as Election Day draws ever closer. Speaking before the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump promised to make the interest paid on car loans fully tax deductible, similar
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels. The Defense Department said Thursday that since the start of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration on Oct. 1, it has sent 300 soldiers
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En algunas áreas de Alabama y el norte de California, en Estados Unidos, podrían ser visibles este jueves las coloridas auroras mucho más al sur de lo que normalmente aparecen, debido a una poderosa llamarada solar y eyección de masa coronal liberada del sol, según el Centro de Predicción
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer Donald Trump’s complaints on how “60 Minutes” edited Kamala Harris’ answers have put a spotlight on the production process of television’s most popular and long-lasting newsmagazine. Portions of the Harris interview ran Monday on the newsmagazine and on the Sunday morning political show “Face the Nation.” On two occasions, it depicted Harris
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is on a lying spree. As Election Day draws nearer, the Republican presidential nominee has made false claim after false claim on a dizzying variety of subjects. He has both come up with new falsehoods on pressing issues, most notably the federal response to
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer Rafael Nadal’s tennis career will be remembered because of the numbers, yes — the 14 French Open trophies, the 22 Grand Slam titles overall, the nearly two decades in the top 10, and so on — and, without a doubt, because of his riveting rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Also,
Continue ReadingBRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A best-selling mystery writer who was arrested this summer in New Hampshire for alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials has been formally indicted on six felony counts. A Rockingham County grand jury returned the indictments against Brendan DuBois, who has been detained since he turned himself in to Exeter police
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The judge in the federal January 6, 2021, criminal case against Donald Trump will wait at least seven days before releasing exhibits containing evidence that special counsel Jack Smith is using to argue that the former president is not immune from prosecution. Trump opposes the release of the heavily
Continue ReadingCalMatters In the 1860s, an armed militia swept into the historic land of the Serrano people in the San Bernardino mountains and went on a killing spree, attempting to slaughter the entire tribe. A tribal leader named Santos Manuel led the surviving 30 members to safety in a nearby valley. Now, Manuel’s great-great grandson has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press In the days before Hurricane Milton hit Florida, forecasters worried it could send as much as 15 feet of water rushing onto the heavily populated shores of Tampa Bay. Instead, several feet of water temporarily drained away. The phenomenon is sometimes called “reverse storm surge.” It’s a function of how hurricane winds move
Continue ReadingBy Allen Cone Click here for updates on this story ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Florida (WFOR) — A dog was rescued Thursday morning from the rubble of a home hit by a tornado spurred by Hurricane Milton at a 55 and older community with some help from a CBS News Miami crew. A resident found the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico say they have rescued 170 animals from a home in a mountain town and arrested their owner. Among the animals rescued were turtles, donkeys, goats, sheep, various dog breeds and even an endangered Puerto Rican parrot. Police said Thursday that none of the animals discovered
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Wafiq Safa, un alto funcionario de Hezbollah, sobrevivió a los ataques israelíes del jueves por la noche en el centro de Beirut, dijo a CNN una fuente del grupo combatiente. Safa fue el objetivo del ataque israelí en la capital del Líbano, según la fuente de Hezbollah e informes de los medios
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the federal government is rushing to help those affected by Hurricane Milton — and had a stark message for his predecessor, who has been spreading falsehoods about the federal response. Asked by reporters after his remarks at
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