By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Searing guitar riffs, primal drums, and electronic textures collide with impassioned vocals to create a chaotic yet precise sonic storm that blurs the lines between human aggression and mechanical force. That’s industrial rock, and for fans of German band KMFDM, it is the sweet spot between the freedom to
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By Catherine Nicholls, Frederik Pleitgen, Nadine Schmidt, Benjamin Brown and Lauren Kent, CNN Berlin (CNN) — At least five people – including a child – were killed and more than 200 injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday, local authorities said. “It
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water. Starting on Saturday, he’ll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish feeding sessions as part of the city’s Christmas festivities. Nine-year-old Guilherme Martins Matos said he’d seen Santa — or at least an
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says it continues to search for survivors or victims of a speedboat that capsized carrying migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. The capsizing, the result of the boat’s maneuvering to evade a patrol vessel, according to authorities, left eight confirmed dead. A total of 18 migrants,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — For a moment, it looked like Congress would actually enact reforms of controversial pharmacy benefit managers after several years of introducing bills and holding hearings. But it was not to be. The slate of measures that would have injected more transparency into the industry and changed some of its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Federal officials have joined with the state of Arizona to begin fulfilling a settlement agreement that was reached with the Hopi Tribe nearly three decades ago, marking what tribal officials described as a historic day. Government attorneys filed condemnation documents on Friday to transfer dozens of square miles of state land into trust
Continue ReadingAP National Writer STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — In a time of incessant change, Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca is a throwback. The former walk-on’s team might be one too. DeLuca was guaranteed nothing when he arrived on campus nearly four years ago without the promise of a scholarship or much of anything else. He
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and Friday followed other recent standoffs
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown. The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending, but he failed to achieve his central goal
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By ShaCamree Gowdy, Dawn White Click here for updates on this story TARRANT COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — A mother in Tarrant County is facing nine felony charges for alleged medical abuse involving her 15-year-old daughter. On Wednesday, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40-year-old Denise A. Zamora for allegedly submitting false medical histories that led
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By Robbie Owens Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Anna Marie Pedford has been called many things… in love. “I get called Nana, Nonny, Grandma, Granny,” the 79-year-old great-grandmother said with a laugh. “Sometimes I don’t even know my own name.” But this week, she proudly made room for another title:
Continue ReadingBy Adam Harrington, Charlie De Mar, John Odenthal Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released bodycam video of a shootout between Chicago Police officers and a hate crime suspect in West Rogers Park. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been facing hate crime and
Continue ReadingWBBM By Adam Harrington, Charlie De Mar, John Odenthal Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released bodycam video of a shootout between Chicago Police officers and a hate crime suspect in West Rogers Park. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been facing hate crime
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By Mauricio Maldonado Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE (WFOR) — The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of two men in the June double homicide of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter on the Florida Turnpike, near Hollywood Boulevard. BSO said they have named Antoine Harris, 28, and Jaquan Thomas, 29,
Continue ReadingBy Ted Scouten Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Miami International Airport is embarking on a $9 billion modernization project aimed at improving infrastructure and enhancing passenger experience. The overhaul includes repairing or replacing more than 600 elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks throughout the airport. Officials report that about 95% of
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A former Milwaukee County public defender, charged with soliciting prostitutes and falsifying legal documents made his first appearance in court on Friday, December 20. Fifty-four-year-old Travis Schwantes faces six counts, four of them felonies. His case stems from the investigation of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. The sinking of the ferry late Friday came less than
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By Alice Gainer, Jesse Zanger, Doug Williams Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS/WLNY) — New York City congestion pricing is facing a last-ditch effort in federal court to block the state’s implementation of the new tolls. The MTA is set to start charging most drivers $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — How often one should poop has been a hot topic, with experts saying the numerical range partly depends on several personal factors. But is there a similar prescription for how frequently you should pee? The answer is yes, experts say — and veering too far outside of this range
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