Steve Nedved
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Dec 16
California decides not to move forward with texting tax after FCC ruling
ViewApart/iStock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Feel free to send as many “LOLs,” “WTFs” and “u up?” messages as you want, Californians. A planned vote on a texting surcharge, a tax for texts, will not go forward in January as planned, the California Public Utilities Commission announced late Friday. The reason: not because it was a bad idea, …
Dec 16
Authorities bring in digging equipment to search property of missing Colorado mom’s fiance
ABCNews.com(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Authorities began digging on the Colorado property owned by Kelsey Berreth’s fiance Saturday as the search for the missing mom at his home entered a second day. The Woodland Park Police Department also announced an anonymous donor is offering $25,000 for information leading to the safe return of the new mom …
Dec 16
‘Yellow vest’ protests in France draw fewer demonstrators, less violence in latest round of weekend demonstrations
ABC News(PARIS) — Protesters from the “yellow vest” movement hit the streets in France for the fifth straight Saturday, but the number of demonstrators was significantly smaller than in previous weekends. There were 33,500 protesters in France — and 2,200 in Paris — as of Saturday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Interior minister told ABC …
Dec 16
Bruno and Tuz: Two truly top dogs join FEMA’s elite K-9 disaster relief team
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two new canines have joined the ranks of FEMA’s first responders. ABC News was there to witness New York Police Department (NYPD) dogs Tuz and Bruno earn their certification with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue team. These elite K-9s are sent on disaster relief missions around …
Dec 16
South Sudan marks 5 years of vicious civil war
SUMY SADURNI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The world’s youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children. South Sudan is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest in the world, after Syria and Afghanistan, according to …
Dec 15
Family of 7-year-old girl who died while in border patrol custody calls for ‘thorough’ investigation
John Moore/Getty Images(EL PASO, Texas) — The family of the 7-year-old girl who died while in border patrol custody is calling for a “transparent and neutral investigation” into the circumstances that led to her death, attorneys representing her heartbroken family said in a statement Saturday. The tragic death of Jakelin Caal Maquin, who was just …
Dec 15
As Trump argues for a wall, a border security measure gets pulled back
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Army soldiers have removed barbed wire along the US-Mexico border in areas where the Trump administration has said more border security measures are needed after local community leaders raised concerns. About 2 miles of military-grade wire was removed from city land in Laredo, Texas, according to Customs and Border Patrol …
Dec 15
Deaf, blind puppy rescued after being ‘tossed away like trash’ in frozen creek
Sherry Bishop(NEW YORK) — A deaf and nearly blind puppy was rescued in Kentucky earlier this week after being thrown alive into a rock-filled trash bag and dumped in a partially frozen creek. Highway workers on a road above the creek in Sadieville, Kentucky, spotted the seven-week-old female puppy on Tuesday as she wiggled her …
Dec 15
Prada pulls merchandise from stores over blackface accusations
Massimo Merlini/iStock(NEW YORK) — Luxury Italian fashion house Prada announced that it will pull certain accessories from stock following accusations that the merchandise perpetuates blackface imagery. Chinyere Ezie, a New York-based civil rights lawyer and social justice activist, said she spotted the “shocking” products in the windows and on the shelves of Prada’s store in …
Dec 15
More than 260 migrants died trying to cross the US southern border: Report
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The recent death of a 7-year-old girl in U.S. government custody appears to have been one of four people who died this month trying to cross the Mexico border, and one of more than 260 this year, according to an unclassified government report obtained by ABC News. The report, marked …