Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In a fittingly showbiz finale to the country’s surprising election, Ukraine’s two presidential candidates, incumbent president Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who currently leads him the polls, faced each other on Friday in a debate held in a stadium filled with thousands of cheering supporters. The election’s second …
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Apr 19
How woman who lost mother-in-law in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting aims to fight anti-Semitism during Passover
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — As the Jewish holiday of Passover begins Friday night, families and friends will gather at Seder — an orderly, annual dinner where they eat, drink, sing and re-tell the story of the enslaved Jews’ escape from Egypt. For 12 years, Marnie Fienberg hosted her family’s Seder with …
Apr 19
Clearing the air on the origins of 420, the unofficial national marijuana holiday
iStock/Tunatura(NEW YORK) — The origins of the so-called pot holiday “420” are — fittingly — fuzzy. Some people will say that the holiday’s name traces back to a police code. Others, meanwhile, believe that something happened on April 20 many years ago. The near-universal consensus, however, is that “420” is a reference to the time …
Apr 19
School daze: Contractor misspells crosswalk
WPLG-TV(DORAL, Fla.) — One Florida contractor might be in need of a little more E-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N. A motorist in Doral spotted a spelling error at a crosswalk Thursday and took a photo. The word “SCHOOL” was spelled “SCOHOL.” When the city officials were notified of the error, they took quick action. “This SCHOOL zone striping was …
Apr 19
Pathologist’s report leads to no charges filed in the death of 5th grader Raniya Wright
Gofundme(WALTERBORO, S.C.) — A pathologist’s review of fifth grader Raniya Wright’s death revealed that she had a rare birth defect that caused her death, rather than the fight that she was involved in minutes before she became unresponsive, officials announced on Friday. Her mother and attorney still question the role of teachers and the girl …
Apr 19
Turpin children speak out as parents are sentenced in torture case: ‘I’m taking my life back’
KABC-TV(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — A son and daughter of David and Louise Turpin spoke out in court for the first time Friday as their parents were sentenced for torturing and imprisoning them for years. “Now I’m taking my life back,” a daughter — one of the Turpins’ 13 children — said in court. “I’m a fighter. …
Apr 19
Cattleman’s Beef Board names new CEO
The Cattleman’s Beef Promotion and Research Board has hired Gregory Hanes as their new CEO. Hanes, of Colorado, is chairman of the U.S. Ag Export Development Council. He was previously with the US Meat Export Federation and spent 11 years living in Tokyo as the USMEF’s Japan director. Chuck Coffey with the Beef Board says …
Apr 19
Exclusive video goes inside underwater cave rescue of diver in Tennessee
Edd Sorenson/Cave Adventurers(NEW YORK) — Exclusive video obtained by ABC News goes inside a murky, underwater cave in Tennessee during the daring rescue of a highly trained British diver who went missing while exploring. Josh Bratchley, a member of the elite international team that helped save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded …
Apr 19
Hudson Media buys “National Enquirer” for $100 million
Lawrey/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the wake of scandals surrounded by President Donald Trump and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the National Enquirer has been sold off by American Media Inc. Both the U.S. and U.K. versions of the National Enquirer, known for its often-salacious tabloid fare, as well as the Globe and National Examiner, were purchased …
Apr 19
Facebook collected email contacts from 1.5M users without their knowledge
Facebook(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Facebook admitted on Thursday that it had uploaded the email contacts of 1.5 million users without their knowledge or consent, in the latest revelation about user data compromised by the social media giant. The company also admitted that it stored the passwords of millions of Instagram users in unencrypted plain text …