Amazon(NEW YORK) — Amazon is said to be taking on Spotify and Pandora. According to reports, the online retail giant plans to launch a free music service exclusively for its Echo devices. Music is currently available through the Amazon Echo but only for prime members. A prime membership costs $119 annually. Copyright © 2019, ABC …
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Apr 15
Suspect in Mar-a-Lago security incident due in court
ablokhin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Chinese woman at the center of a recent security breach at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club is expected back in a Florida federal court Monday for a second pre-trial detention hearing. Yujing Zhang, 33, is accused of lying her way through two security checkpoints at the “Winter White House” in late …
Apr 15
Severe Northeast weather winding down as South readies for new storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 21 tornadoes were recorded across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Ohio over the weekend as a severe weather outbreak killed at least eight. On the northern side of the storm system, 5 to 9 inches of snow fell from Missouri into Michigan, with Chicago officially recording 5.3 inches, the …
Apr 14
Sheriff’s deputy in Washington state shot, killed while responding to a disabled vehicle
KOMO-TV(SEATTLE) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has died after he was shot and killed while responding to a disabled vehicle blocking the road. Cowlitz County deputy Justin DeRosier was dispatched to Fallert Road in Kalama just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday when he was shot, Sheriff Brad Thurman told reporters at a news conference …
Apr 14
KORN News Radio captures two regional broadcast journalism honors
For the second year in a row KORN News Radio earned the First-Place Eric Sevareid award for 2018’s best small market radio newscast. The Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association presented the honor at the conclusion of last weekend’s Midwest Journalism Conference in Minneapolis. Radio and television stations from South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and …
Apr 14
‘World’s most dangerous bird’ kills 75-year-old man in Florida: Officials
iStock/bendenhartog(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — A 75-year-old man was attacked and killed by a large exotic bird he kept as a pet on his property in Florida, known to experts as the “world’s most dangerous bird,” authorities said. Marvin Hajos died from injuries suffered in the bizarre attack by a cassowary, a flightless fowl with knife-like claws …
Apr 14
3 dead as tornadoes rip through Texas, Mississippi
Twitter/@wrigleyABC13(DALLAS) — An ongoing outbreak of severe weather has brought reports of at least 13 tornadoes from Texas to Mississippi Saturday into Sunday — and the threat will continue throughout the morning. At least three people have died, including two children who were crushed inside a car in Angelina County, Texas. One person died overnight …
Apr 14
Tax Day is almost here, and here are tips for procrastinators
iStock/Jirapong Manustrong(NEW YORK) — If you’re one of the 50 million American taxpayers who have yet to file their tax returns, you still have a few options. Unless you live in Maine or Massachusetts, Monday is the deadline to file an individual tax return and pay any owed taxes. For residents of those states celebrating …
Apr 14
Dallas police investigating vicious ‘mob’ attack of transgender woman caught on video
ABC News(DALLAS) — Dallas police are investigating the vicious “mob” assault of a transgender woman on Friday and say it may be classified as a hate crime, according to authorities. The alleged assault happened Friday afternoon following a minor traffic accident, according to police. The woman got out of her car near an apartment complex …
Apr 13
8 US servicemen killed during World War II honored in Italy on 75th anniversary
Phoebe Natanson/ABC News(ROME) — Seventy-five years after eight U.S. servicemen were summarily shot at a hermitage on the top of a mount overlooking the Italian village of Montebuono during World War II, local Italian and foreign residents came together to honor them. The village organized more than 20 four-wheel drive vehicles to take roughly 80 …