macky_ch/iStock(MOSCOW) — In its first response to the report that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found no evidence of conspiracy between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia, the Kremlin said it is not able to comment because it has yet to see the full report and again denied that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. …
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Mar 25
It’s ‘show time’ for Apple: News, video streaming and credit card with Goldman Sachs
PeskyMonkey/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — So this is what Tim Cook does with $1 billion. That’s the amount that Apple has invested in developing its entertainment division, including original programming in the company’s closest approximation of a Hollywood studio to date. The company is expected to reveal its lineup of shows and movies, in addition to how …
Mar 25
World’s second-largest Ebola outbreak exceeds 1,000 cases
omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has exceeded 1,000 cases in less than nine months. A total of 1,009 people have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri since Aug. 1. Among those cases, 944 have tested positive for …
Mar 25
Severe weather heading east as record flooding continues
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Almost 90 reports of damaging storms were recorded over the weekend from Texas to Illinois, including a tornado near St. Louis and golf ball-sized hail that covered the ground near the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. That storm system is heading east Monday and expected to deliver more severe weather to the …
Mar 25
Arsonist who burned California mosque referred to New Zealand attack in graffiti: Police
KLH49/iStock(ESCONDIDO, Calif.) — Someone set fire to a mosque in Southern California on Sunday and left graffiti referencing the deadly terror attack at two mosques in New Zealand, authorities said. Seven people were inside the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque in the city of Escondido when the blaze erupted Sunday during the early morning hours. They managed to …
Mar 24
Defendants charged in $25 million college entrance scam set to appear in Boston federal court
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(BOSTON) — The first batch of defendants ensnared in a nationwide college entrance scam are expected to appear in a Boston courtroom on Monday to face charges stemming from a federal investigation alleging dozens of wealthy parents, including chief executive officers and Hollywood actresses, lied and …
Mar 24
Second Parkland teen dies from apparent suicide in less than a week, authorities say
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A second teen from Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, has died from an apparent suicide in less than a week, according to authorities. Officers from the Coral Springs Police Department found the student dead after they were called to a …
Mar 24
Search for killer of off-duty Chicago police officer John Rivera intensifies, more persons of interests identified
ABC News(CHICAGO) — Detectives with the Chicago Police Department are working “around the clock” to find the shooter who gunned down an off-duty police officer, an official tweeted Sunday. Officer John Rivera, 23, was shot and killed early Saturday, a few hours after he finished his shift and handled paperwork for a homicide earlier in …
Mar 24
Flight school calls for more women pilots after photo of mother-daughter duo flying plane goes viral
Dr. John R. Watret/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University(ATLANTA) — A photo of a mother-daughter duo after they flew a cross-country flight together has gone viral, and sparked a conversation about the need for more women pilots. On Match 16, Dr. John R. Watret, chancellor of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, tweeted a photo of Capt. Wendy Rexon and …
Mar 24
University of Georgia fraternity suspended over racist video
iStock(ATHENS, Ga.) — A fraternity at the University of Georgia has been suspended after video allegedly showing members whipping someone and referring to them picking cotton surfaced on social media. Georgia’s chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon was suspended by the national chapter and the video was condemned by the university. The frat also announced it …