ABC News(LONDON) — Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, but with less than two months to go, the country’s future is more uncertain than ever. Lawmakers have been unable to agree on the terms of Brexit, and there are growing fears that the U.K. could leave the E.U. without a …
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Feb 16
Richard Branson eyes Apollo 11 anniversary for his first trip to space
@richardbranson/Twitter(NEW YORK) — Before Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson accomplishes his dream of sending paying customers to space, he’ll try it out himself. In an interview with ABC News, the billionaire entrepreneur said his birthday this summer coincides with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic moon landing, a moment he said inspired him to …
Feb 16
US citizen detained in Egypt for over 5 years is dying, desperate for release
Kassem Family(CAIRO) — A U.S. citizen detained in Egypt for five-and-a-half years who is on a hunger strike is dying, according to his lawyer and family. Five months after Moustafa Kassem wrote letters to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence pleading for their help, the New York City taxi driver and father of …
Feb 16
Former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick defrocked by Vatican over sex abuse claims
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Pope Francis officially defrocked the disgraced former cardinal of Washington, D.C., Theodore McCarrick on Friday, following a secret Vatican tribunal into allegations that he molested a 16-year-old boy decades ago. “On 11 January 2019, the Congress of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, …
Feb 16
Federal authorities seize massive 221-pound shipment of cocaine at Southern California port
Customs and Border Protection(LOS ANGELES) — Federal authorities seized two massive shipments of cocaine at the same California port of entry in late January. The total for the two shipments was 221 pounds — the largest at that port in 25 years, according to officials. The busts, which were announced on Friday, were both found …
Feb 16
Richard Branson to hold fundraising concert for Venezuela relief
@richardbranson/Twitter(CUCUTA, Columbia) — Billionaire Virgin founder Richard Branson is taking on delivering relief to the people of Venezuela into his own hands. Branson announced on Friday he will be throwing a massive fundraising concert in neighboring Colombia on Feb. 22. Venezuela is in a tug of war for leadership between current President Nicolas Maduro and …
Feb 16
2 arrested men are released without charges in alleged attack on ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett: Police
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) — Two men arrested by Chicago police police earlier this week in the alleged racial attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett were released on Friday night. Police clarified that the two men were placed under arrest Wednesday night after police met them at the airport. But in a statement issued Friday night, …
Feb 15
Possible motive for missing Colorado mom’s murder surfaces for the first time in wrongful death lawsuit
Woodland Park Police Department(DENVER) — Missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth’s parents —- who are suing son-in-law Patrick Frazee for the wrongful death of their daughter —- allege in new court documents that Frazee murdered his fiancée because she refused to give him full custody of their one-year-old daughter Kaylee. “Upon information and belief, Frazee had …
Feb 15
103-year-old sworn in as junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park
Courtesy Cheri Stoneburner(NEW YORK) — She’s a junior ranger that’s older than the national park itself. Rose Torphy was on a vacation at Grand Canyon National Park when she stopped in the park store. “I started talking to people about the junior ranger program because it teaches kids to protect the Canyon,” she told “Good …
Feb 15
Armed security guard charged with assault in connection to LA synagogue shooting caught on camera
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — An armed security guard at a Los Angeles synagogue was arrested after allegedly shooting a person recording video of the building in the leg. Edduin Zelayagrunfeld, 44, was arrested on a felony charge for assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police …