Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Amazon is re-considering its decision to split its second headquarters between New York and Virginia after mounting local opposition in New York City, according to a report. The behemoth retailer “is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of …
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Feb 08
White House decision looms as US military continues with Syria withdrawal plan
primipil/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military is proceeding with its 120-day plan to pull all U.S. troops and equipment out of Syria by the end of April, although so far only equipment and supplies have been removed. However, U.S. officials say the White House will have to tell the military within a matter of weeks whether …
Feb 08
2nd woman accuses Virginia lieutenant governor of sexual assault
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(RICHMOND, Va.) — A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. Through a statement released by her attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, on Friday, Meredith Watson claims that Fairfax raped her while the two were students at Duke University in 2000. “On behalf of our client, …
Feb 08
Suspect allegedly confesses to strangling childhood friend for inheritance money
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Emotions ran high Thursday when prosecutors played jurors an alleged confession tape in which they say their suspect describes murdering a childhood friend for her inheritance money. Sarah Stern was a promising young artist when she went missing at the age of 19 from her New Jersey home in December 2016. Months …
Feb 08
Four men convicted of 2002 murder claim DNA ties a child sex offender to the crime
imaginima/iStock(NEW YORK) — A convicted child sex offender who has allegedly been tied by DNA evidence to the scene of a brutal 2002 murder of a young West Virginia woman got away with the crime while four men were wrongly convicted, according to a team of defense attorneys who say they submitted their evidence to …
Feb 08
Chill returns to Midwest, Northeast over weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Snow, ice and rain are wreaking havoc on roadways throughout the middle of the country. Some roads are blanketed with up to 1 foot of snow and some drivers are crippled by blinding whiteout conditions. Freezing rain has also coated streets, trees and power lines with ice. In Minnesota, some roads …
Feb 08
State attorney to seek death penalty against bank mass shooting suspect
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(SEBRING, Fla.) — A Florida state attorney general will seek the death penalty against the suspect in a mass shooting at a bank that left five women dead last month. Zephen Xaver, 21, accused in the Jan. 23 shooting inside the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, allegedly called 911 after the crime, telling dispatchers, “I …
Feb 08
Hall monitor, 56, shot at Baltimore high school; adult suspect in custody: Officials
aijohn784/iStock(BALTIMORE) — A staff member was shot at a Baltimore high school on Friday, triggering a shutdown of the building, officials said. The victim, a 56-year-old hall monitor, was hospitalized and listed in “serious but stable” condition, police officials said. The 25-year-old suspect — a visitor — entered a vestibule area of the building just …
Feb 08
Kellyanne Conway says a woman assaulted her at restaurant for her political views
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said in an interview that aired Friday on CNN that a woman assaulted her while she was at a Maryland restaurant celebrating her middle school-aged daughter’s birthday. The incident happened last October at an Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland. The woman, identified by …
Feb 08
Police: Chicago baby, California boy both shot in head while in cars in separate cases
sshepard/iStock(CHICAGO) — (CHICAGO) — A 1-year-old boy was shot in the head and critically injured in Chicago Thursday night, according to police. In California, a 10-year-old boy was also shot in the head and hospitalized, authorities there said. The baby in Chicago was rushed to the hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, said …