Luca Reina Mafaraci/iStock(ROME) — Nearly six months after the deadly collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, the demolition of the remainder of the span began in earnest Friday. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Danilo Toninelli, the country’s minister of infrastructure and transport, and other officials — donning hard hats — listened as the chief …
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Feb 08
Vigil held for Valerie Reyes, 24, whose body was found in suitcase
ABC News(NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.) — Tears, embraces and prayers filled a candlelight vigil Thursday for a 24-year-old woman whose body was found in a suitcase along a Greenwich, Connecticut, road. Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, was found Tuesday with her hands and feet bound, authorities said. The cause of death has not …
Feb 08
“National Enquirer’s” parent company says it will probe Jeff Bezos’ extortion allegations
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The parent company of the National Enquirer said Friday it will “promptly and thoroughly” investigate claims against the tabloid, made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, of a blackmail and extortion plot against him involving compromising photographs. Bezos described the claims in a post on Medium Thursday. In January, the billionaire …
Feb 08
Check out the apps that will intercept robocalls and tell you when they’re done
Oleksii Spesyvtsev/iStock(NEW YORK) — Pesky calls from telemarketers may be easier to combat than ever. With new apps like Robokiller, spam calls are automatically intercepted so that your phone may never even ring. ABC News’ Paula Faris demonstrated the app’s functionality on Good Morning America to show that when a robocall was placed, it didn’t …
Feb 08
Paradise residents recall horrifying escape from the Camp Fire
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(PARADISE, Calif.) — Brian Andrews awoke on Nov. 8 to his panicked daughter at his bedside. A fast-moving wildfire that would become the deadliest, most destructive in California’s history was heading straight for Paradise. Andrews, a 52-year-old retired firefighter, had moved into his one-story home in the bucolic Northern California town a decade …
Feb 08
Losing grip on power, Venezuela’s Maduro leans on Cuban security forces: US officials
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressure to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply …
Feb 08
Ivanka Trump launches Global Women’s Initiative targeting developing nations
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday launching a new “Women’s Global Development and Prosperity” Initiative aimed at empowering women in the developing world. The force behind the initiative: the president’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump. “It’s a culmination of a lot of hard work but also really the beginning because …
Feb 08
Industries, researchers were ‘essentially blind’ during shutdown data drought
wildpixel/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Though government agencies reopened their doors nearly two weeks ago, experts have warned that the impact of the longest shutdown in history still lingers with continued delays in the release of key federal data. “We are really fortunate,” said Amitrajeet Batabyal, an economics professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. “We are probably …
Feb 08
Arizona’s Hacienda Healthcare closing unit in wake of rape, pregnancy scandal
kckate16/iStock(PHOENIX) — Hacienda Healthcare, the Arizona facility where a nurse allegedly raped and impregnated a vegetative patient, has decided to close the unit where she was housed. The company said it “has come to understand that it is simply not sustainable to continue to operate our Intermediate Care Facility for the Intellectually Disabled” after a …
Feb 08
Authorities seize record-setting 1.7 tons of meth worth $1.29B at LA port
U.S. Customs and Border Protection(LOS ANGELES) — A joint drug bust between Australian and U.S. authorities in mid-January resulted in a record 1.7 tons of methamphetamine being seized at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of the three containers on Thursday, which were intended to be shipped to Australia before …