Carsten Koall/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row on Saturday, women across the world will protest in response to the Trump administration. But the Women’s March of today is poised to look different from the Women’s March of 2017. The first Women’s March was organized in response to the presidency of Donald …
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Jan 19
Elon Musk warns ‘the road ahead is very difficult’ as Tesla lays off 7 percent of workforce
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla announced on Friday that it will cut 7 percent of its workforce, marking the second round of job cuts in just over six months, as it faces the pressure of building and delivering its long-promised, lower-priced Model 3s at scale while keeping costs down. The news comes just one …
Jan 18
Companies disproportionately target black, Latino youth in TV ads for unhealthy foods
Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesBY: DR. ROBIN ORTIZ (NEW YORK) — Extreme weight gain in children is a dangerous mental and physical health epidemic in the United States, and public health officials have implored children and their parents to lay off the sugar-sweetened beverages, fast food and unhealthy snacks. But according to a report released this week …
Jan 18
Former Chicago cop sentenced to 81 months in prison for murder of African-American teen
Antonio Perez-Pool/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to 81 months in prison on Friday evening for the shooting death of African-American teen Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke, who is white, shot McDonald, who was 17-years-old, 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014. Video released during the investigation showed McDonald was armed …
Jan 18
American-born, Iranian journalist held as ‘material witness,’ court documents show
Viktorcvetkovic/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government on Friday acknowledged for the first time that it secretly arrested an Iranian journalist earlier this week, demanding she testify to a federal grand jury as part of a federal probe that still remains a mystery. The acknowledgement came in a federal judge’s order stating that American-born Melanie Franklin, also …
Jan 18
‘Sex trainer’ who claimed to have information on Trump and Russia arrested in Moscow
sihuo0860371/iStock(MOSCOW) — An Instagram model and self-described “sex trainer” from Belarus, who last year drew international attention with unsubstantiated claims to have recordings relevant to the Russian election interference investigation, has been arrested at a Moscow airport on prostitution charges after she was deported from Thailand. Anastasia Vashukevich, better known by her online persona Nastya …
Jan 18
9-year-old girl breaks into house to save grandmother
Donna Davis(PHILADELPHIA) — A quick-thinking 9-year-old girl may have saved her grandmother’s life when she discovered the elderly woman alone in the throes of a brain aneurysm, and stayed with her until help arrived. Cayla Davis was dropped off at her grandmother Joyce Ann Davis’ house, in Chester, Philadelphia, at around 7:00 a.m. on Jan. …
Jan 18
Minnesota mom charged after car seat falls out with child in it
RyanJLane/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Minnesota mother has been charged after her child was seen on dashcam video falling out of her vehicle and onto a busy roadway while still in the car seat. Maimuna Hassan, 40, faces a gross misdemeanor charge of child endangerment, a permit violation misdemeanor charge and a petty misdemeanor charge for …
Jan 18
11-year-old girl starts her own business while her mom is furloughed
Jessica Berrellez(NEW YORK) — An 11-year-old girl whose mom has spent almost a month out of work as a furloughed federal employee created her own business to help her family and others. Bella Berrellez, a fifth-grader in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has sold more than 500 of her handmade sugar body scrubs since the federal government’s partial …
Jan 18
‘I shouldn’t even be here’: zTrip driver survives being shot 21 times in robbery attempt
KMBC-TV(KANSAS CITY) — It’s been six weeks since Teresa Meitl was shot 21 times within close range and, although she’s still recovering in the hospital, she feels grateful to be alive. “It’s like a miracle,” Meitl, of Kansas City, Missouri, told ABC local station KMBC-TV in a recent interview. “Really, I shouldn’t even be here, …