iStock/goodmoments(JOHNSON CITY, N.Y.) — When a little girl who wears cochlear implants was out of school, magic happened. Ann Redmore is a first grader at St. James School in Johnson City, New York. Earlier this week she had to miss school for an appointment related to her implants. And on that very day, Holly the …
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Dec 19
‘This holiday will never be the same’: Officers killed by train leave behind daughters 1 week before Christmas
Twitter/@AJGuglielmi(CHICAGO) — Two Chicago police officers who were chasing a suspected gunman when they were hit and killed by a train Monday have left behind wives and children just one week before Christmas. “For these two families, this holiday will never be the same,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told reporters Tuesday. Eduardo Marmolejo, 36, survived …
Dec 19
South Dakota woman found dead in vehicle was shot and killed, officials say
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, Missouri) — A South Dakota woman found dead in her vehicle earlier this month had been fatally shot, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials said in a news release Tuesday that troopers responding to a traffic accident late on Dec. 13 found 40-year-old Melissa Peskey dead in the driver’s seat on I-70 …
Dec 19
Military dad feels ‘blessed’ to be reunited with wife and son days before Christmas
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Many military families are preparing for a holiday with a loved one far away, but for the Black family, their Christmas wish came early. Sgt. Tyler Black, who has been deployed in Iraq since May, was prepared to spend another Christmas apart from his wife Holly and 9-year-son Will who live …
Dec 19
US withdrawing troops from Syria, as White House declares victory over ISIS
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon announced it has started the process of withdrawing 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria, following White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders’ statement declaring victory over ISIS. Earlier on Wednesday, U.S. officials indicated that President Donald Trump would announce he was pulling U.S. troops out of Syria, though a timeline …
Dec 19
Most people would demand more than $1,000 to leave Facebook: Study
amesy/iStock(NEW YORK) — The average U.S. Facebook user would require more than $1000 to walk away from the social media platform for one year. In a new study published on Wednesday in the science Journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Kenyon College, Michigan State, Susquehanna University, and Tufts used a series of auctions to determine the …
Dec 19
Yemeni mom separated from dying son by Trump travel ban ‘begged,’ ‘pleaded’ with officials for months: Lawyer
Believe_In_Me/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — A mother who spent more than a year fighting for a visa to be with her terminally ill child is on her way to the U.S. after being granted a visa waiver from the Trump administration’s travel ban. Shaima Swileh was denied the right to travel to the U.S. because she is …
Dec 19
Fed raises short-term interest rates
amedved/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised short-term interest rates by a quarter percentage point to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. The move was widely expected by economists. The central bank has raised rates nine times since December 2015. The Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement that “indicators of …
Dec 19
Facebook gave Netflix, Spotify, Amazon access to user messages, friends’ data: Report
coffeekai/iStock(NEW YORK) — Facebook gave about a dozen companies wide access to its 2.2 billion users’ personal data without consent, including private messages, names and contact info for friends, according to a report in The New York Times. The revelations contradict the social media giant’s claims that it no longer allowed third party apps to …
Dec 19
Trump to announce US will withdraw troops from Syria: Official
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will announce that the U.S. will withdraw troops from Syria, a U.S. official confirms. There is no timeline yet for the pace of the withdrawal, the official said. There are about 2,000 U.S. troops in eastern Syria advising and assisting the Kurdish led Syrian Democratic Forces in the …