ABC News(NEW YORK) — A woman says she was secretly recorded by a hotel employee while showering at a Hampton Inn & Suites three years ago. Now, she has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Hilton, the hotel’s parent company. The woman, who has not been named, says the employee, whom she does not know, …
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Dec 04
Trump claims ‘BIG leap forward’ in China trade talks, but details unclear
Hogogo/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted optimistically that relations between the United States and China “have taken a BIG leap forward!” and predicted that “very good things will happen” after he reached a temporary truce with China’s President Xi Jinping in the ongoing trade war over the course of a three-hour-long dinner on …
Dec 04
Two key groups label Rohingya slaughter ‘genocide’ as Trump administration stays mum
yorkfoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Myanmar’s violence against the Rohingya, a Muslim-majority ethnic group, constituted a genocide, according to two new reports released Monday — a determination that the Trump administration still has not made, even after releasing an exhaustive fact-finding report in September that documented the atrocities in horrifying detail. The administration’s silence on genocide is …
Dec 04
California fearing potential mudslides from West Coast storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A strong, slow-moving storm system is beginning to affect California, with rain up and down the coast and snow in the mountains. The core of the system is trailing a heavy band of rain expected to arrive later Tuesday morning or afternoon. The system will continue moving south on Wednesday morning, …
Dec 04
Pentagon to resume sending green card holding recruits to training
PeteMuller/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon will resume sending thousands of military recruits, who are lawful Permanent Residents (LPR), to basic training in order to comply with a federal court order. The recruits had been effectively barred from joining the military because of a new Pentagon rule requiring a lengthy background check before legal permanent residents could …
Dec 03
Florida state trooper struck by car after pushing bystander out of harm’s way, authorities say
WPEC(NEW YORK) — A Florida state trooper has been seriously injured after he was struck by a car while investigating a scene on a busy highway. Trooper Mithil Patel was having a conversation with a witness on the shoulder of Interstate 95 near Hobe Sound, about 35 miles north of West Palm Beach, when he …
Dec 03
George H.W. Bush in Washington for final honors before burial in Texas
Cynthia Johnson/Liaison(WASHINGTON) — After “Hail to Chief” and a 21-gun salute rang out, the casket of President George H.W. Bush was carried up the steps of the U.S. Capitol as the setting sun cast a pastel sky over Washington in a final nod to one of America’s great public servants. The late president’s son, former …
Dec 03
Body found as authorities search for American woman who went missing in Costa Rica
Courtesy April Burton(NEW YORK) — Authorities in Costa Rica have located a body in their search for an American woman who went missing while on vacation. A spokesperson for Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department confirmed to ABC News that remains were found. The body was found in a wooded area Monday as investigators combed through …
Dec 03
Hog futures cautious to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed lower as it waits for widespread direct cash business. Feeder cattle futures were pressured by the days higher move in corn. December live cattle closed $.05 lower at $116.87 and February live cattle closed $.32 lower at $120.17. January feeder cattle closed $.72 lower at $144.50 …
Dec 03
Attack on Orthodox Jew investigated as possible hate crime: NYPD
WABC(NEW YORK) — Police are searching for a suspect who punched an Orthodox Jewish man in New York City just two days before the start of Hanukkah. The incident occurred Friday about 6:40 p.m. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section, according to the NYPD. Surveillance video shows a man sneaking up behind the victim and punching him. …