Wednesday, September 20, 2017

BMW tumbles off seven-story parking garage, nearly crushes SUV and other top stories.

  • BMW tumbles off seven-story parking garage, nearly crushes SUV

    BMW tumbles off seven-story parking garage, nearly crushes SUV
    Video has surfaced of a BMW plummeting seven stories to the ground and nearly landing on a Chevrolet Tahoe at street level. The incident took place on July 13 at a parking garage in Austin, Texas. The video, at just over a minute long, shows the driver ...
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  • Justine Damond was "ripped from our arms," father says at rally

    Justine Damond was
    MINNEAPOLIS --The father and the fiance of an Australian woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer responding to her 911 call grieved at a public memorial service Friday night, the same time the family had planned to be on a plane to her wedding. Justine Damond's father, John Ruszczyk, choked back tears as he vowed to find justice for his 40-year-old daughter, whom he described as being "ripped from our arms." "We should be walking down the street smiling and laughing," he said of his..
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  • US Marines ground aircraft for 24 hours following crashes

    US Marines ground aircraft for 24 hours following crashes
    "Gen. Robert B. Neller, Commandant of the US Marine Corps, directed US Marine Corps aviation units to conduct an operational reset for a 24 hour-period where no flight operations will take place but no operational commitments will be impacted," the Marine Corps said in a statement.The pause will affect all Marine Corps aircraft, including those with tilt-rotors, helicopters and fixed-wing planes.Each unit commander will have the flexibility to carry out the pause at his or her discretion within ..
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  • THE MEMO: Trump's base cheers attacks on McConnell

    THE MEMO: Trump's base cheers attacks on McConnell
    Grassroots conservatives are cheering on President Trump’s attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellEXCLUSIVE: Trump allies rally around Sen. Flake's primary challenger GOP senators rally to McConnell's defense amid Trump attacks Flake voices support for McConnell amid Trump attacks MORE (R-Ky.), even as Republicans inside the Beltway express anger and confusion.Trump has assailed McConnell repeatedly this week for the failure to pass legislation that would repeal and repl..
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  • Was Paul Manafort Flipped by the Russia Probe Special Counsel?

    Was Paul Manafort Flipped by the Russia Probe Special Counsel?
    Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading one of the investigations into Russia’s meddling in last year’s election and its alleged ties to President Donald Trump’s campaign, has been trying to “squeeze” former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort for information, Bloomberg reported Thursday evening.The report, citing “people familiar with the matter,” indicates that Manafort has been cooperating with Mueller’s team and was the one who three months ago disclosed that the now infamous Donald Tru..
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  • Mega Millions results for 08/11/17; did anyone win the $393M jackpot?

    Mega Millions results for 08/11/17; did anyone win the $393M jackpot?
    LANSING, MI -- The fifth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever has been won by a lucky player in Illinois. That player matched all five white numbers drawn and the Mega ball to become the winner of the $393 million jackpot, for the drawing held on Friday, Aug. 11. A little over a month ago, that win would not have been possible as the state of Illinois had to suspend play of the Mega Millions and Powerball games due to a budget battle. Players were unable to buy tickets for over a week in those ga..
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  • Gone but not forgotten: A look back at Jeffrey Lord's most confusing and controversial CNN statements

    Gone but not forgotten: A look back at Jeffrey Lord's most confusing and controversial CNN statements
    CNN said goodbye to Jeffrey Lord on Thursday. The right-wing pundit was terminated after he tweeted a Nazi salute at Media Matters President Angelo Carusone. It all started when Carusone tweeted at Lord, calling him out for spelling Carusone’s name wrong in the headline of a blog post Lord wrote for the American Spectator. In the post, Lord declared Media Matters a fascist organization intent on ending free speech in America. The article was written in response to Carusone’s campaign to pull adv..
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  • White House reporters offer a rare glimpse of a bare Oval Office

    White House reporters offer a rare glimpse of a bare Oval Office
    by Erin Vogel-Fox, Sinclair Broadcast Group The hardwood floor of the Oval Office is resurfaced as the West Wing of the White House in Washington undergoes renovations while President Donald Trump is spending time at his golf resort in New Jersey, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - White House reporters treated the nation to a rare glimpse of a bare and empty Oval Office.The carpet was removed for replacing exposing the pattern of the har..
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  • Police investigate 'death threat' against Penn State fraternity members in hazing case

    Police investigate 'death threat' against Penn State fraternity members in hazing case
    BELLEFONTE--A man called Penn State University a few weeks ago and threatened to "take out" any of the 18 fraternity brothers embroiled in a hazing death case if they tried to return to classes in the fall. The general threat was left on a voicemail on an administrative number at the school, according to William Brennan, an attorney who is representing one of the defendants: Joseph Ems. Brennan mentioned the threat Friday just before launching into his cross-examination of the state's only witn..
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  • Charlottesville remains on edge ahead of 'Unite the Right' rally

    Charlottesville remains on edge ahead of 'Unite the Right' rally
    By noon, thousands are expected to gather in Emancipation Park, where barricades have been placed in proximity to the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.The rally comes hours after a large group of torch-bearing white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia campus Friday night.Outraged by the city's plans to remove the trace of its Confederate past, alt-right activists and Ku Klux Klan members have come to the city in recent months.The city has become ground zero for white ..
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