Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KMBC) — A 4-year-old Lee’s Summit girl is battling leukemia during her favorite time of the year. You don’t see pink Christmas lights much but they’re on Sophia Maggard’s house. She was diagnosed with leukemia last summer. “Hers is a 2-and-a-half year treatment plan of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — According to the Mobile Police, On Tuesday December 22nd around 8:42 p.m. they responded Roberts Brothers Condos on Dauphin Street in reference to a burglary. The victim stated that the subject entered her condo while she was sleeping on her couch and took multiple
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The contrast between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden was a daily story in 2020 — and Wednesday was an excellent example. Trump ignored the White House press corps when he left what Wolf Blitzer called a “self-imposed bunker” in Washington and flew to Mar-a-Lago. Trump vetoed the defense spending bill, pushed election conspiracies
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George Clooney takes his biggest directorial swing yet with “The Midnight Sky,” and comes away with a decidedly mixed result. A beyond-bleak post-apocalyptic thriller, the sci-fi film reaches a reasonably satisfying finish, but follows an uneven orbit in getting there. The actor-director’s filmography has exhibited an interest in end-of-the-world scenarios — including producing and starring
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“Wonder Woman 1984” director Patty Jenkins is thrilled audiences finally have an opportunity to see the film and hopes people will enjoy it with their loved ones. “I wanted it to be something where there’s something on this level adults and this level for kids and it’s something the whole family can enjoy together,” Jenkins
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabamba (WALA) — Update 12/23/2020: Ex-Prichard Police officer Johnathan Murphy appeared today in front of Judge Zohgby for his bond hearing. The state was asking for 250k bond, no possession of firearms, and for the defendant to not to be employed as a law enforcement officer or
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The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 — up from the $600 level passed earlier this week — bringing lawmakers back to square one as they search for a way to appease President Donald Trump’s demands. House
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — About five years ago, an outreach director with the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Clinic called Antioch for Youth and Family about two homeless vets they were planning to place in an apartment. They told Antioch the men had nothing, not even a fork. Charolette
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Katy Perry’s new music video has us doing a double take. Perry released a video for her song “Not the End of the World” on Monday in which she is played by Zooey Deschanel. The two women have often been mistaken for one another over the years. “No, no, no! Sorry. Misunderstanding. I’m Zooey,” she
Continue Reading It was set to be a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. San Antonio Housing Authority staff had collected gifts for over 200 children who live at one of the city’s largest public housing complexes — and then, staff say, most of those gifts were stolen the night before they were supposed to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TOWANDA, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Sources tell Newswatch 16 that the Pennsylvania State Police conducted a search at the private law office of Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman on Tuesday. That source also tells us Salsman is under investigation for accusations of inappropriate behavior while he was acting
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“Promising Young Woman” combines a promising star and timely premise into a provocative but less-than-satisfying thriller. A darkly comic #MeToo revenge tale, the film is elevated by Carey Mulligan’s mesmerizing performance but winds up feeling undercooked in developing the narrative surrounding what’s basically a feminist vigilante. Mulligan’s Cassie gets introduced in a bar, looking very
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MESHOPPEN, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Three cats and eight kittens are sleepy and hungry after a long night in the cold. Police in Meshoppen said the cats were found around 6 p.m. Tuesday off Copper Head Lane, a rural road. The cats were left behind in a snowdrift near
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Work-related deaths reached a 12-year high in 2019 at more than 5,300, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A worker died every 99 minutes from a work-related injury in 2019, the BLS reported this month. The number of work-related deaths has steadily increased over the last five years, and 2019 was
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China’s triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has had an eight-year doping ban “set aside” by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in a ruling that could prove highly embarrassing for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and a former Italian Foreign Minister. Switzerland’s CAS is seen as sport’s final court of judgment and it’s
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The best Disney/Pixar animated movies historically straddle the line between delighting children and adults. “Soul,” a Pixar title diverted to Disney+, tilts heavily toward the latter, beautifully exploring ambitious themes about the meaning of life that should resonate more with adults than the younger souls in your streaming orbit. That warning aside, credit Pixar veteran
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly woman accused of a recent killing at Columbia drive-thru has returned to prison. Boone County Assistant Prosecutor Morley Swingle said Angelica Benitez was taken back to the Missouri Department of Corrections on a parole warrant on Tuesday. She had been in Boone County Jail custody after being arrested last week.
Continue Reading The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations, the British government said in a statement Thursday. The breakthrough averts a much-feared “no-deal” scenario that would have sparked economic chaos and risked major disruption to the flow of goods and medicines. “Deal is done,” read a statement
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Britain and the European Union have struck a provisional free-trade agreement that should avert New Year’s chaos for cross-border commerce.
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A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani instructing them to preserve all records related to the company at the center of Trump’s conspiracy theories and warning Giuliani that legal action is “imminent.” Through two well-known defamation attorneys,
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