Uber driver saved teen passenger from pimps in California, police say
Uber driver Keith Avila picked up a passenger who looked like a 12-year-old girl in a short skirt on Monday night. That was the first sign that something was off, he would say later.Two women got into his car with the girl outside a house in Sacramento, California. Halfway to their destination - a Holiday Inn in the suburbs - they asked Avila to turn up the music, he said. Then the women turned to the girl. Avila listened in."They were describing what they were going to do when they get there:..>> view original21 people rescued from Knott's Berry Farm ride stuck 100 feet up
Orange County firefighters rescued Knott's Berry Farm patrons who were stuck on a ride Friday. (Bill Alkofer/AP). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2016, 2:51 AM. BUENA PARK, Calif. — Firefighters using ropes and harnesses ...>> view originalJudge Blocks NC Law Stripping Power From Incoming Governor
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina judge granted a small victory to the state's incoming Democratic governor on Friday, temporarily blocking a law by Republican lawmakers stripping him of control over elections in a legislative power play just weeks ago. Wake County Superior Court Judge Don Stephens blocked the new law, which would end the control governors exert over statewide and county election boards, as Gov.-Elect Roy Cooper is set to take office Sunday. Stephens ruled that the risk to ..>> view originalPa. state trooper killed after responding to abuse violation
USA Today Network Shelly Stallsmith, York Daily Record 1:34 a.m. EST December 31, 2016File photo of Jason Robison.(Photo: Pennsylvania State Police)A Pennsylvania state trooper was fatally shot after responding to an abuse violation Friday night, state officials confirmed.The reported incident occurred in Juniata Township, a small community in central Pennsylvania. Authorities closed off the area as officers conducted a search for the trooper's killer.State police say trooper Landon ..>> view original911 call, dashcam reveal new information in case against legislator
AIKEN, SC (WIS) - A frantic 911 call reveals new details in the investigation against a state lawmaker. Aiken County deputies say State Representative Chris Corley beat his wife and threatened to kill her.Investigators released the recordings of the calls Friday.In the first call, you can hear what sounds like a woman’s voice, and children crying for help. Deputies say it’s Corley’s wife and children. In dash cam video, deputies are seen driving to the house, questioning dispatch on..>> view originalCoast Guard suspends search for missing plane with 6 central Ohioans onboard
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off a search for a plane that disappeared over Lake Erie, with the chief executive of a Columbus beverage distributor who was piloting it and his five passengers now presumed to be dead. The search was suspended at 7:30 p.m. Friday. It will be turned over to the city of Cleveland as a recovery operation beginning Saturday morning. The Coast Guard will still assist. "The decision to suspend a search is never easy," said Capt. Michael Mullen, chief of response for ..>> view originalNew England digs out from heavy snow as a winter storm brews in the West
More than 100,000 people are without power and the roads are a slippery, dangerous mess in New England. Residents braced for a foot of snow, with twice that amount possible in some spots. The driver of a pickup appears to have swapped out his general use tires (in the truck's bed) in favor of snow tires just in time to deal with the snow-covered streets in Auburn, Maine, ursday, Dec. 29, 2016.(Photo: Robert F. Bukaty, AP)Portions of northern New England were digging out from more than t..>> view originalWhy I Respectfully Disagree With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Decision To Perform At Donald Trump's Inauguration
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has accepted an invitation to sing at President-elect Trump’s inauguration, immediately generating a degree of controversy and prompting the circulation of an online petition opposing the choir’s upcoming performance which (as of the time of writing) has more than 20,000 signatures. The petition argues that Donald Trump “DOES NOT reflect the values of Mormonism and does not represent its diverse 15+ million members worldwide.” It further states that the performance ..>> view originalObama Will Meet With Congressional Democrats On Strategy To Block Obamacare Repeal
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama will huddle with House and Senate Democrats next week to strategize on how best to protect the Affordable Care Act. Republican lawmakers plan to take up a repeal of Obamacare as soon as Congress returns in January. “Next week, Republicans in Congress will once again turn to repealing a law that’s provided coverage to 20 million uninsured Americans, extended consumer protections to many millions more, improved the quality of care offered by our health professi..>> view originalCourt reinstates Kennedy cousin Skakel's murder conviction
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, Michael Skakel reacts to being granted bail during his bond hearing at Stamford Superior Court in Stamford, Conn. A divided Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, reinstated Kennedy cousin Skakel’s murder conviction in the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley, rejecting a lower court ruling in an appeal that his trial lawyer didn’t adequately represent him. (Bob Luckey/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File) (Associated Press) ..>> view original
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