SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Stanford graduate students who founded Google over two decades ago, are stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, they announced on Tuesday. Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, will become the chief of both Google and Alphabet. The move is an end of an Read More…
SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM) – Country music legend Willie Nelson says he’s stopped smoking pot — 65 years after he rolled his first joint. “I don’t smoke anymore. I take better care of myself today than I did then,” he said. The 86-year-old Texan says, due to ongoing health and breathing issues, he no longer smokes marijuana. Read More…
China avoided measures related to trade in its first actions retaliating against the U.S. over a law supporting Hong Kong’s protesters, instead vowing to sanction some rights organizations and halt warship visits to the city. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a news briefing Monday that U.S. groups targeted for sanctions included the National Endowment Read More…
HOUSTON, TEXAS – A North Dakota soldier was honored in the NFL’s Salute to Service at the Houston Texans’ stadium and his son shared this video of the moment with us. Master Sgt. Al Herda Jr., of Devils Lake, and his 8-year-old grandson, Ben Herda, got to stand on the sidelines of Sunday night’s Texans – Read More…
Wilbur Rehmann Quartet performs tonight at the Ox The Wilbur Rehmann Quartet returns tonight, Dec. 6, from 6-9 p.m. to the Staggering Ox, 400 Euclid Ave. The quartet includes, Ken Nelson, keyboards, Dennis Ferriter, bass, Jeremy Slead, drums and Wilbur Rehmann, saxophones. They will perform three sets of jazz music which will include the be-bop Read More…
You are now like Steve Jobs — decisions are made for you to keep your brain open to discovering new and exciting ideas and innovations. You’re welcome. As many of you know, it is very cold outside. Mother Nature decided that she had enough teasing for one year and decided to blast us with that Read More…
GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) – A former Iowa law enforcement officer who fled the state after allegedly threatening to kill several family members has been charged with sexually abusing children. Jonathan Wayne Bailey, 35, has been charged with eight counts of child endangerment, seven counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of sexual exploitation, the Read More…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say a St. Louis area house fire that critically injured a man was intentionally set one day after a woman was fatally shot in the same home. But St. Louis County police say there is no known connection between Thursday’s fire and the killing of 20-year-old Johanna Kimple on Wednesday. Read More…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man who works for a Disney cruise line has been accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home. Orange County deputies arrested 53-year-old Keith Seitz on Nov. 25, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday. The girl told her mother Seitz raped her multiple times between 2016 and Read More…
After a four-week journey involving crossing the Atlantic on a catamaran and an overnight train from Lisbon, Greta Thunberg has arrived in Madrid on Friday for the UN Climate Summit (COP25). The teenage activist will lead the Fridays For Future march in the Spanish capital later today, she said on Twitter. She is also expected Read More…
“They paid the ultimate price in service to Minnesota and to the United States of America,” Walz, himself a veteran of the MNG said. “The coming days will be dark and difficult. The state of Minnesota stands ready to assist the families of our fallen heroes.” The names of the deceased crew members are not Read More…
A suburban St. Louis woman whose husband is charged in her death had looked up “what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant” on her cellphone before she went missing last month, according to search warrants. The warrants, obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, outline the reasons detectives gave for searching the home Read More…
The Army Black Knights football dropped the slogan “God Forgives, Brothers Don’t” earlier this year after an investigation revealed the phrase originated with white supremacist groups. A skull and crossbones flag with the acronym “GFBD” on the upper lip of the skull has been used in the football program since the mid-90s. West Point officials Read More…
The New York Yankees are reportedly bringing in a big gun to entice free-agent pitchers Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg to sign with the organization. Five-time World Series champion Andy Pettitte joined general manager Brian Cashman, manager Aaron Boone and pitching coach Matt Blake in a meeting with the two free-agent superstars Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Read More…
The exhibition will be titled “How will we live together?”, and will examine the interaction between technology and the individual in the context of architecture. The Latvian display will invite visitors to look critically at situations where smart devices start to dictate an incomprehensible order for their users and users of architecture, which often alienate Read More…
The newly released figures show the change of the consumer price index in November 2019 was -0.2 percent compared to October 2019 and 1.8 percent compared to November 2018. Compared to November 2018, goods were 1.1 percent and services 3.1 percent more expensive. Regulated prices of goods and services fell by 1.9 percent and non-regulated prices Read More…
The boy, identified by a US Customs and Border Protection official as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, 16, died on May 20 at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas, days after he crossed into the US and was apprehended by immigration officials, CBP said. Surveillance video of a holding cell at the Weslaco facility first Read More…
Former quarterback Troy Aikman had some critical words for the Dallas Cowboys after their 31-24 loss to the Chicago Bears. “I don’t know how you come back from this, I really don’t. … When you have a performance like that but say, ‘hey we’re still alive. We’ll go play this week against the Rams and Read More…
Made with painstaking precision, Hungarian cakes are among the most luxurious and coveted in the world. From the six-layered Dobos cake, created by famed baker Dobos C. József, to the Esterházy torte, comprised of layers of meringue and chocolate butter cream, nowhere does cakes quite like the Central European country. In fact, confectionery creation is Read More…
It was a message that came even before Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood before cameras and announced that House committees would draft articles of impeachment. They’re virtually sure to accuse the Republican chief executive of violating the Constitution, abusing presidential of power and undermining national security by pressing the president of Ukraine to investigate a Read More…
A California man was charged with five counts of battery on a custodial officer this week in an incident that he claimed was a “racist” attack on him by jail guards, according to reports. Jacob Servin, 29, was arrested Sunday for public intoxication in Stockton, Calif. and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail, KOVR-TV reported. Read More…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A six-story building collapsed in Kenya‘s capital on Friday, officials said, with at least two people killed and others trapped in the debris. Associated Press video showed people cheering as one dust-covered person was carried away on a stretcher, one arm outstretched. Shortly afterward the crowd hushed as another person was carried Read More…
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, has rented a home in New Hampshire just two months before the first-in-the-nation 2020 presidential primary state votes in February. “I grew up in Hawaii, where Christmas was 80 degrees and a day at the beach, and so being here in the winter, it’s just — the first snow of the year is always Read More…
California has a major wildfire problem. The Democratic Party’s response has been to push for tougher restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, as though California could unilaterally and quickly change its weather to make the state cooler, wetter and less windy. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown recently sounded the alarm about climate change creating wildfires: “This Read More…
Mark Zaid, the attorney for the Ukraine whistleblower at the center of impeachment proceedings against President Trump, responded to allegations by the sole Republican witness during Wednesday’s hearing that he’d been inundated with threats and demands that he be fired from George Washington University. “I’d take demands to be fired over death threats any day,” Zaid Read More…
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it’s backing away from a proposal that would have required all U.S. citizens to submit to facial recognition scans at airports and other ports of entry whenever they leave or enter the country. AMAZON’S FACIAL RECOGNITION CAN NOW DETECT ‘FEAR’ AS ACTIVISTS BLAST USE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT The Department of Homeland Read More…
Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura (8), of Japan, dribbles the ball as he is defended by Philadelphia 76ers forward James Ennis III (11) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, in Washington. The Wizards won 119-113. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) In what could best be described as a veteran move, Read More…
A Kentucky judge has been accused of turning her chambers into a glorified frat house, having a threesome with staffers and allowing employees to get drunk on the job — all while abusing her power to win re-election, according to reports. The judge, Dawn Gentry, was hit with nine charges by the state’s Judicial Conduct Read More…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A blind prisoner convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend by setting her on fire in her car was put to death Thursday in Tennessee’s electric chair, becoming only the second inmate without sight to be executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement of the nation’s death penalty in 1976. Lee Hall, 53, Read More…
Enlarge Image Demonstrators from the National Congress Party (NCP) beat and burn a dummy of a rapist as they protest against rapes in Ranchi, Vadodara, Surat and other regions, following the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, in Ahmedabad on December 4, 2019 AFP via Getty Images Police in India Read More…
thedickinsonpress – KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It was a bit quieter than usual when the University of North Dakota hockey team landed in Kalamazoo on Thursday, Dec.5.
thedickinsonpress – The Dickinson High School wrestling team may have started slow, but a strong surge by the Midgets helped the team crush Williston High School with a 44-25 victory.
A town in North Carolina canceled its annual Christmas parade after protesters threatened to converge on the march because a Confederate history group were scheduled to appear, officials said. The mayor of Wake Forest defended the decision in a video statement released Wednesday, saying the parade was canceled to protect citizens after “outside agitators” threatened…
thedickinsonpress – The Dickinson State football team had solid leaders on the offensive end, including quarterback Hayden Gibson, running back Amad Jackson Jr. and Tyger Frye. But on defense the Blue Hawks were inspired by two athletes, secondary Derick VandeBossche and linebacker Kevin Brown, both seniors, both leaders, and now both named to the NAIA Read More…
The regime’s foreign ministry said Trump’s recent language may be evidence of a “relapse.”
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is getting divorced from his wife of 32 years, a report said. Schnatter’s wife, who identified herself as M. Annette Cox, 59, filed the papers on Thursday in Kentucky, according to USA Today. It appears the couple, who have two children, have preemptively hashed out a settlement, according to the…
thedickinsonpress – The Dickinson boys hockey team couldn’t stop Mandan on Thursday evening in a 7-2 loss to the Braves.
KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State University’s decision to remove its cheerleaders from the field after they protested police brutality during the national anthem has cost Georgia taxpayers $145,000 in a legal settlement. Former KSU cheerleader Tommia Dean settled her lawsuit and will get $93,000 of the award, with the rest going to her attorneys, The…
thedickinsonpress – CHICAGO — Mitchell Trubisky threw three touchdown passes and added a rushing score to lead the Chicago Bears to a 31-24 victory over the visiting Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, Dec. 5.
Carson Soucy and Jason Zucker each contributed a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek and Victor Rask also tallied for Minnesota, which has points in 11 straight games (8-0-3). Jonas Brodin added two helpers, and Alex Stalock made 30 saves to move to 5-0-2 in his last seven starts. Minnesota played without Mikko Read More…
Weather StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler looks at the pattern that will bring subzero weather to the region. Written By: John Wheeler | Dec 5th 2019 – 9pm.
A California mother rammed into a barber with her car, pushing him into a glass storefront and breaking his leg — all because her son got a small nick on his neck during a haircut, police and reports said. Ruby Delgadillo, 28, was still at large on Thursday, a day after she allegedly attacked 63-year-old Read More…
A Florida police officer was busted for DUI after allegedly driving his police cruiser the wrong way down a highway with the emergency lights on — then telling cops he was “f—ked up,” reports said. Sergeant James Stephen McVay, who works for the North Bay Village department, was spotted driving north in the southbound lanes Read More…