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2019 Audi A6 First Look

2019 Audi A6 First Look : Stop us if youve seen this one before. In case you missed the news on the latest Audi A8 and A7, though, heres the rundown on the new A6.As youve already guessed, the least expensive of Audis medium and...

Another Massive Rockfall Has Struck Yosemite s Famed El Capitan After A Climber Was Killed

Thursday s rockfall sent a large cloud of dust throughout the park. A second massive rockfall occurred Thursday at the face of Yosemite National Park s famed El Capitan, just a day after a series of rockfalls killed a British climber. The latest incident was confirmed by the National Park Service in a tweet, prompting officials to shut down an exit from the park in Yosemite Valley. It was not immediately clear how large Thursday s rockfall was, but several witnesses described it as much larger than the series that occurred Wednesday, which killed a climber and left another critically injured. #BREAKING: Another rock fall near #ElCapitan in @YosemiteNPS. My photographer and I witnessed the whole ordeal, it… https://t.co/cWbtwmXoKe Thursday s rockfall sent a large cloud of dust throughout the park. On Wednesday, seven rockfalls occurred over a four-hour time span at the park, totaling about 16,000 cubic feet and weighing about 1,300 tons. When ran...

After triumphal rollout for tax reform, GOP faces the reality of delivering

“I want it to be the right kind of a bill. I don’t want it to be some piece of crap, which we’re so used to around here," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (front). | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The GOP’s tax-reform efforts got a jolt of momentum this week, but Republicans also are getting a fresh reminder of how hard it will be to write a bill that makes it to President Donald Trump’s desk this year. They will have a number of hurdles to grapple with in the coming months, including selling their new plan to the public, fleshing out the policy, wrangling the rank and file and dealing with the myriad competing interests that will deluge the Hill. Then there’s the Senate, the graveyard of Republicans efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), asked about the biggest challenges in turning the plan GOP leaders released this week into legislation, deadpanned: "Fellow senators. “It’s mostly all...

White House launches probe of private email accounts

Of particular interest is Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's private email domain, because they still work in the White House, two officials said. | Win McNamee/Getty Images The White House has launched an internal probe of private email use, pulling batches of emails on the White House server to and from private accounts of senior aides, according to four officials familiar with the matter. The effort began this week after POLITICO reported that both Jared Kushner and a number of other senior White House officials used private email accounts throughout the year to conduct government business. Of particular interest is Kushner and Ivanka Trump s private email domain, because they still work in the White House, two officials said. Accounts of other White House officials are also being reviewed. The probe could take several weeks or even months to complete, according to one of these people, as officials are searching for all ema...

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I-Team: Neighborhood where hole appeared in yard has history of sinkhole activity

Resident: insurance has refused to pay for repairs We first broke the news yesterday when the ground opened up in the Beacon Woods neighborhood in Hudson, forming a hole in a home s front yard. Since then we ve learned that this hole, like many others, may not be covered by sinkhole insurance. HUDSON, Fla. - We first broke the news yesterday when the ground opened up in the Beacon Woods neighborhood in Hudson, forming a hole in a home's front yard. Since then we've learned that this hole, like many others, may not be covered by sinkhole insurance. The good news is that it doesn't appear that the hole has grown since yesterday. But the bad news is that the neighborhood has several confirmed sinkholes, but not everyone has been able to get them fixed. "It was like a snap of the fingers," said Shirley Bruck, describing the hole that opened up in her front yard. She worries it could threaten her biggest investment and her family's safety. "...

Democratic Rep. Sinema launches Arizona senate bid

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema released an announcement video on Thursday afternoon, making her Flake's first Democratic challenger. | Matt York, File/AP Photo Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is running for Senate against Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, setting up a marquee race between a former progressive-turned-centrist Democrat and one of President Donald Trump s harshest Republican critics. Sinema released an announcement video on Thursday afternoon, making her Flake s first Democratic challenger. State Rep. Randy Freiss, a trauma surgeon who treated former Rep. Gabby Giffords, was also considering a Democratic bid. Flake is facing a primary challenge from former state Sen. Kelli Ward and other Republicans are eyeing his seat. "I owe a large debt to my country," Sinema says in the video, outlining how her middle-class family fell into poverty and how she climbed out of it with help from the government, her church, her teache...

Matthews: Trump says he had vote to end Obamacare. Not true

Matthews: Trump says he had vote to end Obamacare. Not true Trump said the only reason he didn t have the Senate pass its vote to repeal Obamacare is because of a senator who was in the hospital. None of this was true.

There s A New Trailer For The Comedy "Father Figures" And It Looks Like A Raunchy Non-Musical Version Of "Mamma Mia!"

The fact that this wasn t officially titled "Paternity Quest" is heartbreaking to me. So today we got our first full-length look at Father Figures , a new comedy starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms. View this video on YouTube The film was originally titled Bastards , which is still not as good as Paternity Quest (yes, I know they say it in the trailer, but I will never be over this pun). The comedy follows two adult brothers as they discover that their mom may have ~fudged the truth~ about who their real father was, sending them on "Operation: Who s Your Daddy?" to find the truth. The whole thing kind of sounds like a non-musical, raunchier version of the Mamma Mia! plot, and it honestly looks pretty fucking funny. The bumbling brothers are played by Ed Helms and Owen Wilson. Glenn Close plays their mother, ...

Interior Secretary Zinke traveled on charter, military planes

A spokeswoman said Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's charter or military plane trips were booked only after officials were unable to find commercial flights that would accommodate Zinke's schedule. | Getty Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his aides have taken several flights on private or military aircraft, including a $12,000 charter plane to take him to events in his hometown in Montana and private flights between two Caribbean islands, according to documents and a department spokeswoman. Zinke is at least the fourth senior member of the Trump administration to have used non-commercial planes at taxpayer expense, along with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and HHS Secretary Tom Price. President Donald Trump has fumed at Price s pricey travel, and Democrats say the revelations demonstrate a cavalier attitude by Cabinet members toward excessive spending. Interior Department spokeswoman...

Millions of temp jobs available for post-Irma recovery

If you lost your job because of Hurricane Irma, or you’re simply looking for work, CareerSource Tampa Bay and CareerSource Pinellas want to help. PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - If you lost your job because of Hurricane Irma, or you’re simply looking for work, CareerSource Tampa Bay and CareerSource Pinellas want to help. CareerSource is looking to hire 7 million people statewide to help with hurricane recovery. The temporary full-time jobs range from cleaning up debris to helping families qualify for federal help. They’re funded by federal dislocated worker grants, and the temp jobs pay pretty well too between $11 to $27 an hour. Juliane Abudi was recently laid off from her job of 10 years, now she’s helping families get emergency post-Irma food stamps. “We all have a common experience. we all share in what Hurricane Irma did to our lives. We all have that connection so it’s wonderful to help in this way,” Abudi explained. If you c...

45 After Dark: Price, He’ll Pay edition

Fresh revelations about HHS Secretary Tom Price’s travel came just hours after the embattled Cabinet member said he would pay back his portion of charter flights. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Tom Price says he will pay up for his use of expensive, chartered aircrafts. But the revelations about the Health and Human Services secretary’s use of expensive travel just keep coming. “The White House approved the use of military aircraft for multi-national trips by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to Africa and Europe this spring, and to Asia in the summer, at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers,” POLITICO’s Rachana Pradahan and Dan Diamond report . Price’s wife, Betty, accompanied him on the flights — even as other members of Price’s delegation flew commercially. Fresh revelations about Price’s travel came just hours after the embattled Cabinet member said he would pay back his portion of charter flights. Price’s mo...