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Hey little sister, who’s the only one (left standing)? That would be you, Chloe Kohanski. “The Voice” winner teamed up with Billy Idol for a little “White Wedding” on Tuesday, shortly before she was crowned champion of the NBC singing competition. The duet ended up being more of a “Red Wedding” for the other three finalists. Also Read: 'The Voice' Finalist Chloe Kohanski's Solo Will Make You Bawl at Work Today (Video) While everyone knows from the song that “There is nothin’ safe in this world/And there’s nothin’ sure in this world” ... Читать дальше...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal investigators in the deadly Amtrak wreck want to know whether the engineer was distracted by a second person in his cab as his train hurtled into a curve at more than twice the speed limit. Three people were killed Monday when the train barreled into a 30 mph zone at 80 mph and plunged off an overpass, sending rail cars plummeting onto a busy interstate highway south of Seattle. A conductor in training was in the locomotive with the engineer at the time, investigators said. Читать дальше...

PUTNEY, Vt. (AP) — A beloved Santa-themed kiddie park has reopened in southern Vermont. Dave Haversat visited Santa's Land a dozen times growing up and dreamed of owning it. The 1950s-era park closed several years ago, but Haversat bought it earlier this year and reopened it. "The kids when they see this, you know, it's wonderment and enchantment," said Haversat, who's also a magician. "Very similar to magic." Located in a grove of evergreens on 42 acres, the park reopened in late November with a train ride... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is concerned about the departure of Russian officers from a joint Russian-Ukrainian group monitoring the truce in eastern Ukraine. The Russian officers withdrew Tuesday, saying their Ukrainian counterparts were creating a "tense psychological environment" for them. A spokesman for Germany's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday the move could have "significant consequences for the civilian population in conflict areas of eastern Ukraine." Rainer Breul told reporters... Читать дальше...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. US SENATE PASSES BIG TAX BILL Jubilant Republicans pushed their deeply unpopular tax overhaul through the Senate, bringing the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades to the brink of passage. 2. WHY SWEEPING TAX PLAN FACES WIDESPREAD DOUBTS Democrats and most nonpartisan analysts say the sweeping tax bill is unlikely to provide much lasting stimulus to an economy already in the ninth year of expansion. Читать дальше...

CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Tuesday, December 19, 2017 _____ 886 FPUS56 KMTR 201401 ZFPMTR San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 600 AM PST Wed Dec 20 2017 This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco (1) Select a location from the drop down menu above the map... -- or -- (2) Click a location on the map. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — "Pokemon Go" is moving into a different dimension on the iPhone, thanks to software that allows the game to play new tricks with its menagerie of digital critters. An upcoming game update relies on built-in Apple software called ARKit that gives the iPhone's new ways to serve as a portal into augmented reality. AR is a technology that projects life-like images into real-world settings such as parks and streetscapes. The new approach, announced Wednesday, adds depth to the playing... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of people under wildfire evacuation orders in Southern California wondered if they'll be home for the holiday as fire officials braced for a new round of strong winds Wednesday. The so-called Thomas Fire — one of the largest ever recorded in the state — is more than half contained, but officials were wary that harsh gusts could whip up new danger. Those who fled the flames in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties feared they might not have homes to go back to.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston who was a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal. (all times local): 3:05 p.m. Pope Francis is sending his condolences for the death of Cardinal Bernard Law and says he is praying for his soul. Francis sent a telegram of condolences Wednesday to the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The letter makes no mention of Law's role as the former archbishop of Boston... Читать дальше...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on EU action against Poland (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A spokeswoman for Poland's ruling party has called the European Union's decision to launch a censure procedure against Poland "political," and says it has nothing to do with the facts about the steps that Poland is taking. Beata Mazurek of the ruling Law and Justice party insisted that the changes Poland is making to its justice system, and which EU leaders find undemocratic, are based on the situation in other EU member states. Читать дальше...

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Police say a possible shooting that prompted them to briefly close a stretch of suburban Detroit freeway to search for evidence doesn't appear connected to shootings earlier this month. State police reported on Twitter that the woman wasn't injured in the possible shooting along Interstate 94 near I-275 in Romulus and she drove to a state police post late Tuesday to report her car was struck by a bullet. The freeway reopened early Wednesday. State police Lt. Michael Shaw said says in an email... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man convicted of killing a 20-year-old man with his pickup truck in 1987 has been released after nearly 30 years in prison. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 49-year-old Frank Gene Powell waked out of a state prison in Draper on Tuesday after the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole granted him parole in late November. Powell was originally charged with second-degree murder and took a plea deal for manslaughter in 1988 for the death of Glen Candland. He later withdrew that plea and was granted a new trial. Читать дальше...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A National Guardsman has admitted that he threatened to kill Vice President Mike Pence before his visit to Pennsylvania for the annual observance of the Flight 93 crash on Sept. 11. The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reports that William Robert Dunbar waived his right to prosecution and pleaded guilty Tuesday. The 23-year-old Berlin man now faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced. Authorities say Dunbar was on duty at the Army National Guard Training Center on Sept. Читать дальше...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Between 9,000 and 11,000 people were killed in the nine-month battle to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group — a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than has been previously reported, an Associated Press investigation has found. The deaths are acknowledged neither by the coalition, the Iraqi government nor the IS' self-styled caliphate. Iraqi or coalition forces are responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths from airstrikes, artillery fire... Читать дальше...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's new president says his government will unveil a "robust" re-engagement policy and open the country to foreign investment after years of isolation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa also promises "zero tolerance" against corruption to boost the troubled economy. He made his first State of the Nation address Wednesday since taking power last month after longtime leader Robert Mugabe's resignation. Under Mugabe, the once-prosperous southern African nation became a pariah... Читать дальше...

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the U.S.-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate. But Mosul's gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city's rubble are keeping count.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union's executive arm triggered proceedings against Poland on Wednesday over Warsaw's contentious overhaul of its justice system, a move that could lead to unprecedented sanctions as Brussels struggles to keep the recalcitrant member state on a democratic path. The decision to trigger what is known as Article 7 comes in reaction to several laws that the right-wing Law and Justice party has enacted during its two years in power that give it greater control over the justice system. Читать дальше...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Tacoma, Washington, man accused of leading an opioid trafficking ring that brought pills from Los Angeles to Western Washington has been sentenced to five years in prison. The News Tribune reports 48-year-old Lionel Lee Hampton Jr., was sentenced Monday by Judge Benjamin Settle. Hampton pleaded guilty earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Investigators stopped Hampton and... Читать дальше...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations has called for calm and restraint in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region after security forces killed and wounded number of demonstrators protesting the delay in their salaries, poor services and rampant corruption. Wednesday's statement by the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, says Kurdish security forces "are urged to exercise maximum restraint in dealing with the demonstrators." It also called on the demonstrators to avoid any act of violence, including... Читать дальше...

HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say they've taken a man into custody who's wanted on second-degree murder and robbery charges in Virginia. Police in Hudson, New Hampshire, say they and the Massachusetts State Police Fugitive Task Force responded to an apartment complex on Tuesday night, where they arrested 25-year-old Endless Taylor, of Alexandria, Virginia. He was taken into custody without incident and was being held on a fugitive from justice charge. It wasn't immediately known if he had a lawyer. Читать дальше...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain will have less than two years to ease its way out of the European Union and must obey all the bloc's rules while having no say in its decision-making during that period, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator said Wednesday. Britain officially leaves the EU at midnight on March 29, 2019, but negotiator Michel Barnier said its European partners would accept a transition period to help prepare for Brexit that should only last until the end of 2020. The EU's current seven-year budget period winds up on Dec.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have found a woman's body in Kansas City, Missouri, while searching for a missing 18-year-old and say a person of interest in her disappearance has killed himself. KMBC-TV reports that a tip led police to a wooded area where the woman's body was found Tuesday night. Police are trying to determine if the body is that of Mikayala Norris, of suburban Overland Park, Kansas. She was last seen Sunday leaving a barbecue restaurant where she worked as a hostess. Читать дальше...

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (AP) — A car dealership in suburban Albany is accepting bitcoin purchases. Michael Severance, of Michael's Auto Plaza, tells WTEN-TV the dealership recently started accepting the digital currency. Severance says he became interested in bitcoin as its value rose. The East Greenbush businessman says he wanted his dealership to take advantage of an opportunity. Bitcoin is the world's most popular virtual currency. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow users to spend money anonymously. Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston who was a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal. (all times local): 2:10 p.m. An advocacy group for survivors of sex abuse is calling for Pope Francis to keep survivors in mind when he celebrates Cardinal Bernard Law's funeral Mass. SNAP, which gained prominence as the U.S. abuse scandal erupted in Law's Boston in 2002, said no victim of sexual abuse will ever receive the same attention... Читать дальше...