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According to a report from TMZ, NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13- year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore, were killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in California.

Following the president's defense team's presentation on Saturday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on "Justice with Judge Jeanine" to discuss what he saw and his expectations for the trial's future. "I think it was gratifying that, number one, it was the first time the president has had his legal team to defend him," Cruz explained. "Throughout this whole proceeding in the House, they wouldn't let the president defend himself. Finally, today, we got that." "Secondly, I think every senator is grateful for the neverending argument, the 24 hours of nonstop from the House managers, is over," the Texas senator said....

Pete Buttigieg will close out his campaign in Iowa focusing on his ability to win over disaffected Republicans who backed President Donald Trump in 2016, hoping that Democrats who are hellbent on defeating Trump in November will be wooed by a candidate who can eat into the President's support. The concerted push will amount to an electability argument which hopes to seize on the fact that Iowa has more so-called pivot counties -- those places that voted for Barack Obama in 2012 but then backed Trump four years later -- than any other state in the country. This messaging will...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all of whom traveled to the city that is the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. Two new cases were reported Sunday — one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Maricopa County, Arizona. The others were a patient in Orange County, California, who was in isolation at a hospital and in good condition; a man in his 30s in Washington state; and a woman in her 60s from Chicago. ... The CDC expects more Americans to be diagnosed...

Even though retired NBA legend Kobe Bryant was born and raised a Catholic, he made a few bad turns. But thankfully, the basketball star was able to turn his life around, and it was all thanks to a kind-hearted priest.

It seems paralyzed. My browser is working fine everywhere else. But Wikipedia is barely loading the front page and I can't get beyond that. Maybe the Kobe Bryant death?

President Donald Trump sat down with Maria Bartiromo this week during his travel to Davos, Switzerland. Bartiromo ran the interview on Sunday Morning Futures this weekend. During their conversation President Trump accused Obama of illegal spying on his campaign. Maria Bartiromo: Attorney General Barr is looking at officials not in the Horowitz report. He’s looking at Brenann. He’s looking at other Obama officials. How far up the line do you think that it went? President Donald Trump: I think it went right to the top. And I think what they did was they spied on my election. What they did...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Kobe Bryant. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Kobe Bryant was an all-star NBA member for the Los Angeles Lakers. While his politics tend commie, his work ethic was always inspirational and elevated the attributes of all his teammates. He died this morning in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, leaving behind his wife, Venessa, and four daughters. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the...

CALABASAS, Calif. — Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, TMZ reports. Bryant was reportedly in his private helicopter with three other people when it crashed. Emergency personnel responded when a fire broke out.

He put the fat in fatwa. A morbidly obese ISIS fanatic dubbed “Jabba the Jihadi” has been captured by Iraqi forces — who loaded him onto a flatbed truck because he couldn’t fit in a police car. The 560-pound mufti Abu Abdul Bari, also known as Shifa al-Nima, was nabbed Thursday by an elite SWAT team of the Nineveh regiment in the city of Mosul, according to Stars and Stripes. The jumbo jihadist was known for “provocative speeches against the security forces” and is considered one of the top leaders of “ISIS gangs,” Iraqi security officials said in a...

Pete Buttigieg's pitch to Democratic donors in Chicago was overshadowed by protesters. During a fundraiser of more than 300 people at the tony Standard Club on Saturday, Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was interrupted by two demonstrators while he was trying to answer questions . . . “I need you to respect me, and respect my question, and respect the people of South Bend! You’re saying solidarity, you’re saying rules of the road, and you’re not following them yourself. You don’t love me; you won’t let me ask my question," shouted the protester, who also identified as...

3 Teens Playing Doorbell Dash Game DIE In Crash As Homeowner Chase Their Car Afterwards! video is 11 minutes long

Kobe Bryant died in a helicoper crash in Calabasas Sunday morning ... TMZ Sports has confirmed. Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are confirmed dead. We're told Vanessa Bryant was not among those on board. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s campaign is considering only participating in general election debates if an outside firm serves as the host, and his advisers recently sat down with the nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates to complain about the debates it hosted in 2016. The Dec. 19 meeting between Frank Fahrenkopf, a prominent Republican and co-chairman of the commission; Brad Parscale, campaign manager for Trump’s reelection effort; and another political adviser, Michael Glassner, came soon after Trump posted on Twitter that the 2016 debates had been “biased.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, The Post has learned. Two FBI agents held an hours-long meeting in Minnesota in mid-October with a concerned party who handed over a trove of documents regarding Omar’s 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a source with knowledge of the event said. At the meeting, first reported by website The Blaze, the agents discussed concerns the Somali-born Democrat married Elmi, a British citizen rumored to be her brother, so he could obtain a green card and study in America, the source said.

Both patients were identified as travelers from Wuhan, China. The Los Angeles County case was announced Sunday, when the patient, identified as a returning traveler from Wuhan, “presented themselves for care once they noticed that they were not feeling well.”

Juan Williams – Trump was wrong to attend March for Life rally because, ‘it divides the country’ ______ Williams pointed to polling which he claimed shows 60 percent of Americans believe abortion “should be legal in all or most cases,” as he noted that he finds it “incredible” that the media provides “equal coverage” to the pro-choice and pro-life marches. “Fifty-eight percent of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the nation’s policies on abortion, marking a seven-percentage-point increase from one year ago and a new high in Gallup’s trend. On the flip side, 32% are now satisfied, a new low,”...

A Biblical and Scriptural song and video about Messiah Yeshua/Jesus' return to Israel at His second coming, at the Battle of Armageddon resulting in the nation of Israel's conversion to their God, Messiah and Savior (Zech. 12:9-14)! Be sure to look up the Bible verses and see for yourself! Psalm 2, 24:7-10, 24:9-10; 110, Isa. 2:3, 9:6-7, 33:22, 51:5,61:1-11, Dan. 2:34-35, 44-45, 7:13-14, Micah 4:1-3, Joel 2:30-32; 3:16; Zeph. 3:8-20; hag. 2:20-23; Zech. 8:3;13:8-9; 9:15-17 14:16-21, Mal. 3:1-7; 4:1-6; Matt.24:27;36-51; 25; 26:61-64; Mark 13:24-26; 14:56-65; Luke 1:32-33; 66-77; 18:1-8; 19:11-27; 22:66-71, Acts 1:10-12, Rom. 9-11; Zech. 14:4; 2 Thess. 1:5-12;...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) revealed Saturday he has drafted motions to subpoena former Vice President Joe Biden, his youngest son Hunter Biden, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), and the so-called “whistleblower.” Hawley will attempt to force a vote on the subpoenas if the Senate approves additional witnesses and documents as part of the upper chamber’s trial. The Missouri Republican’s pledge mirrors one made by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who earlier this month threatened to force a vote on subpoenaing Hunter Biden and the so-called “whistleblower” if Republicans grant the Democrats’ demand for more witnesses. Hawley’s motion is likely...

Florida man was arrested last week after he was caught on video pointing a laser — attached to an AR-15 — at a police helicopter flying overhead, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The sheriff’s office chopper was working with Port St Lucie Police on an unrelated burglary last Saturday when the incident took place, the sheriff’s office said. A video camera onboard the helicopter captured Norman Flaxman walking outside his home, pointing the rifle directly at the helicopter and “deploying the laser two to three times,” deputies said.