October 2020 – KQRadio

All travelers to New York must test negative for COVID-19, Cuomo announces

October 31, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

pinkomelet/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York state is moving away from a travel advisory that required a two-week quarantine for people coming from COVID-19 hotspots and instead will […]

American hostage Philip Walton rescued in dramatic military operation: Officials

October 31, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy JAMES GORDON MEEK, AICHA EL HAMMAR CASTANO, and CONOR FINNEGAN, ABC News(WASHINGTON) — An American citizen abducted last week in Niger has been rescued during a high-risk U.S. military raid in neighboring Nigeria, officials […]

Priest shot at Orthodox church in Lyon, France

October 31, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

kali9/iStockBy RASHID HADDOU and ALEXANDRA SVOKOS, ABC News (LYON, France) — A priest was shot at an Orthodox church in Lyon, France, at about 4 p.m. local time Saturday. The priest is in critical condition […]

Sean Connery, film’s first James Bond, dies at 90

October 31, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Marc Marnie/FilmMagic(LONDON) — Sir Sean Connery, the Academy Award-winning actor famous for playing James Bond, has died. He was 90. The BBC reported Saturday that Connery died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas, having […]

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting sues Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy STEPHANIE WASH, ABC News (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, the officer shot and wounded during the raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment has filed a counterclaim against Kenneth Walker following Walker’s lawsuit against […]

US produced more plastic waste in 1 year than any other country on Earth: Study

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Galina Shafran/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The United States produced more plastic waste than any other country in the world in 2016 — about 92.6 billion pounds, researchers have now discovered. The […]

Deadly earthquake strikes near Greek islands, off Turkish coast in eastern Aegean

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Petrovich9/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL, ALEXANDRA SVOKOS, and ENGIN BAS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A strong earthquake struck close to the Greek island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey, resulting […]

Report: Halsey gets restraining order against fan

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageAfter being harassed by an apparently obsessed fan, Halsey has been granted a temporary restraining order against the guy. According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Halsey filed the order last week in […]

Spooky! Katy Perry puts together ‘Scorpio SZN’ Halloween playlist

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Liza VoloshinKaty Perry‘s “Cozy Little Christmas” is her Yuletide hit, but she wants to be your Halloween soundtrack this weekend. The new mother has put together a playlist called Scorpio SZN, referring to the fact […]

Biden promises Iowans he’ll hold China accountable

October 30, 2020 Carol Kuster 0

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was in Des Moines earlier this afternoon to deliver his closing pitch to Iowans at a drive-in rally on the state fairgrounds. “It’s time for us to stand up, take […]