Ellie Bufkin

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018 photo, Shepard Smith talks to his crew before a taping of the Shepard Smith Reporting program on the Fox News Channel in New York.

Shepard Smith cuts off Trump’s environmental speech to fact-check his claims

Ellie Bufkin · July 9, 2019 1:05 pm

The water along the shore of Utah Lake is shown Wednesday, July 20, 2016, near American Fork, Utah. A huge toxic algal bloom in Utah has closed one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River, sickening more than 100 people and leaving farmers scrambling for clean water. The bacteria commonly known as blue-green algae has spread rapidly to cover almost all of 150-square-mile Utah Lake, turning the water a bright, anti-freeze green and leaving scummy foam along the shore.

Mississippi beaches close as toxic algae spreads

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 10:06 pm

Netflix said in a statement Friday that it would not be involved in "House of Cards" moving forward if lead actor Kevin Spacey was part of the show. Spacey faces several allegations of sexual misconduct with minors. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Kevin Spacey assault accuser pleads the Fifth Amendment

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 8:29 pm

YouTube engineer allegedly injures eight in drug-fueled attack

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 7:30 pm

FILE - In this April 4, 2016 file photo, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt attend the premiere of "Nothing Left Unsaid" at the Time Warner Center in New York. Vanderbilt, the "poor little rich girl" heiress at the center of a scandalous custody battle of the 1930s and the designer jeans queen of the 1970s and '80s, died on Monday, June 17, 2019, at 95, according to her son, Cooper.

Anderson Cooper will inherit less than $1.5 million from his late mother Gloria Vanderbilt

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 5:21 pm

Couple gives birth to children that were not theirs due to IVF ‘unimaginable mishap’

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 3:48 pm

Motorists are stranded on a flooded section of Canal Road in Washington during a heavy rainstorm, Monday, July 8, 2019.

Morning downpour breaks rainfall record, paralyzes DC with flash flooding

Ellie Bufkin · July 8, 2019 2:20 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump inspects an honour guard during a welcome ceremony in the garden of Buckingham Palace, in London, for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump Monday, June 3, 2019, on the first day of a three day state visit to Britain.

Secret cables to London from UK ambassador in Washington describe Trump as ‘inept’ and ‘incompetent’

Ellie Bufkin · July 7, 2019 1:23 am

An alligator is seen in Florida.

Second human body discovered eaten by Florida alligators within 10 days

Ellie Bufkin · July 6, 2019 10:02 pm

Janine Franco, of Homedale, Idaho, bikes down Chicken Dinner Road.

Small Idaho town defends Chicken Dinner Road from PETA

Ellie Bufkin · July 6, 2019 9:07 pm

This screenshot shows the AfroFuture EventBrite page.

Detroit music festival sets ticket prices based on race

Ellie Bufkin · July 6, 2019 6:39 pm

This image taken from video provided by WPLG shows debris covering the parking lot of a shopping center after an explosion on Saturday, July 6, 2019 in Plantation, Fla.

Explosion rocks Florida shopping center

Ellie Bufkin · July 6, 2019 5:01 pm