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Monster lightning storm causes chaos at London airport
LONDON — British meteorologists said thousands of lightning strikes hit the U.K. during a powerful overnight thunderstorm, and a London-area airport reported flight disruptions Sunday after an aircraft refueling system was damaged. London Stansted Airport said that a lightning strike disabled the fueling system “for a period this morning. Engineers have been on site and...
Sun, 27 May 2018 12:36:59 -0400
LONDON — British meteorologists said thousands of lightning strikes hit the U.K. during a powerful overnight thunderstorm, and a London-area airport reported flight disruptions Sunday after an aircraft refueling system was damaged. London Stansted Airport said that a lightning strike disabled the fueling system “for a period this morning. Engineers have been on site and...
Sun, 27 May 2018 12:36:59 -0400
Gulf Coast braces for Subtropical Storm Alberto
Subtropical Storm Alberto is whipping around over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and may land on the Florida panhandle by sunrise on Memorial Day morning, according to weather experts. The Governors of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama declared states of emergencies ahead of the first named storm of the 2018 tropical season. AccuWeather said...
Sun, 27 May 2018 11:49:51 -0400
Subtropical Storm Alberto is whipping around over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and may land on the Florida panhandle by sunrise on Memorial Day morning, according to weather experts. The Governors of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama declared states of emergencies ahead of the first named storm of the 2018 tropical season. AccuWeather said...
Sun, 27 May 2018 11:49:51 -0400
Giuliani: Firing Mueller would look too much like Watergate
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said the White House won’t start firing people to kill special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation because it would raise parallels to “Watergate” and accused the FBI of criminal behavior. “The president’s not going to fire them because that would be playing into the hands, of playing...
Sun, 27 May 2018 11:06:09 -0400
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said the White House won’t start firing people to kill special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation because it would raise parallels to “Watergate” and accused the FBI of criminal behavior. “The president’s not going to fire them because that would be playing into the hands, of playing...
Sun, 27 May 2018 11:06:09 -0400
Mexico arrests wife of drug lord blamed for US heroin epidemic
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has arrested the wife of Nemesio Oseguera, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, officials said on Sunday. Known as “El Mencho”, Oseguera is blamed for rising heroin shipments to the United States and waves of bloody executions. Rosalinda Garcia was detained in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopon in the...
Sun, 27 May 2018 10:56:44 -0400
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has arrested the wife of Nemesio Oseguera, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, officials said on Sunday. Known as “El Mencho”, Oseguera is blamed for rising heroin shipments to the United States and waves of bloody executions. Rosalinda Garcia was detained in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopon in the...
Sun, 27 May 2018 10:56:44 -0400
South Korea: Kim Jong Un is OK with ‘complete’ denuclearization
A team of US officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday to prepare for upcoming talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un as South Korea’s leader said the despot is committed to “complete” denuclearization of the peninsula, according to reports. Sung Kim, a former US ambassador to South Korea who has negotiated with the North...
Sun, 27 May 2018 10:25:31 -0400
A team of US officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday to prepare for upcoming talks between President Trump and Kim Jong-un as South Korea’s leader said the despot is committed to “complete” denuclearization of the peninsula, according to reports. Sung Kim, a former US ambassador to South Korea who has negotiated with the North...
Sun, 27 May 2018 10:25:31 -0400
Trump says Mueller probe has ‘destroyed’ people’s lives
President Trump said “young and beautiful lives” have been destroyed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s “Witch Hunt” investigation into Russian interference during the election and any collusion on the part of Trump campaign staffers. “Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony...
Sun, 27 May 2018 09:54:21 -0400
President Trump said “young and beautiful lives” have been destroyed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s “Witch Hunt” investigation into Russian interference during the election and any collusion on the part of Trump campaign staffers. “Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony...
Sun, 27 May 2018 09:54:21 -0400
Cop arrested for killing his sheriff brother
STAGECOACH, Texas — A Texas police officer is accused of fatally shooting his brother, who was a deputy sheriff, during what may have been a welfare check. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Robert Lee was arrested early Saturday for the shooting death of his brother, 57-year-old Harris County Deputy Rocky Lee. Robert Lee...
Sun, 27 May 2018 08:16:14 -0400
STAGECOACH, Texas — A Texas police officer is accused of fatally shooting his brother, who was a deputy sheriff, during what may have been a welfare check. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 59-year-old Robert Lee was arrested early Saturday for the shooting death of his brother, 57-year-old Harris County Deputy Rocky Lee. Robert Lee...
Sun, 27 May 2018 08:16:14 -0400
Freed hostage from Venezuela ‘overwhelmed with gratitude’
WASHINGTON — Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by the anti-American Maduro government on Saturday, saying he was “overwhelmed with gratitude.” Holt and his wife, Thamara Caleno,...
Sun, 27 May 2018 00:13:23 -0400
WASHINGTON — Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA’s top spy in Latin America, was set free by the anti-American Maduro government on Saturday, saying he was “overwhelmed with gratitude.” Holt and his wife, Thamara Caleno,...
Sun, 27 May 2018 00:13:23 -0400
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t think Sirhan Sirhan killed his dad
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan fired the shot that killed his father — and wants a new investigation. Kennedy Jr., 64, made the shocking disclosure in a Washington Post interview after reviewing an autopsy and police reports, speaking with witnesses and spending three hours visiting the convicted assassin in the...
Sat, 26 May 2018 22:18:31 -0400
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan fired the shot that killed his father — and wants a new investigation. Kennedy Jr., 64, made the shocking disclosure in a Washington Post interview after reviewing an autopsy and police reports, speaking with witnesses and spending three hours visiting the convicted assassin in the...
Sat, 26 May 2018 22:18:31 -0400
Florida declares state of emergency ahead of storm Alberto
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Saturday as the state readied to face the wrath of Subtropical Storm Alberto. The slow-moving storm is expected to slam the Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend with heavy downpours of 10 to 15 inches in parts of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Alberto is...
Sat, 26 May 2018 18:27:27 -0400
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Saturday as the state readied to face the wrath of Subtropical Storm Alberto. The slow-moving storm is expected to slam the Gulf Coast over the holiday weekend with heavy downpours of 10 to 15 inches in parts of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Alberto is...
Sat, 26 May 2018 18:27:27 -0400