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More than 100 killed in Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least 138 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized from injuries in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a security official told The Associated Press, in the biggest violence in the South Asian country since its civil war ended...
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 02:14:23 -0400
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least 138 people were killed and hundreds more hospitalized from injuries in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, a security official told The Associated Press, in the biggest violence in the South Asian country since its civil war ended...
Sun, 21 Apr 2019 02:14:23 -0400
Yellow vest protesters say Notre Dame donations better spent fighting poverty
The $1 billion raised to help rebuild fire-ravaged Notre Dame has sparked outrage among Paris’ yellow vest protesters, who say the vast sum could be better spent fighting poverty.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:24:07 -0400
The $1 billion raised to help rebuild fire-ravaged Notre Dame has sparked outrage among Paris’ yellow vest protesters, who say the vast sum could be better spent fighting poverty.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:24:07 -0400
Teacher accused of hiring hitman on student he allegedly molested
A Missouri teacher is accused of hiring a hitman to kill a 10-year-old boy he allegedly molested. Deonte Taylor was busted in November after his DNA was found to match samples found on his former student.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:07:14 -0400
A Missouri teacher is accused of hiring a hitman to kill a 10-year-old boy he allegedly molested. Deonte Taylor was busted in November after his DNA was found to match samples found on his former student.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:07:14 -0400
Dems pressuring Pelosi to push impeachment of President Trump
The Mueller report leaves Democrats in a bind: pursue the impeachment of President Trump to please the progressive base, or lay off and infuriate their most passionate partisans?
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:35:39 -0400
The Mueller report leaves Democrats in a bind: pursue the impeachment of President Trump to please the progressive base, or lay off and infuriate their most passionate partisans?
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:35:39 -0400
Kate Smith’s family ‘heartbroken’ after Yankees, Flyers distance themselves from singer
Kate Smith’s family said they are “heartbroken” that the Yankees and Flyers distanced themselves from the “God Bless America Singer” after learning she sang two racially insensitive songs in the 1930s. Smith’s niece, Suzy Andron, and her husband Bob told USA Today Sports on Saturday night that they were surprised and upset by the recent...
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:35:17 -0400
Kate Smith’s family said they are “heartbroken” that the Yankees and Flyers distanced themselves from the “God Bless America Singer” after learning she sang two racially insensitive songs in the 1930s. Smith’s niece, Suzy Andron, and her husband Bob told USA Today Sports on Saturday night that they were surprised and upset by the recent...
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:35:17 -0400
Trump tweets The Post’s cover after Mueller report release
President Trump tweeted an image of Friday's New York Post cover, which had the bold headline, "TRUMP CLEAN."
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:56:32 -0400
President Trump tweeted an image of Friday's New York Post cover, which had the bold headline, "TRUMP CLEAN."
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:56:32 -0400
‘This is a war’: Meet the Texas ranchers forming their own border militia
The Texas Border Volunteers are a 300-strong militia helping the thinly-spread US Customs and Border Patrol agents cover more than a million acres of private land throughout the state’s border counties.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:25:20 -0400
The Texas Border Volunteers are a 300-strong militia helping the thinly-spread US Customs and Border Patrol agents cover more than a million acres of private land throughout the state’s border counties.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:25:20 -0400
Sen. Maureen Walsh says nurses spend ‘considerable’ time playing cards
A Washington state senator is being ripped for “demeaning statements" about the nursing profession when she suggested that the hardworking healthcare pros “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day.”
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:15:22 -0400
A Washington state senator is being ripped for “demeaning statements" about the nursing profession when she suggested that the hardworking healthcare pros “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day.”
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:15:22 -0400
Texans are worried about losing land to Trump’s border wall
Their political affiliations may differ, but many of the ranchers along the Rio Grande are angry about the same thing — they don’t want to lose their land to the federal government.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:24:01 -0400
Their political affiliations may differ, but many of the ranchers along the Rio Grande are angry about the same thing — they don’t want to lose their land to the federal government.
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:24:01 -0400
Politician apologizes for drinking a mojito on the train
A UK politician who hopes to take over the agency that enforces British law was caught illegally drinking alcohol on public transportation. The Labour Party’s spokeswoman for domestic affairs, Diane Abbott, 65, was photographed chugging a can of M&S mojito, a rum cocktail, on a train near her East London district of Hackney on April...
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:49:00 -0400
A UK politician who hopes to take over the agency that enforces British law was caught illegally drinking alcohol on public transportation. The Labour Party’s spokeswoman for domestic affairs, Diane Abbott, 65, was photographed chugging a can of M&S mojito, a rum cocktail, on a train near her East London district of Hackney on April...
Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:49:00 -0400