BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday a “strong smell of gunpowder and drama” resulted from talks with top American diplomats in Alaska, continuing the contentious tone of the first face-to-face meetings under the Biden administration. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, speaking in Beijing, said American officials at the Alaska meetings had provoked Chinese officials into […]
A federal appeals court moved on Thursday to reinstate a guilty verdict against the former business partner of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, the AP reports. Why it matters: The case against Bijan Rafiekan, who also served as a member of the Trump transition team, was one of 11 cases transferred by special counsel Robert […]
COATEPEC HARINAS, Mexico (Reuters) – Bullet casings still littered the ground on Friday in Coatepec Harinas, a troubled municipality southwest of Mexico City where 13 police officers on patrol were brutally murdered in an ambush by suspected drug gang members. Forensic teams and dozens of heavily armed police and military officials gathered at the cordoned […]
You wouldn’t know it by following the news from the United States, where daily COVID-19 cases have fallen by 80 percent over the last 10 weeks — and where they continue to fall. You wouldn’t know it by following the news from the United Kingdom, either. There, daily cases have plummeted 90 percent over the […]
On Monday, Evanston, Ill., is set to become the first American city to provide reparations to some its Black residents, marking a historic step towards restitution towards African Americans who have been historically disenfranchised and discriminated against in the U.S. following over two centuries of slavery. While the idea of reparations for African Americans has […]
WASHINGTON — Computer errors caused the government to hand out duplicate loans to thousands of borrowers under the Trump administration’s program to rescue businesses from the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic. While the Paycheck Protection Program has been subject to fraud, the revelations contained in a new report by the inspector general of the […]
President Biden stumbled several times while running up the steps of Air Force One on Friday, new video shows. The 78-year-old commander-in-chief had his hand on the railing when he tripped twice before falling over the third time as he flew up the stairs of the idling aircraft at Joint Base Andrews. After recovering, Biden […]
Former President Obama on Wednesday called for lawmakers to take “meaningful action” to address gun violence in the U.S., following the fatal mass shootings inside Atlanta-area massage parlors a day earlier. What he’s saying: “Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America,” Obama said in […]
WASHINGTON — Earlier this week, Biden administration officials passed around with bemusement some words of praise from an unexpected source: Jared Kushner. In an opinion essay for The Wall Street Journal, Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser on Middle East issues, said that President Joe Biden “did the right thing” and had “called […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police rescued three Indonesian hostages and captured one of their Abu Sayyaf captors when the militants’ speedboat was lashed by huge waves and overturned as they were fleeing government operations, the military said Friday. Authorities were searching for a fourth Indonesian kidnap victim who was on board the speedboat when […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday toppled the murder conviction and 15-year jail sentence of a previous Oklahoma cop dependent on a U.S. High Court deciding that quite a bit of eastern Oklahoma stays an American Indian reservation. Previous Tulsa official Shannon James Kepler, 60, is an individual from […]
Chelsea administrator Thomas Tuchel says his side should fear nobody in the Champions League after the London club got a spot in the quarterfinals interestingly since 2014 with Wednesday’s 2-0 success over Atletico Madrid. Objectives from Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri helped Chelsea complete a 3-0 total win and stretched out their unbeaten rush to […]
As per statistics records, about 10% of Minnesotans have some Irish family line, yet observing St. Patrick’s Day on March 17 is about more than lineage. The Jamisons of White Bear Lake have all around Irish in their genealogical record, however for them, what’s more significant is the chance to accomplish something fun all together. […]
By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Previous NBA focus Shawn Bradley endured a spinal rope injury in January that left him incapacitated, as per an assertion by the Dallas Mavericks. Bradley, 48, who played for Dallas during nine of his 12 seasons in the NBA, was hit from behind by a vehicle […]
