Month: October 2019

Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race. Reminder: There are 108 days until the Iowa caucuses and 382 days until the 2020 presidential election. [Who’s running for president? Click here for Yahoo News’ 2020 tracker] 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said this week that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is…

Elizabeth Anne Brown, Asheville Citizen TimesOctober 19, 2019 ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A fourth person has died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease at a North Carolina fair, state health officials said Friday. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services declined to provide additional information about the most recent death, including the person’s age, sex and home county,…

As if disarming a gunman in the presence of high school students wasn’t a laudable feat enough, the manner in which ex-Oregon wide receiver Keanon Lowe did so back on May 17 is truly astonishing. Through a public records request, KOIN 6 News obtained video surveillance footage of the college football star-turned high school coach leading the…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez officially announced her backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders for president on Saturday, calling him an inspiration for her own grassroots campaign. Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., lauded as a superstar among progressives, received a raucous reception from the crowd at Queensbridge Park, in Queens, N.Y., as she outlined her working-class upbringing and the effect of…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a group of American lawmakers on a surprise visit to Jordan to discuss “the deepening crisis” in Syria amid a shaky U.S.-brokered cease-fire. Click Here: cheap nrl jerseys The visit came after bipartisan criticism in Washington has slammed President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw…

Tourist deaths in Dominican Republic were due to natural causes: FBI originally appeared on abcnews.go.com Toxicology tests done by the FBI have confirmed that three American tourists found dead this spring in the Dominican Republic died of natural causes, the U.S. State Department said. The results were consistent with the findings of local authorities, according…

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under the current plan all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. Speaking to reporters traveling with him to the Middle East, Esper…

Facebook Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot and killed by Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean early Saturday morning. Dean has since resigned from the force and has been charged with murder. Five fatal police shootings have taken place in Fort Worth since June, before Jefferson’s death. S. Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer who is…

BRUSSELS (AP) — As Britain battles to leave the European Union, two countries from the Balkans were struggling to be allowed in Friday, despite warnings that turning them away would tarnish the EU’s reputation and could risk inflaming the volatile region. Albania and North Macedonia were expecting this week to receive a green light to…

The EU has made a “historic mistake” that risks destabilising the Balkans, senior officials warned Friday, after a handful of countries led by French President Emmanuel Macron again blocked membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania. There was widespread frustration and disappointment, particularly among eastern European countries keen to broaden the EU club, at the failure of…