Month: November 2019

As he set off into the wilderness under a punishing midday sun, Jesse Barajas clutched an orange-handled machete and the dream of finding his little brother, José. “He’s not alive, no. They don’t leave people alive,” the 62-year-old said as he slalomed through the parched scrubland of tumbleweed and cacti where they had played as…

As Facebook and Twitter escalate their fight over online content, one member of Twitter’s board is backing a controversial decision by CEO Jack Dorsey to ban political ads. Former World Bank President Robert Zoellick, who joined the Twitter (TWTR) board last year, tells Yahoo Finance that banning political ads is the right move. Click Here: New…

Facebook has banned a political ad for breaking its rules on transparency. The post – which included an unverified suggestion that a Labour government would cost the reader a substantial amount of tax, and which was showing to normal users before the company was alerted to it – has now been taken off the site.…

By Richard Cowan and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday Twitter’s basis for its recent decision to ban political advertisements boiled down to the same “misunderstandings” that he said have been used to undermine free speech in the past. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, McConnell…

Donald Trump’s son has tweeted the name of the alleged whistleblower whose complaint about the US president’s behaviour towards Ukraine kick-started the impeachment inquiry. For days now conservative websites have been publishing stories claiming to have discovered the identity of the CIA officer who filed a complaint about Mr Trump’s behaviour.  Amid a backdrop of growing partisan…

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin — the governor with the lowest approval ratings in the country — isn’t giving up. After refusing to concede to his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, Bevin’s campaign requested a formal recanvass, with Bevin claiming there were a number of “significant irregularities” in the vote count process.  In what his campaign…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin asked Wednesday for a recanvass of Kentucky election results that showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear, who discounted the challenge and began preparing to take office. Beshear, the state’s attorney general, said he’s confident in the election outcome, saying any review would show…

Click:comparer taille Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s legendary AC-130 “Spooky” gunship. “An analogue of American AC-130 aircraft directly supporting ground forces on the AC-130 battlefield is being developed…

Krispy Kreme is donating 500 boxes of doughnuts to Jayson Gonzalez, 21, after learning he would cross state lines to resell its product. Minnesota does not have any Krispy Kreme stores, so Gonzalez, of Champlin, Minnesota, would drive 270 miles to a Krispy Kreme store in Clive, Iowa, every weekend and buy up to 100…

Republican Kentucky governor Matt Bevin narrowly lost the state’s gubernatorial race to Democratic challenger Andy Beshear on Tuesday evening by a margin of just over 5,000 votes. The loss for Bevin, who was unpopular during his tenure, came after President Trump joined the incumbent at a campaign rally on Monday to support his reelection. “Tonight,…