Month: November 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said next week’s recanvass of the vote count in Kentucky’s gubernatorial election won’t be his last move in challenging the results, which showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear. Beshear, meanwhile, said he’s confident in the election outcome and is focused on taking office…

Samantha Bee opened her weekly late-night show with some “good news” for a change Wednesday night.  “Democrats just picked up a governorship in a state as red as Trump’s face when he heard about this,” the Full Frontal host said of Andy Beshear’s apparent win over incumbent Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.  After playing a…

Any takers? Apparently not for the Trump Organization, which can’t seem to find anyone to fill the street-level retail space at the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, The Washington Post reports. The hotel has reportedly been struggling on several fronts during Trump’s presidency, with profits reportedly falling 89 percent between 2015 and 2018, but…

Omoyele Sowore’s family and friends are hoping the Haworth resident will come back to New Jersey soon. The journalist is standing trial beginning Wednesday in his home country of Nigeria on charges that followed his Aug. 3 arrest while he was organizing a peaceful pro-democracy protest.  He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include organizing a protest, insulting…

Washington (AFP) – Two men arrested last year for spying on Iranian dissidents in the United States have pleaded guilty to charges in a Washington court, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Iranian-US dual citizen Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar and Majid Ghorbani, an Iranian resident of California, tried to penetrate the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), a group of…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is assisting Syrian Kurds battered by a month-old Turkish incursion, seeing them as a counterweight to Iranian influence and advocating for them in talks with the United States, the deputy Israeli foreign minister said on Wednesday. Ankara launched its assault targeting the Kurdish YPG militia after the abrupt withdrawal of 1,000…

From Delish The Popeyes chicken sandwich finally made its return to stores on November 3. Last night, just one day after the sandwiches came back, a man was stabbed to death at his local Popeyes after a fight ensued over the meal, Fox 5 reports. Sources told the outlet that an altercation started between two…

Raisa BrunerNovember 5, 2019 The instantly-famous Popeyes Chicken Sandwich has managed to make quite a stir out of a humble dish. Partly it is lore: after Popeyes debuted the menu item August, it promptly sold out and inspired a viral, supportive fervor online, exceeding even the most popular of Starbucks seasonal drink releases. (As for…

Click:SEO優化公司評比2024 HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court ruling Thursday that a laser pointer carried by a teenager was an offensive weapon marked a tougher stance by the judiciary after months of anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, with a lawmaker warning it could lead to more prosecutions of demonstrators. Local broadcaster RTHK…

North Korea has hit out at the US and South Korea over planned joint military exercises next month, saying that they risk killing off nuclear talks already “on the verge of extinction”. A North Korean official said the “Vigilant Ace” drills, which previously involved hundreds of aircraft before they were suspended by Donald Trump, would…