Month: November 2019

Bill BostockNovember 19, 2019 Getty A Saudi princess and activist has been detained and placed under house arrest on suspicion of trying to flee to Europe, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported. Sources close to Princess Basmah told the publication she disappeared in December 2018 and was detained in March 2019 on suspicion of seeking to…

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. – A Colorado rancher was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday shortly after a jury convicted him of beating his fiancée to death with a baseball bat and setting the woman’s remains on fire to hide the evidence. Patrick Frazee was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges after the jury…

The Great Firewall may have been breached. Beijing doubled down Monday after The New York Times published a report on over 400 leaked documents that provided a look into China’s mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region, though the government didn’t dispute the authenticity of the documents. “It is precisely because of a series…

BOSTON — By a nearly 2-to-1 margin, more young voters support than oppose the impeachment of President Donald Trump and his removal from office, according to a new national poll released Monday by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. The poll, which isolated voters ages 18 to 29, found 52 percent of all eligible youth voters and 58…

5 key takeaways from impeachment hearings on Day 3 originally appeared on abcnews.go.com It’s week No. 2 in public hearings on the House impeachment inquiry, and the public gets to hear from witnesses who were listening to President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Testifying Tuesday morning were Army Lt.…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed Wednesday the existence of a “quid pro quo” in which military aid to Ukraine was tied to President Donald Trump’s call for an investigation of his political rival, Joe Biden. Sondland, testifying on Capitol Hill in the Trump impeachment inquiry, said he was acting on Trump’s orders in…

Former staffers in the Obama administration are pushing back against claims from the current White House press secretary that they left notes to incoming Trump administration officials along the lines of “you will fail” and “you aren’t going to make it.” CNN correspondent Abby D. Phillip tweeted accusations Tuesday from press secretary Stephanie Grisham that Barack Obama’s staff left the nasty comments…

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman claimed Tuesday that Barack Obama staffers left behind catty notes in White House offices for the incoming administration, telling them “you will fail.” Press secretary Stephanie Grisham’s comment, first made to a CNN reporter, prompted swift denials from ex-Obama officials and a torrent of online mockery from Trump…

Former Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali believes Fernando Alonso’s outside challenges cater to his need to prove he is one of the best drivers of his generation. The McLaren driver embarked on a trip outside of his comfort zone last year when he tackled the Indy 500, and will continue to venture beyond F1 –…

In China’s state-run media, protests that have rocked Hong Kong for almost six months are the work of bloodthirsty “barbarians” or “terrorists” backed by foreign forces. Coverage of the unrest in China, where the Communist Party strictly controls the narrative of all issues it deems sensitive, is in stark contrast to that seen in the…