Month: December 2019

WASHINGTON — In a six-page invective to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump contended he has been more wronged in the impeachment proceedings than even the 17th-century women who were hanged based on dreams, visions and confessions elicited by torture. “More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials,” the president wrote.  His allies have…

Click: North Korea has Washington on edge these days. That feeling was amplified Sunday when North Korean state media announced that Pyongyang’s ruling Workers’ Party launched a major political conference. The meeting comes ahead of a year-end deadline the country set for the United States to offer concessions amid stalled denuclearization negotiations. While the state…

Domino’s Pizza (DPZ) CEO Richard Allison is delivering a flaming hot message right to the doorsteps of execs at third-party food delivery companies such as GrubHub and Uber Eats. That cautionary message: at some point in the near future, you will have to run businesses that care about profits — or else. “I think we…

Gene J. Puskar/AP A Grubhub deliveryman was arrested on Saturday, with police saying he attacked two employees at a Florida Burger King. According to a police report, the driver became “agitated” when he was informed his order was not ready for pick-up, and he struck a Burger King worker with a three-foot ashtray. Burger King,…

A 12-year-old boy named Cayden was experimenting with his new magnifying glass outside his Texas home on Christmas Day when the day took an unexpected turn. He accidentally lit his lawn on fire, according to a Facebook post from his mother.  “Christmas Day was memorable to say the least!” Nissa-Lynn Parson wrote in a Facebook…

Click:EGP nicotine pouches TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 27, 2019. Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $768,283,907 non-competitive fixed-price incentive (firm) contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33. This contract…

By Raphael Satter LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has devised technology to restrict the use of anti-aircraft missiles after they leave American hands, a researcher said, a move that experts say could persuade the United States that it would be safe to disseminate powerful weapons more frequently. The new technology is…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Court on Monday granted bail to a Swiss Embassy employee who was detained pending charges that she made statements to create disaffection toward the government and fabricated evidence. Before her arrest, the employee, a Sri Lankan national, had reportedly said she was abducted, held for hours, sexually…

Click:Chandelier New York (AFP) – At a Hasidic synagogue in Brooklyn, police, state troopers and civilian volunteers stand guard as Orthodox Jews mark the end of Hanukkah under heightened security following a spate of attacks. Worshippers express a mixture of fear and defiance, rushing into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights two days…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday passed a law aimed at blocking political interference from China, less than two weeks before presidential and legislative elections. The approval of the the Anti-Infiltration Law follows accusations that China is strongly backing candidates from the main opposition Nationalist Party, including providing campaign funds and mobilizing support…