Joe Biden tells coal miners they should 'learn to program'
Joe Biden may have just fallen for a fatal argument from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run. The former vice president held a rally in New Hampshire on Monday, where he pushed the idea of retraining coal miners as programmers by saying “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn…
Mexico arrests seven suspects in Mormon family massacre
Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican authorities have arrested seven suspects in connection with last month’s massacre of nine Mormon women and children in the country’s north, the attorney general’s office said. A local police chief suspected of links to organized crime was among those taken into custody, according to local media. The victims — six…
The Baghdad Embassy Crisis Is A Warning Sign About Donald Trump's Foreign Policy
Hundreds of Iraqis stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in the latest sign of trouble for the Trump administration’s attempt to simultaneously thwart the Islamic State and Iran. It’s fresh proof that President Donald Trump’s reliance on saber-rattling instead of diplomacy risks greater chaos in the Middle East — and his approach threatens…
Schumer Demands Witnesses Be Called at Senate Impeachment Trial
WASHINGTON — The Senate trial of President Donald Trump must include witnesses and documents that answer new questions that have emerged about the roles top White House aides played in blocking the release of $391 million in military aid for Ukraine, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday. The comments by Schumer of New York, the Democratic…
Holocaust education planned after WV jail guard Nazi salute
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — West Virginia plans to begin training its corrections department staff about the Holocaust after a photograph of correction officer cadets giving Nazi salutes led to dozens of firings and widespread outrage, officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety said the leader…
Across the globe, revelers ring in new decade
Across the globe, revelers ring in new decade originally appeared on abcnews.go.com From tourist centers to town squares, revelers across the world welcomed the new decade as they rang in the year 2020 Tuesday night. In New York City, nearly a million and a half people jammed Times Square to watch the traditional ball drop.…
Trump Organization fires more undocumented workers
The Trump Organization has fired more undocumented employees at properties including the Trump Winery in Virginia just before the end of the year, attorneys advising and representing recently fired staffers told CBS News. The firings come nearly a year after a purge of undocumented staffers at Trump golf clubs. The firings at Trump Organization properties…
Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests
DALLAS (AP) — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but had declined to give money to him, angering a man who court records show was deemed mentally incompetent for trial in 2012. It’s unclear whether Keith Thomas Kinnunen’s…
US troops fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American Embassy in Baghdad for a second day and set fire to the roof of a reception area inside the compound. Dozens of Iran-allied militiamen and their supporters had camped out at the gates…
Andrée Sarkozy, la mère de Nicolas Sarkozy, hospitalisée à cause d’un malaise
C’est une information exclusive du journal Closer : ce mardi, la mère de Nicolas Sarkozy, Andrée, a fait un malaise à son domicile qui a justifié une hospitalisation. Le journal Closer l’annonce : Andrée Sarkozy, la mère de l’ancien président de la République, Nicolas Sarkozy a fait ce mardi un malaise à son domicile. Les…