SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal Transportation Security Administration agent tricked a traveler into twice showing him her breasts as she went through security at one of the world’s busiest airports, California’s attorney said. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Johnathon Lomeli, 22, was working at Los Angeles International Airport in June when he used fraud […]
A man allegedly filmed himself beating his girlfriend then ordered an Uber to take her to hospital, where she died. According to a cell phone video obtained through police warrants, Nicholas Forman, 23, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, could be seen beating his girlfriend Sabrina Harooni, 22, on his lawn, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “This is what […]
The death of a whistleblowing doctor whose early warnings about China’s new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police has unleashed a wave of anger at the government’s handling of the crisis — and bold demands for more freedom. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was among a group of people who sounded the alarm about the virus […]
On Wednesday night, Joe Biden chartered a plane from Manchester, N.H., to his hometown of Wilmington, Del. He had no events scheduled Thursday in New Hampshire — one day before the high-stakes Democratic debate there and five days before the state’s crucial primary. Perhaps the former vice president, who has described his distant fourth-place finish […]
Democratic presidential hopefuls Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders on Thursday remained in a tight race in Iowa’s presidential caucuses with 97% of precincts reporting, while the Democratic National Committee’s chairman called for a redo given the problems in that state’s closely watched contest. Technical difficulties have plagued the vote counting in the caucuses, which took […]
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And you thought Nancy Pelosi’s speech-tearing at the State of the Union address ripped Washington apart… Mitt Romney became the first Senator in U.S. history to vote to convict a president of his own party on Wednesday, as the lone Republican to side with Democrats in voting Donald Trump guilty of the first article of […]
Gold futures tallied a gain on Thursday, for a second session, as some experts foresee a lower-for-longer, interest-rate regime buttressing the yellow metal, even as anxieties around a novel strain of coronavirus in China appeared to ebb. “While safe-haven demand for gold may fade as the coronavirus outbreak is brought under control, the yellow metal […]
Global deal making will improve in 2020 as Brexit, easing geopolitical uncertainties and the U.S. presidential election change the M&A landscape, according to a new report. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China, Brexit complications and an array of political uncertainties led to a drop in global M&A in 2019, though cross-border deal making remained […]
With the New Hampshire primary just five days away, we still don’t have a winner in Iowa. After technical issues with a new app and long phone delays held up any Iowa caucus numbers until almost a full day later, as of Thursday morning, 97 percent of precincts have reported their results. But the race […]