An American couple have now both died from injuries sustained last month in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand, according to authorities. New Zealand police said Thursday that Pratap Singh, 49, died at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland from the burns he suffered in the volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island on Dec. 9, 2019. […]
Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Doomsday prepper Lori Vallow, who is said to believe she’s “a god,” missed a judge’s deadline to turn over her missing children to the state of Idaho. Tylee Ryan, 17, and J.J. Vallow, 7, have not been seen since September. Vallow’s biological grandparents […]
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced Thursday night he will vote against calling witnesses to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, likely ending the last real suspense of the trial and opening the door for a speedy conclusion Friday or Saturday. “There is no need for more evidence to prove that the president […]
For the second time in as many days, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a question submitted by Sen. Rand Paul during the impeachment trial of President Trump. “The presiding officer declines to read the question that was submitted,” Roberts said Thursday after silently reading the notecard the senator from Kentucky sent to his desk. Paul, […]
Humans are dreadful at assessing risks. We ignore the familiar dangers of day-to-day living — like driving on the highways — but obsess over rare and distant threats to our well-being — such as the current boogeyman, the coronavirus outbreak in China, which has killed more than 150 people in China and sickened more than […]
Ardo The U.S. economy tapered off toward the end of 2019, but a record expansion is still alive and well. The numbers: The U.S. economy grew slightly faster than 2% in the final three months of 2019, aided by a temporary plunge in imports and a resurgent housing market. The modest rate of growth likely […]
Two months into the epidemic, the coronavirus has not proven to be as deadly as the SARS virus. That, however, may also help explain why it’s spreading so quickly. It has an incubation period of up to two weeks, which enables the virus to spread through person-to-person contact. The coronavirus, a highly contagious, pneumonia-causing illness […]
Getty Images/iStockphoto A judge said the Wisconsin couple, not pictured, is entitled to a $7,386 refund, plus interest. The Internal Revenue Service is giving a Wisconsin couple their long-sought $7,386 refund — plus seven years of interest — after government lawyers admitted they overlooked 20-year-old points of law about when a tax return is technically […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Senate could vote to remove President Trump from office, and still give his supporters an opportunity to vote for him in November. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are trying out a rather nervy approach in the impeachment trial before the U.S Senate. After Trump leveraged taxpayer dollars in an effort to pressure […]
The mayor of a New Jersey town admitted that he had “too much to drink” when he took off his trousers and crawled into an employee’s bed at a party. Mahwah mayor John Roth told NorthJersey.com that he “did go upstairs to bed” and apologised for his drunken behaviour at staff party after a letter […]