WASHINGTON — When the National Portrait Gallery reopened for visitors last Friday, it did so with an addition to its famed exhibition of presidential portraits. There, in the second floor gallery, joining the likes of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, was Donald Trump, scowling from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Just as […]
Medical marijuana. (Getty Images) Republican officials in Mississippi and Missouri have overturned ballot initiatives passed by voters in last year’s elections, a move Democrats are comparing to the refusal of some GOP leaders to accept the legitimacy of the presidential results. In November, nearly 60 percent of Mississippi voters said yes to Ballot Initiative 65, […]
A cyclone, classified as “extremely severe”, has made landfall in India’s western state of Gujarat with wind speeds of up to 160km/h (100mph). Cyclone Tauktae had roared up India’s western coast, with at least 12 people killed and thousands evacuated. The navy said 38 people have so far been rescued out of 400 who are […]
The New York Times Violence Shakes Trump’s Boast of ‘New Middle East’ WASHINGTON — It was, President Donald Trump proclaimed in September, “the dawn of a new Middle East.” Speaking at the White House, Trump was announcing new diplomatic accords between Israel and two of its Gulf Arab neighbors, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. […]
Henry McCollum – Michael Biesecker /AP A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. The eight-person jury last week decided that Henry McCollum […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A league of Muslim nations on Sunday demanded that Israel halt attacks killing Palestinian civilians amid heavy fighting between it and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, even as fissures between countries over their recognition of Israel emerged. A statement by the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation hewed closely to […]
Israelis take cover in a shop as a siren rings during an attack of rockets from Gaza, in the country’s Mediterranean city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. – AFP As Henry Sasin watched the news unfold of Arab and Jewish riots across Israeli cities, he received a widely circulated message on his phone. […]
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Oxygen Beloved Contractor Attacked By His Own Friend In ‘Absolutely Senseless’ Murder Martin “Marty” Lucas was well-known in Ardmore, Oklahoma for his kindness. Tragically, someone who had benefited from that kindness would end Marty’s life. On November 15, 2019, police arrived at his home to perform a welfare check. They could see through the window […]
The Telegraph New snake species identified thanks to 200-year-old paintings A new snake species has been identified after the Natural History Museum used 200-year-old paintings to confirm it had been misidentified for more than two centuries. Researchers say the snake, from the Indian state Tamil Nadu, was confused with another similar species found across the […]