Friday, March 1, 2019
Georgia toddler diagnosed with ovarian cancer: 'We were blindsided'
Two weeks ago, Meagan and Michael Xydias brought their youngest child, McKenna “Kenni” Shea, to the doctor after weeks of on-again-off-again fevers, irritability, picky eating and bloating in her stomach. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan brings captured Indian pilot to border crossing for handover in front of large crowd
Pakistan’s government on Friday fulfilled its promise to return the captured Indian pilot as a “gesture of peace” in the wake of a military escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US consumer spending fell sharp 0.5 percent in December
U.S. consumer spending tumbled 0.5 percent in December, the biggest decline in nine years. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New York City police seek suspect in wild chase on FDR Drive
Police have been searching for the suspect involved in a wild chase and shooting on the FDR Drive in Manhattan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Booby-trapped corpse explodes in Mali, killing 10
A booby-trapped corpse exploded and killed 10 people this week during a burial in central Mali, and the United Nations says the perpetrators must be condemned. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brothers involved in alleged Jussie Smollett staged attack say they 'regret' their involvement
The two brothers, who police say were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage a fake hate crime, told Fox News Friday they "regret" their involvement. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2020 presidential bid
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced his Democratic presidential bid on Friday, making him the first governor to enter an already-crowded field of senators and other hopefuls battling to challenge President Trump in 2020. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amanda Seyfried on how becoming a mom has changed which acting roles she chooses
Ever since welcoming their daughter almost two years ago, Amanda Seyfried and her husband Thomas Sadoski's lives have changed for the better — and they couldn't be happier. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Laura Ingraham: The real reason liberals refuse to acknowledge Trump's success with North Korea
For libs, recognizing Trump's success would be acknowledging their own failures https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kosovo president says no land swap to be talked with Serbia
Kosovo's president has strongly rejected any idea of a land swap with Serbia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Maya artifacts used in ritual sacrifices discovered at the bottom of sacred lake
A team of Polish archaeologists diving in a possibly sacred lake in northern Guatemala has recovered hundreds of Maya artifacts, including ceremonial bowls and obsidian blades that may have been used in ancient animal sacrifices. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ilhan Omar says she does not recognize Venezuelan interim president, defying Dem leadership, Western governments
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar said she “absolutely not” recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim Venezuelan president, defying consensus among Western leaders and her own party. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
United Nations showcases photograph of communist 'mass murderer' Che Guevara
The United Nations’ office in Geneva, the home of its Human Rights Council, is showcasing a giant photograph of notorious Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in its halls, a U.N. watchdog group revealed. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Greece: 1 wounded after car explosion, bombing suspected
Greek police have closed off a busy road south of Athens after a man was seriously wounded in a car explosion that started a parking lot fire. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sudanese president steps down as ruling party's chairman
Sudan's embattled President Omar al-Bashir says he has quit his position as chairman of the ruling party amid protests against his nearly three-decade rule. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tucker Carlson: Michael Cohen demolishes the Russia collusion conspiracy – Will anyone be fired for lies?
It turns out that Michael Cohen is not a very reliable narrator. But too late, he is the narrator the Democrats have chosen, and they are stuck with him. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia says refugee camp in southern Syria to be evacuated
The Russian military says the Syrian government is sending convoys to evacuate a refugee camp in southern Syria where tens of thousands suffer from lack of food and medical supplies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New spokeswoman for Bernie Sanders won't be able to vote for him in 2020 -- she's an illegal immigrant
Bernie Sanders’ newest deputy national press secretary won’t be able to cast a vote for her boss in the 2020 presidential election. That's because Belén Sisa, a millennial Arizona left-wing activist who joined the Democrat's staff this week, claims to be an illegal immigrant. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Women say New York agency let sex harassment go on for years
Three women who work in an upstate office for a New York agency for the disabled tell The Associated Press that they complained for years about a male-co-worker groping them, exposing himself and calling them vile names. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Latest: Eurotunnel withdraws lawsuit against UK
The Latest on Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local): 11 a.m. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Venezuelan vice president visits Moscow to rally support
Venezuela's vice president is visiting Russia, voicing hope for stronger ties with Moscow amid the U.S. pressure. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Billy Cosby to face sexual assault accuser while in prison: report
Bill Cosby will be deposed by one of his alleged sexual assault victims while he is behind bars, a report said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lebanese Hezbollah rejects Britain's move to ban it
Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has strongly rejected the British government's move to ban it as a terrorist organization. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UN launches $234 million aid appeal for struggling Zimbabwe
The United Nations has launched a $234 million appeal for humanitarian assistance for Zimbabwe as the country battles its worst economic crisis in a decade. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
34 Rohingya women, children found stranded on Malaysia beach
Malaysian authorities say 34 Muslim Rohingya women and children were found stranded along a beach in the country's northernmost state, and are believed to have been dropped off by human traffickers. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan reopens airspace in major cities as tensions ease with India, officials say
Pakistan has partially reopened its airspace and permitted travel to four major cities, aviation officials said in a statement on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India bans Kashmir religious group amid sweeping crackdown
India has banned the largest political and religious group in Indian-controlled Kashmir in an ongoing crackdown on activists seeking the end of Indian rule in the disputed region, amid the most serious confrontation between India and Pakistan in two decades. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Stoltenberg: NATO doesn't want a new Cold War
NATO's secretary-general has warned that Russia's violation of a key Cold War-era treaty is one of the most pressing security challenges for the alliance. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
'Slaves' reference in 8th-graders' homework prompts apology from Tennessee school district
A Tennessee school district apologized Thursday after a homework assignment asked students to pretend their “family owns slaves.” https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Algerian protest against president's bid for 5th term
Police are deploying around Algeria's presidential headquarters and parliament ahead of a new demonstration against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kim Jong Un willing to sit down with Trump again, North Korea state media says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to sit down again with President Trump for denuclearization talks in the near future despite the two leaders not reaching a deal this week during their highly anticipated Hanoi summit, North Korean state media reported Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Belgian, Luxembourg want Orban out of EU group
The Christian Democrat parties from Belgium and Luxembourg want to kick Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban out of their European Union EPP umbrella group in a move that could impact European elections in May. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China urges lifting sanctions as part of US-N. Korea talks
China says the notion of lifting sanctions should be seized as "common ground" after the U.S. and North Korea failed to reach an agreement during their nuclear summit in Vietnam. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Richard Pryor Jr. recalls growing up with his famous father, overcoming drug addiction: ‘I was so far gone’
Richard Pryor Jr. was just 6 years old when he realized his father, comic legend Richard Pryor, was different from other fathers. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Meghan Markle-loving mom spends $30,000 on plastic surgery to look like the Duchess of Sussex
Xochytl Greer, 36, was determined to look more like the royal figure so decided to go under the knife. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Details of Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge revealed: 'I think grown men are going to cry'
"In my opinion, this will be the most ambitious attraction that we’ve ever built," Disney Parks chairman Bob Chapek said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump still sees North Korea deal ‘down the line'; How Cohen shot down the 'collusion' narrative
Plus, Cuomo may show AOC who's 'boss' in attempt to revive Amazon-NYC deal https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Man accused of robbing Ohio tax business day after filing taxes
Maybe he couldn’t wait for his refund. A man who filed his income taxes at a Liberty Tax Service in Toledo, Ohio came back and allegedly robbed the business and held the same employee who filed his taxes the day before at gunpoint. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Governor wants US, Japan, Okinawa talks on US base move
The governor of Okinawa is pushing for three-way talks involving his group of islands, Japan's central government and the U.S. on how to move forward following a referendum that rejected a relocation plan for an American military base. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Omar, Tlaib say critics charge 'anti-Semitism' against them as way to end debate over Israel's policies
Two outspoken freshmen congressional Democrats appeared at a progressive town hall this week, where they accused some of their Jewish colleagues of leveling anti-Semitism charges following their criticisms of Israel in order to shut down any debate over that U.S. ally's policies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Egypt arrests 6 over Cairo train crash that killed 25
Egyptian authorities have arrested six people over a deadly crash this week at Cairo's main train station that killed at least 25 people. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
7.1-magnitude earthquake hits southern Peru
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Peru. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Newt Gingrich: Incredible changes are taking place around the world
Many things are changing across the globe. But because of the mainstream media’s myopic focus, we don’t have a very good understanding of what is happening abroad. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Democrats block Trump's border emergency, but their actions are our actual national emergency
A deadly shooting on a lonely Napa County road proves the emergency at our border is real. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mark Penn: Socialism is a rising danger in Democratic Party
Many Democrats now support socialism, and that dangerous for the party and our country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Marc Thiessen: THIS is the most disturbing thing we learned from the Cohen hearing
Michael Cohen was supposed to provide "bombshell" testimony against President Trump. Well, the bombshell didn't explode. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NKorea leader Kim Jong Un tours Hanoi after summit breakdown
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading out of his locked-down hotel in Hanoi for official meetings with Vietnamese leaders a day after his summit breakdown with President Donald Trump. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Wisconsin man faces at least his 10th drunk driving charge
A Wisconsin man is facing at least his 10th drunken driving charge. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Despite Trump-Kim summit collapse, US-North Korea relations not back in ‘crisis mode’: Eric Talmadge
Denuclearization talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will continue despite the abrupt end to this week's summit, Associated Press Pyongyang bureau chief Eric Talmadge insisted Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ocasio-Cortez says moderate Dems who vote with Republicans ‘are putting themselves on a list’: report
After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party's progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly sounded the alarm in a closed-door meeting Thursday and said these Democrats are "putting themselves on a list." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump's personalized diplomacy fails as Korea talks collapse
By the time most Americans woke up Thursday, the North Korea summit was over — and had failed. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German police cadet shoots, kills fellow trainee
German authorities say a police cadet has been killed in the southern city of Wuerzburg after being apparently accidentally shot by a fellow trainee. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Florida dog found bleeding, mouth taped shut, police searching for owner
A dog found roaming Southwest Florida with bloody wounds and its muzzle bound shut with electrical tape on Tuesday has police searching for its owner. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ocasio-Cortez responds after WSJ writes that she encourages a generation to ‘take pride in their ignorance’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-.N.Y., blasted the Wall Street Journal Thursday in response to an opinion writer’s assertion that the freshman congresswoman “leads a generation of young people to take pride in their ignorance.” https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Harvard runner wins 3,000-meter race with one shoe, felt skin on foot 'peel away'
A Harvard distance runner lost one of his shoes in the first lap of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships' 3,000-meter race, but ran the rest of it barefoot and won. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Woman trapped under California landslide presumed dead, ID’d by family: report
A 22-year-old woman who has not been found since a portion of a cliff fell on her in the Bay Area last week is presumed dead, according to reports. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Officials say Trump overstated Kim's demand on sanctions
President Donald Trump said he walked away from his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim demanded the U.S. lift all of its sanctions, a claim that North Korea's delegation called a rare news conference in the middle of the night to deny. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cuomo appeals to Bezos to bring Amazon back to NYC: report
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., penned a full-page letter to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as he clings to hope that he can win back the tech giant and lure it to New York City, where it recently scrapped plans to build a second headquarters’ campus, a report said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Neo-Nazi group’s leader is black man who vows to dissolve it
One of the nation’s largest neo-Nazi groups appears to have an unlikely new leader: a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Police: Death toll in Somalia bombing, clashes rises to 18
Police say the death toll from a car bombing near a hotel in Somalia's capital and ongoing clashes between security forces and gunmen has risen to 18. Capt. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pompeo: US to make sure China can't blockade South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States is committed to ensuring the South China Sea remains open to all kinds of navigation and that "China does not pose a threat" of closing the busy sea lanes. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Second student stood guard inside school while Arizona teacher and 13-year-old had sex, police report says
A former Arizona teacher, who last year allegedly molested a 13-year-old student, had once let another boy stay in the classroom and be a lookout while they had sex, a report said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Michael Cohen testimony undermined Russia collusion narrative at 4 points, Tucker Carlson says
Testimony this week by former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen has undermined Democrats’ longstanding claims that President Trump's team colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thursday, February 28, 2019
'Halt and Catch Fire' actress Lisa Sheridan dead at 44
“Halt and Catch Fire” actress Lisa Sheridan died at her New Orleans home on Feb. 25 at age 44, according to multiple reports. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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