WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – President Donald Trump lashed out at Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter following a CBS 60 Minutes interview during which she recounted standing up to him and reiterated her opinion that he is unfit for office and he knows it. “There’s nobody in the country who knows better that he […]
I look pretty good for my age — which, as far as five cannabis sales sites across Canada are concerned, is 119. Related Pot use linked to higher risk of depression, suicide in teens: study Young cannabis users who quit see improvements in memory, ability to learn Effects of marijuana on teens may be ‘overstated’ […]
A 27-year-old inmate has died at Stony Mountain Institution, the jail that sits just 30 minutes outside of Winnipeg. Correctional Service Canada said in a news release that Michael Monney had been in the jail since April 2016 serving a life sentence for second-degree murder, aggravated assault, use of an imitation firearm, and robbery. There’s […]
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is fighting in court for access to two RCMP files the national police force is refusing to hand over. The inquiry is set to issue its long-awaited report in June, but says it wants the contested Mountie files to complete its work on one of the […]
Endangered Spaces Once a theater of staggering beauty, the long-shuttered RKO Keith’s in Flushing may soon be demolished. RKO Keith’s 135-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens Endangered Spaces is celebrating beloved neighborhood institutions that are fighting to stay open in an era of relentless change. Tell us a space we should feature, and send us your memories, […]
Trump reiterates necessity for US troops to leave Syria unless Riyadh pays for continuation of US presence there. US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia might have to pay if it wants continuing US presence in Syria. “We’ve almost completed that task [of defeating ISIL] and we’ll be making a determination very quickly, in […]
Politicians from both parties called on Greitens to resign. Many have demanded his alleged actions be termed ‘rape’. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens is facing calls to resign from both Republicans and Democrats following a legislative report alleging his “shocking” and “substantial” misconduct in an extramarital affair. The report prepared was by the Missouri House of […]
Number of users whose data was accessed by Cambridge Analytica may be significantly higher than suspected, company says. Facebook has said that up to 87 million of its users may have had their data accessed in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, almost double the number previously reported. The announcement came on Wednesday in the second-to-last paragraph […]
American pork farmers feel the pinch as pork prices are driven down. Pork farmers in the United States are beginning to feel the impact of a new 25 percent tariff on their products that has been proposed by China. It has driven American pork prices down. The new tariffs were sparked by US President Donald […]
Columbine wasn’t the first. There had been other mass shootings at American schools. One in 1997 killed three students and wounded five others at a high school in West Paducah, Ky. A 1998 massacre at a middle school in Jonesboro, Ark., left five dead and 10 wounded. But no earlier burst of gun insanity shattered […]