One officer was shot when two gunmen with a long rifle opened fire in Jersey City, N.J., on Tuesday afternoon, according to two officials. The shooting took place on Martin Luther King Drive near Bayview Avenue, according to local media. Two suspects were barricaded in a convenience store, the officials said One officer was being […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Democrats announced formal charges against President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Dec 10) that accuse him of abusing power and obstructing Congress, making him only the third US president in history to face impeachment. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on the charges, or articles of impeachment, next week. The […]
Lawyers for President Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman argued in a court filing late Monday that he should be spared prison time for his crimes because he cooperated extensively with prosecutors investigating Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election and other matters. The former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, pleaded guilty nearly two years […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote as soon as this week to recommend formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump ahead of a full vote by the Democratic-led House of Representatives possibly next week. If impeached, as expected, Mr Trump would face a trial in the Senate, which is […]
A man who led the war on improper use of apostrophes now admits defeat, saying his grammar vigilante campaign has been brought to an end by a culture of carelessness. So what now? The battle is over, bad grammar (as in headline above) has won. That was the message of retired journalist John Richards, who […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Nominations were announced on Monday (Dec 9) for the 2020 Golden Globe awards for movies and television. The 77th Golden Globes, organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan 5. The following is […]
For more than two decades, Richard Gooding traveled the world in search of his favorite whiskeys. Next year, the more than 3,900 bottles he collected will be sold in two auctions, including rare offerings from storied distilleries such as Macallan, Bowmore and Stromness. Whisky Auctioneer, an online auctioneer based in Scotland, announced the sale on […]
Officials expressed caution about linking the two incidents, while keeping possibility of connection open. Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Florida, home to the naval air station where officials say a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others on Friday. City officials became aware of the attack […]
FLORIDA (AFP) – A 12-year-old girl has been arrested in the US state of Florida for allegedly threatening over Snapchat to kill other students at her school on Monday (Dec 9), police said. The girl, who was not identified, posted the message on Friday and she was taken into custody on Saturday night and taken […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, despite “serious performance failures” up the bureau’s chain of command, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said in a highly anticipated report Monday (Dec 9). The findings undercut President […]