President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said he had directed officials to obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. “We will leave no stone unturned,” Mr Trump said. The retreat […]
Drivers were filmed grabbing cash on the side of the road after an armoured truck's side door flew open. The bizarre scene saw dozens of drivers on a motorway in Dunwoody, Atlanta, US, pulling over and dashing for the cash. Dunwoody Sergeant Robert Parsons said the authorities believe an estimated $175,000 (£140,000) wound up flying […]
A study says 60 per cent of the sailors who fought a deadly fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi in 2004 were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress within five years. The Royal Canadian Navy says the 56 sailors were 45 times more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than a control group made up of healthy […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in New York, has been described by prosecutors as a man of enormous wealth: He owns a $77 million mansion on the Upper East Side, a $12 million estate in Palm Beach, […]
Vote gives committee chairman Nadler discretion on whether to subpoena a dozen current and former Trump advisers. Washington, DC, United States – The US House Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to authorise subpoenas for several individuals mentioned in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, including the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The panel also authorised subpoenas […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing sex-trafficking charges in New York, has been described by prosecutors as a man of enormous wealth: He owns a $77 million mansion on the Upper East Side, a $12 million estate in Palm Beach, […]
Cenovus Energy Inc. says its thermal oilsands operations in northern Alberta produced their one billionth barrel of bitumen on Wednesday. The milestone comes about 18 years after Cenovus’ Foster Creek facility was launched in 2001 as the first commercial oilsands project to use steam-assisted gravity drainage technology or SAGD. Its sister project at Christina Lake […]
A slow-moving storm is forming into a likely hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to hit the already-flooded US city of New Orleans. The storm, which is currently classified as a tropical storm, has already brought thunderstorms to the city, triggering flash floods. A state of emergency is in effect and residents […]
A slow-moving storm is forming into a likely hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to hit the already-flooded US city of New Orleans. The storm, which is currently classified as a tropical storm, has already brought thunderstorms to the city, triggering flash floods. A state of emergency is in effect and residents […]
A Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has refused to be interviewed by a female reporter unless she brings a male colleague with her. Larrison Campbell, 40, said she had asked to shadow Robert Foster on a 15-hour “ride-a-long” on his campaign, but was denied because of her sex. Mr Foster said he was acting out […]