The White House developed a plan in recent months to remove Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from his post and replace him with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, a source confirmed for ABC News on Thursday. The New York Times first reported that Tillerson’s ouster, spearheaded by White House chief […]
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Co-founder of Ice Bucket Challenge dies after ALS battle
The ALS Association says a man credited as one of the co-founders of the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, which swept social media in 2014, has died after a yearslong battle with the condition known as Lou Gerhig’s disease. Anthony Senerchia was 46. The Anthony Senerchia Jr. ALS Charitable Foundation website […]
Buy FedEx for the long haul because of ‘generational shift’ to e-commerce, Barclays says
Delivering packages by rocket and developments in blockchain technology may be the future of shipping but the latest bullish case for FedEx looks at a different industry transformation: e-commerce. “A generational shift to ecommerce shipments, solid global trade prospects, management’s incremental focus on improving returns and a cheap valuation make […]
Jim Nabors, TV’s Gomer Pyle, dead at 87
HONOLULU — Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, died Thursday. He was 87. Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant in 1994 after contracting hepatitis B, […]
The Latest: Study: End 24/7 subways to speed system repair
NEWARK, N.J. – The Latest on recommendations by the Regional Plan Association to curtail weekday, overnight subway service in New York to accelerate repairs to the problem-plagued system (all times local): Continue Reading Below 12:30 p.m. An urban planning think tank is recommending an aggressive plan to repair and improve […]
US stocks up broadly in midday trading; Dow hits 24,000
U.S. stocks were moving broadly higher in midday trading Thursday as technology companies rebounded after a steep sell-off a day earlier. The rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average past the 24,000 mark for the first time. Investors welcomed signs that the odds were improving for the Republican-led effort to […]
US joins trade fight against China at WTO
WASHINGTON – The United States is joining a fight against China at the World Trade Organization in a decision likely to ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing. Continue Reading Below The U.S. is supporting the European Union in a dispute over China’s status at the WTO, which rules on […]
World Cup draw provides welcome distraction for Russia
A presenter holds the official match ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia during an event to announce the new 2018 FIFA Fan Fest Ambassadors in Moscow, Russia November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov November 30, 2017 By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will host the 2018 World Cup […]
Expect more war, hunger, Islamist violence in 2018 -Geneva think-tank
Internally displaced women from drought hit area, carry their jerry cans filled with water as they walk toward their shelter at a makeshift settlement in Dollow, Somalia April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra November 30, 2017 By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen next year […]
What new photos say about North Korea’s latest ballistic missile
TOKYO — North Korea released dozens of photos Thursday of the Hwasong-15, a new intercontinental ballistic missile it claims can reach any target in the continental United States. The photo dump, published in the paper and online editions of the ruling party’s official daily, is a gold mine for rocket […]