The Pyongyang International Marathon, known officially as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, will be held this Sunday in the North Korean capital. The race is touted as a unique experience. Not only are runners allowed to run through the streets of Pyongyang, passing Kim Il-Sung Square and under the Arch […]
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Nearly 40 million at risk of severe weather over weekend
A new storm is beginning to organize along the Texas-New Mexico border, and it’s expected to deliver a first round of severe weather today from Texas to Mississippi. Gusts of almost 60 mph and golf ball-sized hail already have been reported in west Texas this morning. (ABC News) A new […]
‘Never seen it as bad as it is now’: Law enforcement shines light on police suicides
Officer Andrew Einstein was supposed to die on May 12, 2012. The former Marine who served two tours overseas, now a cop, had planned it all out. Before going out that night, he laid out his prescription drugs on his bedside table. He was going to get drunk and take […]
New Hampshire to see wave of 2020 candidates this weekend
Four contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination head to New Hampshire this weekend to make their case to the state’s voters, as well as one possible candidate who faced a tough medical diagnosis but promises to run if he receives the all-clear from doctors. Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New […]
New York man arrested for threatening to murder US Congresswoman
A 55-year-old New York man has been arrested and charged with threatening to murder Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., of Addison, New York, may face 10 years in prison or a $250,000 fine, or both, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement on Friday. […]
Here’s how the battle for Trump’s tax returns could play out
President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Friday that the Internal Revenue Service should reject a request from the Democratic chair of the House tax-writing committee to produce the president’s tax returns. “If the IRS acquiesces to Chairman Neal’s request, it would set a dangerous precedent,” William Consovoy said in a […]
Jussie Smollett ‘will not be intimidated into paying’ $130,000 to Chicago: Lawyer
Two days after prosecutors in Chicago unexpectedly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, city officials gave the “Empire” actor a week to pay back $130,000 used to investigate a hate crime in January that officials said was bogus. Smollett missed the deadline, and the city threatened a lawsuit on Thursday. […]
China says lightning caused forest fire that killed 31
Lighting sparked a forest fire in mountainous western China last month that killed 27 firefighters and four local helpers in one of the country’s deadliest days for first responders, investigators said. Acting on accounts of eyewitnesses in Sichuan province’s Muli county, investigators located an 18-meter (59-foot) pine tree split by […]
FBI: NY man threatened to kill Minn. Congresswoman
A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar’s office in Washington D.C. last month. Authorities did not say when Carlineo was arrested. Omar […]
House Republicans, at NRA’s urging, vote against Violence Against Women Act
When the House of Representatives voted this week to reauthorize a 25-year old bill that helps fund programs for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse known as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), it turned into a debate over gun rights and the political influence of the National Rifle Association. […]