Allegations that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32 years old made national headlines and caused some of his fellow Republicans to walk back support for him, but reports indicate he still has support from government officials in his home […]
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“We can move rather quickly” to inspect North Korea, official says
UNITED NATIONS — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano said Thursday that North Korea is a global threat, more today than ever. “Our inspectors were requested to leave in April 2009 … after that we don’t have inspectors on the ground, but we continue to monitor the […]
“We can move rather quickly” to inspect N. Korea, watchdog says
UNITED NATIONS — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano said Thursday that North Korea is a global threat, more today than ever. “Our inspectors were requested to leave in April 2009 … after that we don’t have inspectors on the ground, but we continue to monitor the […]
Bannon compares Moore report to Trump “Access Hollywood” tape
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—At a speech in New Hampshire Thursday night, GOP strategist Steve Bannon compared the accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to the release of President Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” video during the 2016 election. “But it’s interesting,” Bannon told the audience. “The Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that […]
Roy Moore still has defenders in Alabama government
Allegations that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was 32 years old made national headlines and caused some of his fellow Republicans to walk back support for him, but reports indicate he still has support from government officials in his home […]
Jurors weigh a TV show’s effect on a real-life shooting death
By Erin Moriarty and Paul LaRosa When Victoria Rickman, a 30-year-old single mother from Atlanta, dialed 911 on Sept. 13, 2013 to report that she’d shot her boyfriend Will Carter Jr. in self-defense because he had raped her, she never imagined the lead detective would be followed by a camera […]
Mayor-elect Wilmot Collins makes history
Among the noteworthy individuals elected to office around the country Tuesday, one of them includes who is believed to be the first African American mayor in Montana: Wilmot Collins, who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Liberia. “It’s a bit overwhelming to think that I came into America 23 […]
New setback in Puerto Rico as FEMA offers to airlift storm victims
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The north side of Puerto Rico, including San Juan, was plunged back into darkness Thursday when a major power line shut down. The setback comes as FEMA is offering to fly thousands of storm victims to the U.S. mainland. Six weeks after Hurricane Maria hit, […]
10-year-old boy teaches us about the importance of giving thanks
HOUSTON — Lots of people make jokes about cops and doughnuts. Tyler Carach made it his mission. He stopped in Houston with his mother, Sheena Carach, part of a ten-day road trip for his tenth birthday, thanking cops all over with free doughnuts. “Thank you, buddy, thank you,” one officer […]
Radio host walks back “insensitive” remarks on Roy Halladay
BOSTON — On Wednesday, popular Boston radio host Michael Felger generated controversy with his comments about the death of former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay. Halladay died Tuesday when his small plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off Tampa, Florida. Felger called Halladay a “moron” and pointed to video a witness […]