President Donald Trump has been a skeptic of climate change for years — even making it a tenet of his 2016 presidential campaign — and he took to Twitter to poke fun at the science on Thursday night by saying global warming may not be such a bad thing. Trump […]
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Peacemaker works to stop bloodshed in Baltimore
In an alley where a teenager became one of Baltimore’s latest bodies to fall, Erricka Bridgeford whispered prayers and directed smoke from burning sage in a gathering intended to transform spots where people are slain into a kind of sacred ground. The spiritually minded activist began to cry, letting her […]
Trump: Russia investigation makes US ‘look very bad’
President Trump says he believes the Russia investigation makes the United States “look very bad” as special counsel Robert Mueller continues to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. “It makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position,” Trump said Thursday at […]
At least 10 dead in Egypt after gunmen opened fire at Coptic church
At least 10 people were killed Friday after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a church south of Cairo, according to Egypt’s health ministry. The attack struck a Coptic Christian church in Helwan, a city east of the Nile River on the southern outskirts of central Cairo. Another five people were […]
12 dead in massive apartment blaze, New York City’s ‘worst fire tragedy’ in decades
At least 12 people, including a 1-year-old girl found with her mother in a bathtub, have died in a massive apartment fire in New York City on Thursday night, city officials said. Calling it “one of the worst losses of life in many, many years,” New York City Mayor Bill […]
Egypt says 10 killed in attack outside Cairo church
At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire outside a church in a south Cairo suburb, Egypt’s Health Ministry spokesman said Friday. It was the latest attack targeting the mostly Muslim country’s embattled minority. Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said the attack outside […]
Building residents overwhelmed by Bronx blaze: ‘There was smoke everywhere’
When a fire broke out Thursday night just before 7 p.m. in the Bronx, apartment residents had very little time to react. The fire, which started on the bottom floor, quickly spread to all five levels of the building. “I came out through the window. Yeah, there was smoke everywhere. […]
Oregon police chase ends with suspect driving off pier into river
A police chase in Oregon this week ended with a fleeing suspect driving off a pier at full speed into the Columbia River. Timofey Erofeeff, 27, was allegedly trespassing at a marina in Astoria, Oregon, according to the Daily Astorian, when the police chase was triggered. The unbelievable video shows […]
12 dead in massive apartment fire in New York City
At least 12 people, including a 1-year-old, have died in a massive apartment fire in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday night. Calling the blaze “one of the worst loss-of-life fires in many, many years,” de Blasio said another four people were critically injured and “fighting for […]