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Friday: What are you wearing for this weekend's parades?
Flurries are possible tonight . After a spell of warmer weather expected during the day Thursday , cold, snowy, wintry weather re-enters Delmarva's forecast Thursday night and is expected to carry over into the weekend. I'm forecasting that Phil may have a hard time seeing his shadow. "With more snow forecast for the next few days, the odds are falling all the time on this month ending a... [Full Article...]
Australia: Journalists find top-secret government documents in furniture shop
Inside, they discovered files that are almost all classified, with some designated "top secret" and others marked "AUSTEO", meaning they were meant to be seen by Australian eyes only. The Australian government is investigating the discovery of thousands of files, dating back 10 years and spanning five governments, in filing drawers at a furniture store in the Australian capital of Canberra. [Full Article...]
Trump accuses FBI, Justice Department of politicizing probes
However, when the House Intelligence Committee voted to release the memo , it did not include releasing the classified documents it is based on, making it essentially an interpretation of classified documents compiled by Nunes and his staff. [Full Article...]
Palestinian Authority's Abbas to Address UN Security Council Feb. 20
The US decision adds to Palestinian anger at Washington following its decision in December to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital despite the final status of the city being one of the key points to be decided in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. [Full Article...]
Groundhog Day: How it all started
Weeks of preparation go into carrying out the events surrounding Punxsutawney Phil's annual prognostication, and hours are poured into the final few days ahead of welcoming thousands of guests to town. The custom is about 130 years old and is celebrated officially in Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania , with a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil . If the groundhog comes out and the day is clou... [Full Article...]
Rex Tillerson: China, Russia Roles In Americas 'alarming'
This will be Tillerson's first visit to the region as Secretary of State. "Today China is getting a foothold in Latin America". CGTN's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City . "When individuals are living in poverty, a life of crime can look like the only opportunity available to make a living, legal and illegal immigration increases as people look for more opportunity elsewhere, and inno... [Full Article...]
United States not ruling out Syria strikes after new chemical attacks
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three people suffered respiratory problems after a rocket attack. "We are on the record and you all have seen how we reacted to that, so they would be ill-advised to go back to violating the chemical (weapons) convention", Mattis said. [Full Article...]
Error Unmasks Person of Interest in Vegas Attack
So far, there is no any details about Douglas Haig , while the LVMPD and Federal Bureau of Investigation have no comment to the latest information, which was disclosed after local media sought the court to unseal the records related to the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. [Full Article...]
Feds drop corruption case against Sen. Robert Menendez D
Another former US prosecutor, Lee Vartan, said that the case was weak from the start and that the Justice Department shouldn't have pursued a retrial. Menendez, in turn, allegedly tried to help Melgen get United States visas for his girlfriends, brought his influence to bear in an $8.9 million billing dispute with Medicare and helped out with a port security contract in the Dominican Republic. [Full Article...]
Russia's Elite Denounces US 'Putin' List
The unnamed official argued that not everything is about the "dollar figure", and added that "It also can include things like significant adverse impact to national - United States national security". "We hope that the U.S. Administration will continue to take strong steps in supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, including those envisaged by the CAATSA ", the Embassy said on... [Full Article...]
EasyJet chief cuts salary as airline reveals 52% gender pay gap
EasyJet today revealed a huge 51.7pc gender pay gap , although it claimed this was more to do with the "massive gender imbalance" in the aviation industry's pilot community. British companies are under heightened scrutiny to address the gender pay gap, with the BBC facing criticism for paying some women less than men in equivalent jobs . [Full Article...]
Yemen on Edge as Separatists Capture Aden, Government Confined to Presidential Palace
A vehicle bomb detonated killing at least 11 people at a security forces-run checkpoint in southeastern Yemen. The militants claimed the attack in a statement circulated on social media, saying it was in retaliation for abuses by USA and UAE-backed forces. [Full Article...]
The worker behind Hawaii's missile scare thought there was a real missile
The Hawaii state report revealed that the worker had confused real events with practice drills in the past as well. Results of an investigation into the inaccurate cellphone alert were released in a preliminary report by the Federal Communications Commission , and were summarized by the Washington Post on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Alleged 'serial killer' in Toronto charged with 3 new counts of murder
All three of those men were in their 40s or early 50s, were Arab or East Asian, and frequented the same venues on Church Street in the village. Members of Toronto's gay community were pushing for answers previous year in light of the disappearances of Esen and Kinsman. [Full Article...]
HILLARY'S DENIAL: Clinton FINALLY RESPONDS to 2008 Sexual Harassment Scandal
Clinton's 1,500-plus-word Facebook response briefly touched on what she should have done differently but spent more time defending her decision, saying the way sexual harassment is dealt with has drastically changed in the decade since this incident. [Full Article...]
Border Patrol Agents discover 76 illegal aliens in tractor trailer
Negotiations for a new DACA deal, which would affect roughly 800,000 immigrants brought to the US illegally as children, were also at the center of the recent federal government shutdown. They have not yet released his name. Investigators have not said what will happen to them. The agency said that on January 26, agents at the Border Patrol Checkpoint on north Highway 83 encountered a tractor-... [Full Article...]
Man gets sucked into MRI machine at Mumbai hospital, FIR filed
Unfortunately for Maru, the machine was on when he entered the room. According to reports, Mr Maru was trapped in the machine and inhaled liquid oxygen that leaked from the cylinder and died as a result. The incident occurred at the BMC-run Nair Hospital, Mumbai Central. He also mentioned that Maru was rushed to the emergency ward as he was bleeding copiously, but he died there. [Full Article...]
Finns vote in presidential election
The 69-year-old Niinisto needed a majority to win a second, six-year term without a runoff. "I am surprised and touched by this big support", Niinisto told reporters in Helsinki, who secured over 62 per cent of the vote with almost all the ballots counted. [Full Article...]
Budget session: 10 takeaways from Ram Nath Kovind's opening speech
The President said in the electronic manufacturing sector, there are now over 113 mobile phone companies working in the country. 9am: On Sunday, at an all-party meeting, the government said it would "leave no stone unturned" to ensure the passage of the Triple Talaq bill . [Full Article...]
Poland president to review Holocaust bill after Israeli concern
Holocaust remembrance centre Yad Vashem opposed the new law, saying it was "liable to blur the historical truths" about the help Germans received from the Polish population during the Holocaust. The head of the president's office is scheduled to meet with the Israeli ambassador to Poland on Monday to discuss the bill, the office said in a statement . [Full Article...]