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White House Names Pick for Pentagon No. 2

Among them is a Boeing executive who previously oversaw army aviation and missile defense programs. Shanahan also is a University of Washington regent , appo...

House GOP health bill facing fresh House committee test

A website created by the GOP for the act states that Obamacare was based on a one-size-fits-all approach that resulted in high payments, fewer options and less ...

A Dutch man accused in Canada is sentenced for online abuse elsewhere

She told the Dutch news agency ANP on Thursday that she was "relieved and pleased" with the result. The Dutch court gave Coban the maximum possible sentence, ca...

Central Intelligence Agency claims sensationalized to deflect attention from Panamagate: Husain Haqqani

The federal ministers for interior, defence and law were made parties to the petition, which also asked for the names of Zardari and Gilani to be put on the Exi...

Documents: Flynn paid thousands by Russian interests

Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent a letter to the Trump administration inquiring whethe...

Tsek! Twitter reacts to 'old hag Helen Sparrow's' comments on colonialism

Zille had to apologise after causing a stir she tweeted that people who claimed the legacy of colonialism was only negative should think "of our independent jud...

Etihad and Emirates flights to the U.S. grounded due to snowstorm Stella

But the storm's biggest hit to air travel was expected to come Tuesday, when blizzard conditions were forecast to hit major airports in the New York City area a...

Trump Budget Funds Pentagon with Cuts to Health, Aid

According to The Hill , Senate Democrats have warned the GOP they could risk a government shutdown ahead of next month's funding deadline if so-called "poison ...

New rules, fines for people using drones close to airports

Within nine kilometres of the centre of any airport, heliport, aerodrome or water aerodrome where aircraft take off and land. Operators of drones for commerci...

Sen. Gardner Says We Need A Westerner On The Supreme Court

Gorsuch wrote a dissenting opinion as a three-judge panel ruled a year ago that Maddin was wrongly terminated and had to be reinstated with back pay. Steven L...

Hawaiian judge stops Trump's new travel ban

Trump's first ban, signed January 27, went into effect immediately, triggering chaos at airports around the world, as travelers overseas were blocked from board...

Sexual assaults increase at United States military academies, Pentagon reports

Assaults rose at the U.S. Military Academy and the Naval Academy, but declined at the Air Force Academy. Nate Galbreath, deputy director of the Pentagon's sex...

Nicola Sturgeon reveals she wants telly debate with Theresa May over IndyRef2

Sturgeon had accused May of failing to to engage with her call for Scotland to remain in the European single market after Brexit, and that Scotland risked being...

Is OPEC headed for a showdown with United States shale?

Opec producers have implemented almost 98 per cent of the agreed cuts as per latest data. "In 2017 non-OPEC output is set to rise 0.4 million barrels a day ...

Market Street Pub hosting St. Patrick's Day celebration

Patrick's Day and share custom ads for your business with lots of green and gold. For the uninitiated, an Irish Car Bomb is typically a shot of Jameson and B...

Pastor finds the 13th LARGEST diamond ever weighing 709 carats

A pastor working in the mines of eastern Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, the government said Thursday, pledging to hold a transparent auction fo...

Dutch PM Rutte, Wilders, Klaver react to Netherlands election results

Geert Wilders, the leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV), speaks to the media after casting his vote during the Dutch general election. Indeed, the m...

"Family Values" GOP Senator caught with teen boy now faces prostitution charges

While the age of consent in Oklahoma is 16, the state's prostitution statute applies to any person under the age of 18. When police advised the man that they wo...

Forecast for March 16th, 2017

Gusts might hit 35 miles per hour. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. The mountains will see very little snow, if any, for the next week or more. Thursday...

Uber, Lyft could get boost with statewide regulations over city rules

Lyft is a rideshare service in Seattle and many other U.S. cities. "Would it be good for our event if Uber and Lyft were back in town?" The statewide regu...

Somali force and pirates aboard hijacked vessel exchange fire

A Somali maritime official said: "We tried to intercept a boat that was carrying supplies to the pirates, but pirates on the ship fired on us and so the pirate ...

Donald Trump Proposes Eliminating National Endowment for the Arts

And though the president's budget proposals don't carry official weight-Congress sets the budgets, not the White House-with Republican majorities in both houses...

Trump touts success of Irish immigrants at St. Patrick's Day luncheon

Trump said in brief remarks at the luncheon, a St. Patrick's Day tradition in Washington since the 1950s. Mr Pence said the USA was committed to supporting th...

Sade Dixon's family to speak out about death penalty decision

That includes the case of Markeith Loyd , accused of gunning down Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton, who was trying to capture Loyd on January 9, more than a we...

Cooler full of pot donated to Goodwill in Monroe

The pot was discovered in a donation made at a store in Monroe, Washington at the start of this week. Monroe police were called to investigate. "Normally wh...

Woman celebrating 21st birthday dies in tragic Williamsburg Bridge crash

He and the driver were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries, they said. An Eyewitness News viewer captured this video: A 21-year-old woman, identified...

Trump pal says he survived 'suspicious' hit-and-run

Broward Sheriff's Office confirmed there was a hit-and-run accident at the time and location described by Stone. "Out of nowhere we were T-boned essentially b...

CEFC keen to help finance SA's 100MW battery storage plant

The Australian Industry Group said the State Government's package was a "serious response" to the state's energy problems. Greens Senator for South Australia ...

UNF's Driscoll: Gulf Coast has chance against FSU

With Florida State, Florida , Virginia and Maryland playing in the same venue , the Amway Center has the potential to become Upset Central in the opening roun...

Mayor de Blasio dodges state, criminal charges in fund-raising probe

During his weekly appearance on a local radio show, de Blasio said he appreciated that both prosecutors had completed a "thorough" effort and made their concl...

Iraqi forces get an 'iron' grip over Mosul battle

Earlier today, the troops captured several more areas in west of the city, including the hospital. As many as 6,000 Islamic State fighters remained in Mosul ...

'Beauty and the Beast' postponed in Malaysia

The new rules allowed depiction of gay characters, but only if they show repentance or are portrayed in a negative light. Theaters can screen the film at any ti...

On immigration, Trump's budget calls for far more than a wall

He said aides went through Trump's speeches and news articles on his policies to turn them into numbers. "This is a way to fulfill the president's desire to h...

Explosive Device Found in Suspicious Package Brought to German Finance Ministry

It did not clarify what Nemesis Plan was, but police consider the claim as credible. "It was created to cause severe injuries when the package is opened", sai...

Manohar Parrikar Set to Prove Majority in Assembly Today

The February 4 polls threw up a hung Assembly in which independents and smaller groups have benefitted hugely from lending their support to the BJP, which fell ...