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OISE, Idaho (AP) — In Facebook posts written before he vanished from his military base in Afghanistan, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spoke of his frustration with the world and his desire to change the status quo. He criticized unnamed military commanders and government leaders and mused about whether it was the place of the artist, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Repudiated at the polls, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake-up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake. Cantor informed fellow Republicans of his intentions at an […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday a proposal currently being examined by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that will pave the way for certain individuals…
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) â An Arizona man arrested for unlawfully discharging a firearm told authorities that he was trying to shoot the moon. Prescott Valley police say 39-year-old Cameron Read also admitted to smoking marijuana before the incident last Friday night. Police responded to the home after a woman reported that her boyfriend had fired […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen years ago, Worcester Technical High School was so outdated it nearly shut down. In a salute to a remarkable turnaround, President Barack Obama will deliver the school’s commencement address Wednesday, the latest in a string of honors for a school whose demographic and educational profiles make it a model of achievement. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In an upset for the ages, Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the second-most powerful man in the House, was dethroned Tuesday by a little-known, Tea Party-backed Republican primary challenger carried to victory on a wave of public anger over calls for looser immigration laws. “”This is a miracle from God […]
TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a 14-year-old student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, authorities said. After the shooting stopped, police spotted the suspect slumped on a toilet in a […]
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) â Madinah Nalukenge recalls the day she set out to sell food on the filthy edges of a bus terminal in the Ugandan capital in 2004. She had just $10 left over from a failed attempt to sell bed sheets. Now she runs a catering business that makes a monthly profit of […]
The Boko Haram military has reportedly kidnapped 20 more women in Northern Nigeria. The BBC reports: The latest incident occurred close to where more than 200 schoolgirls were snatched from the remote Chibok town near the Cameroonian border on 14 April. A member of a local vigilante group set up to resist such attacks said […]
According to Hillary Clinton, her and Bill left the White House “dead broke”. The NY Daily News: In an ABC News interview broadcast Monday, Hillary Clinton defended the speaking fees she and Bill reel in, saying, “We came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt.” “We had no money when […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 57,000 U.S. military veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for their first VA medical appointments, and an additional 64,000 appear to have fallen through the cracks, never getting appointments after enrolling, the government said Monday in a report newly demonstrating how deep and widespread the problem is. It’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s oldest man, a retired chemist and parapsychologist, has died in New York City at the age of 111. Alexander Imich died Sunday at his home in Manhattan, according to his niece, Karen Bogen of Providence, Rhode Island. She said she visited him a day earlier with her sister and […]
