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October 15, 2018
Trump, first lady visit hurricane-ravaged Florida Panhandle
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — US President Donald Trump arrived in Florida’s storm-ravaged Panhandle on Monday to survey the destruction caused by deadly Hurricane Michael and said the top priority was food and housing for residents.Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted by Governor Rick Scott upon their arrival at Eglin Air Force Base, about 160 km west of where Michael came ashore last Wednesday as one of ...
October 15, 2018
Trial starts on claim Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans
BOSTON, Massachusetts — A trial began on Monday in a lawsuit alleging Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants, a closely watched case that could influence how US colleges may use race as a factor in their admissions decisions.The non-jury trial before US District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston pits the Ivy League school against Students for Fair Admissions, an organization founded by an anti-affirmative action activist that sued Harvard in ...
October 15, 2018
Fleeing electricity, Mexico’s Mennonites seek new home
THE desert of northern Mexico seemed so perfect when the Mennonites moved here 26 years ago: a place free from electricity, television or cars.But then the government installed the first power lines.And now, this deeply traditional, tight-knit community is divided between those who want to stay in Sabinal, their far-flung, dusty village, and those who soon will load their wagons, hitch up their horses and move to a new, even ...
October 15, 2018
Nicaragua police arrest 20, use stun grenades to break up anti-govt rally
MANAGUA — Some 20 protesters were arrested on Sunday when Nicaraguan police swooped in to break up a meeting of demonstrators gathering for a march against the government of President Daniel Ortega.Police wielded clubs and hurled stun grenades to break up the demonstrators gathering at a shopping mall parking lot, beating men, women and even some elderly people.Those arrested were dragged down the street to be later loaded onto police ...
October 15, 2018
US Air Force optimistic on hurricane-hit fighter jets
WASHINGTON — The United States Air Force said on Sunday that a group of F-22 stealth fighters left behind at a base to ride out Hurricane Michael were intact but it was too soon to say whether all of them would fly again.Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida was hit by the Category 4 storm on Oct. 10 and suffered extensive damage, with some hangars partially stripped of their roofs, ...
October 15, 2018
Lewinsky affair not an abuse of power: Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has said her husband Bill’s affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky was not an abuse of power and he was right to not resign from the US presidency in the wake of the scandal.The two-decades old episode has come under renewed scrutiny in the #MeToo era, with critics questioning whether the power imbalance between a sitting president and an intern made it impossible for ...
October 14, 2018
Hurricane Michael: Search on for the dead
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. —The hunt for missing people in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael early Sunday is turning into a search for the dead, as hope of finding more people alive fades in the Florida Panhandle, US officials said.“We’re going into recovery mode, unfortunately,” said Fire Chief Alex Baird of Panama City, one of the coastal Florida communities clobbered by the hurricane that made landfall Wednesday as a Category 4 ...
October 12, 2018
‘We are fine’: Melania dismisses marriage strain rumors
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump dismissed on Friday the widespread talk about her husband President Donald Trump’s alleged affairs with a porn star and others, saying she has “more important things to think about.”In an interview with ABC News, excerpts of which were broadcast early Friday, the US first lady did not deny her husband’s alleged history of philandering.But Melania Trump insisted she doesn’t dwell on it.“It is not a concern ...
October 12, 2018
Jetliner lands in US after world’s longest flight
NEW YORK — An Airbus jetliner arrived in Newark on Friday after a nearly 18-hour trip from Singapore, completing the world’s longest commercial flight.It marked the revival of a route that had been eliminated in 2013.Singapore Airlines Flight SQ22 arrived at 5:29 a.m. (0929 GMT), having left Singapore’s Changi airport at 11:23 p.m., the Newark Liberty International Airport website said. That made for a flight of 17 hours and 52 ...
October 12, 2018
Pope praises US archbishop who steps down in sex abuse crisis
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Washington D.C. over the handling of Catholic Church sex abuse cases, praising the close ally for stepping down in the name of unity rather than fighting accusations of a cover-up.With his resignation on Friday, Cardinal Donald Wuerl became one of the highest-ranking Catholic leaders to step aside over global accusations that the Church harbored sex abusers.The cardinal, one ...
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