Month: November 2019

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin — the governor with the lowest approval ratings in the country — isn’t giving up. After refusing to concede to his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, Bevin’s campaign requested a formal recanvass, with Bevin claiming there were a number of “significant irregularities” in the vote count process.  In what his campaign…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin asked Wednesday for a recanvass of Kentucky election results that showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear, who discounted the challenge and began preparing to take office. Beshear, the state’s attorney general, said he’s confident in the election outcome, saying any review would show…

Key point: Moscow has seen what America’s AC-130 gunships can do and they want to replicate the Air Force’s success. Call it the “Spookovik.” Russia wants to make its own version of America’s legendary AC-130 “Spooky” gunship. “An analogue of American AC-130 aircraft directly supporting ground forces on the AC-130 battlefield is being developed in Russia,”…

Krispy Kreme is donating 500 boxes of doughnuts to Jayson Gonzalez, 21, after learning he would cross state lines to resell its product. Minnesota does not have any Krispy Kreme stores, so Gonzalez, of Champlin, Minnesota, would drive 270 miles to a Krispy Kreme store in Clive, Iowa, every weekend and buy up to 100…

Republican Kentucky governor Matt Bevin narrowly lost the state’s gubernatorial race to Democratic challenger Andy Beshear on Tuesday evening by a margin of just over 5,000 votes. The loss for Bevin, who was unpopular during his tenure, came after President Trump joined the incumbent at a campaign rally on Monday to support his reelection. “Tonight,…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said next week’s recanvass of the vote count in Kentucky’s gubernatorial election won’t be his last move in challenging the results, which showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear. Beshear, meanwhile, said he’s confident in the election outcome and is focused on taking office…

Samantha Bee opened her weekly late-night show with some “good news” for a change Wednesday night.  “Democrats just picked up a governorship in a state as red as Trump’s face when he heard about this,” the Full Frontal host said of Andy Beshear’s apparent win over incumbent Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.  After playing a…

Any takers? Apparently not for the Trump Organization, which can’t seem to find anyone to fill the street-level retail space at the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, The Washington Post reports. The hotel has reportedly been struggling on several fronts during Trump’s presidency, with profits reportedly falling 89 percent between 2015 and 2018, but…

Omoyele Sowore’s family and friends are hoping the Haworth resident will come back to New Jersey soon. The journalist is standing trial beginning Wednesday in his home country of Nigeria on charges that followed his Aug. 3 arrest while he was organizing a peaceful pro-democracy protest.  He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include organizing a protest, insulting…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is assisting Syrian Kurds battered by a month-old Turkish incursion, seeing them as a counterweight to Iranian influence and advocating for them in talks with the United States, the deputy Israeli foreign minister said on Wednesday. Ankara launched its assault targeting the Kurdish YPG militia after the abrupt withdrawal of 1,000…