Month: January 2020

The head of Puerto Rico’s emergency agency has been sacked following the discovery of a warehouse filled with supplies dating back to Hurricane Maria. Governor Wanda Vazquez said the goods had sat unused since the September 2017 disaster, which killed an estimated 3,000 people. She ordered an investigation and described the inaction of Carlos Acevedo,…

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The remains of a paratrooper who was killed a week ago in Afghanistan have been returned to his family in the U.S. The family of Staff Sgt. Ian McLaughlin greeted his flag-draped casket at Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg on Saturday, The Fayetteville Observer reported. Click Here: liverpool mens…

AP Images Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is really tall. The 13-year-old was pictured towering over his six feet, three inch father as he boarded Marine One on Friday. It isn’t known exactly how tall he is. Social media users were quick to joke that Barron’s height could make him an exciting NBA prospect. Visit Business…

Nicosia (AFP) – Some Iranians reacted angrily Friday to a speech by the country’s supreme leader, which they said sought to downplay days of protests after a tension-filled month in the Islamic republic. “He didn’t even try to calm the people and totally ignored the protesters,” said one activist in Iran. Like other Iranians contacted…

An off-duty Hong Kong police officer was arrested along with seven other people on Friday as they tried to put pro-democracy posters on a footbridge, police said. It’s the first known case of a police officer being apprehended for supporting the massive demonstrations that have led to more than 6,500 arrests in the past seven…

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated their commitment on Sunday to the Iran nuclear deal and agreed a long-term framework was needed, Downing Street said on Sunday. “On Iran, the leaders reiterated their commitment to the JCPoA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) and also acknowledged the need…

The federal Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Native American woman after an agent at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport checked her long braids, then snapped them like reins and said, “Giddy up!” Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Tara Houska, an environmental and indigenous-rights attorney and activist, later tweeted: “My hair is part of my…

The federal Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Native American woman who said an agent at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport “pulled her braids” and said “giddy up!” when she took a flight from there this week. “The agent said she needed to pat down my braids,” tweeted Tara Houska, an indigenous rights advocate and…

Molly Riley/Reuters Native American woman Tara Houska says a TSA agent grabbed her braids, whipped them like reins and said “giddyup” while she was going through security at the Minneapolis airport on Monday. A TSA official apologized to Houska for the incident, and released a statement saying “improper behavior is taken seriously” by the agency.…

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it will deport a Honduran mother and her two sick children, both of whom are currently hospitalized, to Guatemala as soon as it can get them medically cleared to travel, according to court documents and the family’s advocates. The family’s advocates accuse the U.S. of disregarding the health…