Month: January 2020

A Texas appeals court has delayed a judge’s prior ruling to allow Cook Children’s Medical Center to remove an 11-month-old baby from life support. According to NBC News, The Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth ordered the hospital to keep Tinslee Lewis on life support until it makes a final ruling in the case.…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A woman awaiting a court decision in her battle against a Texas hospital’s plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment. “This situation takes away my job as a mother and lets other people…

Rie Hachiyanagi, a 48-year-old art professor and performance artist, was arraigned on Friday for an alleged attack on Christmas Eve morning on a female professor in her 60s she had fallen in love with but who apparently did not share the sentiment. The Mount Holyoke College prof, who has worked at the prestigious college since…

Jeffrey Epstein left a note complaining about his prison conditions and fashioned multiple nooses out of bed sheets, new images have revealed. The 66-year-old convicted sex offender was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges. Pictures of the scene taken by the New York medical…

A new investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein has made public several new pieces of evidence, including photos of his jail cell showing a number of bed sheets, prescription medicine and an apparent note written by the convicted sex offender complaining about jail conditions before his death. The paedophile financier was awaiting trial…

(Bloomberg) — Want to receive this post in your inbox every day? Sign up for the Terms of Trade newsletter, and follow Bloomberg Economics on Twitter for more. The drums of war beating in Washington sound a lot more ominous than the kind accompanying tariff threats. That doesn’t mean the escalating tensions between the U.S.…

Iran’s Parliament Tuesday approved a bill designating the entire U.S. military and Pentagon terrorist organizations after the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Iraq.  Lawmakers also backed a motion allocating $220 million to the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards Corp’s (IRGC) Quds Force to take revenge for Soleimani’s death in a drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump.  The…

La fin de règne de François Hollande approche et plus le temp passe, plus le président de la République est nostalgique. Toutefois, il a décidé de s’y préparer avec humour. Il lui reste l’humour. François Hollande a encore frappé. Surnommé “Monsieur Petite Blague”, le chef de l’Etat a encore lors d’un déplacement. S’il entamait une…

Getty US allies raise their warnings against war with Iran as Trump increases his threats to Iran. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says that terrorists “would be the only winners” of a full-blown conflict. France also warns that war would benefit the Islamic State in the region. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also warned…

Sydney (AFP) – Spin legend Shane Warne Monday announced plans to auction the “beloved” baggy green cap he wore throughout his 145-Test cricket career to raise money for victims of bushfires raging in Australia. The “baggy green” is awarded to Australian players when they make their debut and is worn as a badge of pride…