Mother charged with murder after 11-month-old son drowns in bathtub
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee mother arrested in connection with the bathtub drowning of her 11-month-old son now faces a murder charge, authorities announced Friday. Lindsee Leonardo, 32, of Knox County is charged with first-degree murder as well as aggravated child abuse after emergency responders rushed to her home to find the infant unresponsive Wednesday…
A brokered convention is more likely than Elizabeth Warren winning the nomination, FiveThirtyEight forecasts
The Democratic nominee is starting to take shape in FiveThirtyEight‘s 2020 vision. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The data-driven news site gives former Vice President Joe Biden the best chance of locking down the 2020 Democratic nomination in its primary forecast that debuted Thursday. But things get more complicated beyond the top two candidates, with…
Angelina Jolie menace de révéler des preuves de maltraitance de ses enfants par Brad Pitt
Tout juste blanchi par les services sociaux, Brad Pitt est de nouveau attaqué par Angelina Jolie. Elle menace de révéler au juge du divorce des preuves de violence sur leurs enfants, s’il ne renonce pas à sa demande de garde partagée. Garde partagée, ou droit de visite ? Brad Pitt n’est pas encore fixé sur…
Mexico Is Doing the U.S.'s 'Dirty Work,' Say Researchers as Border Apprehensions Decline for 7th Month in a Row
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Thursday that apprehensions at the U.S. Mexico border — a figure generally considered the most accurate measure of migrants who have attempted to enter the U.S. — have decreased for the seventh consecutive month. But immigration experts and advocates say that trend is likely the result of a…
Death From Above: The Air Force's Fearsome AC-130 Gunship Is Getting Upgrades
Key Point: Once the gunship is upgraded, the AC-130 will become an integral part of U.S. overseas operations. The historic, lethal and combat-tested AC-130 gunship — known for attacking ISIS and Taliban fighters during close-air support high-risk combat missions — is getting a massive technological upgrade with newer weapons and avionics to increase the effectiveness of…
Egyptian restores historic synagogue, but few Jews remain
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt reopened a historic synagogue on Friday in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria after a yearslong government renovation. But only a handful of Jews remain from Egypt’s once-thriving community, most of them elderly. The country’s Jews largely left more than 60 years ago amid the hostilities between Egypt and Israel.…
Mom says she was attacked by daughter’s bullies outside California high school
A student faces criminal charges and a mother is recovering from her injuries in a hospital after an attack at a California high school, police say. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Union City police responded to a report of a fight at James Logan High School at about 9 a.m. Tuesday, Captain Travis Souza told…
Minimum wage hikes tied to drop in suicide rates
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with no more than a high school education may be less likely to die by suicide when minimum wages rise, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined the difference between state and federal minimum hourly wages as well as state unemployment and suicide rates for adults 18 to 64…
Raising the minimum wage by $1 is linked to lower suicide rates, study says
Raising the minimum wage could help prevent thousands of suicides every year — especially when unemployment is high — among workers with a high school degree or less, according to new research. The paper, published this week in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, found that a state increase in the minimum wage by…
Venezuela’s Maduro Starts Year With a 67% Minimum Wage Hike
(Bloomberg) — President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 67% increase in Venezuela’s monthly minimum wage, the first this year and the eleventh in the past 24 months. The presidential decree, announced by pro-government lawmaker Francisco Torrealba on Twitter, boosts the minimum wage to 250,000 bolivars ($3.61 at the official exchange rate), up from 150,000 bolivars. In…