The death toll from a flood in the southern Indian state of Kerala was close to 400 on Monday as authorities handed out drugs and disinfectants to prevent illness in thousands. Dozens of people are missing and 1.2 million are housed in the camps, state officials said, as the water receded and cleanup operations gained […]
A record number of women won the primaries of the two major US parties for governor, senator and representative positions, opening the door to heated struggles in the mid-term elections in November. Many victories could raise the percentage of women elected and change the public debate on issues such as health, immigration, the right to
President Donald Trump said Saturday he had authorized White House lawyer Don McGahn and other presidential staff to “fully cooperate” in the investigation into suspicions of collusion between his campaign and Russia. Trump’s announcement on Twitter came after the New York Times reported that McGahn has “largely cooperated” with Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation in
In an unusual turn of events, a 20-year old Labrador City man was arrested over the weekend after he tried to drive his pickup truck up a downhill ski slope. The incident occurred just before midnight on March 16, 2014 at Labrador City’s Smokey Mountain Ski Club. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) responded to the
The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday rejected TransCanada’s request to reconsider its latest decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. In approving the project last November, the PSC authorized a different route than the one proposed by the company. On November 20, the Nebraska Public Service Commission lifted TransCanada’s final regulatory barrier to the
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that took place over the past four days in northern California in an area that stretched from Bakersfield to the border with the state of Oregon, concluded on Wednesday with 232 immigrants arrested, a notable increase compared to the more than 150 detainees who had been initially reported.
With more participation and with candidates for almost all the positions in dispute, many of them women, the Democratic Party hopes to gain land in this conservative state, despite the fact that the president has 83% support of his republican base. This Tuesday officially begins the race for the legislative elections in November and Texas
Duluth, MN – Trish Staine is the mother of a large blended family consisting of two children with her husband and his three older boys from his prior marriage. Trish was setting out for a personal accomplishment to run in the 2018 Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) set for June 22. This past Monday, Trish
Michigan prison escapee, Michael David Elliot, was caught in La Porte County, Indiana on February 3, 2014. The reasoning for his capture was due to the fact he abducted a woman who was able to call 911.The woman locked herself in the gas station bathroom and dialed 911. The 911 call was the first sighting
Officials at the Nebraska Zoo announced Wednesday that a lioness had given birth to a rare white lion cub. The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, in Omaha, claimed that the male baby was one of three cubs born late last week, two males and one female. Officials pointed out that lion cubs usually weigh about
