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Security experts rejected Jared Kushner's clearance application

27 January 2019, 06:03

Two career White House officials specializing in assessing individuals for their security risk turned Kushner down for the sensitive "top secret" category, the report states. News of the irregular way in which Kushner procured access to very sensi...

Officer killed during apparent game of Russian roulette with fellow officer

27 January 2019, 06:02

Off-duty officer Katlyn Alix was shot and killed by another officer in a game of Russian roulette, police say. A probable cause statement from police offered a chilling account of the unsafe game that led to her death, describing how Alix and H...

Florida Secretary of State Resigns amid Blackface Controversy

27 January 2019, 05:14

At that time, victims of Hurricane Katrina were flooding surrounding states as vast swathes of Louisiana were devastated by the effects of the storm in August 2005. The photos were taken while Ertel was serving as Seminole County's supervisor of ...

Migrant shelters overflowing as Tijuana braces for returnees

27 January 2019, 05:09

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that, beginning Friday, asylum-seekers at the San Ysidro port of entry are being sent back to Mexico to await asylum hearings. "We do not feel safe" in Tijuana, Portillo said, shortly before Mexic...

Huawei dispute: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fires his ambassador to China

27 January 2019, 03:37

Trudeau said in a statement. The Prime Minister gave no reason, but Mr. McCallum's Tuesday comments about how Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou had a strong case to avoid extradition generated a storm of controversy about whether he was...

Louisiana: Suspect at large after 5 people shot, killed

27 January 2019, 03:29

Webre said they believe Dakota Theriot was heading east and that there was no reason to think he was now targeting someone else but warned that because he's armed and risky: "Anybody he comes into contact with could be a target". WBRZ was first to ...

United States special envoy for Venezuela has long, controversial history in Latin America

27 January 2019, 02:57

Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, reacts during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government and to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the end of the dictatorship of Marcos Perez Jimenez in Caracas, Venez...

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi sworn in as DR Congo president

26 January 2019, 11:17

His son's spokesman has said that will be corrected once Felix Tshisekedi takes office on Thursday. Felix Tshisekedi (R), leader of Congolese main opposition, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party, and Vital Kamerhe, leader o...

Donald Trump strikes deal to end government shutdown

26 January 2019, 11:15

President Trump officially ended the 35-day long government shutdown Friday; unveiling a deal that re-opens the federal government for three weeks while both parties forge a bipartisan border agreement. The committee also wants to hear from a Pentag...

President Donald Trump: Grocery stores, banks will 'work along' with furloughed workers

26 January 2019, 10:42

Other banks and credit unions are also offering loans for federal employees, the Post reports , including Navy Federal Credit Union and U.S. Bank. "Local people know who they are when they go for groceries and everything else, and I think what W...

Brown Returns To Public Eye, Issues Dire Warning At Doomsday Clock Announcement

26 January 2019, 10:09

Since 2007, the clock has also reflected how climate change affects the health of the world. The new abnormal describes a moment in which fact is becoming indistinguishable from fiction, undermining our very abilities to develop and apply solutions...

Donald Trump delays State of the Union address over shutdown

26 January 2019, 09:48

Trump's first State of the Union address a year ago lasted 80 minutes, making it one of the longest such speeches in US history. The stalemate over funding a U.S. She cited concerns about security for the event. The bickering over the speech had ...

Senate committee subpoenas ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

26 January 2019, 09:01

He has also pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations for his involvement in payments to a former Playboy model and porn actress who had alleged affairs with Trump. President Trump took aim at Cohen's decision to cancel and his choice of leg...

When will federal workers get paid? Trump says it will happen 'fast'

26 January 2019, 08:59

Trump says the border barrier he wants built isn't "medieval' and shouldn't be "controversial" because it will keep drugs and criminals from crossing into the United States". "Especially because we're coming to the beginning of the month and bills ar...

Miners close in on trapped Spanish toddler in well

26 January 2019, 08:03

Miners had been drilling day and night to reach the boy, Julen , into the borehole - 100 metres (300 feet) deep and just 25 cm (10 inches) wide - which was blocked with soil. In 2017 they lost their other son Óliver, when he was three years old afte...

Nigeria's Buhari suspends chief judge; opposition cries foul

26 January 2019, 07:45

The President is now swearing-in his replacement said to be Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as acting CJN. The chief justice is the head of the Supreme Court, which would hear any complaint about the results of next month's vote, at which Buhari is ...

Huawei executive has strong case to fight extradition - Canadian envoy

26 January 2019, 03:33

Canada detained the 46-year-old Huawei executive in Vancouver on December 1, and a judge granted her bail after a three-day hearing. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said he would not recall the ambassador to Beijing who ha...

Taliban-US talks 'making headway'

26 January 2019, 03:23

Arrested in Pakistan in 2010 in an operation then considered to have dealt a fatal blow to the movement, he was released last October after a first meeting in Doha - never confirmed by the United States - between the Taliban and Khalilzad.

Spanish rescuers find body of toddler trapped in borehole

26 January 2019, 01:11

Miners had been drilling day and night to reach Julen Roselló, who became trapped in the 100m-deep (300 feet) borehole, which was only 25 cm (10 inches) wide and blocked with soil. Government's representative in the Andalucia region Alfonso Rodriguez...

United States government shutdown ends for now

26 January 2019, 11:30

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly called Trump's proposition for a wall " wasteful and ineffective ", and Democratic leadership continues to deny support for the wall. "No, I have been very clear". White House and congressional leaders ...

INEC rejects Ezekwesili's withdrawal from presidential race

26 January 2019, 11:03

Recall that Legit.ng had earlier reported that Oby Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal from the 2019 presidential election race . In an Instagram post on Thursday, Durotoye said he is ready to support either of Omoyele Sowore, presidential candida...

Douglas County DA: No Additional Charges Against Jake Patterson In ‘Immediate Future’

26 January 2019, 10:17

Jayme escaped and was discovered on January 10, after spending almost three months in captivity with a man who allegedly kidnapped her from her home in October and killed her parents, Denise and James Closs, authorities said. A Wisconsin prosecutor s...

Florida bank shooting leaves at least five dead

26 January 2019, 09:55

White said suspected 21-year-old gunman Zephen Xaver attended Bremen High School for a portion of the 2012-13 school year and returned for a "brief period" the next year. Five women were found lying facedown in the lobby of a SunTrust bank in Se...

Wind Advisory: a rainy, windy Wednesday ahead

26 January 2019, 09:42

Another round of light snow will be possible tomorrow morning, mainly north of Highway 29. High: 28 Wind: N 10-15 miles per hour. Wind chill values may be near -25 to -30 at times Wednesday into Thursday morning. Saturday: Morning flurries, mostly c...

Trump lawyer walks back comments about Moscow project

26 January 2019, 09:15

Cohen's appearance will be postponed to a later date", attorney Lanny Davis said in a statement to media outlets. "I think it's fair to say that most of the people close to the president obviously have some concern about the way Rudy Giuliani i...

Russian Federation and Turkey agree to push back HTS in Syria's Idlib province

26 January 2019, 06:41

President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart during crunch talks in Moscow that they must fight terrorists "wherever they are", after Russian officials admitted that a ceasefire [between jihadis] agreement around Syria's last rebel-held stro...

Hundreds missing in Brazil after Vale tailings dam collapses

26 January 2019, 06:38

He said a torrent of sludge tore through the mine's offices, including a cafeteria during lunchtime. "Our Main worry now is to quickly find out where the missing people are". A home lays in ruins after a dam collapsed near Brumadinho, Brazil on Fri...

Israeli PM Netanyahu blocks Qatari aid funds for Gaza after border flare-up

26 January 2019, 02:34

Weeks of relative calm in the Gaza Strip ended Tuesday when Israeli soldiers were fired on along the border with the enclave in two separate incidents. Netanyahu is campaigning for re-election on 9 April and the payments from Qatar have sparked oppos...

McCarthy blasts Pelosi for giving House ‘3-day weekend’ amid government shutdown

26 January 2019, 01:56

So I think it's a great move to do it and it hopefully puts more pressure on all sides to get something done", Kilmeade said . "The president intends to go to the chamber on Tuesday night to address our great nation and give them an update on the ...

Missing NC toddler found alive in Craven County, sheriff says

26 January 2019, 12:44

Prior to being found, Casey was last seen at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday playing with two other kids in the backyard before he disappeared into the thick woods behind his grandmother's home. Facing heavy rain, gusty winds and low visibility, rescuers a...

Denver Teachers Vote To Authorize A Strike

25 January 2019, 10:01

If both groups approve it, teachers will head back to class on Wednesday, Caputo-Pearl said . The deal was broadly described by officials at the news conference as including a 6 percent pay hike and a commitment to reduce class sizes over four...

Airbus Warns It Could Leave in Event of 'No-Deal' Brexit

25 January 2019, 09:29

A business minister has dared Theresa May to sack him as he publicly agreed with claims a "no deal" Brexit would be a "disaster" for industry. Ford operates two engine plants in Britain, its third-largest market, and the destination for roughly...

Senate eyes stopgap bill as rival plans to end U.S. shutdown fail

25 January 2019, 09:17

Afterward, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said they were introducing an amendment in the Senate to temporarily reopen the roughly one-quarter of the federal government affected by the longest shutdown in USA history. government shutdown fell shor...

Australia 'expects' access to Australian-Chinese writer detained in China: Payne

25 January 2019, 09:09

The case is in the process of legal investigation and Yang's legitimate rights and interests are fully guaranteed, she told a press briefing. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Thursday there was "no evidence" of a connection between Yan...

War of words rages as Pelosi blocks Trump's speech to Congress

25 January 2019, 08:57

Officials have been considering potential alternative venues for the 29 January speech, including a rally-style event, an Oval Office address - as Pelosi previously suggested - a speech in the Senate chamber, and even a visit to the Mexican border.

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