Headline News
Review: 'Dead Poets Society,' Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher
The New York Times - 18 Nov 2016 05:00
Stripped of its cinematic distractions, this Off Broadway adaptation directed by John Doyle comes across as blunt and bland.
Obama Administration Blocks Arctic Oil Drilling Through 2022
The Huffington Post - 18 Nov 2016 20:16
Further cementing President Barack Obama’s climate legacy, the Department of the Interior announced on Friday its intent to ban oil drilling in the U.S. section of the Arctic Ocean for the next five years, citing envir...
Syrian Airstrikes in Aleppo Kill More Than 20 People
Time - 18 Nov 2016 04:32
No U.N. aid has reached eastern Aleppo since July and supplies may run out this week
US votes against anti-Nazi resolution at UN
Miami Herald - 18 Nov 2016 03:47
The United States says it was one of three countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism over freedom of speech issues and concerns that Russia …
Poll shows Catalans evenly split on independence from Spain
Fox News - 18 Nov 2016 16:00
A Catalan government opinion poll indicates people in the northeastern region are evenly divided over the question of independence from Spain, less than a year before the region's planned secession.
Family of UK woman charged for own rape in Dubai launch online appeal
Eyewitness News - 18 Nov 2016 20:08
The British woman was charged for having extramarital sex after she reported her own rape to police.
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Migrant Rights Says Australia's Refugee Island Is 'Inhuman'
Time - 18 Nov 2016 05:52
"Australia would vehemently protest if its citizens were treated like this"
What Happened To Creepy Clowns? Threats Reduce After Global Phenomenon
IBTimes - 18 Nov 2016 12:53
A series of sometimes disturbing and sometimes criminal "creepy clown" sightings in the Southeast region of the United States stretched up to the East coast and to places as far west as Arizona and Idaho weeks before Hal...
Donald Trump, After Fits and Starts, Focuses on Foreign Policy
The New York Times - 18 Nov 2016 04:06
The president-elect met with the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, and also held meetings with several experts and the Israeli ambassador.
It's the Economic Inequality, Stupid! The Gaping Wound that led to Trump's Win
The Huffington Post - 18 Nov 2016 12:33A Fuel Tanker Explosion in Northern Mozambique Has Killed 73 People
Time - 18 Nov 2016 04:22
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear
Alleged drug lord arrested in Abu Dhabi back in Manila
Miami Herald - 18 Nov 2016 04:51
A suspected Filipino drug lord, whose father was killed in an alleged gun fight in prison, has been repatriated from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, where officials say …
Trump meets with Japan's leader to discuss plan going forward
New York Post - 18 Nov 2016 05:10
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe trekked to Trump Tower on Thursday, seeking clarity on the president-elect's positions on trade agreements and US-Asian alliances. Faced with a nuclear-armed and unpredictable North Kor...
Georgia Lawmaker Withdraws Anti-Hijab Bill After Backlash
The Huffington Post - 18 Nov 2016 04:00
A Georgia lawmaker withdrew a bill Thursday that would have criminalized Muslim women wearing religious headscarves in public after it received widespread condemnation. House Bill 3 would have amendedan anti-mask rule or...
Donald Trump Selects Mike Flynn As National Security Adviser: Report
The Huffington Post - 18 Nov 2016 03:17
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday offered retired Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn the position of national security adviser, a senior official told the Associated Press. Flynn, who advised Trump’s presidential campaign...
Chilling 911 calls from Pulse nightclub reveal desperate pleas
New York Post - 18 Nov 2016 03:04
Terrified club-goers desperately pleaded for cops to rescue them during an ISIS sympathizer’s deadly rampage inside a gay nightspot in Florida, newly released 911 recordings revealed Thursday. “Please help us. It has...
Poland's former president to be reburied following autopsy
Miami Herald - 18 Nov 2016 15:56
A new marble tomb has been installed for the reburial of Poland's former president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife, whose remains were exhumed Monday as part of a new investigation …
Will Democrats filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee? If they do, the GOP might nuke the filibuster.
The Week - 18 Nov 2016 15:46
Democrats are squirming at the thought of Donald Trump's upcoming opportunity to nominate a justice for the Supreme Court. And while they're thinking about giving the Republicans a taste of their own medicine by obstruct...
UN official urges Turkey to release journalists from jail
Miami Herald - 18 Nov 2016 15:42
A United Nations official on Friday urged Turkey to release all jailed journalists, saying the government's need to protect citizens following the failed coup in July and a wave of …
Man charged with felony vandalism for destroying Trump's Hollywood star
New York Post - 18 Nov 2016 15:36
LOS ANGELES — A man who used a pickaxe and a sledgehammer to smash Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was charged with felony vandalism, authorities said. James Otis, 52, faces a maximum of three years...
Prosecutors seek former Italy resident as IS fighter in Iraq
Miami Herald - 18 Nov 2016 15:36
Italian prosecutors say they are investigating a former resident of Italy, now living in Iraq, as a foreign fighter for the Islamic State group. Prosecutors said Friday they have issued …
George Takei: We Must Not Let Muslims Be Treated Like Japanese Americans in WWII
Time - 18 Nov 2016 15:00
George Takei, who lived in an internment camp as a child, says that a Donald Trump advocate’s recent comparison of Trump’s Muslim registry to the interment of Japanese Americans has “reopened very old and very deep...