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Two arrested after Quebec City mosque shooting
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 05:38
Two people have been arrested after a shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday, said a police spokesman who confirmed there were deaths and injuries but declined to give a number. A Reuters eyewitness saw heavily armed...
It Took Donald Trump 8 Days To Bring The U.S. To The Brink Of A Constitutional Crisis
The Huffington Post - 30 Jan 2017 05:34
It took little more than a week in office for President Donald Trump to thrust the nation to the brink of a constitutional crisis. Late Friday, the new chief executive issued an executive order forbidding millions of ref...
Starbucks Rips Trump Policies, Vows To Hire 10,000 Refugees
The Huffington Post - 30 Jan 2017 06:55
Facing mounting fury by foreigners angry at the U.S. and eager to take out their ire on American companies, Starbucks has issued a pledge to hire 10,000 refugees around the world over the next five years, and released a ...
Trump screens 'Finding Dory' amid immigration ban
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 04:56
They say timing is everything … President Trump on Sunday hosted a kid-friendly White House movie screening about a family struggling to reunite as thousands of protesters massed outside Sunday to call for an end to hi...
German defense ministry investigates army abuse allegations
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2017 16:41
Germany's defense ministry is investigating claims of abuse at an army training base after reports that male and female soldiers were subjected to demeaning rituals and sexual harassment. Jens Flosdorff, …
Trump says he's ready to name Supreme Court nominee
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 15:58
President Trump, pivoting from nationwide protests over his immigration ban, said he will announce his selection to the Supreme Court Tuesday night. “I have made my decision on who I will nominate for The United States...
5 in custody over irregular property restitution in Poland
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2017 15:46
A former Warsaw town hall official, his parents and a lawyer are among five people taken into custody over irregularities in real estate restitution, Poland's chief prosecutor's office said Monday. …
Protesters March From D.C. Mosque To Mike Pence's House
The Huffington Post - 30 Jan 2017 07:02
WASHINGTON ― A little less than a mile down Massachusetts Avenue from the vice president’s residence, on the strip known as Embassy Row, is the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. The mosque was dedicated by President...
Entry of lawful permanent residents in "national interest," DHS secretary says
CBSNews - 30 Jan 2017 06:56
Secretary John Kelly said he deems the entry of lawful permanent residents into the U.S. in "the national interest"
Miss France Has Been Crowned Miss Universe in the Philippines
Time - 30 Jan 2017 06:06
Miss Haiti, a survivor of the devastating 2010 earthquake that destroyed her hometown, was named first runner up
How Trump's Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos
The New York Times - 30 Jan 2017 05:14
With little consultation or regard for basic governance, the White House forged ahead on a campaign promise that the president made to his most fervent supporters.
Brussels 'man in the hat' to be questioned over airport attack
Fox News - 30 Jan 2017 16:47
A suspect in the Brussels airport attack dubbed the "man in the hat" has been handed over to France to be questioned about the Paris atrocities.
Teen leukemia patient gets wish of using stun gun on cop
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 16:45
NEWARK, Ohio -- Police in central Ohio have helped a teenage leukemia patient cross off a bucket-list item that was seriously shocking: She wanted to use a stun gun on someone. Sixteen-year-old Alyssa Elkins got to do th...
How Trump's Nominee Will Alter The Supreme Court
FiveThirtyEight - 30 Jan 2017 16:31
President Trump is expected to announce his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, nearly a year after Justice Antonin Scalia died. He isn't the first president to nominate someone to fill Scalia's seat — President Barack Obam...
White House says protests mean travel ban is 'hugely successful'
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 16:09
The White House is pointing to huge weekend protests across the country as a sign President Trump's travel ban is "hugely successful," according to Stephen Miller, senior adviser to the president for policy. "Anytime you...
Former Bush administration official ominously warns Trump's presidency 'will probably end in calamity'
The Week - 30 Jan 2017 16:08
A former Bush administration State Department counselor is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump: "It will not get better," writes Eliot A. Cohen at The Atlantic. "It will get worse, as power intoxicates Trump ...
WATCH: ACLU Wins Temporary Injunction Against Part of Trump's Immigration Order
ABC News - 30 Jan 2017 04:06
Lawyers set up make-shift offices in airport terminals around the country to help detained men, women and children while attorneys general of more than a dozen states condemned the order.
UK Parliament to launch 'fake news' inquiry; cites threat
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2017 15:47
A British parliamentary committee is launching an inquiry into the spreading "fake news" phenomenon. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee probe begins Monday. It will study "the widespread dissemination, through …
Philippine police chief halts bloody drug war
New York Post - 30 Jan 2017 15:46
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine police chief has stopped the use of the national police force in anti-drug operations and disbanded all police anti-narcotics units after the brutal crackdown was used as a cover by...
Conway: GOP Senators Need to Support Trump
ABC News - 30 Jan 2017 15:38
Conway described Trump's accomplishments so far as "breathtaking."
It took Obama 936 days to reach majority disapproval ratings. It took Trump 8.
The Week - 30 Jan 2017 15:32
President Donald Trump is the fastest U.S. president to ever reach majority disapproval ratings since Gallup began keeping track, The Los Angeles Times reports. Trump is approved by 45 percent of the country, with 48 per...
Police arrest Brazilian businessman Batista upon return home
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2017 15:27
A businessman who was once one of the world's richest people returned to Brazil on Monday to face corruption charges and was taken into police custody. Federal police said Eike …