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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...
'Standing together' in White House protest
BBC - 30 Jan 2017 04:18
Protesters in Washington opposing President Trump's executive order speak to Rajini Vaidyanathan.
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...
Where the Trump Executive Order Stands and What Happens Next
ABC News - 30 Jan 2017 06:44
Questions have swirled about what is included and its legality.
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.
Top Nazi propagandist Goebbels' secretary dies at 106
BBC - 30 Jan 2017 05:09
The secretary to the notorious Nazi propaganda minister shared her life story in her final years.
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...
1 killed in shooting at Istanbul restaurant
Miami Herald - 30 Jan 2017 16:41
Turkish media reports say one person was killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a restaurant in Istanbul. Hurriyet newspaper said on its online edition that the attack …
Mali cancels return of famous music festival after al-Qaida attack
The Guardian - 30 Jan 2017 16:40
Fabled Festival au Désert was coming back to Timbuktu after years in exile but officials blocked it at last minute over security fears The fabled Festival au Désert was returning to Timbuktu, but it was a carefully gua...
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...
Police officer avoids sack for mocking colleague's cosmetic surgery
The Guardian - 30 Jan 2017 16:11
Assistant chief constable Rebekah Sutcliffe told Sarah Jackson she was a laughing stock after she had breast augmentation One of Britain's most senior female police officers has been allowed to keep her job after she lau...
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.
Mum covers anti-homeless spikes in Manchester with cushions
BBC - 30 Jan 2017 15:51
Jennie Platt says she is angry at people being treated "like pigeons".