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Alleged Philly mob boss' trial postponed over his heart problems
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 16:14
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey's" racketeering trial will be postponed until the end of January following his heart problems.
Donors pony up for horse with penis cancer
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 18:41
A sick pony in Maine is getting a new “little Richard” thanks to some generous activists. Bridgton's Animal Rescue Unit has raised over $5,000 to help Richard, a 15-year-old Shetland mini cross with a painful cancer ...
Navy at a crossroads after string of deadly disasters
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 05:14
The sailors were likely asleep when the water rushed in. Just 30 seconds earlier, officers overseeing the steering of the USS Fitzgerald had put their ship directly in the path of a much larger civilian container vessel ...
White House Memo: Debate Continues Over What Trump Said. But Does the Exact Word Matter?
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2018 04:30
If the argument seems to amount to a distinction without a difference, neither the White House nor its allies have acknowledged it.
Hard freeze paralyzes Deep South as harsh winter storm heads to New England
USA Today - 17 Jan 2018 16:42The U.S. Has Cut Half of Its Aid to Palestinian Refugees Pending U.N. Reform
Time - 17 Jan 2018 05:03
The U.S. is the largest donor to the agency that supports millions of Palestinian refugees
Feds can't explain why ICE detained activist Ravi Ragbir
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 04:45
Government lawyers said they couldn't explain why ICE agents detained Ravi Ragbir for deportation days before his legal status expired.
Marathon runner dies two days after flu diagnosis
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 02:50
A 40-year-old mother in San Jose, Calif., died two days after catching the flu, The San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing local media. Katie Denise Oxley Thomas, who was considered healthy and liked to run marathons, ...
Saudi Arabia transfers Yemen $2 billion to save local currency from 'complete collapse'
Chicago Tribune - 17 Jan 2018 14:13G.O.P. to Use Children's Health Insurance as Lure for Averting Shutdown
The New York Times - 17 Jan 2018 04:37
With no immigration deal in sight, Republicans are eyeing a stopgap bill to keep the government open past Friday, sweetening it with an extension of the child health program.
Former CIA officer arrested, accused of stashing top secret info
CNN - 17 Jan 2018 04:11
A former CIA officer who allegedly kept small notebooks with handwritten lists of the real names of covert agency employees was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night, the Justice Department sa...
Japan city uses emergency alert to recall blowfish packages
NY Daily News - 17 Jan 2018 04:08
A Japan city used an emergency alert to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one had a potential deadly liver.
Steve Bannon Has Been Subpoenaed After Refusing to Answer Questions in Russia Probe
Time - 17 Jan 2018 04:05
The focus on the former White House chief strategist follows his spectacular fall from power
'Horror house' dad's estranged brother takes leave from job at Christian college
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 17:09
The estranged brother of accused shackle dad David Turpin is taking a leave of absence from his job as president of a Christian college in Ohio. Dr. Randy Turpin -- brother of accused child-torturer David Turpin -- is on...
Sweden is preparing its people for war
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 16:55
Sweden is preparing to reissue a pamphlet first sent out during World War II on how to respond if war breaks out to 4.7 million households as it deals with Russia’s aggressive actions in the region, according to report...
Germany hands over key independence document to Lithuania
Fox News - 17 Jan 2018 16:39
A copy of Lithuania's 1918 Independence Act found in German archives has been returned to the Baltic country, but only on loan.
'Horror house' mom ignored her parents' dying wish, sister says
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 16:38
Accused California torture mom Louise Turpin ignored her parents' dying wish to see her and callously skipped out on their funerals, according to new reports. "My parents, before they died in 2016, begged to see her," si...
The Trump Administration Targets the Poor
The New Yorker - 17 Jan 2018 01:59
John Cassidy on the Trump Administration's potential changes to Medicaid eligibility guidelines and to bank-lending rules that will affect low-income Americans.
Paul Ryan Has the Toughest Job in Washington: Avoiding a Government Shutdown
Time - 17 Jan 2018 16:32
It’s not an easy time to be House Speaker Paul Ryan. The Republican Party is fractured over immigration, and its nominal leader, President Donald Trump, is sending mixed signals with offhand comments and unscheduled tw...
UN aid chief seeks donations for Palestinian refugees after US cuts funds
New York Post - 17 Jan 2018 16:24
JERUSALEM/GAZA -- The head of the U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees appealed on Wednesday for world donations after the United States withheld about half its planned funding for the organization, a mo...
A massive impending Bay Area ICE raid is apparently intended to send a signal to sanctuary cities
The Week - 17 Jan 2018 14:49
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are reportedly poised to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented immigrants in the region around the Bay Area in California in a maneuver apparently intended to send a signal to san...
Apple Leak Reveals Significant iPhone Design Changes
Forbes - 17 Jan 2018 02:00
Apple's most significant iPhone upgrade has leaked...