Investigators in New York said two Saudi sisters found dead in the Hudson River last week were alive when they entered the water. The New York Police Department said the sisters, 22-year-old Rotana Farea and 16-year-old Tala Farea, were dressed similarly in black leggings and fur-trimmed jackets, with […]
WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught crossing illegally from claiming asylum — two legally dubious proposals that mark his latest election-season barrage against […]
General Motors is offering buyouts to thousands of its longest tenured employees as part of a company-wide cost-savings effort. The voluntary severance program will be available to 18,000 salaried employees in North America with 12 or more years of experienc. GM notified employees of the program Wednesday and […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order levying sanctions against Venezuela’s gold exports, national security adviser John Bolton announced Thursday. The president signed the order Wednesday, targeting those who have engaged in deceptive or corrupt gold sales in Venezuela. Bolton announced the sanctions during a speech on the administration’s policy in Latin America […]
An Australian snake catcher shared video from the rescue of a sneaky python that was found wrapped around the engine under the hood of a car. Tony Morrison, 40, a professional snake catcher in Brisbane, Queensland, said he was called out to remove a nearly 5-foot python Tuesday […]
Crude oil futures continued to show weakness Thursday morning as reports of higher production by the world’s biggest producers reduced the potential impact of U.S.-nuclear related sanctions against Iran, an analyst said. WTI front-month crude oil prices were down 0.2 percent as of 9:42 a.m. EST to $65.20 […]
The chemical dispersants used to clean up oil after the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 were ineffective and unneeded, a new study says. Researchers report in a study {link:published this week:”https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00389/full” target=”_blank”} that dispersants used in the largest oil spill in U.S. history — 210 […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India— India humbled the West Indies by nine wickets in the final one-day international and took the five-match series 3-1 on Thursday. After bowling out the West Indies for 104, India made 105-1 in 15 overs to record its second biggest win in terms of balls to […]
NEW YORK— For literary magazines over the past year, much of the news has been in the masthead. Editor Lorin Stein of the Paris Review left amid allegations of sexual harassment and editor Ian Buruma of The New York Review of Books was fired after publishing an essay by Jian Ghomeshi, the […]
A black box from the crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, authorities said Thursday, a find that could be critical to establishing why a brand new jet plunged into the Java Sea shortly after take-off, killing 189 people on board. Divers plucked the orange data recorder from […]
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