Buttigieg pledges billions to curb education disparities
DETROIT (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg vowed on Saturday to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to improve public education if elected, with a plan that boosts funds for “underserved children” and expands early childhood learning....
read moreDemocrats huddle to draft impeachment charges against Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Saturday to prepare for what could be the final week of their months-old impeachment inquiry that has imperiled Donald Trump’s presidency. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump leaves...
read moreSaudi airman may have become radicalized before U.S. Navy base attack
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Reuters) - The Saudi airman accused of killing three people at a U.S. Navy base in Florida appeared to have posted criticism of U.S. wars and quoted slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on social media hours before the shooting spree, according to a...
read moreUnited States and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump took office. Iran released Xiyue Wang, a U.S. citizen who had been...
read moreU.S. defense secretary can’t label U.S. base attack ‘terrorism’ at this point
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper delivers remarks before ringing the closing NASDAQ bell for Veterans Day in New York, New York, November 11, 2019. DoD/Lisa Ferdinando/Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoSIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary...
read moreNetEnrich To Launch AI-Driven Solutions For Digital Services Integrity at Gartner’s 2019 IOCS IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NetEnrich, a provider of IT, cloud, and cybersecurity operations and services, will launch AI-driven solutions for Digital Services Integrity™ at the 2019 Gartner IOCS IT Infrastructure, Operations...
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Former Rep. Katie Hill says the wave of harassment she faced after alleged revenge porn leak left her contemplating suicide
Former Rep. Katie Hill wrote a piece in The New York Times about the fallout from her resignation from Congress. In October, media outlets published leaked nude photos of Hill. She also admitted to having had a relationship with one of her campaign staffers, though...
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Top US Marine says young troops should not be blamed for using TikTok, responsibility is with senior leaders
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Shoppers are lighting up social media over Bath & Body Works ‘Candle Day,’ which posters say crashed the chain’s website
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read moreVIDEO RELEASE—Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Christened at Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a ceremony celebrating the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the American hero for whom the ship is named, Huntington Ingalls Industries’...
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Pensacola attack: Gunman ‘played mass-shooting videos at dinner’
The Saudi gunman who attacked a Florida navy base on Friday played videos of mass shootings at a dinner beforehand, according to a US official.Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani - who was training at the Pensacola base - killed three people before being shot dead.He played the...
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US and Iranian men released in prisoner swap
The US and Iran have conducted a prisoner swap in a rare sign of co-operation between the two countries.The exchange involved a Chinese-American researcher convicted of spying in Iran and an Iranian scientist held by the US. Both deny wrongdoing. Iran's foreign...
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Anthony Joshua beats Andy Ruiz Jr to reclaim heavyweight world titles
Anthony Joshua became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in a tense rematch in Saudi Arabia.Six months on from the night Ruiz stunned boxing, Joshua risked seeing his career left in tatters with a second defeat, but...
read moreTrump takes aim at trickle-down toilets, faucets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he has directed his environmental regulators to find answers to what he considers a big problem - water-conserving showers, faucets and toilets that restrict their flow to a dribble. President Donald Trump...
read moreSaudi airman in U.S. for training suspected in deadly shooting at Florida Navy base
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Reuters) - A member of the Saudi Air Force visiting the United States for military training is the suspect in a shooting that killed four people and injured eight at a U.S. Navy base in Florida on Friday, the state governor and other officials said....
read moreDisappearing frontier: Alaska’s glaciers retreating at record pace
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Alaska will soon close a year that is shaping up as its hottest on record, with glaciers in the “Frontier State” melting at record or near-record levels, pouring waters into rising global seas, scientists said after taking fall measurements....
read more“All clear” given at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida after bomb threat
(Reuters) - An “all clear” signal was given at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida on Friday an hour after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the area, the base said in a tweet. “There is no credible threat to the area at this time,” the air force base said....
read moreTrump says U.S. will finalize new fuel efficiency rules next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will finalize its rollback of Obama-era vehicle emissions standards next year and expected it would provoke a new legal challenge by California. President Donald Trump listens to...
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NATO researchers: Social media failing to stop manipulation
This combination of images shows logos for companies from left, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Social media companies are failing to stop manipulated activity, according to a report Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 by NATO-affiliated researchers who said they were easily able to...
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DHS retreats on possible facial screening of US citizens
In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 file photo, Travelers walk through a security checkpoint in Terminal 2 at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City. The Homeland Security Department is backing away from requiring U.S. citizens to submit to...
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