NBC’s “America’s Got Talent’ crowned its 2017 winner in a finale that was packed with incredible performances on Wednesday. With the winner being 12 years old, many are wondering how she plans to spend her $1 million prizes. Darci Lynne Farmer, who captivated both America and the judges’ panel on […]
John Kelly, Donald Trump’s chief-of-staff, appeared to go through an “existential crisis” on Tuesday, social media users joked, as he listened to the president’s address to the UN General Assembly. Mr. Trump used his maiden address to the world’s leaders to escalate his standoff with North Korea over its nuclear […]
Mexico was struck by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday that killed at least 224 people and toppled several buildings in the capital. The death toll, announced by the interior minister shortly midnight, climbed throughout the night as rescue workers continued digging through rubble, with 21 children at a collapsed primary […]
WASHINGTON – Sen. Lamar Alexander pulled the plug Tuesday on his push for a bipartisan bill to stabilize the individual health insurance market, saying he and a key Democrat had been unable to reach a deal that could pass. Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, said he and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray […]
In his first speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump reprised misleading talking points on everything from job growth to defense spending. We’ve written about variations of some of these claims numerous times, but since these comments were made to a world audience, we are revisiting some of them. […]
A United States Air Force B-1B jet flies over Farnborough International Air Show The U.S. military on Monday flew a pair of B-1B bombers and F-35 fighter jets in bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula, in a show of force against North Korea, South Korea’s Defence Ministry […]
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un should take Washington’s threats of possible military action seriously because the world will not accept the rogue state becoming a full nuclear power, Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has warned. Mr. Pyne said the US, Australia, and their allies needed to give the latest round […]
Acid attacks, similar to the one injuring four U.S. women Sunday at a French train station, are escalating across Europe, and authorities are concerned that corrosive substances may become more of a “weapon of choice” for potential terrorist attacks. Sunday’s attack in Marseille against four Boston College students studying abroad […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Followers of the hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse — known as Juggalos — held a march Saturday on the National Mall, alleging discrimination after the FBI labeled the group a gang in a 2011 report. “We’re different. We’re not dangerous,” Kevin Gill, who is an announcer for […]
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo.— Protesters broke windows of storefronts in this St. Louis-area suburb and threw objects at police Saturday as violence flared for a second night following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man. The University City Police Department said 23 […]
