Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out the United States as a broker for peace with Israel on Tuesday, calling for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full U.N. membership for the state of Palestine and a timeframe […]
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Trump lets protected Syrians stay longer but caps enrollment The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would allow nearly 7,000 Syrians to remain in the United States for another 18 months but won’t let more Syrian citizens apply for the special protection program. The decision was a partial relief for […]
Armed clashes kill 11 in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state Violent clashes involving gunmen, a community police force and state police killed 11 people in the troubled southern state of Guerrero on Sunday, while a separate series of shootouts the previous night left seven dead in the northern Mexico beach resort […]
Property manager finds 4 people dead in basement apartment Four people were found dead Tuesday and may have been killed in a basement apartment in New York’s capital region, police said. A property manager made the grisly discovery at a home in Troy, a city near Albany, police Capt. Daniel […]
Doctors in Florida to remove 10-pound tumor from boy’s face Doctors in Florida are planning to remove a 10-pound tumor from a Cuban teen’s face. The Miami Herald reports that 14-year-old Emanuel Zayas and his parents recently traveled to Miami on a medical visa. Dr. Robert Marx, chief of oral […]
San Diego County sees slowdown in Hepatitis A cases San Diego County is seeing a slowdown in the number of cases of Hepatitis A from an average of 84 per week this summer to only two in the first three weeks of December. The county’s public health officer, Dr. Wilma […]
US President Donald Trump believes in invisible fighter jets While bragging about the United States military capabilities, Donald Trump made one of his most bizarre claims to date. Speaking to members of the US Coast Guard on Thanksgiving Day, he told the audience the air force was ordering a plane […]
Melania Trump visits military families in Alaska Melania Trump might have been a fashion model at one time in her life, but she had no qualms ripping off a chunk of messy play dough and getting her hands dirty, just like the three preschoolers seated at the table with her […]
US conspiracy came amid slow sales of opioid US conspiracy came amid slow sales of opioid:- A new mouth spray that delivered the powerful painkiller fentanyl to end-stage cancer patients wasn’t selling as well as anticipated. So drug company executives moved quickly to make its production worthwhile. U.S. court records […]
NY woman missing since 75 found alive in Massachusetts NY woman missing since 75 found alive in Massachusetts:- A woman who disappeared from upstate New York after being dropped off for a doctor’s appointment 42 years ago has been found suffering from dementia and living in an assisted-living facility in […]
