COLUMBIA, S.C. — A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian. Dylann Roof is escorted into the court […]
Daily Archives: September 19, 2017
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The following note was sent by TIME Editor Edward Felsenthal to staff Monday. Team TIME: In a summer that has seen 9 million people come to TIME in a single day for an eclipse and, in Firsts, some of the most ambitious enterprise we’ve ever done, we have also been […]
WASHINGTON — On his first day as Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson vowed to try to get to know everyone at the State Department. But senior diplomats say they never saw him again. As President Donald Trump faces a collection of world leaders at his first United Nations General Assembly […]
Venus is seen next to the crescent moon during the daytime, prior to the start of occultation on Dec. 7, 2015, in Washington, DC. NASA/Joel Kowsky The moon on Monday is playing a role similar to the one it did during the epic American total solar eclipse last month, but […]
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense James Mattis and his South Korean counterpart have “discussed the option” of putting nuclear weapons in the country to deter North Korea, Mattis told reporters Monday. Mattis declined to elaborate further on his discussions with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo, but the two countries […]
The Spanish foreign ministry said it has asked North Korea’s ambassador to leave Spain before the end of the month because of his country’s refusals to cease its nuclear weapons programme. Spain has cracked down on the actions of Kim Jong-un by ordering diplomat Hook Choi Kim to leave the […]
WASHINGTON — The nominee to be the next administrator of NASA says that he believes the agency’s top challenges include maintaining “consistency and constancy of purpose” that can support long-term plans, while building up international and commercial relationships. Those opinions were expressed by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), formally nominated Sept. […]
The Sony PlayStation Tokyo Game show will include a live stream that kicks off at 8am, on Tuesday September 19. The Youtube embed supplied by Sony appears to confirm that there will either be English captions, or voiceover for the TGS 2017 reveals. And while we can expect some reveals […]