ITALY’S anti-European Union Lega Nord has surged ahead in the polls in the Lombardy region and is predicted to take 41 percent of the vote in local elections despite a recent race storm, according to a recent poll. According to the latest Ipsos poll for influential daily Corriere della Sera, […]
Daily Archives: February 15, 2018
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Between 20-50 people were injured and “multiple” people were killed as students frantically hid while a gunman stormed the building. Footage has emerged appearing to be from inside the school with gunshots heard in the background. Students could be heard screaming and were seen kneeling on the floor and hiding […]
President Trump’s White House isn’t famous for sweating the small stuff. Maybe that’s one reason it is stumbling over something known for exacting detail: the security clearance process. More than a week after allegations of spousal abuse against former staff secretary Rob Porter burst into public view, the administration is […]
Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Like mass shootings in general, school shootings have gone from being a rare tragedy to a tragic reality. Already in 2018 there have been at least 17 instances of gun violence in U.S schools, including the shooting today at a Parkland, Florida high school. In […]
WASHINGTON — As the Senate struggles to find an immigration bill it can pass, two new bipartisan proposals are being rolled out, both containing some of President Donald Trump’s demands but parting on others. The fate of those plans was clouded even before their release as the president issued a […]
Officers and school officials have confirmed the gunman was a former student at the school, with the local sheriff claiming he is possibly 18-years-old. He was arrested without incident roughly a mile away from the site of the horrific Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. […]
Greening Mardi Gras: Recycling effort targets parade trash More NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mardi Gras produces days of merriment, indulgence, a few hangovers — and a lot of garbage. Once the parades have passed and the beads have been thrown, the cleanup begins. This year two New Orleans organizations aimed […]
WASHINGTON — As the criticism over the White House’s handling of domestic violence allegations against a former top aide continues to grow, so does rampant speculation that John Kelly’s days as chief of staff are numbered, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. Kelly, a no-nonsense retired four-star Marine […]