Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Nov. 9, 2018 / 9:32 AM GMT By Corey Brettschneider, professor of political science at Brown University Mere hours after Democrats retook the House, President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the acting attorney […]
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Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Nov. 9, 2018 / 9:32 AM GMT By Benjy Sarlin WASHINGTON — Democrats made gains and held critical seats in the Midwestern and Rust Belt states that Donald Trump flipped […]
Police shot and subdued the knife-wielding assailant More One person was killed and two others injured following a stabbing spree in Melbourne, Australia on Friday that police say they are treating as a terrorism incident. Law enforcement officers responding to a car fire in the city’s central business district were […]
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Nov. 9, 2018 / 8:33 AM GMT / Updated 9:19 AM GMT By Associated Press GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A federal judge in Montana has blocked construction of the $8 billion Keystone […]
Iran emerged in early 2016 from years of global sanctions (Image: GETTY) “Iran’s situation is better than pre-2016 because of high oil prices and the fact that the U.S. is isolated this time,” said a European diplomat who asked not to be further identified. Iran emerged in early 2016 from years of […]
PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) – A fast-moving wildfire devastated a Northern California town of 26,000 people on Thursday with authorities unsure of the casualties as they struggled to contain 150-foot flames. Driven by strong winds and dry conditions, the blaze dubbed the Camp Fire roared through the town of Paradise, about […]
FILE PHOTO: Fine-art handler Tom Richardson poses with a motorised wheelchair belonging to British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking ahead of an auction of items from Hawkings’ personal estate at Christie’s in London, Britain October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – A motorized wheelchair used by the late British […]
An artistic impression of a Jupiter-like planet roaming in space without a starNASA/JPL-Caltech By Leah Crane Some planets float alone through space, with no sun and skies that are always dark. These rogue worlds are incredibly difficult to spot, but two new ones have been discovered. One of them is […]