Walter Becker, co-founder of the influential jazz-rock band Steely Dan, died on Sunday at age 67, according to his website, which did not disclose the cause of death. Becker, who played lead guitar, formed Steely Dan with Donald Fagen, its keyboardist and lead vocalist. In its heyday in the 1970s, […]
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The President was leaving a church service with wife Melania when he was asked by reporters if he was preparing a military response to Pyongyang’s latest illegal test. He replied ominously: “We’ll see.” Earlier the Commander in Chief had tweeted his frustration with China and South Korea over the lack […]
When Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston last week, it hit a city that is much bigger and more diverse than it was in 2000. Those changes made the storm’s impacts bigger and more complicated. Growing immigrant populations and sprawling construction have remade the region and will likely make rebuilding efforts, […]
WASHINGTON — As rescue crews are still at work across Texas while people sort through the damage from Hurricane Harvey, Congress is considering linking upcoming legislation that would raise the nation’s debt ceiling to financial relief for victims of the storm. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he wouldn’t be opposed […]
Mobile phones had also been taken over as SMS alerts also displayed the same warning and emergency sirens were sounded. A missile had been launched from North Korea that flew over Japan and landed 500 nautical miles of the coast in the Pacific. Despite world wide condemnation of Kim Jong-un, […]
Angela Merkel, who has been remarkably quiet during the Brexit talks, faces her election rival Martin Schulz this evening in a TV debate. The debate takes place just three weeks before German voters go to the polls and decide on whether to hand Mrs Merkel a fourth consecutive term as chancellor. […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for U.S. space endurance. Whitson’s 665 days off the planet — 288 days on this mission alone — exceeds that of any other American and any other […]
School districts and state governments across the U.S. are combating the worsening teacher shortage crisis that is expected to peak this school year with new creative policy solutions — and they’re not exactly going by the textbook. For its school year that began last month, Clark County school district, which […]