WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military has released its first official account of Iran’s seizure and subsequent release of 10 U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf who strayed into Iranian waters last week in small boats. The account U.S. Central Command offered on Monday adds some detail to what was already known about the incident,…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A study shows the amount of man-made heat energy the oceans have absorbed since 1997 is equivalent to a Hiroshima-style bomb being exploded every second for 75 straight years. That’s double the heat energy the waters were absorbing before 1997. Scientists have long known that more than 90 percent of the heat…
The definitive answer won’t arrive until the night of Iowa’s leadoff caucuses on February 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Americans long held in Iran will soon be reunited with their families and says “tireless” diplomacy made it possible. Obama spoke as the Americans were on their way to Switzerland, a day after their release as part of a prisoner swap. Under the deal, the U.S. was pardoning…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to consider new rigorous screening procedures for Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States. The measure is coming up at a time when national security looms large for voters in an election year. The legislation has gained momentum as a result of the Islamic State…
District spokesman Tom Petersen says privacy curtains were initially installed but they’ve been replaced with stalls
Trump said the Texas senator “hurt himself” at Thursday night’s debate when he said that “everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, focus around money and the media.”
Flint’s tap water became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 to save money while under state financial management
In the U.S., 154 locations will be closed, most of them small format stores called Walmart Express