iStock/Diy13(WASHINGTON) — The territorial ISIS caliphate in Syria has now been 100 percent eliminated, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced on Friday. President Donald Trump has, on numerous occasions before now, announced ISIS’ defeat, but this time it would appeared the claim had the full backing of the White House and Pentagon. Sanders, speaking …
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Mar 22
Teen arrested over ‘ethnic cleansing’ threat that closed Charlottesville schools for 2 days
ogolne/iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — A 17-year-old male was arrested over race-based threats against the Charlottesville school system, local police say. The Virginia city’s public schools were closed for two days — Thursday and Friday — in light of the threats that were made online. Charlottesville police announced Friday they had arrested a juvenile in connection to …
Mar 22
Amid wait for Ethiopian Airlines crash data, carrier asks Boeing to cancel MAX 8 order
the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the latest blow to the world’s biggest commercial airline manufacturer, a flagship carrier in Indonesia is asking Boeing if it can cancel a nearly $5 billion order of 737 MAX 8 planes because of lack of consumer trust in the jetliner. Garuda Indonesia, the nation’s government-backed airline, ordered nearly 50 Boeing …
Mar 22
Following arrest of K-pop star, South Korea deals with fallout of video camera sex scandal
South Korea’s National Police Agency(SEOUL, South Korea) — Police in South Korea are cracking down on the illegal filming and sharing of sex videos amid a widening scandal that uncovered spy cameras in the motel rooms of hundreds of guests and the high-profile arrest of a K-pop celebrity this week. The stepped-up efforts by authorities …
Mar 22
Charlottesville schools closed over ‘racially charged’ online threat
ogolne/iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — Public schools in Charlottesville, Virginia are shutdown for the second day in a row over an online threat. The threat was “racially charged” though no further specific details about the threat have been shared by the Charlottesville School Board. An investigation involving state and federal authorities is ongoing, according to the Charlottesville …
Mar 22
If you didn’t like your tax refund this year, here’s what you should do in 2019
NoDerog/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve already filed your income taxes and weren’t too excited about your refund, there is hope for next year. The tax code changed during 2018, so a lot of people were surprised this year that they didn’t receive the same amount back from the IRS that they had become accustomed to. …
Mar 22
New Zealanders wear headscarves in display of solidarity after mosque attacks
Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — New Zealanders of all religions donned headscarves on Friday in a symbol of unity as a mass funeral was held for dozens of victims of last week’s mosque attacks. Worshipers were gunned down inside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch and then at a nearby mosque in the suburb …
Mar 22
Flooding continues in Midwest as more towns evacuated
ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 12 levees have been breached on the Missouri River in the last week as record flooding continues in the Plains and the Midwest. Thousands of people have had to evacuate, including the entire towns of Craig, Nebraska, and Elwood, Kansas. The Missouri River continues to rise north of Kansas …
Mar 22
DNA testing exonerates dead man in Florida woman’s murder 36 years later
Jack Harold Jones (L) and Ronald Henry Stewart (R) in undated photos. (Arkansas Department of Corrections/Florida Department of Corrections) (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Prosecutors in Florida are asking for a dead man’s murder conviction to be vacated after DNA testing showed he was wrongly convicted. The Broward State Attorney’s Office filed a motion to exonerate …
Mar 22
Police dashcam video shows WV officers allegedly beating 16-year-old
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(BERKELEY, W.Va.) — Authorities in West Virginia have released dash-cam video showing police officers allegedly beating a 16-year-old who crashed a car after a high-speed chase. The video, which was taken on Nov. 19, 2018 and released by the Berkeley County Prosecutor’s Office, shows the teen’s car driving ahead of the police before appearing to …