Sean Gallup/Getty Images(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered his resignation via an Instagram post on Monday night. “I sincerely apologize for not being able to continue my service and all the shortcomings and faults during my term,” he wrote in his post. It remains unclear why Zarif would offer his resignation, …
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Feb 25
Oscars 2019 viewership up more than 11 percent from last year, per network
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — The numbers are in and the 2019 Oscars attracted 29.6 million viewers Sunday night, up 3.1 million from the year before, per the network and the Nielsen ratings. For those doing the math, that’s an 11.6 percent jump from 2018. The show was streamlined at just 3 hours, 15 minutes and …
Feb 25
2019 Corn Palace Festival entertainment line up announced
The World’s Only Corn Palace is excited to announce the star-studded entertainment lineup for the 2019 Corn Palace Festival. This year’s festival lineup will start on Friday August 23rd with Country music star and 1990 CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Clint Black. Black has had more than 30 singles on the US Billboard country …
Feb 25
Trump Org reports $191,000 profit from foreign governments, cuts check to Treasury
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Trump Organization announced Monday that it has sent a check for more than $191,000 to the United States Treasury, a figure that it said reflects its profits from doing business with foreign governments in the 2018 fiscal year. Before his inauguration, then President-elect Donald Trump pledged to donate all profits …
Feb 25
North Korea summit benefits Kim Jong Un, puts pressure on Trump, analysts say
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump prepares to continue negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week, he does so with added pressure to deliver results, while Kim has already won a victory in that diplomatic talks are happening at all, several North Korea analysts told ABC News. Eight months after …
Feb 25
Man allegedly walks into police station, confesses to killing his girlfriend in 2014: Police
Danville Metropolitan Police Department(DANVILLE, Ind.) — A young man walked into an Indiana police department Sunday night and allegedly confessed to killing his girlfriend in 2014, according to local police. Connor Scott, 24, allegedly admitted to killing 20-year-old Kaylyn Whitaker, who died on Oct. 31 in Martinsville, Ill., according to the Danville, Ind., police department. …
Feb 25
2 US Navy ships sail through Taiwan Strait — again — 5th time in 8 months
Kelsey J. Hockenberger/U.S. Navy, FILE(WASHINGTON) — It has happened again, two U.S. Navy ships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the fifth time in eight months that Navy ships have sailed through the body of water that divides China and Taiwan. U.S. Navy trips through there were once rare, but with the increased frequency at …
Feb 25
64-year-old plans to spend ‘golden’ age at Holiday Inn instead of retirement home
:sshepard/iStock(SPRING, Texas) — A man on the brink of retirement found an alternative way to live out his “golden” years: by spending them in a Holiday Inn rather than a retirement home. Spring, Texas, resident Terry Robison, 64, worked out a detailed comparison between the two options, and the mid-priced hotel chain appeared to win …
Feb 25
New Jersey man indicted in quadruple killing was about to be cut off from the family business: Affidavit
imaginima/iStock(MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J.) — A New Jersey man indicted Monday on charges he murdered his brother and his brother’s wife and two children before setting their house on fire was about to be cut off from the family business, according to a newly unsealed affidavit. A grand jury in Monmouth County, New Jersey, returned an …
Feb 25
VP Mike Pence meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, announces more sanctions and $56M in aid
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After rising tensions in Venezuela turned violent over the weekend, Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on diplomatic and economic pressure on Monday with additional U.S. sanctions on regime officials and a pledge to provide $56 million in aid to support partners in the region struggling to provide relief to the …