AUGUST 10, 2019
A broad area of the central United States will be at risk for violent thunderstorms and flooding downpours this weekend.
Many more communities will be at risk for severe weather than at the end of this past week, when the worst of the thunderstorms focused on South Dakota.
A brief tornado was reported in Lyman County, South Dakota, on...
AUGUST 10, 2019
Washington, D.C. - A former Foreign Service officer whose resignation took effect this week tore into President Trump on Friday evening, labeling his administration cruel and incompetent.
"What's different is kind of the naked unapologetic cruelty. That's the first thing. The second thing is, you know, the sheer managerial incompetence of this administration. The rollout of the Muslim...
AUGUST 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence.
"If they did that, we'd just reciprocate," Trump said during a wide-ranging impromptu gaggle with reporters at the White House, en route to fundraisers in New York.
He added: "We are a very reciprocal nation...
AUGUST 9, 2019
MORTON, Miss. — U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.
The raids, planned months ago, happened just hours before President Donald Trump visited El Paso, Texas, the majority-Latino border city where a man linked to an online screed about a...
AUGUST 7, 2019
US Congress started to get interested in loot boxes earlier this year, and the video game industry appears to be willing to play ball. The three major console manufacturers--Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo--today announced a plan to start requiring all games with paid loot boxes to start disclosing the odds of getting different items, following other platforms in...
AUGUST 7, 2019
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The scrapping of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories has finally had its impact on India-Pakistan relations.
Pakistan has now announced that it will be downgrading diplomatic relations with India. It has also said it will be suspending bilateral trade with India.
Amid uproar over India's Kashmir provisions,...
AUGUST 6, 2019
Brief Scorecard: India 150 for 3 (Pant 65*, Kohli 59, Thomas 2-29) beat West Indies 146 for 6 (Pollard 58, Powell 32*, Deepak Chahar 3-4, Saini 2-34) by seven wickets
Deepak Chahar removed West Indies' openers. - AP
GUYANA - West Indies put up their best show in the T20I series, with their batsmen having their best day...
AUGUST 6, 2019
In this file photo dated Aug 1, 2019, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, at the Parliament in New Delhi. (PTI)
NEW DELHI, INDIA - National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the government’s decision to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories felt like "your body was being carved". Speaking to news channel...
AUGUST 6, 2019
NEW DELHI, INDIA - Senior BJP leader and Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, 67, passed away at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack in the evening.
The senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS at 10:15 PM and was straight away taken to the emergency ward.
Sushma Swaraj's husband...
AUGUST 6, 2019
FILE PHOTO: A Google booth is seen during the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, China August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his accusations against Google, claiming without offering evidence that the technology company worked to subvert his 2016 presidential campaign and warning he was watching...
