MARCH 13, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Australia 272 for 9 (Khawaja 100, Handscomb 52, Bhuvneshwar 3-48) beat India 237 (Rohit 56, Zampa 3-46) by 35 runs
NEW DELHI - A decade ago Australia won an ODI series in India despite a surfeit of injuries. Numerous stronger sides have left empty handed since then, so it was with a great deal of satisfaction...
MARCH 13, 2019
GORA-BOKKA, Ethiopia/OTTAWA - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States would ground Boeing Co's 737 MAX jets, following Europe and other nations that have already stopped the planes flying due to safety concerns, following an Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday.
"We're going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the...
MARCH 13, 2019
Flu virus
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The flu is on the rise across the country, and the flu season is showing no signs of slowing down in the D.C. area.
Parts of the region have seen high levels of the flu being reported for as many as 10 weeks.
While it does not appear the flu is on a...
MARCH 12, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
WASHINGTON/MOSOW - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday blamed Russia and Cuba for causing Venezuela’s political crisis by supporting President Nicolas Maduro and said he had urged India not...
MARCH 11, 2019
The full gamut of symptoms Parkinson’s disease can cause doesn’t typically arrive all at once. If you have Parkinson’s disease, you likely first noticed a mild symptom or two, and thought, “Huh… what’s that all about?” Though Parkinson’s is often thought of as mainly affecting older people, the disease can arise at younger ages, too, and it...
MARCH 11, 2019
A congressional staffer holds up a copy of volume one of President Trump's budget for the fiscal year 2020. The budget is considered dead on arrival in the House, which is led by Democrats. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
President Trump unveiled his 2020 budget Monday that basically has no chance of getting enacted. Even Republicans balk at some...
MARCH 11, 2019
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the CNN Democratic Presidential Town Hall at SXSW at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, Tex., on March 10, 2019. (Tamir Kalifa for CNN)
AUSTIN, TEXAS - South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg lambasted Mike Pence -- a man he used to work directly with during Pence's time...
MARCH 11, 2019
A paramilitary trooper seen standing guard outside the Grand Mosque during restrictions in old city of Srinagar, Kashmir, India on March 10. - Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
The US State Department issued a travel warning for India due to crime and terrorism after a troubling rise of terror attacks and sexual assault.
The State...
MARCH 11, 2019
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell - Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell hasn’t said much about President Donald Trump’s frequent criticism of the central bank. But in a new interview, Powell made clear there’s one thing Trump can’t say to him: “You’re fired.”
“The law is clear that I have a four-year term,” Powell...
MARCH 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressional Democrats refused President Donald Trump's newest request for border wall funding even before the White House officially made it.
In response to media reports Sunday that the president plans to ask Congress for an additional $8.6 billion in funding for construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader...
