DECEMBER 1, 2018
Police believe two American missionaries encouraged John Allen Chau to go to a forbidden island where he was killed by an isolated tribe he was trying to convert, a top investigator said on Saturday.
Dependra Pathak, head of police in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, told AFP the suspects had left India, and that there was...
DECEMBER, 1, 2018
A photo of George Bush
George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, from his stint as an envoy to Beijing to his eight years as vice president and his one term as commander in chief from 1989 to...
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30, 2018.
While some world leaders distanced themselves from the Saudi crown prince accused of ordering the assassination of a journalist, and from Russian President Vladimir Putin. But those two men appeared happy to see each...
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Marriott International has been investigating a hack involving unauthorized access to the guest reservation database at its Starwood unit since 2014, in what may be one of the biggest such data breaches.
The attack is troubling not just because of its sheer size, but also the level of detail potentially stolen by the attackers. The hack affects some...
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Speaking in support of or against the “resistance” to President Trump in a federal workplace would probably be illegal, according to an independent government agency. - Michael Reynolds/EPA, via Shutterstock
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At workplaces across the United States, it is routine for Americans’ conversations to turn to President Trump — whether his policies are good, whether he...
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - A local weather team claims that we could see double the average snowfall in the D.C. area this winter.
NBC Washington's Storm Team4 is predicting 25-35 inches for the general D.C. region thanks to a moderate El Nino this winter, which means colder than average temperatures and more snowfall, they say.
Also, they note snowfall has...
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Michael D. Cohen, left, a former attorney to President Trump, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to new criminal charges on Thursday morning.
NEW YORK - Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to breaking campaign finance laws, made a surprise appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday morning and pleaded guilty...
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Stocks ripped higher Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said interest rates are close to neutral, a change in tone from remarks the central bank chief made nearly two months ago.
The Dow closed 617 points higher, posting its biggest one-day gain since March 26. The S&P 500 jumped 2.3 percent as traders took the comments to...
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Indian currency notes and coins on an Indian Flag. Concept of money growth and Indian economic growth.
New Delhi: India’s economic growth under the previous Congress-led coalition government was slower than estimated earlier and , according to the revised GDP numbers released by the government on Wednesday.
The new GDP data, pertaining to the years between...
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
President Trump speaks during an interview Tuesday. - Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week’s General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview Tuesday, shirking any personal responsibility for cracks in the economy and declaring that he is “not even a...
