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Frost advisory issued for central Pa.
From a high of 87 Thursday to a high in the low to middle 50's on Friday , wind will remain gusty from the north at 20 to 30 miles per hour Thursday night and 15 to 25 miles per hour most of the day on Friday . The Chicago National Weather Service Forecast Office has issued a Frost Advisory from 4AM CDT to 8AM CDT Thursday morning covering the areas away from the City of Chicago (blue-... [Full Article...]
Woman Found 42 Years After Vanishing In Sullivan County
When he returned to pick her up, she wasn't there. Authorities say a NY woman who disappeared 42 years ago has been found suffering from dementia and living in MA. But this month, cops tracked her down after unidentified human remains matching Mrs Harris's description were found. But upon investigating further, Sullvian County Sheriff's Detective Rich Morgan discovered someone was us... [Full Article...]
Australia's deputy PM ruled ineligible to sit in Parliament
Not only is he Deputy PM, as a member of the House of Representatives his expulsion from parliament will trigger a by-election in his seat of New England and potentially jeopardise the government's tenuous majority. The lawmakers recognized that they were dual nationals at the time of the election. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will become acting prime minister as Malcolm Turnbull is now oversea... [Full Article...]
Pope calls space, takes small step for Vatican-Russian ties
Flight engineer Joseph Acaba of Inglewood, California, said it is the diversity of each individual that makes the team stronger. He also asked what part of the astronauts' jobs bring them the greatest joy. "This is truly human thing - the ability to decide", the pope replied. Sergey Ryazanskiy, one of two Russians on the space station, said he had made a decision to be a cosmonaut because his ... [Full Article...]
Iraq launches offensive against last IS stronghold in Anbar
They have advanced mostly in areas to the west of the Euphrates River where they have captured the town of Al Mayadin and besieged the last Daesh-held pockets of Deir Ezzor city. After Mosul, Iraqi forces quickly routed ISIS from Tal Afar in August. ISIS's success in attracting foreign recruits might help sustain the group in the long-term, if not as a cohesive group, then as an inspiration for ... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump holds back some JFK assassination files, White House says
He's having those records further reviewed for the next six months. "I have no choice", Trump said in a memo, according to White House officials. Therefore, I am ordering today that the veil finally be lifted. He remains one of the most admired USA presidents. Stone's film was popular but widely criticized by experts who saw the film as a disservice to history. [Full Article...]
46 killed in Indonesia fireworks factory blaze
Indonesian police officers check dead bodies after an explosion at a fireworks factory at Kosambi village in Tangerang, Banten province, Indonesia October 26, 2017. Some of the victims were burning as they ran out, he said. "The casualties have reached 47 now", he said. Parts of the building collapsed after being gutted by the blaze which scorched nearby cars. [Full Article...]
Iran vows support for Bagdad's battle against terrorism
Abadi will later leave Iran for Kuwait. "The fight against terrorism and separatist goals. must be monitored and Tehran wants to contribute to reinforcing the Iraqi central government", Rowhani added, according to the presidency's website. [Full Article...]
Revanth Reddy removed from posts
Meanwhile, Revanth Reddy has been invited to attend TDLP meeting in the Assembly in the capacity of an MLA. Chandrababu is held responsible for this weird situation in Telangana by his party leaders as they feel that if he had taken time to meet and supervise TDP leaders in Telangana once in a month, this situation wouldn't have arisen in the first place. [Full Article...]
Kerala Police arrests three youths for having ISIS links
Referring to a training centre in Gulf, a police official said "He (Hamsa) worked at a Bahrain-based religious centre Al Ansar, which we suspect to be a training centre for ISIS sympathisers". They were then deported to Kerala. The National Investigation Agency is now probing disappearance of at least 21 people who are suspected to have joined ISIS. [Full Article...]
Syrian regime responsible for sarin attack
Its report, which was shared with Security Council members and seen by The New York Times, said investigators were "confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Shekhoun on 4 April 2017". Haley called on the UN Security Council to "send a clear message that the use of chemical weapons by anyone will not be tolerated". They concluded that only two scenar... [Full Article...]
Women and their dogs rescued, months after being lost at sea
After having engine problems on May 30 during bad weather, the two thought they could make it to land by using only their sail, according to the Navy . "I'm grateful for the service to our country", Appel said in a press release. They were taken onboard the USS Ashland , where they received medical check-ups. [Full Article...]
Trump cites Ivy League degree to defend image
Corker had taken jabs at Trump earlier in the day in an explosive interview on CNN, in which he begged the president's staff to get control of him and challenged Trump to rise to the occasion as president. 'I was extremely nice to her, ' he told reporters on Wednesday afternoon. Trump did not elaborate on the apparent correlation between education and civility. [Full Article...]
European Union to Probe UK Scheme Allowing for Tax Exemption for Multinational Corporations
On Thursday, the European Commission stated that the UK's Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) rules, which generally aimed at preventing United Kingdom firms from avoiding taxes, contradict EU competition law. The crackdown comes after the EU Commission announced earlier this year that it was taking Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to recover 13 billion euros (£11.5 billion) in ta... [Full Article...]
Reddit Finally Tries To Ban Nazi Subreddits With New Anti-Violence Policy
One was previously "quarantined" - a state where communities with content deemed to be "extremely offensive or upsetting to the average redditor" are only available to logged-in users who know where to look. In a post Wednesday, the company said its previous policy banning "inciting violence" was too vague and it wanted to be more "comprehensive" about what it finds unacceptable. [Full Article...]
Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Expanded Gaming Bill
License fees and taxes on gambling at the sites would go into the treasuries of local and state governments, as well public schools and economic and civic development projects. If they apply for all three within the first 90 days, they will receive a bundle discount (as my cable operator would call it, the "Triple Play!") and will pay $ 10 million total. [Full Article...]
Downing Street says soaring population proves United Kingdom needs tougher immigration laws
THE UK's population will soar by another 7.3 million over the next 25 years - with almost 80 PER CENT of the increase down to immigration . Across the United Kingdom, an estimated 1.9 million more people will come to the United Kingdom than leave and 1.6 million more people will be born than die, the ONS expects. [Full Article...]
$300 Million Puerto Rico power deal now under government review
The deal surpassed a six-month contract worth $240 million to Fluor Corp. from the Army Corps of Engineers to help bring power back to the island and a $35.1 million contract to Weston Solutions to provide two generators for temporary power to the city of San Juan . [Full Article...]
NY Governor Headed Back To Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
The hospital "is the first of many solar+battery Tesla projects going live in Puerto Rico", wrote Musk on Instagram, along with an image of a series of solar panels. "I don't want to speak for PREPA but we offered to be the general prime contractor - overall contractor - so we could collaborate with our logistic teams back in the US", Techmanski said. [Full Article...]
Parents charged in death of infant found rotting in swing
According to court records, Sterling was found rotting in his baby swing after paramedics called to the couple's apartment on Hilltop Avenue in Alta Vista at around 1pm on August 30. The Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide and determined the cause of death to have been failure to provide critical care. [Full Article...]