Firefighters, forestry service personnel and members of the military were battling 18 separate blazes in the center and south of the country that have been fueled by strong winds and a heat wave, according to VoA. The largest has consumed ...
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Donald Trump Will Not Release Tax Returns, White House Adviser Says
Conway’s comments came in response to a Whitehouse.gov petition with more than 200,000 signatures calling on Trump to release his tax returns. Any petition on the site that receives 100,000 signatures in 30 days receives a response from the White ...
Read More »Innovative Chinese cyclist says no to sitting on saddles
The bicycle enthusiast has introduced riding bicycles in a prone position to China and is on a mission to spread the unusual riding technique while retrofitting vehicles to suit this cycling style, CGTN News reports. Li got on a bicycle ...
Read More »Kendall Jenner spotted in see-through top in Paris
The supermodel is in the City of Lights for Paris Fashion Week, and took a break from killing the catwalk for a night out with her besties. Kendall, 21, warmed up in a cropped denim jacket with fur sleeves, high-waisted ...
Read More »White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds – CNN
He was referring to the delay in Senate confirmation for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, Congressman Mike Pompeo, but the comment came after a long digression about how many people had shown up to watch Trump be ...
Read More »Obama spends first day out of office playing golf in California
The former US President was pictured enjoying his first day out of office on the Porcupine Greek Golf Club course in Palm Springs, Evening Standard reports. Obama reportedly enjoyed a leisurely day at the gym and the private golf course ...
Read More »Donald Trump’s Horrifying Signature Is a Cry for Help
As Slate writes, this is quite an autograph! It is less a sequence of letters than the impressionistic output of some rudimentary machine. Or perhaps Trump is facilitating Kellyanne Conway’s injunction that we look at what lies within his heart ...
Read More »Watch the Evolution of the US Dollar Bill
The US one dollar bill is still old school. In fact, it has the oldest design of all US currency being produced today, according to Gizmodo. So that means it doesn’t have the flashy tech, or the colorful hues, or ...
Read More »India train crash: 36 killed in Andhra Pradesh derailment
Thirty six people were killed and 50 injured after an express train derailed in south-east India on Saturday night in the latest disaster to hit one of the world’s largest rail networks, The Guardian reports. Eight coaches and the engine ...
Read More »At least 11 killed in severe storms and tornados across the US South
Storms sweeping through southwest Georgia overnight left 11 people dead and 23 injured, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency told Reuters. State officials did not immediately have details on the extent of the damage, noting that they were working with local ...
Read More »Apple is reportedly reinventing the iPhone’s fingerprint reader
Apple is designing a whole new Touch ID fingerprint reader for future iPhones and iPads, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Engadget reports. In order for Apple to virtually eliminate bezels, it needs a reader that sits under the ...
Read More »The best signs from the Women’s March across the US
Hundreds of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets throughout U.S. cities today, with nearly 500,000 estimated to be in attendance at the Women’s March in Washington D.C. alone. And 100 more solidarity protests are taking place around the ...
Read More »TV host slams ‘thousand-year-old’ Mick Jagger for continuing to have children
The 51-year-old host was not impressed with Mick Jagger, 73, for continuing to have children despite his age, Express reported. He did not hold back as he told co-hosts Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins that the singer-songwriter should be “legally ...
Read More »‘Saturday Night Live’ says goodbye to Obama by singing ‘To Sir, With Love’
On the first “Saturday Night Live” of the Trump administration, cast members chose to bid adieu to President Barack Obama not with one last sketch, but a song. At the conclusion of the episode — hosted by Aziz Ansari — ...
Read More »Women’s March Is The Biggest Protest In US History As An Estimated 2.9 Million March
Millions of Americans have taken to the streets from New York to Los Angeles and everywhere in between as the Women’s Marches on Washington is estimated to be the biggest one-day protest in US history, according to Politicus USA. UConn ...
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