The flight was on approach to Los Angeles when the 60-year-old actress who played Princess Leia in “Star Wars” became ill, CNN reports. Fisher was transported to a hospital from Los Angeles International Airport, the source said. “Carrie Fisher is ...
Read More »Donald Trump receives ‘very nice’ Christmas letter from Vladimir Putin
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday shared a letter he received from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who urged the next president “to take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation” while offering Trump his “warmest Christmas and New Year ...
Read More »Donald Trump wins Electoral College vote
Trump surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed from 538 electors casting their ballots, in a day of normally ceremonial voting that drew attention amid intense social media pressure and protests in state capitols, as USA Today reports. Despite a last-minute ...
Read More »Sylvester Stallone “flattered” but will not take Trump arts post
In a statement released by his publicist on Sunday, Stallone said that he was “incredibly flattered to have been suggested to be involved with the National Endowment of the Arts,” according to the Variety. “However I believe I could be ...
Read More »School students turn long division instruction into catchy song
Nadine S. Ebri, the fourth-grade teacher at La Core Christian Academy, said she taught a long division lesson to her students, and then they turned her instructions into a catchy song, involving the problem-solving steps, CBS Chicago reports. “Divide, multiply ...
Read More »Barack Obama promises retaliation for Russian election hacking
“We need to take action and we will,” he told US public radio network NPR, according to the BBC. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which ...
Read More »Vladimir Putin personally involved in US election hack – intelligence report
U.S. intelligence officials now believe with “a high level of confidence” that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News. Two senior ...
Read More »Kanye West and Donald Trump met to talk ‘about life’
Kanye West met Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Tuesday morning, with the president-elect telling reporters they spoke about “life,” The Guardian reports. West arrived at 9.13am and then he and Trump emerged from the tower’s gold elevator together around ...
Read More »Donald Trump picks Exxon chief Tillerson as US secretary of state
President-elect of the US Donald Trump has chosen Exxon-Mobil Corp’s Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state on Tuesday, praising him as a successful international dealmaker who has led a global operation, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. ...
Read More »Donald Trump rejects CIA assessment on Russia hacking
“I think it’s just another excuse. I don’t believe it,” Trump said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” CNN reports. Trump’s direct criticisms of the intelligence community are unprecedented for an incoming commander in chief. His comments come as ...
Read More »CIA says Russia intervened to help Trump win White House – Reuters
U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that as the 2016 presidential campaign drew on, Russian government officials devoted increasing attention to assisting Donald Trump’s effort to win the election, the U.S. official familiar with the finding told Reuters on Friday night ...
Read More »US President orders investigation into cyber attacks during election season
“The President has directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process. It is to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders,” White House Homeland Security ...
Read More »American space hero John Glenn died at age of 95
John Glenn started his career as a pilot in the US Navy. He was a distinguished pilot during World War II and the Korean War. In 1959, Glenn joined NASA. He was among the first group of astronauts, one of ...
Read More »Bighorn sheep smashes glass door after confronting his own reflection – video
The bighorn sheep herd that usually hangs out in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado, came into town over the last several days, according to the local outlet Post Independent. The ram must have seen the reflection in Blue Sky Adventures Hotel’s glass ...
Read More »6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Northern California
The US Geological Surv reported about an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude on 14:50 UTC 157 km west of Ferndale in Northern California on Thursday, but later it was downgraded to the magnitude of 6.5. The center of the quake was 10 ...
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