The Kabul Conference set to start Tuesday may hint at something that the United States and other sponsors of Afghanistan’s government have been dancing around for some time: A target date for ending what is already America’s longest running foreign war. A British newspaper obtained a leaked draft of the communiqué that US Secretary of […]
The time had come for dramatic changes to the diets of African Americans and young people across the country, US first lady Michelle Obama told the NAACP Convention meeting in Kansas City last Monday. Pushing her “Let’s Move” initiative designed to attack childhood obesity, Obama said that the scourge of overeating is threatening the nation’s […]
The US government agreed in a rapidly arranged spy swap Thursday to send to Russia 10 agents who had burrowed into American society and, in return, won the release of four jailed Russians accused of passing information to the West. The 10 agents, who pleaded guilty Thursday to acting as unregistered foreign agents, were deported […]
Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer, said that the jail sentencing of the falling star, was “harsh and unfair”. The spokesperson for Atty. Holley has confirmed that she has quit the case. The details of her resigning is still uncertain, and her replacement is still unknown. “The reality is that Ms. Lohan, like most defendants, […]
Declaring that any talk of a rift is unfounded, US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to soothe rocky relations Tuesday. The US-Israeli bond is unbreakable, said Obama. As the two leaders addressed reporters in the Oval Office, Obama said, “The United States is committed to Israel’s security. We are committed […]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed new curbs on power plant pollution that drifts from the Midwest across the eastern US as Maryland and much of the Northeast suffered through unhealthy air quality Tuesday. Aiming to reduce smog and soot pollution that is tied to premature deaths, asthma, heart attacks, and other health problems, […]
Accusing Arizona of trying to “second guess” the federal government, the US Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s immigration policy—claiming the “invalid” law interferes with federal immigration responsibilities and “must be struck down.” The state of Arizona and Gov. Jan Brewer were named as defendants in the suit. In it, the […]
On Sunday, an American astronaut spending the Fourth of July in space wished the United States a happy Independence Day from orbit. To mark the US holiday on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock posted his July 4th messages and photos on Twitter, where he writes as Astro_Wheels. Wheelock, who is a colonel […]
