House Speaker Paul Ryan held a conference call with key Republican officeholders and candidates this week, suggesting they join establishment Republicans and disavow their party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump. It’s not going well. Across the country, the core of GOP lawmakers are reaffirming their support for Trump, arguing that a… Read More
United Airlines failed computers cause MASSIVE delays
United Airlines has suffered an hours-long problem with its computer systems that resulted in delays and cancellations globally. Passengers travelling late Thursday and early Friday took to social media to complain about delays as long as six hours. United posted a statement on its Twitter account saying “we’re aware of… Read More
NC governor pledges to rebuild historic town after flood
As flooding has begun to ease on North Carolina’s rivers, allowing some people to return to their homes, the governor is pledging help rebuild and protect one of the country’s oldest towns chartered by African-Americans. Gov. Pat McCrory on Thursday made an aerial tour of Princeville, after it was inundated… Read More
Bombs away! U.S. airstrikes on ISIS stronghold increase
The US-led coalition is increasing airstrikes in and around the militant-held city of Mosul as Iraqi ground forces build up ahead of a planned operation to retake the city, it said in a statement Friday. The coalition said its planes had conducted more than 50 airstrikes against the Islamic State… Read More
Officials: Infections from popular surgery widespread
Health officials are warning that small outbreaks of infections spread by contaminated operating room machinery during open-heart surgery could be more widespread than first thought. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors and hospitals on Thursday. The contamination has been tied to 28 cases in the U.S., including… Read More
[Hurricane update] Bermuda struck by Hurricane Nicole
Hurricane Nicole roared across Bermuda on Thursday, pummeling the resort island with winds up to 115 mph that snapped trees and peeled off roofs before the storm spun away into open water. The Category 3 system also flooded homes, damaged boats that broke away from their moorings and knocked out… Read More
Justice Department to collect data on police use-of-force
The Justice Department is moving forward with plans to collect data on how often law enforcement officers use force and how often civilians die during encounters with police or while in police custody, federal officials said Thursday. FBI and Justice Department leaders say better information on police use of force… Read More
Exploding Samsung phones costing fortune
Samsung Electronics said Friday that discontinuing the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which is prone to overheat and catch fire, will cost it about $3 billion in the current and coming quarters, raising total costs from the recalls to at least $5.3 billion. The Note 7 discontinuation will cost in the… Read More
New York Times to Trump: See you in court!
The left-leaning New York Times on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s claim the newspaper had libeled the Republican presidential nominee, saying its story about two women who said he sexually assaulted them was “newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern.” In a letter, Times attorney David McCraw said Trump… Read More
Miami neighborhood identified as new Zika zone
Health officials announced Thursday a new Zika zone in Miami — a setback less than a month after declaring the nearby Wynwood neighborhood cleared of the virus following aggressive mosquito spraying. Five people have been infected with Zika in a 1-square-mile area of the city just north of the Little… Read More