A Japanese man with a sweet tooth who believes in smiles has become the world’s oldest male at 112 years and 344 days old, according to Guinness World Records. Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born in Niigata in northern Japan in 1907, received a certificate for his accomplishment on Wednesday at… Read More
Westminster’s “Best in Show” dog is…
Primped and poised, Siba the standard poodle owned the ring. Even with the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for a popular golden retriever, the statuesque Siba strutted off with “Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night. Adorned with black puffs and pompoms, the 3-year-old Siba… Read More
Republicans consider kicking Mitt Romney out of party
by Frank Holmes, reporter After he became the only Republican to vote for either of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Senator Mitt Romney, R-U.T., is facing backlash nationwide. At least four campaigns have begun to punish Romney for siding with the Democrats in the vote, which took… Read More
Top Dem campaign rocked by explosive 2015 audio
Mike Bloomberg is under fire from Democratic — and President Donald Trump — over resurfaced comments in which he says the way to bring down murder rates is to “put a lot of cops” in minority neighborhoods because that’s where “all the crime is.” The billionaire and former New York… Read More
Joe Biden suddenly withdrawals from New Hampshire
Democrats are hoping that voters in New Hampshire will reset the party’s presidential nomination fight on Tuesday and bring clarity to a young primary season that has been marred by deep dysfunction and doubt. Since the chaotic Iowa caucuses failed to perform their traditional function of winnowing the race, it… Read More
U.S. releases nearly 200 from coronavirus quarantine
Nearly 200 evacuees prepared Tuesday to end their two-week quarantine at a Southern California military base where they have been living since flying out of China during a deadly viral outbreak. None of those who flew into March Air Reserve Base have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, health authorities… Read More
Chesapeake Bay fishery — one of a kind — faces extinction
For a guy who left school after 11th grade, George Ball figures he has the best-paying job available on this rural stretch of Chesapeake Bay shoreline. He catches a fish called Atlantic menhaden, used to make fish oil pills and farm-raised salmon feed, and earns about $50,000 a season, as… Read More
Daytona 500 returns Feb. 16.
Daytona Beach became the unofficial “Birthplace of Speed” in 1903 when two men argued over who had the fastest horseless carriage and decided things in a race on the white, hardpacked sand along the Atlantic Ocean. Since then, the community of 61,000-plus in the heart of Florida’s Fun Coast region… Read More
Darfur genocide leader to finally face justice
A top Sudanese official said Tuesday the country’s transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over officials wanted by the ICC, presumably referring to long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes including mass killings in Darfur. Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military last year… Read More
Michael Avenatti trial highlighted by tape recordings
Michael Avenatti’s recorded threats to reduce the value of Nike’s stock if he wasn’t paid millions of dollars highlighted a prosecutor’s closing argument Tuesday at the prominent lawyer’s extortion trial. The taped conversation last March between Avenatti and Nike lawyers was played in Manhattan federal court even before Assistant U.S…. Read More
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