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White House defends Trump over National Football League row
He said what Trump said over the weekend "frustrated me". Barkley's remarks on Sunday arrived a day after he also spoke out on the controversy brewing over President Trump's withdrawal of the traditional invitation to the White House from the 2017 National Basketball Association champion Steph Curry . [Articulo completo...]
Hurricane Maria Knocks Out 95 Percent of Puerto Rico Cell Sites
To support the effort, check out Waves for Water's Caribbean Relief Initiative . And it hit while Mexico was still recovering from another deadly and powerful earthquake in the southern part of the country. Authorities opened the floodgates on reservoirs making flooding worse in some downstream communities. The storm carved a path through Puerto Rico on Wednesday and battered the US island ... [Articulo completo...]
Search for Mexico natural disaster survivors goes on as toll reaches 286
Rescuers have narrowed their search to a handful of buildings in the sprawling metropolitan area of 20 million people, using advanced audio equipment to detect signs of life beneath tonnes of rubble , with help from teams from as far afield as Israel and Japan. [Articulo completo...]
Things to Do Before Installing macOS High Sierra
But yes, you should still update . The High Sierra update of MacOS has a number of new features. New hardware is required for hardware decoding from HEVC, i. Find Time Machine at the top of your toolbar and set where you want to back up Mac. Or go and have a nice lengthy coffee break. -Click on the option to trigger the High Sierra section of the App Store and click on the Download bu... [Articulo completo...]
West Signals It's Wary of Iran's Ballistic Missile Test
Trump labeled Kim "Rocket Man" and charged that he was on a "suicide mission" by continuing to provoke the USA by building up its nuclear arsenal. Joseph Trevithick wrote on The Drive: "It seems very possible that we could see a flurry of ballistic missile developments in Iran and among its allies in the near future". [Articulo completo...]
Spike in Violent Crime in '16 Was Biggest Increase in 25 Years
Nationally, violent crime numbers rose 2.6 percent from 2012 through 2016, though Connecticut's neighboring states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and NY all saw decreases in overall rates. The surges appeared to be driven by increases in murders in Chicago, Baltimore and some other large cities where violence persisted even as neighboring communities reported declines. [Articulo completo...]
Iran's missile development multiplied after United States threats: Commander
In relevant remarks on Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at his USA counterpart Donald Trump for his contemptible remarks at the UN General Assembly meeting, stressing that Iran will consider all options if Washington decertifies the 2015 nuclear deal. [Articulo completo...]
GBP/EUR keeps its German election gains
While Merkel's conservative bloc won most seats in parliament , the result was its worst since 1949 as voters turned en masse to smaller parties. That language was repeated in the political sphere and in the media and helped frame the issue on AfD's terms. "There are disagreements between the parties regarding the topic and we are discussing them but there won't be an AfD influence on this ... [Articulo completo...]
LeBron James addresses host of topics at media day
Popovich said Trump's decision to rescind the Warriors' invitation was "disgusting", but also "comical" because "they weren't going anyway", and he also spoke at length about white privilege. If you find one let me know. "Nobody does. If we did, we wouldn't be sitting here and talking about it". Asked about Wade's newfound free agency on Monday, James admitted he'll do what he can to creat... [Articulo completo...]
Facebook Details Plans To Counteract Election Meddling
Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who leads a bi-partisan Senate investigation of Russia's interference in the elections. The social media giant agreed last week to hand over the thousands of ads to Congress and vowed to protect "election integrity" through numerous measures going forward. [Articulo completo...]
New York Gov. Cuomo pledges state aid effort for Puerto Rico
Authorities launched an evacuation of the 70,000 people living downstream from the Guajataca Dam in northwest Puerto Rico , sending buses to move people away Friday and posting frantic warnings on Twitter that went unseen by many in the blacked-out coastal area. [Articulo completo...]
Senate Holds Hearing On Health Care Bill
Those three states are also home to Senators Lisa Murkowski , R-Alaska, Sen. "Our focus should be on repairing the many flaws in the" Affordable Care Act. Luther Strange takes on Judge Roy Moore, also a Republican, in the primary runoff for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Cassidy was scheduled to defend his bill at a hearing later Monday by the Senate Finance Commi... [Articulo completo...]
Batter Up: First US Baseball Player Joins American Football Protests
You talk about diverse backgrounds. "It bothers me, and it hits home for me because that's where I'm from. That's the part that's really disappointing". This goes beyond the black community. During a rally on Friday night, President Donald Trump outraged dozens of professional athletes when he implicitly called Kaepernick a "son of a bitch" and asked for athletes protesting to be fired. [Articulo completo...]
BHU Protest: Top police officials removed, FIR against 1200 students
She said in her complaint that her warden, instead of taking up the issue with her superiors, asked her why was she returning late to the hostel. He said that protesting students were misguided and provoked to defame the university.Professor Tripathi said in a statement that the harassed student was like her daughter and asserted that her security was the responsibility of university. [Articulo completo...]
Iranian state media: Test of ballistic missile successful
Britain also voiced concerns about the test of " Khorramshahr " missile, which can carry several warheads. Images from State television showed the launch of the missile. "Either the nuclear deal remains as it is or it will collapse", he added. But it's not known exactly when the test took place. If he does not, Congress has 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions waived under the deal. [Articulo completo...]
Graham-Cassidy Health Care Hearing Starts With Eruption Of Protests
The president once again belittled the senator with one more tweet several hours later: "The Democrats are having a laugh while they state that McCain had a 'value moment.' Tell the folks of Arizona that they were scammed, a 116% increase!" He was one of five U.S. [Articulo completo...]
What the East Coast Should Expect From Hurricane Maria
At the top right of the image is tiny Hurricane Lee. Forecasters think the core of the hurricane will stay offshore, but it could come close enough that parts of the coast will feel some of its effects. High temps in the mid/upper 80's Monday will warm at least into the upper 80' and lower 90's Wednesday. We will continue to monitor the latest tracks and trends. [Articulo completo...]
Intel announces 8th Generation Core desktop CPU family
The new Core i7 models have six cores, with Hyper-Threading allowing them to handle up to 12 threads at once, while the new Core i5 chips also have six cores but no Hyper-Threading. The U-series processors, launched in August , were targeted for mobile devices, while its processors targeted for commercial systems and a broad range of consumer devices will be launched in the first half of 2018... [Articulo completo...]
Jennifer Lopez donates $1M to hurricane relief in Puerto Rico
Rivera is eight months pregnant, so her mother is "going insane", she said, "because she thinks I'm going to give birth, but I'm okay". "Everything will have to be thrown out". Meanwhile, the hurricane has pushed back the island's bankruptcy process. NY plans to send about 240 National Guardsmen and state troopers to assist Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. [Articulo completo...]
Doyle McManus: Will Trump's 'Rocket Man' speech lead us to war?
Besides the "Rocket Man" jibe, he called North Korea "this band of criminals". Sitting in the audience, as Trump uttered this insult, were leaders of the other nations who, along with the United States, negotiated the Iran deal. But Mr. Trump gave a speech that was honest , indeed truthful. Kim Jong Un is deliberately and insanely provoking a nuclear war. "God knows how many banks there are... [Articulo completo...]