US: Justice Department IG submits criminal referral on McCabe
From Newsmax The Department of Justice inspector general has sent a criminal referral of former FBI official Andrew McCabe to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington, The Washington Post and CNN is reporting. The referral was made some time ago and…
Philadelphia’s top cop apologizes to black men arrested at Starbucks
By Ray Sanchez and Olivia Kiely, CNN (CNN) Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross apologized Thursday totwo black men who were arrested while waiting for a business meeting at Starbucks, saying he made the situation worse by initially defending his officers’…
Facebook plans to brief Congress on the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Company representatives are meeting with committee staffers. By Mallory Locklear From engadget IMAGE: rrodrickbeiler Facebook is obviously in some very hot water in regards to Cambridge Analytica’s use of its users’ data. US Congress, the UK Parliament and even the…
CNN interviews Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett Live on Tourism
From South Florida Caribbean News London, UK – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett this evening wrapped up a live interview on CNN with its prominent News Anchor, Richard Quest on his show Quest Means Business. The live interview took place…
US: Broward Sheriff Israel defends his ‘Amazing Leadership’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax A defiant Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Sunday defended his “amazing leadership” of a law enforcement agency that’s come under fire for alleged missteps and lapses surrounding a mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla.,…
Husband of Florida woman who went missing at sea faces murder charge
By Steve Almasy and Chris Boyette, CNN Isabella Hellman’s husband says he last saw her at 8 p.m. on May 14, 2017, hours before he made a distress call. (CNN)A British man who is already in US federal custody will…
US: 2 killed, 116 hurt when Amtrak train crashes into stationary freight train
By Ralph Ellis, Nicole Chavez and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) An Amtrak passenger train was mistakenly diverted to a side track and crashed into an unmanned freight train in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring 116 people, federal…
US: UPDATE: Tsunami warnings canceled after magnitude-7.9 earthquake off Alaska I Tsunami warning in effect after magnitude-7.9 earthquake off Alaska
UPDATE: (CNN)Forecasters canceled tsunami warnings for Alaska and the US and Canadian west coasts Tuesday after an earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska stoked fears of damaging waves. The tsunami alerts were canceled “because additional information and analysis have better…
New York Times Tops List of Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax President Donald Trump on Wednesday released his “2017 Fake News Awards,” with The New York Times taking the No. 1 slot for a column by economist Paul Krugman saying “the economy would never recover” on…
Bomb cyclone
US: Bomb cyclone blasts East Coast, threatens hurricane-force winds By Holly Yan, Judson Jones and Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN)A dreaded “bomb cyclone” is pummeling the East Coast, hurling blinding snow and wind gusts akin to a Category 1 hurricane. More…