After a wildfire , burned vegetation and charred soil create a water repellent layer which blocks water absorption. Authorities expected heavy rain but said the downpour was much worse than expected. Karson, reporting for NPR from Pasadena, Calif....
President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fusion GPS , the research firm behind the controversial dossier prepared by a former British spy which suggested Russian Federation had potential...
Another cardinal highlighted the role Haitians played in the founding of his city and offered a twist on Mr. Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again". Trump questioned why the US would accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole ...
In fact, she missed them so much that she embarked upon a 20-mile journey back to Seminole from Prague to reunite with them, twice. The dog is now at an animal shelter closer to her previous home until she can find a forever-home. She is healthy, h...
Trump was reported to have said in an Oval Office meeting on immigration reform, according to two people who spoke with the Washington Post . The Illinois Democrat said, "I can not believe that in the history of the White House, in that Ova...
Eventually, he said, they opened a farm in Wisconsin after they raised enough money. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), who was present at the meeting, confirmed Trump did not approve of the bipartisan plan, adding: "I don't know what happens next". Mr. Trump ...
Many Africans reminded the U.S. of its historic role in the continent's woes. He noted that neither the White House nor the State Department had formally contacted him to clarify whether Trump had indeed made the comments at an Oval Office mee...
The president later tweeted that "The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough , but this was not the language used ". "In the course of our reporting yesterday we took the comments we were going to report directly to the White Hous...
And win he did - the fourth largest jackpot in the game's history. Missler "A believer in the power of a positive mindset, Shane wasn't really surprised that he had won", the Florida Lottery said. As a new millionaire, Missler appeared excited ab...
Kim Jong Un has obviously won this round", Putin told a group of Russian editors and media executives in Moscow on January 11. Direct talks between the United States president and Kim would be unprecedented. On November 29, the North Korean le...
The measure would give US spy agencies a six-year extension of what they consider their key national security surveillance tool: their ability to collect from USA internet companies the emails and other communications of foreign targets located outsi...
Moily said it was "most unfortunate" that the Bombay Police never anticipated this kind of huge eruption. The main motive and reason for the arrival of the duo are to stop the violence at Bhima Koregaon village in Pune district which is going o...
WIKIMEDIA, TOMWSULCEROn the heels of an investigation into sexual harassment complaints against a University of Rochester professor, the college's president, Joel Seligman, has elected to leave his post. An earlier version of this article stated ...
Platts reported that an Iranian oil tanker, which collided with another vessel in the East China Sea, is covered by reinsurance provided by the International Group of Protection & Indemnity Clubs, a source at an IG member P&I Club said. When conde...
The tentative deal also addresses border security, including a border wall, the diversity visa lottery and so-called chain migration, a program by which US green-card holders can sponsor other family members for permanent residence in the country.
The two Federal Bureau of Investigation officials, during the 2016 campaign, referred to Trump as an "idiot" and "d*uche" during the 2016 election and said that his victory was "terrifying", according to documents reviewed by CNN . Pence - who has be...
Now, I'm deployed to D.C.to fight for Arizona", Ms. McSally said in the video. "That's why I told Washington Republicans to grow a pair of ovaries and get the job done". But Democrats aren't her only target in the video, as the congresswoman also b...
Both countries have denied the charges, but the reports have nonetheless put a spotlight on the importance of maritime trade and smuggling to the North Korean government's continued survival and weapons development. Responding to such concerns on T...
Trump said in the Thursday interview. The Kremlin strongman congratulated the North Korean dictator, saying he had won the latest stand-off with the US and South Korea. "Members of the Security Council welcomed the recent steps and contacts betwe...
Authorities are investigating the incident, which occurred at about 9 am in or around the Pauline Johnson school in Toronto's east side, police spokeswoman Katrina Arrogante told AFP . "No child should ever be afraid walking to school in Toronto bec...
The route runs down Tryon Street from 9th Street to Stonewall Street. The measure, sponsored by Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat, re-designates the Martin Luther King, Jr . National Observance. Music, dance and poetry about MLK's theology and phi...
The letter declared him in excellent health and listed his height as 6ft 3ins. Trump noted his success in business, reality TV and presidential politics, saying: "I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius. The doctor's 2016 letter said Tr...
The reported language was the latest in a long string of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim comments by Trump that have been condemned as racist. Mr Trump's reported comments during a meeting with members of congress has sparked global outrage.
Feeley's resignation marks the end of a 35-year career in public service as a marine and diplomat, according to a notice from the US embassy in Panama. "Feeley, one of the department's Latin America specialists and among its [most senior] officers, m...
Republicans have long wanted to add work requirements for Medicaid recipients - which covers almost 75 million low-income children, adults and elderly and disabled Americans. If a person had Medicaid for three months or more for the past five years, ...
Variety has news of the All That revival straight from Brian Robbins , president of Nickelodeon . Fans should expect to see some former cast members making appearance on the s...