Murray’s Indian Wells woes
Andy Murray has won pretty much everything there is to win in the game, but the world No 1 has yet to shine in the California Sun at Indian Wells. Can this finally be his year?
Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77
Lynne F. Stewart, a radical-leftist lawyer who gained wide notice for representing violent, self-described revolutionaries and who spent four years in prison herself, convicted of aiding terrorism, died on Tuesday at her home in Brooklyn.
‘A lot of noise’: Senate legislation targets alleged Russian influence on election (VIDEO)
Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) and Congressman David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) announced the non-binding House Resolution 172 on Wednesday, bipartisan legislation known as the “Keeping Russia Out of European Elections Act.
Dept of Interior to lease 73mn acres of Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling
Secretary Zinke announced that the Department of the Interior would seek to lease chunks of the Gulf of Mexico to be used for offshore drilling in federal waters off the coast of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
‘Historic day’: Bolivia doubles coca cultivation land, burying law against ‘demonized’ plant
Speaking at the signing ceremony in La Paz, the left-wing Bolivian leader hailed the adoption of the milestone law as designed to protect Bolivia’s ancestry and culture. The new legislation is to effectively repeal the law “On the regime applicable to coca and controlled substances” commonly referred as the Law No.
3-hour volcanic eruption in Alaska threatens villages with ash
Residents of the Aleutian Islands are under ash advisory after Bogoslof Island’s volcano had its strongest recorded eruption Tuesday night. The National Weather Service warned that the fishing communities could see a trace amount of ash following the powerful eruption.
2 US senators ask DOJ for evidence of Obama wiretap on Trump
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday, requesting “copies of any warrant applications and court orders.
WikiLeaks Reignites Tensions Between Silicon Valley and Spy Agencies
SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, Edward J. Snowden’s disclosures that the federal government was hacking America’s leading technology companies threw the industry into turmoil. Now
Pope was a Rolling Stone: Pontiff to star on cover of iconic rock mag
Having made the US edition in 2014, Francis takes to the cover of Italy’s @RollingStone as the “Pope of Pop”: pic.twitter.com/uletyzQohN — Rich Raho (@RichRaho) 8 марта 2017 г. The issue will have a number of articles on the Pope, including an interview with Italian director Ermanno Olmi and a feature on young people in…
North Korea Tensions Pose Early, and Perilous, Test for Trump
When the United States began deploying a missile defense system in South Korea this week, it was to protect an ally long threatened by North Korean provocations.