A new poll reveals nearly seven in 10 Americans blame health insurers for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson was shot in Manhattan in December, sparking public outrage over the industry’s practices. The survey by NORC at the University of Chicago found 69% believe insurers’ denial of claims played a key role, while [...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a New York jury’s verdict from last year holding Donald Trump accountable in the $5 million defamation case of E. Jean Carroll, according to media outlets. The president-elect was found liable by the New York jury in May 2023 for sexually abusing Carroll, [&hell...
A TV reporter in Colorado was attacked by President-elect Donald Trump supporter Patrick Thomas Egan. Egan allegedly said, “This is Trump’s America now,” as he confronted the reporter. Egan, 39, faces charges of bias-motivated crimes, assault, and harassment. The victim, Ja’Ronn Alex, said he believed he was targeted for being Pacific Isla...
Norovirus cases appear to be increasing in various parts of the U.S. Citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ABC news reports 90 norovirus outbreaks were detected during the first week of December. Previous years’ data for the same December week shows a maximum of 65 outbreaks, according to the CDC. [&helli...
By Pierre Tristam In January 1977 the nuns where we used to attend church in Lebanon gifted me the only dog I ever owned, a mutt they’d called Jimmy, after the newly elected American president. American politics was the world’s most accessible entertainment even then, so Jimmy Carter was big news in Lebanon. To those […]
Former President Jimmy Carter, who served one term in the White House and devoted decades to advancing peace and human rights, passed away on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100. His death was confirmed by his son and followed nearly two years of hospice care after the Carter Center […]
WASHINGTON (AA) — The head of the US-based Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) alleges that former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden are complicit in the crimes against humanity committed by the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. “It is a shame that both the Obama administration officials and the Biden administration off...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Air Canada flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport after experiencing a malfunction with its landing gear on Saturday night. Air Canada Flight 2259, departing from St. John’s International Airport, experienced landing troubles at 9:30 AST (0130GMT Sunday) that caused skidding...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that Chinese soldiers are controlling the Panama Canal, calling the claim “nonsense.” “There are no Chinese soldiers in the canal. You are free, the whole world is free to visit the canal if you please,” Mulino said at a news [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to delay the sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban, according to officials. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathi...
