LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May made an explosive charge Wednesday that European Union officials are meddling in Britain’s June election as tensions escalated over looming talks about British withdrawal from the European Union. Speaking outside her Downing Street offices, the British leader accused E.U. politicians and officials of issuing …
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez rushed to Caracas’ military hospital late Wednesday seeking information on her husband after a report on social media said he had been taken there with a medical emergency — a scare that proved to be wrong. “Please, can …
Puerto Rico has asked for a form of bankruptcy protection to help it grapple with more than $70 billion in public-sector debt. The unprecedented maneuver, requested by the governor and filed shortly afterward by a federal oversight board, sets in motion what would likely be the largest municipal debt restructuring …
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If you’ve received an invitation to join a shared Google Doc that you weren’t expecting, you might want to steer clear of it. It’s probably a phishing scam that could compromise your account. Internet users everywhere are being spammed with what appear to be malicious invitations to log on to their Google accounts. Unlike …
Time was running short for President Donald Trump to attract enough votes to pass a new bill to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system this week as Republican party moderates held out, fearing a backlash from voters worried about losing insurance benefits. A senior House of Representatives Republican aide said on …
Nine U.S. chains have filed for bankruptcy this year. Store closures are accelerating, and 89,000 retail jobs have been lost since October. “The disruption is just unfolding,” a former executive says. With unemployment low and economic growth expected to bounce back from a slow first quarter, consumers are not in …
THE Thai human rights lawyer feared missing after local security forces raided his Bangkok home appeared in court Wednesday where he was charged with 10 counts of royal defamation – the most number of charges for the crime ever brought against an individual in recent years. If convicted, Prawet Prapanukul …
On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during a demonstration against the Vietnam War. The shootings set off a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of schools to temporarily close. Today is Thursday, May 4, the 124th day of 2017 with 241 …
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“People like to remember Rosa Parks for one moment, when she wouldn’t stand up on a bus. They don’t really want to grapple with the rest of her life. The death threats, the fact that she had to leave Alabama and go to Detroit.” ~DANIEL GEARY, a professor of American …
