Stop – the crazy world
At home in Kentucky in mid-August, Mitch McConnell didn’t sound the slightest bit concerned. “The Postal Service is going to be just fine,” the Senate majority leader drawled, echoing the soothing talking points of other Republicans: the Trump Administration was just reforming a 228-year-old institution, and President Donald Trump’s new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, was…
MOSCOW — Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit after falling ill from suspected poisoning that his allies believe is linked to his political activity. The 44-year-old foe of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin felt unwell on a flight back to Moscow from Tomsk,…
BAMAKO, Mali — African and Western leaders condemned on Wednesday the junta that forced Mali’s president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback for the West African nation that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism. Soldiers calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People promised that they would ultimately…
MINSK, Belarus — Belarus’ authoritarian leader threatened Wednesday to bring criminal charges against opposition leaders and called on his security services to get tougher on demonstrators — a possible harbinger of a renewed crackdown on the peaceful protests challenging the extension of his 26-year rule. President Alexander Lukashenko also accused the West of fomenting the…
With a white handkerchief covering his mouth and nose, only Rajkumar Prajapati’s tired eyes were visible as he stood in line. It was before sunrise on Aug. 5, but there were already hundreds of others waiting with him under fluorescent lights at the main railway station in Pune, an industrial city not far from Mumbai,…
SEATTLE — Slade Gorton, a patrician and cerebral politician who served as a U.S. Senate Republican leader before he was ousted by the growing Seattle-area liberal electorate in 2000, has died. He was 92. Gorton died Wednesday in Seattle, said J. Vander Stoep, who served a Gorton’s chief of staff in the Senate. Gorton was…
Images come as controversy grows over post office, mail-in voting.August 19, 2020, 4:47 PM7 min read As questions over recent changes implemented at the U.S. Postal Service continue to mount, new images obtained by ABC News appear to show mail sorting machines — critical pieces of equipment used to speed up the mail delivery process…
Spanish authorities have located a boat near the Canary Islands with around 10 dead migrants on itBy RENATA BRITO Associated PressAugust 19, 2020, 4:49 PM2 min readLAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain — Spanish authorities on Wednesday located a boat near the Canary Islands with dead migrants on board, some floating in sea water the…
ByThe Associated PressAugust 19, 2020, 4:49 PM1 min readSEATTLE — Slade Gorton, former Republican U.S. senator from Washington state, dies at 92.Top StoriesSlade Gorton, former Republican U.S. senator from Washington state, dies at 9236 minutes agoPhotos appear to show mail sorting machines in parts in US postal facility39 minutes agoWhite couple charged following harassment complaints…
An opposition-party Mexican governor who has been suddenly engulfed in a national scandal has defended his integrity during an encounter with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has played a part in embarrassing himBy CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ Associated PressAugust 19, 2020, 4:42 PM3 min readMEXICO CITY — An opposition-party Mexican governor suddenly engulfed in a national…