North Korea appears to fire Ballistic Missile
North Korea has fired what appears to be a ballistic missile, South Korean and Japanese sources say. Only few details were immediately available. (more) The…
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Officials Prepare for ‘Major Disaster’ as Hurricane Heads Toward Texas
The governor of Texas says Hurricane Harvey will be a “major disaster” as he warned residents to prepare for record flooding when the storm makes…
I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist
I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist Exxon funded climate scientists while the bulk of its public-facing advertorials argued the science and cause of climate change…
Hurricane Harvey Could Hit As Strongest In 12 Years
As the most powerful weather system to hit the U.S. in over a decade lurches towards Texas, tens of thousands have been evacuated and fears…
Trump Blames Republican Leaders for Creating Debt Ceiling ‘Mess’
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused congressional leaders in his Republican party of creating a political “mess” for not attaching debt ceiling legislation to a…
White Nationalist Demonstrator Surrenders to Police in Lynchburg, Virginia
White nationalist Christopher Cantwell turned himself into police Wednesday to face felony charges stemming from a deadly rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia….
Senate bill would label WikiLeaks ‘non-state hostile intelligence service’
Congress will formally consider WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service” if lawmakers adopt the annual Intelligence Authorization Act passed 14-1 by a Senate panel last…
Stocks slip as Trump threatens to shut government
European and US stocks slid on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested he could shut down the US government if Congress did not fund building…
When Hate Meets Hoax
For several months this spring, St. Olaf College, a private school of some 3,000 students in Northfield, Minnesota, was convulsed by a series of hate…
North Korea Tried to Send Chemical Weapons to Syria
North Korean shipments of chemical weapons bound for Syria were intercepted just months after the regime of Bashar Al-Assad killed at least 90 people in…