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Man accused of seducing donkey with carrots before having sex arrested
He was being held Wednesday in the Benton County Jail with a $5,000 bond set. The couple also put up a game camera, which recorded a person at 1:30 a.m. At first, Compton claimed he had only gone there to feed the donkey. But he later admitted "sexual contact" according to a police report . Compton was caught on a game camera having sex with a donkey. [Artigo completo...]
Trump Dictated Son's Statement on Russia Talks
Trump Jr. released emails earlier in July that showed he eagerly agreed previous year to meet a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have damaging information about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as part of Moscow's official support for his father. [Artigo completo...]
USA prepares to test launch unarmed ICBM from California
The 30th Space Wing says the missile was to be launched between 12:01 a.m. and 6:01 a.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, said Monday that the Vandenberg test launch "must be viewed as a direct response to the North Korean launch". [Artigo completo...]
Young Palestinian stabs Israeli supermarket worker stacking toilet rolls
The attacker was stopped by civilian bystanders, who wrestled him to the ground. Police first stated they were uncertain, pointing to a criminally-related stabbing, but are now all but certain the stabbing was a terror attack. The Magen David Adom (MDA) team who arrived at the scene provided the injured man with primary medical attention evacuating him to Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot while h... [Artigo completo...]
President Trump reportedly crafted son's statement about meeting with Russian lawyer
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reiterated Tuesday that President Donald Trump's suggestion last week that law enforcement not be "nice" to crime suspects was a joke and not an endorsement of police brutality. said he had not told his father about the meeting when it happened. A spokesperson for the president and a separate representative for Trump's son-in-law and advisor K... [Artigo completo...]
Trump 'weighed in' on son's Russian Federation statement
The White House has said Donald Trump weighed in on the statement by his son over his Russian Federation meeting like "any father would". The Washington Post says some of the president's advisers fear the extent of the president's intervention could place him and some of his inner circle in legal jeopardy. [Artigo completo...]
Russia's embassy in Damascus comes under fire
Although the building sustained a certain level of damage, no casualties were reported in the attack, the statement added. Russian Federation says its diplomatic mission in the Syrian capital of Damascus has come under mortar attack by terrorists. [Artigo completo...]
People trapped after explosion at Minneapolis school
A building on a school campus in Minneapolis has collapsed following an explosion caused by a gas leak. More reporting to come. The department originally tweeted that a fatality had occurred, but later walked back their statement. Emergency responders are on the scene. Multiple people are trapped beneath the collapse. Ambulances were rushing to the scene at 11 a.m., according to a Pioneer Pres... [Artigo completo...]
Trump on healthcare: 'Why should Congress not be paying what public pays?'
In September, McConnell says, the Senate will turn its attention to a tax bill. Until 2013, members were covered under the same government employee health plan as all other federal workers: the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. [Artigo completo...]
McConnell: We're not getting rid of legislative filibuster
The problem, however, is whether it's possible for Republicans to pass tax reform in the Senate without Democrat votes. Republicans control the Senate by a slim 52-48 margin and say they need reconciliation to avoid a Democratic filibuster. [Artigo completo...]
Korea's missile threat in 'new phase': regional powers
North Korea is rapidly advancing it capability to target the US mainland or anywhere in the world with a nuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Despite speculation that North Korea's latest ICBM's re-entry vehicle fell apart during the launch, Kim Jong Un maintained the missile could reach the "whole USA mainland". [Artigo completo...]
Nitish Kumar is 'Palturam of Politics', Says Lalu Prasad Yadav
Responding to the RJD's charges that he'd betrayed the mandate of the people of Bihar by joining up with "communal forces", Nitish said, "I don't need any certificate from anybody on secularism". He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning the 2019 re-elections was inevitable, as nobody had the capacity to take him on. "BJP is the party of Ambani and Adani whereas ours is a party of... [Artigo completo...]
Authorities investigating bomb threat at Naval Station Norfolk
A military working dog alerted on a vehicle near Pier 14 about 7:45 a.m. This is at the very northern end of the base. Wirfel says all the piers at the base are on lockdown, and is restricted for pedestrians and vehicle traffic. [Artigo completo...]
Group heir takes stand to deny corruption charges — Samsung
Choi Gee-sung, former vice chairman and No. 2 man of Samsung Group, said at a trial on August 2 that he, not Samsung heir and Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, approved the support programs for Chung Yoo-ra, a former equestrian athlete and the daughter of the now-impeached President Park Geun-hye's long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil. [Artigo completo...]
Senate Democrats call for bipartisan tax reform in letter to GOP
If there has ever been a failure as Senate majority leader, it is Mitch McConnell , who, after seven years of trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and with the Republicans in control of the House, the Senate and the presidency, has struck out again. [Artigo completo...]
Final Inmate Caught After Peanut Butter Escape
The new guard described the inmates fleeing as "crazy like a fox", according to Fox News. The 24-year-old was the only one of the escapees to make it out of Alabama , according to the sheriff's office. "When the inmates called for the guard to open the door and let them in a cell, the guard inadvertently opened the exit door". Authorities in Florida have captured the last of 12 prisoners who ... [Artigo completo...]
Secretary of state to North Korea: America is 'not your enemy'
Meanwhile, a Republican senator claimed that President Donald Trump had told him that the U.S. would go to war with North Korea if it continued its missile programme. We do not see an accelerated unification of the peninsula. On last Friday, the Kim Jong-un regime conducted its second ICBM test, in which the projectile flew for 47 minutes reaching a maximum altitude of 3,724.9 km before fa... [Artigo completo...]
Harvard Law alumni directory lists Scaramucci as dead
The new directory, which was mailed to alumni of the school this week, shows an asterisk next to Scaramucci's name, indicating he passed away since the last edition was published, in 2011. While the Daily Caller has reported that a White House insider indicated Kellyanne Conway is in the running to take over for Scaramucci, others have suggested that conservative talk radio host Elizabeth I... [Artigo completo...]
United States willing to talk to N. Korea: Tillerson
Arguing that China sees eye-to-eye with the U.S. about the threat posed by Pyongyang's aggressive weapons development, Tillerson said: "We don't blame the Chinese for the situation in North Korea ". Tillerson's tone was also markedly different to Trump's on China's role with regard to North Korea , and its failure to pressure North Korea into curbing its weapons programme. [Artigo completo...]
Donald Trump Signs Russia Sanctions Bill
The package of stiff financial sanctions against Russian Federation passed Congress with overwhelming support. Additionally, the new law will also prevent the president from lifting or easing sanctions put into place against Russian Federation. [Artigo completo...]