Official: Threatened Afghan journalist wounded by bomb blast
An Afghan official says a journalist who has long been threatened has been wounded in a bomb blast in southern Helmand province.
Fall kills worker, 58, at Disney’s Epcot theme park in Orlando, authorities say
A construction worker died after falling at a job site at Disney’s Epcot theme park in Orlando on Tuesday evening, officials said.
Funeral set for Illinois deputy shot trying to serve warrant
A funeral is planned at a Chicago-area high school for a sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel.
Cohen’s pardon comment at testimony ‘could have been clearer,’ lawyer says
A lawyer representing President Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, said in a letter Tuesday that his client could have been “clearer” regarding the time frame when he told the House Oversight Committee that he “never asked” the president for a pardon.
SXSW Film Review: ‘I Am Richard Pryor’
Set to air March 15 on the Paramount Network after its SXSW world premiere, “I Am Richard Pryor” is a largely satisfying if thoroughly conventional portrait of the immensely gifted and deeply troubled entertainer whose richly deserved reputation as a comic genius stems at least partially from his frequent and fearless willingness to make himself […]
Crumbling Islamic State Tells Jihadists: Attack ‘Europe, the World’ to Avenge Losses
Besieged Islamic State terrorists in eastern Syria on Wednesday called on jihadists around the world in general – and Europe in particular – to carry out attacks to avenge their devastating losses.
Compromise could win over GOP senators opposing Trump order
The White House and Republican senators sought compromise on limiting presidents’ powers to unilaterally declare national emergencies, as chances improved that President Donald Trump might avoid a long-expected rejection by Congress of his effort to divert billions more for building barriers along the Mexican border.
Elaine Chao travels to DC aboard 737 MAX days after Boeing model crashed in Ethiopia: report
Count U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao as one traveler unbowed by concerns about the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Today in History
Today in History Today is Monday, March 25, the 84th day of 2019.
China launches new rhetorical broadside against Taiwan
China says attempts by Taiwan’s government to block its goal of bringing the self-governing island under Beijing’s control are like “stretching out an arm to block a car.”
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