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President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, where he announced that McMaster will be the new national security adviser. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House Preparing To Replace National Security Adviser McMaster

NBC News reported on Thursday that the White House is planning to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, potentially as early as next month. The scheme is being plotted by chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to five people familiar with the discussions about the latest staff shakeup just one day after the resignation of

A Delta Airlines 737 aircraft takes off at Logan Airport in Boston, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Pro-Gun Georgia Lawmakers Revoke Delta Tax Break For Cutting Ties With NRA

Pro-gun Georgia lawmakers Thursday took revenge on Delta Air Lines for crossing the National Rifle Association, killing a proposed tax break on jet fuel that would have saved the airline millions, The Associated Press reports. A sweeping tax bill with the fuel exemption stripped out by the Republicans passed the GOP-controlled House and Senate by wide margins, just days after

Demonstrators block an entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in San Francisco.

Justice Department Investigating Oakland Mayor Who Stands By Her Warning of ICE Raids

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that she has no regrets after warning local residents in the Bay Area before a raid carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even though the agency and the White House blasted her decision was reckless, according to National Public Radio. The dispute started on Saturday when the California Mayor posted a message on social media that

In a Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 file photo, Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who is facing corruption charges, walks to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia during a break in a pretrial hearing. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 22, 2017, in the federal corruption trial of Pawlowski. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Allentown, Pa., Mayor Found Guilty On Corruption Charges

Allentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Ed Pawlowski was found guilty Thursday of 47 counts of rigging city contracts for those who gave him money for political campaigns. He was found not guilty of seven counts, Penn Live reported. Pawlowski's six-week trial in federal court in Allentown ended when jurors found the mayor guilty of charges he gave city contracts to law

(Sept. 13)--The Coast Guard has recently unveiled its new MH90 Enforcer helicopter which is specifically designed to encounter the "go-fast" drug smuggling boat. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO (110653) ( MH90 ENFORCER HELICOPTER (FOR RELEASE) )

Guatemala Requests More Funding To Help Fight Against Drug Trafficking

Guatemala appealed to the United States to request more equipment and training for their law enforcement in order to tackle drug traffickers during a visit from U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to the Central American country to see how effective their recent campaign was on Thursday, according to Reuters. President Donald Trump has been focusing his efforts on

Report Reveals Homelessness, Hardships For Many Disneyland Employees in L.A.

A new study revealed on Thursday that almost three-quarters of 5,000 respondents said that they do not earn enough money to cover their basic expenses every month through working at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, according to The Guardian. One such employee is Billie Taylor, who's worked for five years as a front-of-house employee at a restaurant in the world-famous

Diabetes screening: Diabetes can be tracked with device for measuring blood glucose by pricking the finger

Scientists Discover Five Distinct Types of Diabetes

Researchers announced on Friday that diabetes is five separate diseases and that treatment should be specifically tailored to each form, according to BBC News. Diabetes is a disease where the body is incapable of responding or producing of the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar levels and is normally split into type 1 and type 2, but scientists in Sweden and Finland say

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing Filipino Overseas Workers who were repatriated from Kuwait, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in suburban Pasay city southeast of Manila, Philippines.

Rodrigo Duterte tells police not to cooperate in drug war investigation

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippines’ police and soldiers not to cooperate in any investigation into his bloody war on drugs, amid international calls for an external probe.

FILE - In this July 15, 2008, file photo, Cardinal George Pell walks onto the stage for the opening mass for World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. Australian police charged a top Vatican cardinal on Thursday, June 29, 2017, with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offenses, a stunning decision certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See.

Australian prosecutor drops a sex charge against cardinal

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian prosecutor on Friday withdrew a single charge against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to face a sex prosecution. The 76-year-old

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with steel and aluminum executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, March 1, 2018, in Washington.

Trump´s proposed steel tariffs could have `significant´ impact on UK

Donald Trump’s proposed hike in steel tariffs will have a “significant impact” on the UK, the industry trade body has warned. The US President has set out plans for steel imports to face a 25% tariff and aluminium 10%. Richard Warren, head of policy at UK Steel, said the US was a significant export market for British producers. Donald Trump´s proposed

Israel's Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu is seen before giving a speech at an economic conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

Israeli media: Police question Netanyahu over telecom case

Israeli media say police are questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country's telecom giant. Army Radio and other media

Flag of Armenia or Armenian banner on brick texture

Armenian parliament elects ex-PM Sarkissian as country's president

By Hasmik Mkrtchyan YEREVAN, March 2 (Reuters) - Armenia's parliament chose Armen Sarkissian as the country's new president on Friday in a vote that is meant to herald the start of a power shift to the country's prime minister and parliament. Sarkissian, 64, a former prime minister who once served as the country's ambassador to

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 1, 2018.

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US accuses Russia of breaching treaties with 'invincible' weapons

'The United States has accused Moscow of openly breaching Cold War-era treaties by developing what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a new generation of "invincible" hypersonic weapons and submarines. Putin unveiled the new arsenal on Thursday in a state of the nation address, challenging Washington to a new arms race ahead of a March 18 presidential election that will

A razor blade is used to divide the contents of a five-dollar vile of crack, a smokable, purified form of cocaine, at a crack house in the South Bronx section of New York City in 1989.

Is Opioid Crisis Pre-Planned, As America’s Contra-Cocaine Addiction, Prison Crisis Were?

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling The Contra-cocaine scandal of the 1980’s was no aberration or isolated event. Indeed, the U.S. government has known and participated in many drug-related operations and experiments for decades. There’s a lot of evidence, too, government agencies, like the CIA and DEA, pushed drugs and drug addiction in poor black and minority

Religious woman, nun, catholic, sister walking in the street in Rome, Italy

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Nuns Exploited for Cheap Labor According to Report in Vatican Magazine

An exposé in a Vatican magazine Thursday revealed the plight of many nuns exploited as cheap labor and denounced the practice by the Catholic Church. "Some of them serve in the homes of bishops or cardinals, others work in the kitchens of church institutions or teach," the article reads, according to the Associated Press. "Some of them, serving the men of the church, get up in

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Parents Shot, Killed By Student Who Remains At Large at Central Michigan University

A Central Michigan University student shot and killed his parents on Friday morning inside a dormitory hall on campus, according to the Detroit Free Press. James Eric Davis, Jr. is listed as a sophomore in the school directory and reportedly met his parents on campus who arrived to pick him up for spring break before he opened fire. The suspect remains at large and is

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Why Americans think Trump is a racist

(CNN)A new poll showing a majority of Americans think President Donald Trump is a racist reflects an unmitigated disaster for the nation -- it is a sad testament to Trump's fateful decision to draw political sustenance from the poisoned well of racial resentment. A house divided against itself cannot stand, Abraham Lincoln said 160 years ago. It's no less true today: Our nation

Troops ride in a vehicle near the French Embassy in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday March 2, 2018. Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso's capital early Friday in what the police said was a suspected attack by Islamic extremists.

Extremists stage deadly attacks in Burkina Faso capital

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Islamic extremists opened fire on the French Embassy and army headquarters in separate attacks in Burkina Faso's capital Friday, killing at least seven soldiers, while eight of the militants were slain, a government official said. Many others were wounded among the security forces, and it was feared the death toll could rise, said the official,

Muslims hold signs saying "ISIS WILL LOSE" and "#TURNTOLOVE" on Sunday June 4, 2017 at the police cordon surrounding the site in south London of the deadly van-and-knife attack that killed several people on Saturday night.

Teacher Created 'Army Of Children' To Launch New London ISIS terror attacks

A British Islamic State supporter was found guilty Friday of attempting to recruit children he was teacher into an “army” of jihadists to assist in carrying out terror attacks across London, Reuters reported. The children were shown beheading videos and as well as violent militant propaganda by their teacher Umar Haque, 25, in addition to being forced to re-enact deadly attacks

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense group and civilians gathering to help survivors from a street attacked by airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Friday, March. 2, 2018.

UN Says War Crimes Committed in Eastern Ghouta in Syria Will Be Prosecuted

The top United Nations human rights official said that the continued air strikes and shelling on the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta in Syria would likely constitute as war crimes and should be prosecuted, according to The Associated Press. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, said those carrying out the crimes should know that they were being

IMF warns that U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs will likely hurt economies

A new ‘Kraken’ arises? Russians eager to name doomsday arms

Friends say Joshua Tree couple is extremely poor, not abusive