The impending federal government shutdown is happening for one reason, Chuck Schumer says: Donald Trump’s tantrum. The president abruptly changed course on Thursday, going back against initial signals to sign a measure keeping the government funded for the next three months, and instead deciding that he would veto the measure, setting the stage for a shutdown. Trump had said he […]

Plan to fight storm surge in Texas gets mixed feedback BOLIVAR PENINSULA, Texas — More than an hour southeast of Houston lies an isolated strip of land that has seen its fair share of storms. Those who live on the peninsula know the risks. “People don’t stay here not aware that we can be affected by Mother Nature,” said Elaine […]

Meanwhile, fellow presenter Rachel Riley is facing a two day delay to her Christmas getaway after revealing she'd been caught in the chaos bringing misery to 200,000 passengers. After the biggest disruption at the airport since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said its runway was open and that 700 planes were due to take off today but there […]

Migrants heading to the southwest border to seek asylum in the US will have to wait in Mexico until their claims are processed under a deal between the two countries announced Thursday that will affect tens of thousands of people each month. Only about 9 percent of people are actually granted asylum, and the Trump administration insists that too many […]

Britain’s struggling High Street is set for a ‘Super Saturday’ with last-minute Christmas shoppers set to spend an incredible £3BILLION over the weekend and stores open for 18 hours straight to cash in Almost 15 million Brits set to hit the shops to buy last-minute Christmas presents  The windfall will come as a shot in the arm to beleaguered high street […]

Catholic priest, 73, who had 2,000 images and videos of child porn, discussed raping and murdering young boys in chat rooms, and once admitted to peeing in the wine for Mass is sentenced to 25 years in prison Thomas Faucher pleaded guilty to distributing, possessing child pornography He called himself ‘one sick puppy’ as he apologized to the courtroom Thursday Possessed ‘violent, […]

Citing irregularities, a coalition of 14 opposition parties has called for an overhaul of the electoral commission. Amid violent protests and military action, Togo is going ahead with its parliamentary elections with voting scheduled on Thursday. The protesters want President Faure Gnassingbe to resign. Citing irregularities, a 14-party opposition coalition has appealed to people to boycott polling.   Al Jazeera’s […]

MARLOW, England — Even though Henry Laithwaite was born into a prominent family of English wine merchants, he never imagined he would be selling English wine. His ambition was to make wine, which in the 1990s meant leaving England. By age 17, he was apprenticing in France, and soon was working two harvests a year, in France and in Australia. […]

Boeing employee Svetlana Laurel, 52, of Kent, Washington, has been arrested and charged following the death of Natalie Gulizia, 14. Renton Police Department said that Svetlana had entered her ex-husband’s home on Tuesday night after being let in by the divorced couple’s 12-year-old son, reports Kiro 7. Cops allege that when Natalie and her dad, Mike Gulizia, arrived home, “Svetlana […]

California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium was forced to apologize for calling one of its sea otters a “thicc girl” and “chonk” amid backlash and criticism over the language used on social media. On Tuesday, the aquarium shared an arguably cute photo on social media of what appears to be an overweight sea otter named Abby. “Abby is a thicc girl. What […]