A prosecutor who is being probed for helping negotiate the secret plea deal that allowed pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to avoid federal charges in 2008 has resigned from the Justice Department, her lawyer said Thursday. A. Marie Villafaña will leave her post to join the federal Department of Health and Human Services — a move she had long planned, her attorney, […]

More than 100 pensioners are evacuated as inferno tears through retirement flats Fire ripped through the Beechmere retirement complex in Rolls Avenue, Crewe Firefighters worked through the night to contain it with 16 crews attending People living in nearby homes were also asked to leave due to fire and smoke Nearly 150 residents at a retirement complex have been evacuated […]

Heavy rain and thunderstorms cause hazardous conditions for drivers across the UK as forecasters issue wind warnings with bad weather set to blight the weekend Wet weather to return in force this weekend with winds of up to 60mph as warnings are put in place in the UK Several festivals have now been cancelled including a kite festival in Lancashire […]

Uber loses $5billion and misses Wall Street revenue targets – sending its stock price down by 6 per cent in after hours trading Uber’s loss reflected $3.9billion worth of expenses related to its IPO in May  Last year, the ride sharing app reported losses of $878million  Uber reported a significant rise in revenue from its profitable Uber Eats service  Uber […]

At least four gun-related incidents have been reported at Walmarts across the country — including a murder outside a California store — since Saturday’s mass shooting at an outlet in El Paso, according to local reports. In the latest incident, an unidentified man walked into a Florida Walmart shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday and asked a clerk “for anything that […]

President Donald Trump remembers coming home in the mid-1960s to read reports on the cost of mops and paint as he prepared to work in the family real estate business. He was astonished to find his older brother, Fred jnr, reading aviation books in hopes of fulfilling his dream of being a Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot. "Come on, Freddy, […]

Hurricane activity is expected to increase in the Atlantic due to favorable oceanic and atmospheric patterns now that El Nino has ended in the Pacific, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. Interested in Hurricanes? The likelihood of an above-normal hurricane season rose to 45%, according to seasonal forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — just in time for […]

Workers in full protective gear begin decontaminating toxic lead from schools near Notre Dame Cathedral after devastating Paris fire Schools and nurseries near Notre Dame Cathedral found with unsafe toxic lead Buildings near site of the huge blaze were tested and found to be contaminated Young boy needed medical monitoring and schoolyard near site was evacuated Authorities began decontaminating school playgrounds […]

China calls Hong Kong pro-democracy activists ‘minions’ and ‘national scum’ who ‘wag their tails at their US masters’ China’s Xinhua News Agency lashed out at ‘a small group of’ Hong Kong activists  It accused them of colluding with U.S. senior officials to bring chaos and turmoil Two student leaders reportedly met with an official from U.S. Consulate General  Mike Pence […]

TWO people are fighting for their lives and a third is injured after three people were pulled from the sea in Essex today. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene after the three got into trouble in the water near Clacton Pier around 1.40pm. All three people were being treated on the beach at the popular seaside destination. The two […]