LISBON, Portugal – Portugal’s National Election Commission says 21 parties, some in coalitions, will field candidates in a general election on Oct. 4. The commission said late Wednesday that only 14 parties will run in all 22 electoral districts. The Social Democratic Party and the Popular Party — which formed …
Read More »Extremists reportedly attack remote villages in northeastern Nigeria, killing 28
BAUCHI, Nigeria – Members of a civilian defense group say Boko Haram extremists have killed up to 28 people during attacks on remote farming and fishing villages in northeast Nigeria. A total of 24 people were killed in an attack Tuesday night in Marfunudi, according to village resident Abubakar Jojo. …
Read More »Gretchen's Take: Thank you, Pope Francis
With a hat tip to my colleague Chris Stirewalt who also flagged the same story that peaked my interest. It’s about Pope Francis, once again doing something unexpected. As you’ve heard me say before and may have learned from my book “Getting Real,“my grandfather was a Lutheran minister who grew …
Read More »Deputies in wrongful-death case dispute autopsy finding that disabled man died from asphyxia
Three Maryland sheriff’s deputies are disputing the state medical examiner’s conclusion that a man with Down syndrome died from asphyxia as they struggled to remove him from a movie theater in 2013. In a U.S. District Court filing, the deputies contend the evidence shows that 26-year-old Robert Ethan Saylor probably …
Read More »Boat carrying migrant workers capsizes off Malaysia; 14 dead
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A wooden boat crammed with migrant workers who were headed back to Indonesia capsized Thursday off Malaysia’s western coast, killing at least 14 people, a maritime official said. The boat was believed to be carrying 70 people, said First Adm. Mohamad Aliyas Hamdan, district chief of …
Read More »UN calls for end to fighting in South Sudan and threatens sanctions if peace deal isn't kept
UNITED NATIONS – Diplomats say the United Nations Security Council is discussing imposing sanctions on two more South Sudanese individuals for continuing to fuel the conflict in the world’s newest nation. The council called for an immediate end to fighting in a statement after a closed-door meeting Friday and again …
Read More »With money at stake, Zimbabwe cools off on extraditing US hunter who killed Cecil the lion
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Amid fears that extraditing an American bow hunter for killing Ceil the lion could hurt Zimbabwe’s hunting business, authorities seem to have cooled off on pursuing the case against Walter Palmer. It has been a month since Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri announced that the …
Read More »Deputies: Man arrested after Canadian couple watches Florida beach home burglary via web cam
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Canadian couple watched via web cam as a man broke into their Florida vacation home on Fort Myers Beach before turning the video over to authorities. The surveillance tape helped Lee County sheriff’s deputies arrest 45-year-old Thomas Hinton on Sunday, the day after the burglary. …
Read More »China threat requires real American leadership… right now
China is causing real problems for the United States and the rest of the free world from both a national security and an economic standpoint. There were the five Chinese Navy ships currently operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. Then there were the long-distance bombers and …
Read More »Gretchen's Take: What I remember about September 11, 2001
Today is September 11th. It’s been 14 years since that horrific day our nation was forever changed. I was working for CBS News at the time and was supposed to fly to Nashville that morning to give a speech. Once I saw the second plane go into the World Trade …
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