Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday along Florida’s Gulf Coast in the southeastern United States. The hurricane has since diminished to a tropical storm as it moved into the neighboring state of Georgia. The first hurricane to strike Florida in more than a decade has caused power outages and localized flooding, with 50 centimeters of […]
WASHINGTON DC | National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President Brian Cladoosby and a delegation of Washington state tribal leaders visited the Standing Rock Indian Reservation on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in support of the tribe’s protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The 1,168-mile pipeline will stretch from North Dakota to Illinois, crossing the Missouri River […]
The man who killed rock legend John Lennon has been denied parole for the ninth time. The New York State Board of Parole on Monday announced that Mark David Chapman, 61, will remain behind bars for at least two more years. He will be eligible to apply for parole again in 2018. Chapman shot the […]
An American businesswoman is facing charges in China that she spied on the Chinese government about 20 years ago, including charges that she attempted to recruit U.S.-based Chinese to spy on their home country. The charges facing Phan Phan-Gillis come more than a year after she was detained while visiting China with an American trade […]