At least 70 people were treated for breathing problems Tuesday in the Syrian city of Aleppo after what rescue workers say was a chlorine gas attack by government forces. The Syria Civil Defense group said helicopters dropped several barrels containing chlorine on the opposition-held al-Sukkari neighborhood. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported […]
In the U.S. presidential race, a new CNN-ORC poll shows Republican Donald Trump with a two-point (45-43) lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton continues to lead in most surveys, but the CNN poll is the latest of several recent national and state polls that indicate the race for the White House is tightening with about […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin maintained in an interview with media outlet Bloomberg that Russia had nothing to doing with the hacking of the U.S. Democratic National Committee. Thousands of the DNC’s emails and documents were hacked earlier this year, revealing that the DNC gave preferential treatment to Hillary Clinton over her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. […]
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 […]