[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he two-day chase began on Tuesday evening at 6:55 pm when a swing-shift patrol officer attempted to pull over a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the Old Seward parking lot of Walmarts for a no front plate violation. Instead of stopping when the officer activated his lights, the driver, later identified as 31-year-old Gordon Thomas, sped […]
NEW YORK — U.S. President Donald Trump was uncharacteristically mute prior to the start of whirlwind of diplomacy during the U.N. General Assembly. Trump took a rare respite from Twitter Saturday and Sunday while at his private golf club in New Jersey, amid several pending matters likely to define his presidency. There were no substantive tweets […]
SEOUL — As the tense nuclear standoff between North Korea and the United States continues to escalate, the risk of military conflict grows, while hopes for a peaceful solution remain remote. On Sunday U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said diplomatic efforts to persuade the Kim Jong Un government to give up its nuclear and long […]
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people in response for new U.S. sanctions imposed over Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Putin told a Russian television network that his government could take more retaliatory steps against the U.S., but that he […]