The Democratic nominee is starting to take shape in FiveThirtyEight‘s 2020 vision. The data-driven news site gives former Vice President Joe Biden the best chance of locking down the 2020 Democratic nomination in its primary forecast that debuted Thursday. But […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Thursday that apprehensions at the U.S. Mexico border — a figure generally considered the most accurate measure of migrants who have attempted to enter the U.S. — have decreased for the seventh consecutive […]
Key Point: Once the gunship is upgraded, the AC-130 will become an integral part of U.S. overseas operations. The historic, lethal and combat-tested AC-130 gunship — known for attacking ISIS and Taliban fighters during close-air support high-risk combat missions — is […]
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt reopened a historic synagogue on Friday in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria after a yearslong government renovation. But only a handful of Jews remain from Egypt’s once-thriving community, most of them elderly. The country’s […]
A student faces criminal charges and a mother is recovering from her injuries in a hospital after an attack at a California high school, police say. Union City police responded to a report of a fight at James Logan High […]
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with no more than a high school education may be less likely to die by suicide when minimum wages rise, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined the difference between state and federal minimum […]
Raising the minimum wage could help prevent thousands of suicides every year — especially when unemployment is high — among workers with a high school degree or less, according to new research. The paper, published this week in the Journal […]
(Bloomberg) — President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 67% increase in Venezuela’s monthly minimum wage, the first this year and the eleventh in the past 24 months. The presidential decree, announced by pro-government lawmaker Francisco Torrealba on Twitter, boosts the minimum […]
A video uploaded to social media on Thursday and verified by the New York Times appears to show a missile striking an aircraft near the location where a Ukrainian plane lost contact before crashing and killing everyone aboard on Wednesday. […]
Tehran (AFP) – Iran said Saturday it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile. President Hassan Rouhani said a military […]