U.S. and Turkey visa crisis ends after three-month standoff U.S. and Turkey visa crisis ends after three-month standoff: The United States and Turkey announced Thursday an end to visa restrictions that have affected thousands of travelers, but tensions continued to fester as Turkish officials disputed a U.S. account of how […]
6 hospitalized after van crashes into building in downtown Seattle Authorities say six people were sent to hospitals after a van jumped a curb and hit a building in downtown Seattle, CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reports. The accident happened just before noon Thursday and the vehicle struck a Gap store. Assistant […]
Alabama Certifies Jones Win, Brushing Aside Challenge From Roy Moore Alabama officials on Thursday unhesitatingly pushed aside a legal challenge from Roy S. Moore and certified Doug Jones as the winner of this month’s Senate election. The action, during a brief meeting at the State Capitol, was essentially the state’s […]
Bronx Fire, City’s Deadliest in Decades, Kills at Least 12 and Injures More At least 12 people were killed when a fire tore through a century-old apartment building in the Bronx on a frigid Thursday night, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It was the deadliest fire in New York City […]
Blast at Afghan news agency office in Kabul, at least four dead An explosion went off at an office of the Afghan Voice news agency in the capital, Kabul, on Thursday causing serious casualties, officials and witnesses said, the latest in a series of attacks on media groups. Photographs sent […]
Turkey detains 38 Islamic State suspects Turkish police detained 38 people, some of them Syrian citizens, over suspected links to Islamic State in an operation on Thursday in the northwestern province of Bursa, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Counter-terrorism police carried out simultaneous raids on homes in various districts […]
Apple will save billions under new Republican tax plan It’s no secret that Apple currently has more cash that it knows what to do with. As of the company’s most recent earnings report, Apple now finds itself sitting on approximately $269 billion in cash and other securities. But as it […]
Some Galaxy Note 8 devices are unable to charge Some Galaxy Note 8 devices are unable to charge:- Apple’s iPhone isn’t the only smartphone dealing with a battery controversy these days. As it turns out, some Galaxy Note 8 owners are noticing that their devices refuse to turn on once […]
Israel passes disputed law muzzling police on high-profile probes Israel’s parliament ratified on Thursday a law barring police investigators from going public with their findings, in what opposition lawmakers saw as a bid to soften scrutiny of corruption probes against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The so-called Recommendations Bill, approved in […]
Nigeria says U.S. agrees delayed $593 million fighter plane sale Nigeria says U.S. agrees delayed $593 million fighter plane sale:- The United States has formally agreed to sell 12 Super Tucano A-29 planes and weapons to Nigeria, the West African country’s air force said, confirming the resurrection of a deal […]
