Associated Press To find the true measure of what Peyton Manning meant to football, don’t bother poring over the highlights from his record 186 wins, or re-watching either of his Super Bowl victories, or looking at a single throw he made on his way to a record-setting 71,940 passing yards over 18 seasons. Instead, simply […]Load more...
Lisa Bryant PARIS—European Union leaders said Tuesday they have reached a possible deal with Ankara to return thousands of migrants to Turkey, and that they are confident a full agreement can be reached at a summit next week.After months of disagreements and increased bickering among the 28 EU nations, the leaders said they agreed to […]Load more...
Zaza Tsuladze TBILISI, GEORGIA—When he left his village in Georgia, Beslan Mukhtarov seemed destined to be a doctor. He arrived in Turkey, and was admitted to a prestigious medical school in Istanbul. But Mukhtarov’s life took a radical turn. According to Turkish security officials, Mukhtarov crossed into Syria last November and joined Jabhat al-Nusra, the […]Load more...
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—The leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has accused the European Union of ignoring the deteriorating human rights situation in the country in a bid to secure a migrant deal with Ankara. As the EU looks for cooperation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to stem the growing number of migrants entering Greece […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), a member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement today: «I was very saddened to learn of the deaths of Tiffany Joslyn and her brother, Derrick. Tiffany, who grew up in Cumberland, was a talented and dedicated lawyer working for the House Judiciary Committee […]Load more...
Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declined an offer to meet President Barack Obama at the White House later this month and canceled his trip to Washington, the White House said Monday, citing Israeli news reports. Netanyahu’s decision to nix his U.S. visit marked the latest episode in a fraught relationship with Obama that […]Load more...
Reuters OTTAWA/WASHINGTON —Canada’s charismatic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be traveling to Washington this week for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, hoping to revitalize a frayed relationship and draw rare attention to Canadian issues.Trudeau’s Liberals came to power in November by ousting the right-wing Conservative leader Stephen Harper, whose ties with Washington deteriorated as […]Load more...
Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON—The United States is promising more transparency on the country’s sometimes-controversial use of drones to strike at terrorist targets. White House Counterterrorism advisor Lisa Monaco announced Monday the administration will release an assessment in the “coming weeks” of both combatant and civilian casualties due to drone and other counterterrorism strikes dating back to […]Load more...
Meagan Duzor Residents of the northern U.S. city of Flint, Michigan, have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state’s governor and others alleging gross negligence for causing the city’s drinking water to become contaminated with lead. The group of seven residents filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court seeking damages for thousands of Flint residents […]Load more...
Smita Nordwall Super Tuesday, the one-day megaprize in the race for the U.S. presidential nomination, is over. The front-runners – billionaire Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton – cemented their leads in the Republican and Democrat races respectively. But, they are far from securing their parties’ nominations. With several major primaries and […]Load more...