Man who threatened to kill Trump considered armed and dangerous: Law enforcement
By Luke Barr From ABC News A Pennsylvania man who threatened to kill President Donald Trump back in June is still on the run and was last seen in Cumberland, Maryland, earlier this week in a stolen truck, the U.S….
North Korea skirts US sanctions by secretly selling software around the globe
By Taylor Hatmaker From TechCrunch Fake social media profiles are useful for more than just sowing political discord among foreign adversaries, as it turns out. A group linked to the North Korean government has been able to duck existing sanctions…
How flocks of birds got trapped inside the eye of Hurricane Florence
BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable In 1969, researchers spotted a black and white sooty tern in Michigan. This hardy seabird, however, had little business visiting the Midwest. The saltwater species usually spends its life in the tropics, more than 1,000…
US lawmakers move to ban eating dogs and cats, saying China and other nations should too
Associated Press From South China Post The bill passed by the US House would ban the slaughter of cats and dogs for food – a rare practice that is nevertheless legal in 44 states The bipartisan bill by Florida Representatives…
Here’s something congressmen actually agree on: Google’s China plans sound alarming
By Andy Meek From BGR David Cicilline, a U.S. Rep. from Rhode Island, blasted Google with a tweet on Thursday that said the search giant shouldn’t be using its vast resources to enable authoritarianism in China. Included with his tweet,…
Franklin Graham: Kavanaugh ‘smear’ is ‘not relevant’
By Eric Mack From Newsmax Franklin Graham ripped the 11th-hour accusations hurled against Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a mere Democratic “smear” attempt, because the allegations are “not relevant” to his Supreme Court credentials as they happened so long ago…
Lady Gaga is so good at folding things
BY CHLOE BRYAN From Mashable This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. Lady Gaga is a woman of many talents, obviously. She’s a singer,…
Guyanese man murdered at hotel, within hours of arriving in Trinidad
By Andrea Fernandes From Guyana Guardian A Guyanese man who was allegedly invited by a relative to travel to Trinidad and Tobago for a vacation, was gunned down within a few hours of his arrival yesterday, and under circumstances that…
Places to visit in the Caribbean
Submitted by Dr. Jessie Voigts From Wandering Educators By Dr. Jessie Voigts’s picture There is so much to see and do in the Caribbean – how to choose? This culturally diverse region has much to offer visitors, from history to…
Clearing cobwebs
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio New information, new ideas, new concepts, different points of view all help us clear the mental cobwebs that collect over time. Like our fondness for an old pair of slippers, it’s easier to glide…