Gov. Jerry Brown says that he returned $9,000 in campaign contributions from six Pacific Gas and Electric employees in July because of the utility’s close ties with state regulators. The Sacramento Bee reported that the California Public Utilities Commission and PG&E
Wal-Mart announced today that they would no longer provide health care for some part-time workers, according to Reuters, right before Obamacare mandates force companies to offer health insurance to employees who work at least 30 hours a week in 2015.
The South African government asked the Dalai Lama to withdraw his application for a visa to visit the country, for reasons “in the national interest,” according to Guy Lieberman, a Tibetan activist who helped organize the three previous visits by
This article was originally posted on WFDD.com. Tonight, Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan will go head to head in their second live debate. Hagan has held a consistent lead over Tillis in the polls, but that lead is small, which is why
The radical Islamic group Boko Haram destroyed at least 185 churches after it captured towns in the states of Borno and Adamawa. Over 190,000 people were displaced due to the terrorists. “It is over 30 days now that our Church
Hillary was asked about her position on the Keystone XL pipeline Monday during an interview that took place in Canada. Rather than answer the question by simply saying what she believes, she chose to dodge. “Well, you know I can’t
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and wants to have more discussion on rights in Ankara’s bid to join the European Union, according a senior EU
(Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports at the weekend that it had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State movement fighting in Syria and Iraq, saying that its statement to the media had been misinterpreted. The group’s spokesman Shahid Shahidullah said
In the town of Cástulo, Spain, archaeologists have discovered one of the earliest-known images of Jesus, which shows him short-haired and beardless. The newly found depiction of Jesus is engraved on an 8.6-inch glass plate known as a paten, estimated
On TV and in the movies, Jesus has been played by various nationalities, including Americans, Brits, and even a Swede (Max Von Sydow in The Greatest Story Ever Told), and there’s never been a religious litmus test for taking on
(AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned that the Syrian border town of Kobane is on the verge of falling to jihadists, saying a ground operation was needed to defeat the militants.
On Sunday, a top National Institute of Health official dismissed concerns that the United States’ porous border makes the country more susceptible to an Ebola outbreak from illegal immigrants. On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director
The continuing arrival of a group of survey ships off Australia’s west coast has raised hopes that the wreckage of the Malaysian MH370 aircraft will be found within days, in an operation that is costing the Malaysian and Australian governments
Fresh air strikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by Islamic State jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Kobane, according to an AFP journalist just across the border in Turkey. The strikes
(Reuters) – A U.S. airlines trade group said it would meet with health and safety officials on Monday to discuss whether additional screenings for Ebola could improve on measures already in place to contain the spread of the deadly virus. The meeting
On Friday, Sweden — a nation that took a stance of neutrality during World War II, which was defined by the Holocaust and resulted in the extermination of 6 million Jewish people — said it recognized Palestinian statehood, making it
A Swedish representative of the left-wing Social Democrats party claimed that the Israeli Mossad has been training the Islamic State in order to fight other Muslims in the Middle East. In a Facebook post reportedly uncovered by Sydsvenskan newspaper, Malmo
In the midst of the reform of its communications operation, the Vatican has launched its first modern YouTube video, titled What is a Synod? The video, a media “weather balloon” of sorts for Vatican media, reveals that the age-old institution
The head of INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) has recommended that the jihadi terror group Islamic State should be renamed “CM” for Cowardly Murderers. Doing so, he suggested, would delegitimize them as Islamic, and would also help the global community
An explosion at or near a suspected nuclear facility near Tehran is being reported by Iran’s state news agency IRNA. The facility is described as an ‘explosives producing factory’ in eastern Tehran on Sunday evening. An opposition website claims the blast
Elderly Syrian women are taking up arms in a desperate last bid to prevent their town falling into the hands of ISIS. The town of Kobani is barely 200 yards from the Turkish border, and has been described as the
(Reuters) – The European Commission is likely to reject France’s 2015 budget draft at the end of October and ask for a new one that would better reflect Paris’ deficit reduction obligations under European Union rules, several euro zone officials
The first baby born after its mother had a womb transplant was delivered in September in Sweden. The mid-30s mother delivered a healthy baby boy by caesarean section, roughly two years after she had a uterus implanted that had been
(Reuters) – Sierra Leone recorded 121 deaths from Ebola and scores of new infections in one of the single deadliest days since the disease appeared in the West African country more than four months ago, government health statistics showed on
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff will face Social Democrat Aecio Neves in a run-off election, after edging out environmentalist Marina Silva in Sunday’s vote. With nearly all ballots counted, the leftist incumbent had 42 percent of the vote to 34 percent
MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – After weeks of defying international pleas to free eight European officials they had captured in May, pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine released them unexpectedly in June following a public appeal by the head of the Russian
America’s third largest wireless company announced on Friday a fresh round of firings that will cost the company $160 million in severance related expenses. The job firings come as President Barack Obama touted his economic policies last week in a
A new Gallup survey finds opposition to the President of the United States, now Barack Obama, at a 16-year high. When respondents were asked whether their vote in the upcoming midterm elections is meant to “send a message” that you
Jean-Sebastien Lerolle peels off the head-to-toe body suit — the yellow and white plastic hallmark of the world’s desperate battle against Ebola — and his green nurse scrubs are drenched from sweat. For 20 minutes, Lerolle traipsed ghost-like through this
CLACTON-ON-SEA, United Kingdom – As he walks through the southeastern English seaside town of Clacton with a large banner for the anti-EU UK Independence Party under his arm, there is no doubt who 47-year-old builder Phil Drew will vote for
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters marked one month on Sunday since the signing of a Kremlin-backed truce with one the most heated battles of the six-month war in the ex-Soviet state’s eastern rustbelt. Artillery blasts rocked Donetsk on Sunday
Israel has hit out at Sweden’s newly elected prime minister Stefan Loefven over his decision to recognise a Palestinian state. “Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that he regrets that the new prime minister was in a hurry to make statements
On Saturday at Newark Airport, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials rushed to meet with a United Airlines flight from Brussels and removed a passenger, believed to be from Liberia, suspected of having Ebola. The CDC crew responded
A United Airilines flight from Brussels was met by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials today at Newark Liberty International Airport after a passenger on board believed to be from Liberia exhibited possible signs of Ebola. The passenger was
In what will be a devastating blow to California public employee unions, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein ruled in the Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy of the City of Stockton that pensions managed by the California Public Employee Retirement System, known
On October 3, an email sent to hundreds of Harvard students warned that they would be shot on October 4. The email’s unknown sender threatened to come to the school’s campus and shoot. According to Reuters, the authenticity of the
Cases of the sometimes-deadly Enterovirus D68 (EV D68) in California children have begun multiplying following exponential numbers of cases nationwide. Some Enterovirus cases have been connected to paralysis in patients. The original source of the rising number of EV D68
In the exchange of New SALT Treaty data between the U.S. and Russia on October 1, it was evident that during the last year, Russia has added 243 deployed nuclear warheads to its northern fleet. Besides the raw increase in
President Obama and the Centers for Disease Control are being quite careful to tell America that our hospitals are fully prepared for any possible outbreak of Ebola. But members of a nurses union disagree. They say US hospitals aren’t prepared
On October 3, at about 4:30 a.m., a man opened fire on armed home invaders who forced their way into the family’s house while the mother was cooking breakfast. KHOU.com reports that the son was in his bedroom when he heard
