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By Patrick Ivan Palugod EBC New Jersey Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Anxious cyclists refreshed their weather apps constantly during the week leading up to the 42nd Annual TD Bank 5 Boro Bike Tour in hopes of seeing sunshine in the forecast versus the 100% chance of rain predicted. But despite waking up early Sunday morning to the steady rainfall, tens of thousands of cyclists still put on their raincoats and prepared for a […]
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colorado (Eagle News) — Just before two o’clock Tuesday afternoon the sound that teachers and students dread to hear on their school campus rang out at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Gunfire erupted, making the charter school, located about eight miles from Columbine High School, the latest site in school shooting tragedies. According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s office, seven were injured and one was killed. “It is with extreme sadness that we can […]
by Chet Strange LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — At least eight teenaged students were wounded Tuesday in a school shooting by fellow pupils in the US state of Colorado, police said, across town from one of the worst gun massacres in the country’s modern history. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said several of the students hurt were in critical condition, including some in surgery. No staff or teachers were known to be wounded. The […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Tiger Woods, fresh off his epic comeback victory in the Masters, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Presenting the golfing great with the nation’s highest honor, Trump praised Woods’ “relentless will to win, win, win.” “These qualities embody the American spirit of pushing boundaries, defying limits and always striving for greatness,” the president said. Trump congratulated Woods on “your […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A former Goldman Sachs banker pleaded not guilty Monday in New York to bribery and other charges in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal after being extradited from Malaysia. Malaysian Ng Chong Hwa, 51, a former managing director at the bank charged in both Malaysia and America over the 1MDB fraud, was extradited to the US on Friday, Malaysian attorney-general Tommy Thomas said. Also known as Roger Ng, the defendant was […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump is enjoying the strongest polling of his presidency following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and positive economic news, according to public opinion poll agency Gallup. Trump’s job approval rating crept up one point to 46 percent for the two-week period ending April 30, a substantial rise from the 39 percent approval he recorded in early March. “In addition to the initial interpretation […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama AFP) – Social-democrat Laurentino Cortizo is the favorite to win as 2.7 million Panamanians take to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president following a campaign dominated by talk of corruption. Cortizo, a 66-year-old businessman and cattle rancher, was 10 points clear of his closest challenger, former foreign minister Romulo Roux of the Democratic Change party, with polls showing independent Ricardo Lombana a close third. Sunday’s winner will succeed Juan Carlos […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America’s top law enforcement officers refused to appear before Congress Thursday to explain his handling of the special counsel’s report on Russian interference, infuriating Democrats who quickly threatened to censure him for contempt. Attorney General Bill Barr had been grilled a day earlier in the Republican-led Senate, where Democrats accused him of whitewashing the report to protect President Donald Trump. But he was a no-show at a hearing before the […]
by Elizabeth LAW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Top US and Chinese trade negotiators held productive talks in Beijing on Wednesday, the American side said, as the economic superpowers head towards an endgame in a dispute that has hit businesses with bruising tariffs. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, a close aide to President Xi Jinping on economic matters, met with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ahead of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A US Army veteran who was allegedly plotting a large-scale terror attack near Los Angeles as revenge for the recent mass shootings in New Zealand has been arrested, authorities said Monday. Mark Steven Domingo, 26, who had combat experience in Afghanistan and recently converted to Islam, faces federal terror-related charges for plotting mass casualties via a home-made bomb at a white nationalist rally in Long Beach this past […]
CHARLOTTE, United States (AFP) — At least two people were killed and several wounded Tuesday in a shooting at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus, staff and local media reported. “Shots reported near Kennedy. Run, Hide, Fight. Secure yourself immediately,” the university’s office of emergency management tweeted. The Charlotte Observer said two people were dead and two others had life-threatening injuries. The local Fox television affiliate identified the dead as boys aged 17 […]
by Elodie CUZIN PITTSBURGH, United States (AFP) — Former US vice president Joe Biden took his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination to union workers in Pennsylvania on Monday as he and Republican Donald Trump vie for the support of organized labor in the crucial eastern state. In his highly anticipated address, ex-president Barack Obama’s number two spoke for less than 30 minutes — much shorter than Trump’s speeches to his base — to several […]
