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Russia has said it will expel 60 U.S. diplomats and close the American consulate in St. Petersburg as part of a tit-for-tat retaliation against the coordinated wave of expulsions of dozens of Russian diplomats ordered by the United States and other countries earlier this week over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain.
MARCH 15: U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin testifies during a hearing before the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee March 15, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing to examine the FY2019 Veterans Affairs Budget request by the Trump Administration.
The National Transportation Safety Board says a hot air balloon carrying 13 people crashed outside Phoenix after it was punctured by a tree branch. NTSB spokesman Chris O'Neil says preliminary reports indicate a branch punctured the balloon's colorful outer covering known as the "envelope" Wednesday morning.
From Sean Spicer to Rex Tillerson, a look at who was fired or resigned from serving in President Donald Trump's administration. A growing number of people have left the Trump administration in just over a year - a group that includes FBI director James Comey, chief strategist Steve Bannon and now Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin .
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is being replaced, President Trump tweeted Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty about his fate. Trump said he is nominating Navy Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, official physician for the president and his predecessor Barack Obama, to be the next VA secretary.
Roseanne and the Conner family live in fictional Lanford, Ill., but the buildings you see in exterior shots are from the Ohio River city of Evansville, Ind. 'Roseanne' road trip? Head to this Indiana city to see a piece of the TV show Roseanne and the Conner family live in fictional Lanford, Ill., but the buildings you see in exterior shots are from the Ohio River city of Evansville, Ind.
JAMAICA is to assign a senior officer of the Jamaica Defence Force to the Key West, Florida, home base of the Joint Interagency Task Force South, in order to improve communications between the US-led coast guard unit and the JDF. Chief of defence staff of the JDF, Major General Rocky Meade, told the Jamaica Observer that the event is significant, as it is symbolic of the relationship between the United States and its Caribbean partners in creating a network to fight the criminal networks in the region.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding United Airlines a federally-subsidized contract to serve Northern Maine Regional Airport with flights to Newark. Starting this July, United will provide 12 round-trip flights per week between Presque Isle and Newark Liberty International Airport with a 50-seat jet, replacing that Boston-Presque Isle service that PenAir has provided since 2012.
When Michael Zwirn recently booked tickets for his family to travel from Washington, D.C., to Chicago to Boston, he snagged what he thought was a great deal - until he read the fine print. It turned out he'd inadvertently purchased "basic economy" tickets on United, which meant no changes, no access to the overhead bins and, most critically, no guarantee the three of them would be seated together.
Jonathan Brussow, 19, and his girlfriend, Athena Williams, 20, were vacationing in the Bahamas last Monday when a huge wave swept him away. The night before the 19-year-old's tragic death, he sat down with Williams' family to ask them a question that would change their lives forever.
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A young man had just asked his girlfriend's family for permission to marry her when he was swept away by a giant wave in the Bahamas. Athena Williams, 20, met Jonathan Brussow, 19, at a bonfire during the summer after eighth grade.
In this image made from video provided by WNYW, New York City Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro speaks during a press conference a deadly helicopter crash in New York on Sunday, March 11, 2018. A helicopter crashed into New York City's East River Sunday night and flipped upside down in the water, killing at least a few people aboard and leaving some others in critical condition, officials said.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference crowd hadn't had something or someone unabashedly to cheer for - until Monday evening.
In this Feb. 26, 2018, file photo, Carl Lewis in his market in Rankin, Pa. About half of Lewis' customers pay with benefits from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, so the government's proposal to replace the debit card-type program with a pre-assembled box of shelf-stable goods delivered to recipients worries him and other grocery operators in poor areas.
Washington, March 11 : US President Donald Trump will embark on his first visit of his presidency to Latin America next month, the White House has announced. According to the announcement on Friday evening, the President will first travel to Peru for a summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations, reports The News York Times.
Hawaii's food stamp administrator says he was stunned when he first heard that the U.S. Agriculture Department wanted to replace some cash benefits with a pre-assembled package of shelf-stable goods. That changed quickly to frustration, befuddlement and serious concern.
As state budget negotiations intensified in Albany ahead of an April 1 deadline, an influential Brooklyn state senator said he is in favor, at least in principle, of a proposal to institute a congestion pricing plan to get vehicles off clogged Midtown Manhattan streets and another idea that would double the number of speed cameras outside of New York City schools. But state Sen. Marty Golden , the only Republican state senator representing a Brooklyn district, said his support is contingent on getting certain provisions into both bills.
In this June 7, 2013, fie photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, scientists, from left, Christine Dowling, Adam Benthem, and David Naftz collect soil samples on the Canyon Mine property in Arizona. More than a quarter of the way into a 20-year ban on the filing of new mining claims around the Grand Canyon, scientists say they don't have the data they need to show whether uranium negatively is impacting plants, animals and a water source for more than 30 million people.