Huge crowds seek debuted King Rama X coins

People make long queues for new coins under the reign of King Rama X at the coin unit of the Treasury Department on Rama VI Road in Bangkok Friday. Large crowds formed long queues at provincial offices of the Treasury Department to exchange cash for the first lot of circulated coins bearing the image of King Rama X on Friday, the Chakri Memorial Day.

Women file to run for U.S. House in record numbers

The number of women running for the U.S. House of Representatives set a record Thursday, most of them Democrats motivated by angst over President Donald Trump and policies of the Republican-controlled Congress. "It's about time," said Kara Eastman of Nebraska, one of two Democrats trying to win a primary and the right to challenge a GOP incumbent in a district centered in Omaha.

Westford’s Ryan swaps races

Terry Ryan on Thursday dropped out of the crowded race for the 3rd Congressional District to join another political contest that has a growing field: the state Senate seat that's about to be vacated by Eileen Donoghue when she becomes Lowell's city manager. Ryan said he had been approached by many supporters and observers who encouraged him to run for Donoghue's 1st Middlesex District state Senate seat.

President: 2,000-4,000 troops needed for border security

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking, but it wasn't clear who would be called up or if they would even be allowed to carry guns. Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection.

‘Sanctuary laws’ roil California in fight with Justice Department

California has become ground zero in a battle over so-called "sanctuary laws" aimed at protecting people from arrest and deportation amid a Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration. State laws that took effect Jan. 1 aim to circumvent local responsibility for immigration enforcement.

HISTORY, April 6: Congress declares war against Germany in 1917

On April 6, 1968, 41 people were killed by two consecutive natural gas explosions at a sporting goods store in downtown Richmond, Indiana. In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York.

Oklahoma teacher walkout stretches into 5th day

Thousands of teachers from across Kentucky gather outside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding and to protest last minute changes to their state funded pension system, Monday, April 2, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. Thousands filled the state Capitol in Kentucky on Monday to protest teacher pension changes, and schools were closed statewide in Oklahoma as thousands more educators rallied for increased education funding.

Cop nabbed anew for illegal possession of drugs, firearms

SENIOR Police Officer 1 Joshua Barile, who was released from detention last December 2017, was arrested again on April 5 for illegal possession of dangerous drugs and firearms by virtue of two arrest warrants. Chief Inspector John Paul Tovera, head of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Negros Occidental, said Barile was collared at his residence in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.

Capital Strike?

Elizabeth Bruenig's column in the Washington Post yesterday is strange. At the heart of it is an analogy to help us make sense of advertisers abandoning Laura Ingraham's show in light of her taunting David Hogg: Yet it's not quite right to classify these advertisers' decisions as a straightforward boycott.