How an exporter used forbidden fruit to cheat US consumers
Ricardo Rudin Mathieu ran a racket. He put labels bearing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's organic seal on boxes of pineapples grown conventionally with chemicals.
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Evansville casino sees big boost with move to on-shore site
A southwestern Indiana casino saw a big jump in business with the opening of its new $50 million on-shore facility. State reports show that Tropicana Evansville had a gross revenue jump during November of about $3.1 million, or 36 percent, compared to a year ago.
Trump administration ends fight to stop military from accepting openly transgender troops on Jan. 1
"A few strokes of the legal quill may easily alter the law, but the stigma of being seen as less-than is not so easily erased." Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at one of his golf courses, on Friday.
In impromptu interview, Trump touches on N. Korea, Russia inquiry and Roy Moore
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weekslong campaign to try to discredit Mueller and the continuing inquiry. During an impromptu 30-minute interview with The New York Times at his golf club in West Palm Beach, the president did not demand an end to the Russia investigations swirling around his administration, but insisted 16 times that there has been "no collusion" discovered by the inquiry.
Marine Corps Legend ‘Iron Mike’ Mervosh Passes
He impacted hundreds of thousands of Marines. His leadership during his service and after were exemplary," according to , founder of Iwo Jima Flag Raising Monument West, a non-profit to build a new Iwo Jima flag raising monument and memorial site at Mike held the record for longest-serving SNCO in all services: 19 1 2 years.
Congressional harassment settlements should be made public
There is very little Republicans and Democrats seem to currently be able to agree on. I hope the following may be that one thing: The citizens of this great country have the right to see a complete list of those in Congress who have used our money to settle their sexual harassment charges.
Andrew Malcolm: A winter of discontent: One year later Trump, Clinton both unpopular
Here's a puzzling twist: The winner of the 2016 presidential election is losing badly in polls. And the loser of the 2016 election is losing even worse.
Chance The Rapper wants to make film on President Donald Trump
The 'No Problem' hitmaker took to his Twitter account yesterday to pitch a new film idea to fans and potential executives as he explained the plot would revolve around an old iPod and the music on it would change the way the controversial Republican leader - who took over from Barack Obama this year - viewed the world. "President Trump gets an old Ipod for christmas... This is his very first ipod... But not only is it his first Ipod, he's actually never listened to music before in his life.
Candidates opposing Trump foolhardy
Candidates vying to fill the congressional seat that will be vacated by U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa do no service to Hawaii by framing campaigns as opposition to the Trump administration, even if it plays well in this bluest of blue states. Read More
Boko Haram: Saraki lauds US over sale of fighter jets to Nigeria
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the United States government for its support on Nigeria's bid to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east zone through the approval of the sale of A29 Super Tucano fighter jets to the Nigerian Air Force. Saraki was responding to Wednesday announcement by the Nigeria Air Force that the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington had presented Letters of Offer and Acceptance which represents the official American government's offer to sell defence articles and services to Nigeria during a visit to Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sidique Abubakar.
What Russian Journalists Uncovered About Russian Election Meddling
Much of what we learned came from American journalists, who brought us revelation after revelation about how the Kremlin meddled in the presidential election. Through these reporters' domestic sources-in the White House, Congress, and the intelligence community-we learned how Russians bought Facebook ads aimed at sowing division; how Russian government agencies hacked the Democratic National Committee and congressional races ; how Russians loosely affiliated with the Kremlin reached out to the Trump campaign ; and how the Kremlin turned the popular Kaspersky Labs anti-virus software into a spying tool.
Credit GOP with Trump’s successes
That's an analytical observation. For many, particularly liberals and Democrats, Trump's first year hasn't been merely bad.
Time to Give Clinton’s Server Technician the Mueller Treatmentby…
Alas, when a year passes, a mothballed prosecutor finds himself thinking about the statute of limitations. As 2018 beckons, it has me thinking about Paul Combetta - the Platte River Networks technician who used the "BleachBit" program to destroy thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails when they were under congressional subpoena and preservation orders.
Did the US cause Iran’s Economic Protests & will Trump Take Advantage?
The scattered urban protests that began in Mashhad on Thursday spread to several other provincial cities on Friday, including Qom, Rasht, Kerman and Qazvin. This is like protests in the US starting in Boston and spreading to Denver and Cleveland.
We laughed. We cried. This is what we read most in 2017.
Go figure: The storyline of Donald Trump's first year in office was eclipsed by those of a kiss cam, a diet trend, a dead elk and well, an actual eclipse. In fact, lunar events and Trump's whirlwind presidency both cracked our list of top-read stories twice, the only topics to take multiple spots.
Fischbach plans Senate re-run if removed in Lt. Gov. shuffle
A Republican state senator poised to become Minnesota's next lieutenant governor says she'd run again for her Senate seat if she's forced out of office. Questions surround who will replace Lt.
US military to accept transgender recruits from Jan 1
Washington, Dec 30 : The Pentagon has said it will begin accepting transgender military recruits on Monday, after President Donald Trump's administration decided not to appeal a court order blocking his ban. The Department of Justice announced on Friday it would delay challenging the stay on President Trump's transgender ban before the Supreme Court, the Hill magazine reported.
Unions misuse dues, and it’s no bargain
California's teachers unions are going to court again. This time, it's the California Teachers Association versus three teachers who first brought suit in 2015.
Nearly half of Puerto Rico clients still without power
Puerto Rico authorities said Friday that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria. Officials said 55 percent of the nearly 1.5 million customers have power, marking the first time the government has provided that statistic since the Category 4 storm hit on Sept.
Trump lays out immigration deal demands
Washington, Dec 30 - US President Donald Trump has said that there will be no deal to protect hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation without funding to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, the media reported. The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed wall at the Southern Border and an end to the horrible Chain Migration and ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc, Trump tweeted on Friday.