President Xi Jinping leads a Chinese delegation of over 100 officials and scores of business executives attending the World Economic Forum, embodying a tectonic shift at an event that started nearly a half-century ago among Europeans and Americans. Xi’s opening plenary address Tuesday to political and business leaders is shaping up as perhaps the highlight both of this year’s WEF and Xi’s one-country European visit to ultra-stable and chronically neutral Switzerland.
Day: January 17, 2017
China’s Xi takes spotlight at Davos as US makes transition
China’s President Xi Jinping, center, Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan, left, and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter eat Swiss cheese fondue during lunch during Xi’s two days state visit to Switzerland in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. less China’s President Xi Jinping, center, Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan, left, and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter eat Swiss cheese fondue during lunch during Xi’s two days state visit to Switzerland in Bern, … more From right, Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard, China’s President Xi Jinping, Xi’s wife Peng Liyuan and Doris Leuthard’s husband Roland Hausin, attend a gala dinner in Bern, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017.
Nearly 40 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump’s inauguration
Workers prepare the National Mall for the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump January 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Workers prepare the National Mall for the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump January 16, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Moosic seeks fees, costs in suit filed by doctor
Moosic borough wants a federal judge to award it more than $134,000 in attorney’s fees and costs related to its defense of a lawsuit filed six years ago by the doctor whose company provides inmate medical care at the Lackawanna County Prison. In seeking the award, attorneys for Moosic argue the lawsuit that Edward Zaloga, D.O., and his company, Correctional Care Inc., brought against the borough and several of its officials in December 2010 was mostly frivolous and without foundation.
SUV crashes into popular neighborhood bowling alley
Michael Kosinski was working that night, “The whole room was covered in dust. You know, there was just like a cloud of dust in here.
Other Tuesday closings/cancellations due to weather
Authorities say a dog walker who became the victim of an unusual, road rage incident was able to disarm another man, and give the hand gun to a passerby. Authorities say a dog walker who became the victim of an unusual, road rage incident was able to disarm another man, and give the hand gun to a passerby.
Donald Trump, in flap with civil rights icon, meets with MLKa s son
Martin Luther King III, son of Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Monday. NEW YORK >> Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also losing a member of his incoming administration to accusations of plagiarism.
Southern California Democrats slam a repeal and replacea in Obamacare defense
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Los Angeles area U.S. Congressional members hold a press conference event to support protection of the Affordable Care Act at the California Endowment on Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles, Calif. Jan. 16, 2017.
Nick Clegg and chlorine-soaked chickens
Brexiteers who are clinging to Trump’s promise of a quick trade deal with the UK as justification for the mess they have got us into, may live to regret their early enthusiasm. These things are not as straightforward as they seem.
Security Measures Being Put In Place In Prep For Inauguration Day
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MLK en francais
My to-do list today included tracking down eighteenth-century primary sources in French for some of my ambitious Francophone students. So, obviously, I decided to see what if anything French press had on Martin Luther King .
Woman battles NYC to keep emotional support pig at home
A woman in New York City is fighting the health department to keep her pet at home. The pet is Wilbur the pig.
Melania Trump Turns to Ralph Lauren for Inaugural Week Fashion Options
Gobbetti will join the company on Jan. 27, as executive chairman, Asia-Pacific and Middle East until July 4, when he will become ceo. With the inaugural festivities nearing, incoming first lady Melania Trump is about to give a bevy of fashion designers some global publicity.
Tony Norman: Beware, the Ides of “March”
Last year, thanks to an invitation from the ToonSeum, I had the honor of sharing the stage of the August Wilson Center with Rep. John Lewis of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District. The civil rights icon was making the rounds promoting his three-part graphic novel series, “March,” with collaborators Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
On Health Care, We’ll Have What Congress Is Having
In the fall of 1994, the Clinton Administration’s much debated comprehensive, and complicated, health-insurance bill-known derisively as Hillarycare-died quietly on Capitol Hill. It was a moment that, the Princeton sociologist Paul Starr later argued , would “go down as one of the great lost political opportunities in American history.”
Sheriff’s office often gets leeway with funds, budget
When it comes to asking for money beyond their budget, a department head’s best bet is to be with the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office. Or at least that’s how some members of the commissioners court feel, acknowledging leniency is given to the sheriff’s office because residents want to keep the crime rate down.
Revelers, rally-goers to clog DC for inauguration
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open question. Officials estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 people will be present Friday for the inauguration, a celebration that takes over the city, closing roads, taxing the city’s Metro transit system and making getting around difficult.