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Donald Trump on Iran prisoner swap: ‘I think I might have had something to do with it’

Donald Trump on Iran prisoner swap: ‘I think I might have had something to do with it’

  Real-estate magnate Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he was partially responsible for the US prisoner swap with Iran that was announced earlier in… Read More ›

Silicon Valley bigwig explains why he’s solving what seems like a rich person’s problem

Silicon Valley bigwig explains why he’s solving what seems like a rich person’s problem

  Joe Lonsdale is a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur, best known for cofounding security giant Palantir and VC firm Formation 8, which has invested in companies like… Read More ›

Albany, NY – Cuomo Calls For Videotaping Of Police Interrogations Share Tweet Share Mail

Albany, NY – Cuomo Calls For Videotaping Of Police Interrogations Share Tweet Share Mail

Albany, NY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling again for legislation to require police to videotape custodial interrogations to help prevent convictions based on false… Read More ›

Baltimore – Republican Lawmakers Worry About Running On Trump’s Coattails

Baltimore – Republican Lawmakers Worry About Running On Trump’s Coattails

  Baltimore – The prospect of running for re-election with Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket was worrying some party lawmakers as… Read More ›

New Hampshire – Hillary Clinton Campaign Deploys Husband Bill Very Carefully

New Hampshire – Hillary Clinton Campaign Deploys Husband Bill Very Carefully

  New Hampshire – Bill Clinton promised voters in 1992 that they’d be getting “two for the price of one” if they elected him to… Read More ›

Daniel Dion, Celine Dion’s brother, dies of cancer

Daniel Dion, Celine Dion’s brother, dies of cancer

Daniel Dion, the brother of entertainer Celine Dion, died on Saturday after a battle with cancer, his family said. He was 59. The eighth of… Read More ›

Burkina Faso attack: At least 28 dead, scores freed after hotel siege

Burkina Faso attack: At least 28 dead, scores freed after hotel siege

Attackers raided a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso overnight, shooting some and taking others hostage in a siege that lasted hours and ended with 28… Read More ›

Taiwan elects its first female president; China warns of ‘grave challenges’

Taiwan elects its first female president; China warns of ‘grave challenges’

Taipei – Taiwan has elected its first female president in a landmark election that could unsettle relations with Beijing. Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the opposition… Read More ›

PMO: Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapon, will destabilize Middle East

PMO: Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapon, will destabilize Middle East

Unless there is an appropriate response to each Iranian violation of its deal with the six world powers “Iran will surmise that it can continue… Read More ›

Fractured field for big GOP Iowa debate

Fractured field for big GOP Iowa debate

While anti-establishment frontrunners Trump and Cruz exchange blows, Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Christie vie to stand out as alternatives   NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) —… Read More ›

Goldman just got wiped out

Goldman just got wiped out

  Goldman Sachs’ fourth-quarter earnings essentially just got wiped out. The bank said on Thursday that it will pay a $5 billion settlement related to… Read More ›

Morgan Stanley just announced bonuses ― and fixed-income traders are not happy

Morgan Stanley just announced bonuses ― and fixed-income traders are not happy

It’s bonus day at Morgan Stanley. That means the bank is telling employees what they’ll receive for their work from the previous year. Bonuses, not base… Read More ›

Democratic campaign erupts into firefight after Bernie Sanders ad criticizes Hillary Clinton on Wall Street

Democratic campaign erupts into firefight after Bernie Sanders ad criticizes Hillary Clinton on Wall Street

  Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign pounced on Thursday after her chief primary rival, US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), swiped at… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinians Appeal For Poet On Death Row In Saudi Arabia

West Bank – Palestinians Appeal For Poet On Death Row In Saudi Arabia

  West Bank – Palestinian intellectuals and writers have gathered in the West Bank to read poems and call for the release of a Palestinian… Read More ›

New York – NYC Mayor On Cusp Of Possible Horse Carriage Deal

New York – NYC Mayor On Cusp Of Possible Horse Carriage Deal

  New York – New York City officials are close to a deal that would save Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages from a threatened ban. When… Read More ›

Alan Rickman, Snape in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69

Alan Rickman, Snape in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at 69

Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” films as well as “Die… Read More ›

Taiwan set to elect first female leader

Taiwan set to elect first female leader

Hong Kong – Voters in the only Chinese democracy are expected to elect Taiwan’s first female leader when they go to the polls Saturday for presidential… Read More ›

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo cartoon of dead toddler Alan Kurdi as sex attacker

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo cartoon of dead toddler Alan Kurdi as sex attacker

After a year in which it has never been far from the headlines, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is back in the news again —… Read More ›

America is way behind the rest of the world in credit card security

America is way behind the rest of the world in credit card security

  The United States continues to present the largest market of “soft targets” for identity thieves. As security upgrades continue to roll out among America’s… Read More ›

One governor wants to invest $7.5 million in educating prisoners

One governor wants to invest $7.5 million in educating prisoners

  When New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a Harlem church this past Sunday that he wanted to once again try to provide college classes… Read More ›