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National Press Club leaders expressed profound concern Saturday about the continued disappearance of a Saudi journalist and especially about reports he may have been killed by Saudi government personnel.

Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister until 2005, underlined the necessity of the United States of America remaining part of the multilateral world. Speaking at the 2018 Rhodes Forum, Fischer expressed the opinion that the American body politic beyond the president and the immediate White House team still shared a sense of international responsibility and still

The unemployment rate in the United States has dropped to 3.7 percent, the lowest rate since December 1969. For close to two-thirds of the US population, this is the lowest unemployment rate in their lifetime.

JustGiving has unveiled The Care button, social currency to allow anyone to express what they care about on the JustGiving platform and beyond. The Care button, which will be rolled out across charity pages on JustGiving over the next few weeks, allows a user to show they care about a cause instantly on any charity

Photo of Tye Thomas courtesy Texas Monthly. Randal “Tye” Thomas, the youngest mayor of Gun Barrel City, Texas, and also a member of the Electoral College in the 2000 Presidential Election, has died at the age of 35. In 2000, Mr. Thomas was the youngest mayor of Gun Barrel City, Texas, and the youngest person

A Southwest Airlines jet, carrying 124 passengers and a crew of 5 people landed at the wrong airport in Missouri. They flight was scheduled to go from Chicago’s Midway airport to Branson Missouri. Instead, the flight landed at M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport instead of the Branson Airport, which is just nine miles away. Not

In the wake of the Governor Chris Christie scandal with the traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge, various artists and photoshop gurus have been creating images reflecting the scandal. Here’s one that has popped up on social media: And there is another on the Political Carnival blog: Have any photos that you’d like to

Ariel Sharon, one of the most controversial leaders of modern times, has died at the age of 85. He was feared, hated, and adored. Ariel Sharon was an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its inception in 1948. Israel’s 11th

George Zimmerman has been acquitted by a jury of his peers of shooting Trayvon Martin in Sanford Florida. From the beginning, I have always thought of this case as being a case regarding the controversial Stand Your Ground law, and not a race case. This was never a race case until Benjamin Crump got involved.

Mindy McCready, the country music star, is dead. According to reports, she has committed suicide at the age of 37. Mindy McCready was an American country music singer. Active since 1995, she has recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996’s Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified