Japan's Fukushima region rocked by 7.4-magnitude earthquake
Sirens were blaring along the coastal stretch, warning residents to evacuate to higher ground, as authorities cautioned that a tsunami could be approaching. (TWP) NAHA, Japan — Japan’s Fukushima region was struck by a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake Tuesday morning, triggering tsunami warnings and fears of another disaster in the same area that was devastated more than 5 1 / 2 years ago. But several hours after residents along the Fukushima and Tohoku coastlines were told to evacuate..>> view originalTrump is seeking to build a diverse administration, aides say
Though President-elect Donald Trump’s first five picks for top jobs in his administration have all been white men, transition officials insisted Monday that the team he ultimately puts together will represent a cross-section of America. Trump spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on a conference call that the president-elect met with a “high-caliber and broad and diverse group” of job seekers and advisers in recent days and predicted that the top rungs of the executive branch that Trump assembl..>> view originalKanye West hospitalized in Los Angeles, placed on psychiatric hold
After drawing attention at recent California shows for rants about politics, the media and the music industry, the rest of Kanye West's U.S. tour has been canceled. The rapper was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital, reportedly for exhaustion. (Reuters) Kanye West was hospitalized at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, the Associated Press reported. NBC News, citing “multiple authorities familiar with the case,” reported that the 39-year-old Grammy-winning musi..>> view originalTV execs, hosts gather for contentious 'reset' meeting with Trump
President-elect Donald Trump held what senior adviser Kellyanne Conway called a "reset" meeting for members of the media at Trump Tower on Monday. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) Powerful figures from the world of television news met privately with President-elect Donald Trump Monday amid rising concerns about Trump’s failure to accept the norms of presidential media coverage, such as a traveling press pool. Trump hosted more than a dozen TV executives and hosts at Trump Tower midd..>> view originalTrump considering retired general who clashed with Obama, ex ...
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is a member of the Trump transition team who's been floated as a cabinet member. (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post) Two new names have emerged as possible candidates for Department of Homeland Security secretary under President-elect Donald Trump, including a retired Marine general who clashed with the Obama administration over women in combat and plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, people familiar with the selection process said Monday. Ma..>> view originalThe secretive brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders who are helping ...
Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio earlier this year (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is putting together a brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders to share ideas with the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump. But he’s having trouble finding takers. In recent days, the Facebook board member and PayPal cofounder - who is also a member of the Trump transition - has been appealing to fel..>> view original'Multiple fatalities' following school bus crash in Tennessee
A school bus crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., killed at least five children on Nov. 21 on their way home from school. More than 20 were sent to local hospitals with injuries, police said, and the driver has been arrested. (Reuters) The driver of a school bus that crashed into a tree in Chattanooga, Tenn., killing at least six elementary school children, was arrested Monday, officials said. At least 24 children, in grades kindergarten through fifth grade, were transported to hospitals after th..>> view originalHow Trump naming Mattis as Pentagon chief would break with 65 ...
Retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis is emerging as a potential favorite for President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of defense nominee. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) President-elect Donald Trump choosing retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis as his secretary of defense would break with decades of U.S. military history, putting a retired senior military officer in the job 65 years after Congress passed legislation that said it was “the sense” of lawmakers that “no additional..>> view originalSan Antonio police arrest man wanted in killing of officer targeted for ...
A manhunt is underway in Texas for a gunman who shot and killed a San Antonio police detective sitting in a squad car during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus says the suspect should be considered "extremely dangerous." (Reuters) Police in San Antonio said Monday that they had arrested a man wanted in the ambush killing of an officer fatally shot a day earlier. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said during a briefing that a SWAT team..>> view originalDC restaurant apologizes after hosting alt-right dinner with 'Sieg Heil ...
Seig heil! ✋ pic.twitter.com/FhuFuZq6Sc — Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 19, 2016 A restaurant in Northwest Washington issued an apology Monday after hosting an alt-right, white nationalist event whose participants offered praise of Adolf Hitler. [Protesters try to confront white nationalists in D.C. for conference] The dinner, held Friday at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Friendship Heights, was sponsored by the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist organization that suppo..>> view original
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
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