The east coast of the United States is preparing for what weather forecasters expect to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the mainland. Hurricane Sandy is moving up the Atlantic coast and is expected to join with two winter storm systems. Forecasters are calling this a hybrid “superstorm,” bringing damaging winds, heavy […]
Hurricane Sandy Bears Down on Eastern US
Posted October 28th, 2012 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
The eastern part of the United States is preparing for what weather forecasters expect to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the mainland. Hurricane Sandy is moving up the Atlantic coast, and is expected to join with two winter storm systems from the north to form what forecasters are calling a hybrid […]
Hurricane Sandy Bears Down on Eastern US
Posted October 27th, 2012 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
Watches and warnings are posted up and down the U.S. east coast as Hurricane Sandy prepares to hit the Atlantic seaboard. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center say they do not expect Sandy to weaken as it heads for what could be a direct hit along the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia coast late Monday. Sandy […]
Obama, Romney Concentrate on “Swing States”
Posted October 25th, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is crisscrossing the nation on a marathon campaign tour Thursday, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is concentrating his campaign efforts on the swing state of Ohio. Mr. Obama has stops planned in the U.S. states of Florida, Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio Thursday. In Illinois, he will cast his ballot for […]
Hurricane Sandy Strikes Jamaica
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
Hurricane Sandy slammed into Jamaica Wednesday, pounding the Caribbean island with heavy rains and powerful winds. The streets of the capital, Kingston, are empty. Both international airports are closed, and cruise ships are staying away. Sandy is a Category One storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, but still dangerous with 130 kilometer-per-hour […]
Terrorist Sentenced to 37-Year prison Term in ‘Millennium’ Bomb Plot
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal court has sentenced convicted Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam to a 37-year-prison term for the 1999 New Year’s Eve plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. The court in Seattle, Washington imposed the sentence Wednesday, after prosecutors appealed an earlier 22-year sentence as too lenient. Prosecutors pushed for stiffer penalties, arguing Ressam continues […]
Obama, Romney Push to Win Over Undecided Voters
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
With two weeks until the election, President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney are making a final appeal to voters who still have not made up their minds. Polls show the presidential race tied, and winning support of uncommitted voters, especially in so-called swing states, is crucial. During a rally Tuesday in Florida, […]
U.S. Debate: Misquotes, Flawed Conclusions
Posted October 23rd, 2012 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
In the aftermath of the third U.S. presidential debate, analysts are finding new and repeated inaccuracies in the candidates’ arguments, on topics ranging from Iraq to al-Qaida. Immediately following Monday’s debate, experts criticized U.S. President Barack Obama for misconstruing a comment Mr. Romney made earlier in the campaign, when the Republican candidate said “It’s not […]
American Indian Activist Russell Means Dies
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
American Indian activist and actor Russell Means died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 72. Means, a onetime leader of the American Indian Movement, called national attention to the plight of impoverished Native Americans in the 1970s. He helped organize the 1973 siege of Wounded Knee – a 71-day confrontation in which hundreds […]
Foreign Affairs the Focus at Third Obama-Romney Debate
Posted October 22nd, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are set to debate for a third and final time Monday, this time on foreign affairs. For months during the long campaign leading to the November 6 election, surveys showed voters giving the Democratic incumbent a strong foreign policy edge over Mr. Romney, especially for […]
