Puerto Rico governor will not seek reelection in 2020 amid firestorm over leak of vulgar chat room talk
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The embattled governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello has announced that he will not seek reelection in November 2020. Rossello will step down as the president of the New Progressive Party. “Apologizing
Rescuers attempt to free right whale tangled in fishing gear off coast of Canada
iStock/Foto4440(NEW YORK) — Marine experts are trying to free a right whale tangled in fishing gear off the coast of Canada. The 18-year-old whale, spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Canada’s east coast, has been
Electrical shortage in hotel swimming pool kills American student in Guatemala, injures his sister
Carson-Newman University (NEW YORK) — An incoming college freshman died last week in Guatemala after an electrical shortage occurred while he was in the hotel pool, according to the university he was slated to attend. Seth Washam,
Venezuelan fighter 'aggressively shadowed' US reconnaissance plane over Caribbean Sea
iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Venezuelan Su-30 fighter plane “aggressively shadowed” a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft operating over the Caribbean Sea, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), in a move the U.S. is calling “unprofessional.” In a series of tweets
Gov. Steve Bullock calls 'send her back' chants 'a stain on this presidency'
William Campbell-Corbis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The chant of “send her back” at President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina on Wednesday is “a stain on the presidency,” Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said on ABC’s This Week. “Any parent,
Trump campaign aide Mercedes Schlapp: 'He is not a racist'
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mercedes Schlapp, a Trump campaign senior adviser, defended President Donald Trump amid ongoing and escalating attacks aimed at four freshman congresswomen on Sunday. “I have worked with President Trump for two years and
Rep. Elijah Cummings: 'I just don’t think this is becoming of the president'
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said chants at a Trump rally on Wednesday were the echo of chants he heard as a child attempting to integrate a pool. On President Donald Trump’s
Pete Buttigieg: White supremacy could be 'issue that ends this country'
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — All of the Democratic presidential candidates have condemned Donald Trump’s racist comments directed at four congresswomen last week, and the chants of “send her back” directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar at a rally