HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush gave the commencement address at the all-women Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1990. The speech was ranked No. 47 on a list of the top speeches of the century in 1999. The list, compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas ...
New York City workers removed a Central Park statue on Tuesday commemorating Dr. J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century surgeon who made significant advances in gynecology at the expense of enslaved black women. Sims, widely regarded as the “father of modern gynecology,” established the first hospital ...
Every year our skies are lit up by returning meteor showers, from Lyrids to Quadrantids, Orionids to Geminids. , there's a chance you'll be able to see the shooting stars in action. Here is our guide to the must-see meteor showers of 2018 – including the spectacular Lyrids shower which will peak ...
flight has been forced to make an emergency landing, this time in Nashville, “The captain in command declared an emergency and safely landed the flight,” a spokesperson for the airline said. The airline told CBS News about the Phoenix, -bound flight: "We've confirmed flight 577 departing ...
Earlier in the week, Hannity was outed in court as . On Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Daily Show,” Noah said he was riled by Hannity’s casual attempt to “minimize his connection to Michael Cohen like it means nothing, especially when every other day of the year he’s the guy who can bake a ...
SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) - Airlines began inspecting some Boeing Co 737 engines on Wednesday as an investigation gathered pace into an explosion which killed a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight in the first fatal U.S. airline accident in almost a decade. This month European regulators ...
For tens of millions of Iranians, Telegram is an indispensable tool. The popular encrypted messaging app is used by half the population for everything from sharing videos with family and friends to conducting business to engaging in political debate. Over the years it has even become a common ...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Corker hopes Europeans agree to tweak the accord ahead of a May 12 deadline that Trump could use to kill it./ is expected to torpedo the nuclear agreement between Iran, the United States and five world powers, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
(Get this roundup directly in your inbox each weekday ― sign up for after Larry Kudlow, the president’s chief economic adviser, said she “ ” when it came to announcing sanctions on Russia following the Syrian gas attack. Republican senators also chimed in to speak out against Trump’s CIA ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Canadian drug mule broke down in tears in an Australian court on Wednesday when she was sentenced to eight years in prison for her part in an attempt to smuggle cocaine worth $16 million into Sydney in luggage aboard a luxury cruise ship. Melina Roberge, 24, told the ...
