Hundreds of U.S. soldiers have deployed to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNew England
Tests begin on bones that may be Revolutionary War soldiers’
A university laboratory is beginning tests on skeletal remains found beneath an 18th century home to help identify the three people believed to be soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War.
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Posted inNation & World
U.S. starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border
Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sanders and Trump surge, Biden rebounds in fundraising race
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders shows that a recent heart attack hasn’t slowed him as primary voting looms.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Lebanon receives Interpol notice for ex-Nissan fugitive Carlos Ghosn
The Interpol notice is the latest twist in his daring escape from Japan, which spanned three continents and involved private planes, multiple passports and international intrigue.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Wall Street gets 2020 off to a solid start with more records
The market has been grinding higher for weeks, as concerns about the strength of the economy and of escalation in the U.S.-China trade war ease.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers
Women directed 12, just 10.6 percent, of 2019’s top 100-grossing films – more than any year before.
Posted inNation & World
Kim Jong Un calls for measures to protect North Korea’s security
The country is being closely watch amid concerns the dictator could suspend his deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the U.S. and take a more confrontational approach.
Posted inNation & World
Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack
The stabbing of five people at the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah is ‘the 10th anti-Semitic incident to hit the New York/New Jersey area in just the last week.’
Posted inNation & World
Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan
A peace deal would allow the U.S. to bring home its troops and end its 18-year military engagement there.