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December 20, 2024
Warning signs for Trump as Republican rebels defiant
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.“There are diplomatic and operational security considerations oftentimes with our deployments and some of those numbers, and [that is] certainly the case here,” said Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, who said that the 2,000 troops are all in Syria to fight ISIS.“As I understand it, and as it was explained to me, these additional forces are considered temporary rotational forces that deploy to meet shifting mission requirements, whereas the core 900 deployers are on longer term deployments,” Ryder said on Thursday.On the same day, CNN...
December 20, 2024
Pentagon concedes US has double the disclosed number of troops in Syria
December 19, 2024
Man admits running secret Chinese 'police station' in New York
December 19, 2024
Trump jokes aboout making Canada the '51st state' as leader Trudeau faces turmoil
MADISON — Unanswered questions remain about a fatal shooting at a Madison, Wisconsin, private school Monday as new details emerge about the upbringing of the teenage girl who allegedly opened fire.Investigators are working to piece together how and why 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who went by the name “Samantha,” allegedly committed the act that left one teacher and a student dead and wounded six others at Abundant Life Christian School, one week before Christmas.Erin Michelle West, 42, of DeForest, and Rubi Patricia Vergara, 14, of Madison, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.Four people remain hospitalized as of Wednesday afternoon, according to hospital officials. Two are in critical...
December 19, 2024
Victims of Wisconsin school shooting identified
December 19, 2024
Trump brings Congress to a halt with new demands on spending as shutdown looms
December 19, 2024
After investigating January 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney
December 19, 2024
Nothing nefarious, Biden seeks to reassure US over drone mystery
December 18, 2024
Canada announces new border rules following Trump tariff threat
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the New York district attorney said on Tuesday.Mangione faces various charges, including first-degree murder, and two counts of second-degree murder, one of which describes the killing as an act of "terrorism", Bragg said."The intent was to sow terror," New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, calling the shooting a "frightening, well-planned and targeted murder".Mangione is scheduled to appear for a court hearing on 19 December over whether he will be extradited to New York on the charges, though Bragg suggested the suspect may not fight extradition."We have indications the defendant may waive that hearing," Bragg said.The...
December 18, 2024
Luigi Mangione faces first-degree murder charge in death of healthcare CEO
