Ramaphosa will on Monday lead Team South Africa to London ahead of Wednesday's much anticipated announcement by World Rugby about the World Cup host. This follows an exhaustive tendering, clarification and evaluation process. The decision rested largely with the giants of worldwide rugby as Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, Italy and Argentina received three votes each. [Full Article...]
The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act prevents a "qualified civil liability action" from being brought against firearm and ammunition manufacturers or sellers in both federal or state court. "No matter how much we wished those children and teachers were still alive, the law needs to be applied", Vogts told justices. But moves to even modestly tighten gun control laws floundered and a l... [Full Article...]
Though the Responsible Wealth website is now down, you can see a cached version of the letter here. According to Mark Mazur, Tax Policy Center, the bill would amount to a decent tax decline for the majority of the US households. The strongest opposition came to the Republican proposal to eliminate deductions for medical expenses, with 54 percent saying they are against the change and 32 perc... [Full Article...]
He quickly followed that up by saying "I fear that in the age of Trump, the cooler heads and strategic doctrine that we once relied upon as our last best hope against the unthinkable seem less reassuring than ever". In other words, there is time to debate strike options. In developing options for North Korea, the Pentagon has a package of what it calls flexible response options, which includes ens... [Full Article...]
The move comes days after the Senate unanimously approved a measure requiring all senators, staff and interns to be trained on preventing sexual harassment. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) noted that "sexual harassment is a serious problem in our society and Congress is not immune from this issue". As Republicans distance themselves from Moore, lawmakers in the House and Senate are working to addre... [Full Article...]
Health Minister Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi was cited Tuesday by the Tasnim news agency as recognising that aid "distribution was not assured properly" and needed to be improved. Rouhani vowed not to forget about the people and rural areas affected by the natural disaster: "11,000 rural houses and about 4,500 urban houses were destroyed in this quake and we need to build 30,000 new houses". [Full Article...]
She is also heard calling the driver "a f-- idiot", "a legitimate retard" and "stupid". "You had the opportunity to take me home". Uber driver Shaun Platt said prosecutor Jody Warner appeared to be intoxicated when he picked her up at the Capitol Pub in Dallas late that evening. [Full Article...]
Israel has been targeting the Islamic Jihad movement following the Israeli-led attack on the Gaza Strip's cross-border tunnel, fearing revenge by the movement. The terror group has vowed to retaliate for the 12 of its members killed in the tunnel blast, calling Israel's threats against its leaders a " declaration of war ". [Full Article...]