Describing Carranza as the embodiment of the American Dream, de Blasio recounted the educator's upbringing as the child of immigrants who valued education. This time, the Mayor had his choice for chancellor at his side, taking no chances. Carranza had been serving as the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District. [Full Article...]
The boy is said to have been in the stroller while the little girl was walking with her mother. The sedan then came to a rest on the side of the street - with a crushed stroller under its back wheels. "The pregnant woman was just lying on the street". A woman who was among those hurt was in critical condition at Methodist Hospital, officials said. [Full Article...]
He addressed the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and said the NRA is "in God's way". Afterwards, 10 different activists were spotlighted on stage for their everyday efforts in trying to help change the world, including 14-year-old Alice Brown Otter , who recently protested the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. [Full Article...]
With four seats each, these parties helped BJP form a coalition government in Manipur past year. Earlier, after meeting Neiphiu Rio, Governor said Rio who claimed support of 32 MLAs has the majority and should form the government. Former Nagaland Chief Minister's statement comes after the BJP had parted ways with the NPF just ahead of the polls and joined hands with the newly launched NDPP, also... [Full Article...]
Russian Federation said Col Skripal had been paid $US100,000 ($NZ138,000) for the information, which he had been supplying from the 1990s. He was convicted of passing the identities of Russian intelligence agents working undercover in Europe to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. [Full Article...]
Cohen said he missed two deadlines earlier that month to make the $130,000 payment to Ms. Clifford because he couldn't reach Mr. Trump in the hectic final days of the presidential campaign", The Wall Street Journal reports , citing a person familiar with the matter. [Full Article...]
Rallies, sit-ins and prayer vigils are scheduled in San Jose and across the nation today as Dreamers meet their uncertain fate with activism. "Although the SCOTUS announcement will allow current and previous DACA recipients to renew, thousands of young people will face a gap in protections since they weren't able to renew until now and there continues to be over a million undocumented young pe... [Full Article...]
The Chief Minister was earlier admitted to the Mumbai-based hospital on February 15 for a pancreatic ailment. He was discharged days later and Parrikar even returned to Goa to deliver a truncated annual budget speech on February 22. Parrikar would continue as the chief minister and the committee will be functioning in his absence from the state, Sardesai said. The MGP and the GFP are allies of t... [Full Article...]