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In news from the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s transition team, which would set up her administration if she wins the White House, will be run by former top aides to President Obama. Clinton’s campaign said Tuesday the team will be led by former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Salaza... |
Meanwhile, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reorganized his campaign staff for the second time in two months. He has named Stephen Bannon, the executive chair of the conservative outlet Breitbart News, to be his campaign’s chief executive. Kellyanne Conway, who is currently a senior adviser to Trump, wi... |
Meanwhile, former Fox News chair Roger Ailes is reportedly advising Donald Trump on next month’s debate between him and Hillary Clinton. Ailes resigned from Fox News in July. He has been accused of sexual harassment by more than 20 women, including Fox News anchors Megyn Kelly, Andrea Tantaros and Gretchen Carlson. Ail... |
Donald Trump is set to receive his first top-secret national security briefing today. He will be accompanied by former Defense Intelligence Agency head Michael Flynn. Flynn was paid last year by the Russian state-funded TV network RT to speak at its 10th anniversary gala. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who heads T... |
This comes as The New York Times is reporting that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration forgave millions of dollars of taxes owed by Donald Trump’s casinos to New Jersey, even after state auditors raised concerns some of the casinos’ tax filings were fraudulent. When Christie was elected governor in 2009... |
Donald Trump visited a Milwaukee suburb Tuesday, where he called for more police to patrol low-income communities. His visit comes only days after the uprising in Milwaukee sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old African American Sylville Smith. Trump’s approval rating among African Americans is between zer... |
Trump also visited Milwaukee Tuesday, where he met briefly with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke. Sheriff Clarke sparked controversy with his speech at the Republican National Convention last month when he celebrated the acquittal of a police officer charged in the case of Freddie Gray, who died from injuries sust... |
Meanwhile, the City of New York has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Akai Gurley, an unarmed African-American father who was killed by a police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project in 2014. New York City police officer Peter Liang fatally sho... |
In Louisiana, at least 11 people have died as rescuers continue to search for missing people amid historic flooding. More than 10,000 people have been forced to relocate to shelters, and President Barack Obama has declared the area a federal disaster zone. More rain is in the forecast for the region this week. |
Meanwhile, in California, authorities have ordered more than 80,000 people near Los Angeles to evacuate, as a fast-moving fire continues to grow. Fed by strong winds, bone-dry brush and 100-degree temperatures, the Blue Cut fire is the latest in a series of destructive wildfires ravaging California amid the state’s cli... |
Meanwhile, in Rio, the Olympic Games are nearing the end of their second week. This comes as a new study in the British medical journal The Lancet shows that by the 2084 Olympics, rising temperatures will make it nearly impossible for most cities to host the Summer Games. The study points out that only 70 percent of th... |
In Yemen, residents of the capital Sana’a say a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led airstrike killed nine civilians Tuesday. This comes as Doctors Without Borders calls for an independent investigation into Monday’s strike on a hospital, which killed as many as 15 people. Monday’s attack on the hospital marks at least the fourth ti... |
And in Pennsylvania, immigrant mothers detained with their children at the Berks County Residential Center have entered their second week of a hunger strike. They are protesting the government’s claims that the average time in detention is only 20 days. By the end of this month, at least three families will have spent ... |
Police on the lookout for speeding drivers. |
A motorist caught driving at 110mph in Derbyshire is among the worst speeders in the UK. |
The unidentified driver was snared travelling at the shocking speed in the temporary 50mph limit on the M1 northbound at Tibshelf. |
The statistic comes after a Freedom of Information request by road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), which asked police forces in England and Wales for the highest recorded incidences of speed caught on cameras in 2014. |
According to the IAM’s figures, the worst case of speeding in 2014 happened in London Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, when a motorist was caught driving at a staggering 128mph in a 30mph zone. |
Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: “It is disheartening to say the least that some road users are showing such disregard for the safety of all other road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and other drivers. |
“At speeds like this it is simply impossible to react to anything that might happen in front of you. |
“It is also impossible to handle corners, gradients, street furniture and junctions with any effectiveness. |
“In short, all these individuals are playing with their own lives and others – they are all accidents waiting to happen and it requires a major shift in the attitudes of these people to think about safety,” she added. |
Motorists are more likely to speed on motorways than on any other roads. Sixty-seven per cent of drivers admitted they sped on the motorway last year, according the RAC’s report on motoring for 2014. |
Meanwhile, the proportion of motorists admitting to speeding on 30mph urban roads has been declining for the past few years. Forty-two per cent of drivers admit speeding in 30mph limits, down 15 per cent since 2010. |
Latest figures show the number of people killed on Derbyshire’s roads rose by just over 20 per cent in the space of a year. In the 12 months to October 2014, 34 people lost their lives in collisions on the county’s highways – compared with 28 the previous year. |
Woodlawn coach Bobby Richardson hoped a tough nonleague December schedule would prepare his team for the postseason. |
The Warriors reaped some of the benefits of that early hard work yesterday, rallying past host and No. 13 Catonsville, 46-45, for the Baltimore County championship. |
In capturing its second county title in three seasons, Woodlawn (15-8) ended the Comets' 15-game winning streak, avenging a 65-54 loss at Catonsville four days ago. |
The Warriors, who played Southern-Baltimore and Prince George's County powers Crossland and Suitland in December, won for the 12th time in 14 games after a 3-6 start. |
The Comets (18-2) went 15-0 in the Hoopster Division, including victories over the county's big three -- Milford Mill, Randallstown and Woodlawn. But they were unable to put away the Warriors, who scored the game's final four points. |
Junior Ishmael Robinson led Woodlawn with 13 points, and senior point guard Terrick Allen had nine, including two free throws with 13.4 seconds remaining that gave the Warriors a one-point lead. |
After the Comets called timeout, Mike Haynei missed a three-pointer from the corner. Jason Yachera got the rebound and missed a short shot before the teams battled for the rebound, and time ran out. |
"Things could've gone downhill for us, and things went their way at times, but I think we were able to capitalize on their mistakes," said Richardson, who benched three key players for disciplinary reasons. "It's hard to beat a team twice." |
Woodlawn was on the verge of collapsing, wasting a 10-point, fourth-quarter lead in less than five minutes as Catonsville gained a 41-40 advantage on a layup by Yachera with 1: 55 left. |
Robinson put Woodlawn back up with two free throws, then was called for his fifth foul. The Warriors didn't get in his replacement in the required 30-second time limit and were hit with a technical. |
Andy Ford converted three free throws for Catonsville with 1: 45 left, giving it a 44-42 lead, which grew to three after a free throw by Steve Remesch (14 points) with 52.9 seconds remaining. |
A basket by Arnold Coates with 32 seconds left brought the Warriors to within one, then Catonsville turned the ball over on a traveling violation with 24 seconds remaining. |
Allen drove to the basket before being fouled by Sam Adams with 13.4 seconds left. The 5-foot-9 guard connected on both free throws, giving Woodlawn the win. |
"We had a tough schedule earlier in the season, but that was to prepare for now," said Allen. "We lost some of those games, but we're ready right now for the state playoffs." |
The Warriors wanted to play up-tempo against Catonsville after Wednesday's loss, keeping the Comets from getting many three-point opportunities and cuts to the baskets. |
Leading 23-22 at halftime, Woodlawn opened things up in the third quarter, scoring 12 of the first 14, extending the lead to 35-24. The Warriors held Catonsville without a field goal for five minutes. |
"Our guys weren't ready to play," said Catonsville coach Jim Rhoads. "Winning the other night took a lot out of them. They just didn't play the same. In the fourth quarter, we're coming back, then they're flying all over the place, playing hard." |
More TV repeats than ever will be shown on Christmas Day, Daily Mail research reveals. |
Over half the programmes are reruns - almost twice as many as last year and more than five times the number broadcast in 1997. |
Of the 138 programmes listed for December 25 in terrestrial schedules, only 63 are new. |
Children suffer most from the lack of new programming, with the majority of repeats screened at times when younger viewers are watching. |
The most commonly-repeated show is a particular episode of children's series The Hoobs, which has been screened on Christmas Day six times in as many years. |
Not surprisingly, Morecambe and Wise are among the most frequent schedule-fillers. |
Their shows have been repeated four times on December 25 since 1997. |
This year, the duo's Christmas specials compilation show, first seen in 1995, is part of BBC1's schedule. |
However, it seems only BBC1 has learnt its lesson from last year -reducing its repeats from 11 to six. |
BBC2 repeats have risen from ten in 2002 to 19 this year, including two episodes of Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days. |
"All of our repeats are classic high-quality programming which people love to watch," said a BBC2 spokesman. |
"Our late-night repeats of comedy like Room 101 and The Fast Show were hugely popular last year and we are sure that will be the case this year." |
Five is the worst offender, with 19 reruns on December 25, including three war documentaries and the film A Man Called Horse. |
Last year, the channel screened 12 repeats. |
ITV1 has the most marked increase, with 16 Christmas Day repeats compared to four last year. |
A spokesman said: "Our Christmas Day schedule plays to ITV's strengths and includes two huge entertainment events - World Idol and Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - as well as classic Christmas films." |
"The vast majority of our repeats are either early in the morning or late at night," said a spokesman. |
"There is some repeated material during the day, but it's either classic films or popular shows like Friends." |
The Mail's investigation, supported by research from the Liberal Democrats, also reveals that, while viewers in 1997 could choose from 31 movies across the five channels, this year just 21 are on offer. |
Network film premieres make up less than a third of these. |
Five does not feature a single film that hasn't already been in its line-up. |
ITV1 and BBC 2 are both screening one film premiere, while BBC1 and Channel 4 are showing two each. |
BBC1 will show The Tigger Movie and Stuart Little, while Channel 4 will screen Muppets from Space and Amelie. |
Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat culture, media and sport spokesman, said: "Everyone looks forward to seeing their old favourites over Christmas, but the repeats this year are way off the mark. |
"They are not the real classics like The African Queen and Star Wars but simply a cheap and easy way to prop up the TV schedules. |
"Christmas is the time of year when more people have the chance to sit down and enjoy television. |
"The broadcasters have shown a lack of ambition in producing so few new programmes or Christmas specials. |
Until recently, of course, the terrestrial channels had a stranglehold over family entertainment during the Christmas period. |
Now many households have satellite TV and can also watch films on DVD and video. |
Despite the glut of repeats, television this Christmas does have it highlights. |
Eagerly-awaited is the return of Del Boy and Rodney on Christmas Day in what looks likely to be the last-ever festive special of Only Fools and Horses. |
In Sleepless In Peckham, the Trotters have only two weeks to find the cash to pay the Inland Revenue after living the high life in Monte Carlo or face eviction from their home. |
The BBC's Christmas Night With The Stars should also prove a major success. |
Michael Parkinson will present, among others, Victoria Beckham, Denise Van Outen, Will Young and boy band Busted. |
"It took many years for Rome to admit, acknowledge, and then apologize for generations of sexual abuse of countless children, and it only did so after denial, obfuscation, and even emotional and legal attacks on those who had been so appallingly treated by its clergy. The Church has learned how to play the long game, a... |
Popes have become rather good at apologizing in recent years. Actually, they’ve had no option. The clergy abuse crisis, the historic persecution and slaughter of heretics, the Vatican’s ambivalence towards Nazi anti-Semitism during the Second World War, and so many other horrific events all have demanded public contrit... |
Now we come to Canada, and the ghastly case of residential schools, and the treatment of Indigenous people. No particular denomination or institution — secular or religious — is solely to blame, and government is as guilty as church, but most have made seemingly heartfelt apologies. Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, the ... |
Now, Parliament intends to formally ask the Pope to reconsider his refusal to apologize, and for the Church to fulfil its financial obligations under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. This was initiated by NDP MP Charlie Angus, and backed, with edits, by Carolyn Bennett, the Minister of Crown-Indigen... |
A papal apology was one of the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and to emphasize the importance of the gesture, when he visited the Vatican last year, Justin Trudeau personally asked the Pope to consider the apology. Such a direct request is considered extremely significant in Rome. |
As that statement makes clear, the Pope didn’t make this decision alone, and for that matter it’s not even clear that he made the decision at all. His representatives in Canada, including senior bishops and Cardinals, and likely lawyers, would have made suggestions, and it’s uncommon for Rome to contradict such advice. |
If change is going to happen, it will require pressure and exposure. It took many years for Rome to admit, acknowledge, and then apologize for generations of sexual abuse of countless children, and it only did so after denial, obfuscation, and even emotional and legal attacks on those who had been so appallingly treate... |
In 1991, for example, the Canadian Catholic Bishops issued a statement that “We are sorry and deeply regret the pain, suffering and alienation that so many experienced” at the residential schools, and two years later said that, “various types of abuse experienced at some residential schools have moved us to a profound ... |
When asked his opinion, Andrew Scheer, a devout Roman Catholic who knows Catholic leaders well, responded that “all religions” involved in the residential school system should admit what happened. Presumably he was trying to draw equivalents, and protect Catholicism from being singled out. Problem is, the only thing th... |
The Roman Catholic Church may argue that it’s sufficient for a local diocese or organization to apologize, and that a papal statement is unnecessary. That just won’t do. Indigenous people, the victims, have asked for this apology, explaining how much it will heal their wounds. Good Lord, the truth cries out to be heard... |
They number between two and three million; some have lived in makeshift shelters for just a few months, while others have roots that stretch much further back into history. Most fled to escape war, others simply ran away from joblessness. |
“Women in Pakhtun society have traditionally helped their men in hard times,” declares former Pakistani lawmaker Shagufta Malik. They are doing so again, and how, going by their hectic campaigning activity in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. |
Breitbart News, the populist right-wing website once led by President Trump’s chief strategist Stephen Bannon, published a blistering report on Tuesday blaming chief of staff Reince Priebus for administration stumbles and speculating that his time in the White House may be short. |
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart's Washington political editor, citing unnamed sources close to the president, reported that Priebus may be next on the chopping block after the Monday night resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn. |
The unnamed sources in the report allege that Priebus is responsible for the rocky rollout and legal troubles that have ensnared the president’s executive action that temporarily bans people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States as well as suspends refugee resettlement. |
The Breitbart sources said Priebus was brought into the White House for his connections to Capitol Hill, and is therefore responsible for the slow pace of Cabinet confirmations and the early reluctance by GOP lawmakers to tackle Trump’s big-ticket initiatives. |
And they blamed Priebus for the damaging leaks coming out of the White House. One unnamed Breitbart source described the leakers as a network of “sleeper cells” and said that Priebus knows who the offenders are but has refused to do anything about them. |
“All of this could derail Trump’s presidency if he doesn’t fix it soon, and quickly bring in someone new as Chief of Staff who can smooth out the rocky start and get things back on track sooner rather than later,” Boyle wrote. |
The broadside against Priebus and his allies, including White House press secretary Sean Spicer, comes amid ongoing reports of a power struggle between competing spheres of influence within the White House. |
There is a seemingly daily struggle playing out in anonymously sourced media reports between the Bannon and Priebus camps in the White House over whose political power is on the rise, who is to blame for missteps and who might become a casualty of Trump’s management style, which is famously driven by pitting opposing f... |
Bannon has a powerful ally in his former news outlet, which relishes making life difficult for more establishment GOP leaders like Priebus and Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanAppeals court rules House chaplain can reject secular prayers FEC filing: No individuals donated to indicted GOP rep this cycle The Hill's Morni... |
Bannon has brought several former Breitbart News reporters into the White House with him. He is also said to be close with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a White House aide, and works closely with policy adviser Stephen Miller, whom Trump praised this week for defending his executive actions on the Sunday mornin... |
The Priebus wing, meanwhile, entered the White House facing deep suspicion from the Breitbart contingent and others in Trump’s inner circle, who view the former Republican National Committee chairman as a representative of the GOP establishment. |
Priebus backed Trump in the primary even before he became the party’s official nominee, but there has long been a sense among the president’s true believers that he was never fully on board. |
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