Moqtada al-Sadr won’t be Iraq’s next prime minister, but he may very well decide who is. It’s a striking outcome for the Shia cleric who forged a reputation as a radical in the insurgency he led against the U.S. after the invasion of 2003, and who then defined himself as an Iraqi nationalist through his defiance of Iran. Over this period, Sadr has become an insider in Iraqi politics, but ahead of the country’s Saturday parliamentary elections he fashioned himself into an anti-corruption crusader and political outsider by building a coalition th
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The Latest on a deadly explosion at a Southern California office building (all times local):
5:30 p.m.
Family and friends say they're in shock over the death of a woman in an explosion at a Southern California office building.
The victim hasn't been formally identified but authorities said they believe it's Ildiko Krajnyak (IL-di-koh KRY-nyak), a cosmetologist who owned the day spa where the blast occurred Tuesday.
Irene White, a family friend, read a statement Wednesday on behalf of Krajnyak's family. White asked for privacy as they mourn
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AFP/Getty ImagesThe Daily Beast reports tensions between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House trade adviser Peter Navarro boiled over during a trip to China two weeks ago, resulting in what administration officials described as a “screaming match.”
Trade hardliner Navarro and Mnuchin have been at loggerheads for weeks over trade talks with China. Navarro, writes the Daily Beast, exploded
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* Flash flood watch until 1 a.m. Wednesday, except southern areas | Flood warning for in many north and west suburbs through 2:15 a.m. *
As we no longer have severe storms and the remaining activity is expected to slowly weaken, this will be our last update of the night.
Ground-zero for tonight’s storms was most certainly Frederick, Md., which had both golf ball size hail and half a foot of rain in just over two hours – which led to severe flooding (see earlier updates). Parts of upper Montgomery County h
...Walmart (NYSE:WMT) reports Q1 fiscal 2019 earnings before market open on Thursday, May 17, and the company just made its largest acquisition ever ahead of its report.
Walmart announced last week it was buying a 77% controlling stake in Flipkart (FPKT), India’s largest online retailer, for $16 billion. The remaining stake will be controlled by co-founder Binny Bansal and other investors, including Tencent (OTCPK:TCEHY), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Flipkart’s net sales grew 50% year over year to $4.6 billion in its most r
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VACAVILLE, CA (KOVR/CNN) – The parents of an 8-year-old girl with autism say they plan to sue the school district after disturbing video surfaced showing a bus driver shove the girl, as another school employee watches then walks away.
School bus surveillance cameras show 64-year-old Kim Klopson taunting an 8-year-old with autism, who was blocking the aisle with her leg.
"And if you stick your feet out again to keep her from moving, you are going to be on the window. Got it?" said Klopson in the February incident.
Police say the bus was on its way
...BioRegnum — The view from John Carroll
Faced with a growing crisis over its $1.2 million in payments to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, Novartis announced early Wednesday that the company’s top lawyer has abruptly resigned in hopes of bringing the whole tawdry affair to an end.
“Although the contract (with Cohen) was legally in order, it was an error,” said Felix Ehrat, group general counsel of Novartis, in a statement. “As a co-signatory with our former CEO, I take personal responsibility to bring the public debate on t
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AUSTIN – With the hurricane season less than one month away, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) urges all Texans to learn how to protect themselves and their families from hurricanes and tropical storms. Hurricane season starts June 1 and continues through Nov. 30.
“Hurricane season is unpredictable, and as we saw last year with Hurricane Harvey, these powerful storms can cause dangerous conditions and leave behind major devastation,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “By preparing ahead of time, we can he
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North Carolina lawmakers are preparing a bid for a new Apple campus, according to a report in the Triangle Business Journal.
Separately, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has also floated areas near Washington D.C., like Crystal City and Tysons, as locales for Apple.
Citing unnamed sources in real estate, law and the North Carolina government, the Triangle Business Journal said the Research Triangle Park "tops Apple's short list," although the process is far from finalized — Apple is still looking at s
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