Demonstrators are protesting against police brutality towards minorities. Protesters are angered by increased cases of police violence against unarmed blacks in the United States gathered at multiple locations.
Protesters in several US cities blocked highways and swarmed police precincts, leading to at least two dozen arrests in demonstrations touched off by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men.
CUBANS CELEBRATE REMOVAL FROM U.S. LIST OF TERRORISM SPONSORS
This is as another step towards healing a decades-old insult to national pride and restoring diplomatic relations.
OBAMA CONTINUES TO SPAR WITH CONGRESS OVER IRAN BILL
A compromise empowering congressmen to reject his emerging nuclear pact, the president now sells lawmakers.
HILLARY CLINTON RETURNS TO IOWA
Second try in the state that delivered the first blow to her failed presidential campaign, with different twist.
DRUG TESTING FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS
Better late than never. After a half dozen on again and off again announcements over the years, NYC Greenstreets has finally agreed to focus on City Island. The citywide program to convert paved, vacant traffic islands and medians into green spaces will soon be building on Belden Point. It's about time, that the construction project at the southern tip of City Island officially gets underway. On tax day, this is what some of your property taxes will pay.
US removes Cuba from state sponsor of terror list. The following timeline is more specific of this strange evolution.
1960: US breaks off diplomatic relations and imposes trade embargo.
1961: US backs failed Bay of Pigs invasion; Castro calls Cuba a communist state and begins to ally with USSR.
1962: Fearing US invasion, Castro allows USSR to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba. Superpowers brink of war.
1980: Around 125,000 Cubans, many prisoners, flee to the US when Castro temporarily lifts restrictions
Percy Sledge, who was the singer of classic soulful ballads has died at 74. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana this morning. The cause of death was liver cancer, according to his manager
The singer sky-rocketed to the top of the charts after recording "When a Man Loves a Woman" – his debut single in 1966. But he released other songs, which you may also enjoy,
Percy Sledge - If Loving You Is Wrong: https://youtu.be/ADFCF4I4y5U
In Memoriam: R&B Singer Percy Sledge http://www.nbcnewyork.com/multimedia/NATL-2014-In-Memoriam-238430011.ht…
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OBAMA'S IRAN DEAL
Senate committee a bill lets Congress weigh in on nuclear agreement that could be reached with the Iran.
IRAQ ASKS US FOR HELP
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says international military support may eliminate the Islamic State group.
US VETERANS RETURN TO MIDEAST TO FIGHT EXTREMISTS
American veterans go back the Middle East to fight the enemy and to wrestle with past demons.
The United Nations estimates that the world will have a population of 8.4 billion by 2030. These statistics were released during the 48th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development that opened in NYC on Monday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said the international community is going to forge a set of sustainable development goals and they will be influenced by the profound demographic shifts which take place in current world, especially those related to youth, the elderly, urbanization and migration.
What do William Blaine Richardson III and Benjamin "Ben" Fernandez have in common? They were trailblazers.
The first two Hispanics to run for President of The United States of America. Richardson in 2008 and Fernandez in 1980. Today, America made political history with 2 Latinos running for President. US Senators Cruz and Rubio
US Senator Marco Rubio us running for President. The Cuban-american from Florida emerges to prominence, in the campaign to The White House, but may find it difficult to succeed in the national political limelight.
https://www.facebook.com/RubioIn2016?fref=ts
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He’s Out of Position http://nyti.ms/1Os5MTi via @UpshotNYT
Why Marco Rubio has a real shot at 2016 Republican nomination | http://fxn.ws/1Os1P12
Rubio tells donors he is running for White House http://news.yahoo.com/signs-point-white-house-bid-florida-sen-rubio-1254... via @YahooNews