Image copyright EPA Kirsten Gillibrand has become the latest US Democrat to join a crowded race to be the party’s candidate for the 2020 presidential election. The 52-year-old senator for New York announced her bid in an online video released on Sunday. Fifteen other Democrats having already declared they will seek the nomination. They include […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An early photo of Dick Dale alongside a custom Fender guitar at an exhibit in California US rock guitarist Dick Dale, whose song Misirlou featured over the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, has died aged 81, reports say. Dale, who is known for creating a style of […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Artwork: The fireball was the kind of event expected to happen only 2-3 times per century A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere in December, according to Nasa. The blast was the second largest of its kind in 30 years, and the biggest since the fireball over Chelyabinsk […]
Media captionHas Mr Biden publicly announced his presidential bid? Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself. The former vice-president made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his home state of Delaware. He said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running […]
Image copyright EPA Kirsten Gillibrand has become the latest US Democrat to join a crowded race to be the party’s candidate for the 2020 presidential election. The 52-year-old senator for New York announced her bid in an online video released on Sunday. Fifteen other Democrats having already declared they will seek the nomination. They include […]
Media captionHas Mr Biden publicly announced his presidential bid? Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself. The former vice-president made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his home state of Delaware. He said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running […]
Media captionHas Mr Biden publicly announced his presidential bid? Joe Biden appeared to announce his candidacy for the 2020 US election, before immediately correcting himself. The former vice-president made the slip while addressing 1,000 Democrats at a dinner in his home state of Delaware. He said his record was the most progressive “of anyone running […]
Media captionTrump issues first veto of his presidency President Donald Trump has vetoed a measure from Congress revoking his declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. Lawmakers, including 12 Republicans, had passed the rejection resolution on Thursday in a surprising rebuke of Mr Trump’s pledge to build a border wall. Congress will now […]
Image copyright Sinn Féin Image caption Mary Lou McDonald taking part in New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade with the banner Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has been criticised after she posed with a banner reading ‘England get out of Ireland’. Ms McDonald was photographed with the banner during the New York St Patrick’s […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ms Loughlin, who was fired from Hallmark, is named in the lawsuit A US mother has filed a $500bn (£375bn) lawsuit against the people charged in a university admissions scandal, claiming her son was unfairly denied placement. Jennifer Kay Toy cited the “despicable actions” of the alleged conspirators as […]
