N’Djamena (AFP) – Scores of police and soldiers patrolled Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Tuesday, a day after twin suicide bombings blamed on Boko Haram jihadists killed 24 people and wounded more than 100 in the first such attacks in the city. The security forces had sealed off the area around the presidential palace, as well as the police headquarters — which was one of the bombers’ targets. Chad, which has
By Alana Wise NEW YORK (Reuters) – Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” Trump said in a launch speech at his Trump Tower skyscraper in Manhattan. Eleven Republicans have announced they are running for next November’s election, the latest being
The former NAACP leader who resigned as president of the organization’s Spokane, Wash., chapter after being accused of lying about her race says she identifies as an African-American.
The group confirms the death of its No. 2 figure and head of its powerful Yemeni affiliate.
Tropical Storm Bill hurtled toward the Texas coast from the Gulf of Mexico early on Tuesday with heavy rains and strong winds, the National Weather Service said, weeks after floods killed about 30 people in the state. Flash flood watches were in effect for central Texas and the Houston area, regions where floods last month swallowed thousands of vehicles and damaged homes. The storm was projected to hit the coast
By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Two fast-spreading Alaska wildfires have forced a series of evacuations, destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state’s largest cities, state officials said on Monday. As many as 200 firefighters have been battling a 6,500-acre fire about 40 miles (64 km) north of Anchorage since Sunday afternoon. About 137 miles (220km)
A female prison worker’s agreement to drive a getaway car for two escaped inmates was “Plan B” and the convicted killers had another plot that allowed them to flee, Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said. Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 35, both convicted of murder, remained at large for an 11th day on Tuesday after busting out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, about 20 miles (32
Five people including a number of young Irish citizens were killed and eight injured when an apartment balcony collapsed early on Tuesday in the Californian city of Berkeley, police and Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said. The survivors’ injuries were “very serious and potentially life-threatening,” Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Coats said. Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan confirmed that an unknown number of young Irish citizens were among the dead and
Appearing before a raucous rally in front of thousands of supporters here Monday afternoon, former Florida governor Jeb Bush showed he is a force to be reckoned with in the presidential election as he officially launched his campaign.
