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Month: September 2020

Bill Clinton: ‘Superficially hypocritical’ for Trump and Republicans to push to fill Supreme Court vacancy

Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday it is “superficially hypocritical” for President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans to push to put a new justice on the Supreme Court before the November election. “Well, of course, it’s superficially hypocritical call, isn’t it? I mean, (Senate Majority Leader) Mitch McConnell wouldn’t give President (Barack) Obama’s nominee, Merrick

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Thai protesters declare ‘victory’ in monarchy reform rallies, after delivering their demands to authorities

Anti-government protesters in Thailand declared “victory” on Sunday, after handing a list of demands for monarchy reform to Bangkok authorities — an explosive and unprecedented move in a country that reveres the king. Thousands gathered in the nation’s capital for this weekend’s rallies, which began on Saturday and were part of a protest movement that

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Job seekers converge on Marshall, TX

Click here for updates on this story     MARSHALL, TX (KTBS ) — Another better than expected jobs report for the Trump administration. Jobs expanded by 1.4 million and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, much better than many of “so called” experts said was possible during the middle of a pandemic. Some of you might

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Girl scout donates over 600 school supplies

Click here for updates on this story     BETTENDORF, IA (WQAD) — Pleasant Valley senior Ramya Subramaniam was given the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve – a Gold Award – for her work creating a sustainable school supply collection program. Her initiative gathers lightly used school supplies that students might throw away at the

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‘Blood amber’ may be a portal into dinosaur times, but the fossils are an ethical minefield for palaeontologists

When it comes to dinosaurs, many of us think of towering skeletons dominating the atriums of the world’s great natural history museums. But it’s the tiniest fossils that have transformed paleontology over the past five years. Some of the field’s most extraordinary discoveries have come from amber: A dinosaur tail, parts of primitive birds, insects,

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