Here’s the latest for Tuesday November 26th: US Capitol shut down over plane threat; Mall shooting injures two; Trump pardons turkeys.
Author: AP Domestic
US softens position on Israeli settlements
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Australia’s ferocious fires threaten Sydney suburbs
Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia’s most populous state and into Sydney suburbs Tuesday. (Nov. 12)
Chicago snow leads to plane sliding off runway
Snowfall is taking its toll on air travel in Chicago as one plane trying to land at O’Hare International Airport slid off the runway.
Angela Merkel places a candle at Berlin Wall memorial
German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined people lighting candles at the Berlin Wall memorial on Saturday to honor the courage of the opposition in the GDR in the autumn of 1989. (Nov. 9)
Donald Trump to release account of 2nd Ukraine phone call
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he’ll release an account of another phone call with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy. (Nov. 9)
Donald Trump leaves White House, slams continued ‘witch hunt’
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the “Republicans have never been so united” and that the “witch hunt continues” as he left the White House with First Lady Melania Trump to travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Nov. 9)
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Joe Biden unconcerned about Elizabeth Warren’s rise
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Saturday he was undeterred by the ascendancy of rival Elizabeth Warren in the polls. (Oct. 26)
Today in History for October 17th
Highlights of this day in history: Arab oil embargo fuels energy crisis; Americans clinch revolutionary victory at Saratoga; more (Oct. 17)
Man arrives to police station with body in his car, confesses to four murders
Police in Northern California have identified the suspect who they say showed up at a police station with a dead body in his car.