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Navy secretary apologizes for calling Capt. Crozier ‘stupid’
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly apologized on Monday for blasting canned aircraft carrier Capt. Brett Crozier as “too naive or too stupid” to command a ship. “Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor stupid,” Modly wrote. “I think, and always believed him to be the opposite.” Modly’s about-face …
Cardinal George Pell freed from prison after High Court overturns sex abuse conviction
The momentous decision, handed down Tuesday by Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, ends a five-year legal battle that started when a man in his 30s approached police alleging Pell had abused him as a child in the mid-1990s. At the time, Pell was Vatican Treasurer and the highest ranking Catholic official to ever be publicly accused …
Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline dies at 85
CLOSE A look back at the life of Al Kaline, the Detroit Tigers great, who died on April 6, 2020, at age 85. Detroit Free Press Al Kaline, who in a long and unique Detroit Tigers lifetime grew from youthful batting champion to Hall of Famer to distinguished elder statesman, died Monday afternoon at his …
‘Hamilton’ Cast Reunites For Emily Blunt, John Krasinski And One Lucky 9-Year-Old : NPR
Clockwise from top left: Daveed Diggs, 9-year-old Aubrey, Okieriete Onaodowan, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. YouTube hide caption toggle caption YouTube Clockwise from top left: Daveed Diggs, 9-year-old Aubrey, Okieriete Onaodowan, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. YouTube In this era of social distancing, few celebrities have carved out a social media presence as appealing as …
Boris Johnson ‘under observation’ in a London hospital for coronavirus infection
Johnson was taken Sunday evening to the National Health Service hospital, where he spent a “comfortable night” in the National Health Service hospital and “is in good spirits,” said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is chairing emergency meetings and briefing the press in Johnson’s absence. The prime minister tweeted Tuesday, “Last night, on the advice …
Trump administration tells states to step up as governors plead for aid
“It literally is a global jungle that we’re competing in now,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, a Republican, said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I’d like to see a better way, but that’s the reality in which we are.” Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois blasted Trump in an interview on CNN’s “State of the …
COVID-19 death toll nears 10,000 in U.S.
4m ago Improvements in hard-hit Italy and Spain as U.K.’s COVID-19-postitive leader hospitalized for tests Conditions appear to be improving in the two hardest-hit European countries, with Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll declining for two weeks and Spain reporting fewer deaths on each of the last three days. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was …
Brent crude could plunge to ‘single-digit lows’ if no OPEC+ deal: Fitch
Red Cross medics measure the temperature of participants of the 178th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on March 5, 2020. Alex Halada | Getty Images Brent crude futures could plunge to “single-digit lows” if major oil producers fail to reach a deal to cut output at a time when demand …