President Erdogan announces start of operation against US-backed Kurdish forces, days after President Donald Trump announced pullback of US troops

  October 10, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder   Turkey began a planned military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, launching airstrikes and artillery fire across the border just days after the Trump administration announced it was pulling US troops back from the […]

U.S. troops start pullout from along Turkey’s border in Syria

  October 15, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder   BEIRUT — American troops began pulling back on Monday from positions in northeastern Syria ahead of an expected incursion by Turkey into the area, the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said. The Syrian Kurdish fighters warned […]

Sanders unveils plan to stop corporate donations to Dem convention

October 7, 2019 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder Bernie Sanders, a longtime critic of the nation’s campaign finance system, is releasing a plan Monday aimed at ending the influence of corporate cash in politics, including at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The Vermont senator pledges to […]

Ex-president of suspended frat to stand trial in sex assault

A Philadelphia judge Thursday ordered the former president of a suspended fraternity at Temple University to stand trial on sexual assault charges. After a preliminary hearing where his accuser testified Thursday, Ari Goldstein was ordered to stand trial on attempted sexual assault, attempted rape, simple […]

From Terrell Owens to Curt Schilling to Nick Foles, it’s time for a new way to think about the baseball and football Halls of Fame | Mike Sielski

The National Baseball and Pro Football Halls of Fame will hold their induction ceremonies soon — the former, next week; the latter, the following week — and their proximal timing isn’t the only thing that links them. As compared to, say, the Naismith Memorial Basketball […]