Tag Archives: U.S.
Russia: U.S. Withdrawal From Nuclear Treaty Would Be A ‘Very Dangerous Step’
Matt Gutman: Caravan is a 'mass of humanity' heading toward U.S. border
Houston Chronicle Endorses Beto O'Rourke For U.S. Senate
Migrant Caravan's Arduous Journey Through Central America Toward U.S. Captured In Photos
Putin Hails Sunset of U.S. Global Domination Due To Mounting 'Mistakes'
Cory Booker says the U.S. needs to ‘reexamine’ its ‘entire relationship’ with Saudi Arabia
Exclusive: U.S. Steel workers set to get biggest pay raise in years – sources
Wages were frozen in the last contract, which ended on Sept. 1, as the Pittsburgh-based company was suffering losses from a slump in the domestic steel prices. Trump’s restrictive trade policy, coupled with a strong economy, has sent domestic steel prices soaring, helping U.S. Steel post a near 60 percent increase in pretax profits in the June quarter. The deal, which needs to be ratified by 16,000 workers across the country, comes days after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called steelmakers to share the profits from high steel prices with their workers.
Record $667 million U.S. Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs
The new jackpot, which eclipses the previous high of $ 656 million, follows an 11-week winless streak for the top prize of the Mega Millions lottery. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown with each of the 23 semi-weekly drawings that failed to producer a top winner since July 24, when an 11-member office pool in Santa Clara County, California, hit a $ 543 million jackpot. The odds of hitting the jackpot by matching all six numbers correctly are an astronomical one in 302.6 million, but the odds of turning a Mega Millions ticket into a winner of any kind, including a $ 2 prize simply for matching the “Mega ball,” are a more down-to-Earth one in 24.
Rubio: U.S. credibility is undermined if we don’t condemn allies that murder
'Praise God!': Parents of U.S. pastor rejoice at Turkey's release of son
A court in the western Turkish town of Aliaga on Friday sentenced Andrew Brunson, who had been charged with links to Kurdish militants and supporters of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, to more than three years in prison but said he would not serve any further time because he had already been detained since October 2016. Pamela Brunson, 75, the mother of the pastor, was at her home in Black Mountain, a town in North Carolina near Asheville, when she learned of the news from a Reuters reporter calling about the court’s decision. In Turkey, witnesses said Brunson wept as the decision was announced.
