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Tom Price Is Confirmed as Health Secretary

WASHINGTON — The Senate early Friday approved the nomination of Representative Tom Price to be secretary of health and human services, putting him in charge of President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. By a vote of 52 to 47, the Senate confirmed...

Trump warming to EU trade deal with Britain behind in queue: Times

The United States could strike a free-trade agreement with the European Union after President Donald Trump warmed to a deal with the bloc, the Times reported on Saturday, quoting sources from both sides of the discussion. Post-Brexit Britain would be pushed behind Europe in the...

Community prepares for Somali family’s arrival after executive order barred them last week

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Community prepares for Somali family's arrival after executive order barred them last week. Workers with the resettlement group Della Lamb Community Services joined Country Club Christian Church volunteers Tuesday in preparing a northeast Kansas City house slated to be home for a family of nine...

Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries as spy row worsens

Move is in retaliation for wave of ejections of Russian officials after alleged poisoning on ex-spy and daughter. Russia has expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries as the dispute over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain worsens. The move on Friday was...

One-woman show looks at war through child’s eyes

This weekend, Ifrah Mansour performs her one-woman show, "How to Have Fun in a Civil War," at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. The show is not only suitable for kids — it's told from a child's point of view. She says she wrote the play...

Lionel Messi hat-trick secures Argentina’s passage to World Cup

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Argentina beat Ecuador 3-1 in Quito Chile fall to Brazil and miss out on next year’s finals   Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia qualified for next year’s World Cup after a dramatic last round of South American fixtures that also saw Peru clinch a playoff spot against...

Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than one...

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube announce new plan to curb ‘terrorist content’

WASHINGTON:-Major US tech firms announced Monday they would work together to curb the spread of online 'terrorist content,' responding to pressure from governments around the world. The announcement by Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Google-owned YouTube aims to use 'digital fingerprints' to block or remove violent...

Trump refuses to pledge to respect a Clinton win, at last debate

Donald Trump refused Wednesday to say that he would respect an eventual Hillary Clinton victory in the US presidential race, threatening at his final debate with the Democrat to keep the country "in suspense." Trump — perhaps the most controversial presidential candidate in half a...

First Two Somali Women win seats in Lewiston City and Park City Councils

First Two Somali Women win seats in Lewiston City and Park City Councils
By: Mohamed Duale First Two Somali women, Safiya Khalid and Nadia Mohamed, win two seats in Lewiston City Council in Maine and Park City in St. Louis. Safia and Nadia thus become the first two Muslim women on the municipal council of these two cities...