Saturday, 30 December 2017

Trump reportedly fired his entire HIV/AIDS council by FedEx letter

Trump reportedly fired his entire HIV/AIDS council by FedEx letterPresident Donald Trump reportedly fired the sixteen remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Wednesday via a letter FedExed from the White House.




Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s Kit

Claire’s Pulls Makeup After Mom Finds Asbestos In 6-Year-Old’s KitClaire’s, a store that sells accessories and makeup to young girls and teens, has pulled some of its items after it was found that cancer-causing asbestos was present in some of its products.




Deadly apartment fire in the Bronx kills at least 12

Deadly apartment fire in the Bronx kills at least 12Officials said the blaze was started by a 3.5-year-old boy playing with burners on a stove.




Couple and two young children found dead in New York basement with throats slashed in 'possible quadruple homicide'

Couple and two young children found dead in New York basement with throats slashed in 'possible quadruple homicide'A couple and two young children have been found dead in a basement in Troy, New York State with their throats slashed. The victims, a same-sex couple aged 36 and 22 were found in a basement alongside the older woman’s 11-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter on 27 December in the Lansingburgh neighbourhood of the city. Police have described the case as a "possible quadruple homicide" and say the family were targeted.




Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New Year

Trump White House's Revolving Door Of Staff Changes Expected To Continue In The New YearWhite House officials, led by chief of staff John Kelly, are reportedly plotting a staff shakeup in the new year, as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to weather scandals and defeats, and prepare for what could be tumultuous midterm elections in 2018.




Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stove

Officials: Deadly NYC fire lit by child playing with stoveNEW YORK (AP) — A preschooler toying with the burners on his mother's stove accidentally sparked New York City's deadliest fire in decades, an inferno that quickly overtook an apartment building and blocked the main escape route, the fire commissioner said Friday.




NY mobster jailed two years after heist acquittal

NY mobster jailed two years after heist acquittalTwo years after he was sensationally acquitted of murder and the 1978 Lufthansa heist, New York mobster Vincent Asaro finally got his comeuppance Thursday, sentenced to eight years for arson. Asaro, 82 -- a capo from the Bonanno organized crime family -- now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars for ordering an arson attack on a car in 2012. The namesake grandson of late New York mobster John Gotti also pleaded guilty over the arson.