Source: MSN Money Ascena Retail Group said Monday it’s winding down its Dressbarn business and plans to shut all 650 or so of the women’s clothing stores in order to focus on its more profitable brands. Ascena, which also owns apparel chains Ann Taylor and Loft, said the decision wasn’t an easy one. But the …
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‘Mindless murdering savages’: Border agent used slurs before allegedly hitting migrant with his truck
Source: MSN In November 2017, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Matthew Bowen fumed about the humane treatment his agency was expected to give migrants who had illegally crossed into the country. “PLEASE let us take the gloves off trump!” he texted another agent who, at the time, was facing criminal charges for shooting an unarmed Mexican …
Trump Says No Sign of Iranian Attack But Issues Another Threat
Source: MSN President Donald Trump said the U.S. has seen no signs that Iran is preparing to attack American forces but he again threatened the Islamic Republic. “We have no indication that anything is happening or will happen,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday. …
McConnell, a tobacco-state Republican, unveils bill to raise age to buy tobacco
Source: MSN Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from the tobacco state of Kentucky, on Monday unveiled federal legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase e-cigarettes and all other tobacco products in the U.S. from 18 to 21. The Tobacco-Free Youth Act is a measure that McConnell and his Democratic co-sponsor of the bill, Sen. …
‘Sesame Street’ Introduces Karli, A Muppet In Foster Care
Source: MSN Sesame Street is tackling the tough issue of homelessness. The popular children’s show has introduced new muppet Karli, a yellow-haired friend of Elmo’s who introduces viewers to her “for-now parents” Dalia and Clem. The addition of Karli is part of an initiative from the “Sesame Street in Communities” program, which provides free resources …
North Korea urges UN chief to act against US ship seizure
Source: MSN North Korea denounced the United States as “a gangster country” for seizing one of its cargo ships and urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take “urgent measures” to contribute to stabilizing the Korean peninsula. North Korea’s U.N. ambassador, Kim Song, said in a letter to Guterres obtained Monday by The Associated Press that …
China ‘Will Never’ Join Arms Control Deal with the U.S. and Russia
Source: MSN China has dismissed the possibility of entering into negotiations for a trilateral arms control deal alongside the United States and Russia, highlighting that the former has failed to uphold its international commitments anyway. At a press briefing Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang warned of “growing instabilities and uncertainties in the field of …
Federal judge sides with House Democrats over subpoena for Trump’s financial records
Source: MSN A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge has sided with House Oversight Committee Democrats seeking to enforce their subpoena of Trump accounting firm Mazars USA, in a major ruling that breathes new life into Democrats’ ongoing efforts to probe the president’s financial dealings. The subpoena seeks access to a slew of Trump financial documents dating …
A jewelry box led police to revisit hundreds of deaths. They may have found a serial killer.
Source: MSN Phyllis Payne’s family thought that she had died of natural causes. There was no reason to be suspicious when the spunky Texas grandmother, who had been spending the last years of her life in a retirement community in Dallas, passed away in April 2016 at the age of 91. “When they discovered her, …
The Puerto Rican Town Left to Stew in Toxic Waste
Source: Earther In the six months since Hurricane Maria, 67-year-old Aileen Román Rodríguez has struggled to rebuild, to re-establish her routine, and to regain a sense of security. Her one-story, concrete-walled home in the seaside town of Arecibo remains largely uninhabitable. Up and down Rodríguez’s street, other residences appear abandoned and rundown. But Rodríguez’s community …