From 2011 to 2013, the city of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana gave Carrier and an affiliated company $1.7 million in grants and tax incentives, as an inducement to keep two manufacturing plants in the state and bring additional work in. It turned out...
[caption id="attachment_15533" align="alignleft" width="300"] VERBANIA, Italy - This file photo taken on May 14, 2016 shows Emma Morano, 116, posing for an AFP photographer in Verbania, North Italy. An alert and chatty Italian woman, Morano yesterday celebrated her 117th birthday as the last known person...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) —President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified “consequences”, such as jail or a loss of citizenship — a move that was ruled out by the Supreme Court nearly three decades ago. Trump took to...
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) – Nearly 900 incidents of hate and intolerance were recorded across the United States in the days following Donald Trump’s election, many by assailants apparently emboldened by his victory, an advocacy group reported yesterday. “I have no doubt whatsoever that this...
[caption id="attachment_15490" align="alignright" width="300"] Joe Biden[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) — It was two days after Election Day when Josh Billinson decided to turn heartbreak into humour. The Washington, DC-area Hillary Clinton supporter decided to start churning out tweets matching photos of President Obama and Vice President Biden with...