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We do not envy Boris Johnson. The new prime minister of the United Kingdom has a challenge ahead of him greater than any newly elected leader in the West has faced since the Cold War. Johnson must deliver his country from the clutches of Brussels and deliver his party from the depths of dysfunction. Somehow, by Oct. 31, Johnson’s Conservative Party must negotiate a Brexit deal with a European Union…

BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) — Police say 12 people were shot, one fatally, during an event at a playground in Brooklyn Saturday night. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. near Christopher Avenue and Hegeman Avenue in Brownsville. The gunfire broke out toward the end of an annual community celebration, the Old Timers Event, and sent people running for their lives. A 38-year-old man was shot in the head and pronounced…

One of George W. Bush’s daughters panned President Trump after he criticized Rep. Elijah Cummings and called the Democrat’s Baltimore-based district a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Jenna Bush Hager, who is a co-host on Today with Hoda & Jenna, reacted to a clip of Baltimore-born CNN anchor Victor Blackwell tearing up as he defended his hometown. “I taught in West Baltimore. I adore my kids, their parents, and…

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LINCOLN HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Friends, family and co-workers held a vigil for a 24-year-old Los Angeles Police Department officer who was killed while off duty Saturday morning in a Lincoln Heights shooting. “What we mainly want is for all of you guys to remember Juan for the goofball he was, the personality he was, always made someone smile,” said Juan Diaz’s sister, Anahi, at the vigil held in…

By all accounts, he was a doting dad to his year-old, twin son and daughter, setting up a bouncy castle in the yard for their recent first birthday party and dressing them in their latest cute outfits while his wife made breakfast in their Rockland County split-level. Then, on Saturday, Juan Rodriguez, 39, was hauled handcuffed before a judge, charged with the babies’ hot-car deaths. He forgot to drop them…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Michael Gove, the newly appointed chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is in charge of preparing for a no-deal Brexit The government is now “working on the assumption” of a no-deal Brexit, Michael Gove has said. Mr Gove said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with Brussels but, writing in the Sunday Times, he added: “No deal is now a very…

The Baltimore Sun editorial board ripped President TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats denounce Trump’s attack on Cummings: ‘These are not the words of a patriot’ ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran has failed — here’s what should come next France urges Trump to ‘not mix’ digital taxes with tariffs on wine MORE as the “most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office” on Saturday in a scorching piece after Trump referred to Rep. Elijah…

In the commentary, the ex-administration staffers blasted Trump for his inflammatory Twitter rant telling four minority Democratic congresswomen — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts — to “go back” where they came from.

President Trump’s recent insults of four minority lawmakers, all Democrats, were swiftly condemned by their allies and even a handful of Republicans. But Fortune 500 CEOs, under pressure from employees to cut ties with the Trump administration over controversial policies including a crackdown on illegal immigration, have so far offered little resistance to the remarks about Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,…

The Federal Aviation Administration was poorly positioned to oversee the safety of the automated flight system that was to blame for the two deadly crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max plane over the last year, The New York Times reported Saturday. The agency engineers in charge of keeping a watch on the airplane’s flight control systems through the latter part of its development had little experience with such software, according to…

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello on Saturday predicted U.S. Marines will “likely” enter the South American country, speaking a week after a confrontation between aircraft belonging to the two countries’ armed forces. “We are few, a small country, we are very humble, and here it is likely that the U.S. Marines enter. It is likely that they enter,” Cabello told the Sao Paulo Forum, a…

Don’t cry for me . . . Baltimore? A CNN anchor got choked up on air Saturday after President Trump ripped Rep. Elijah Cummings and the city, calling it “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” “Donald Trump has tweeted more than 43,000 times. He’s insulted thousands of people, many different types of people. But when he tweets about infestation, it’s about black and brown people,” Victor Blackwell said. “The president says about…

Anton Troianovski Siobhán O’Grady July 27 at 12:48 PM MOSCOW — Russian police in riot gear detained more than 1,000 protesters Saturday at a demonstration against the exclusion of opposition politicians from the ballot for an upcoming city council election, a monitoring group said, marking another flare of anti-government defiance a week after Moscow’s largest opposition rally in years. Police said around 3,500 people gathered near City Hall for the…

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Updated 5:04 PM ET, Sat July 27, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. (CNN)Thelma Shepherd was riding back to her Chicago apartment on July 27, 1919, when her streetcar came under attack. Black and white men hurled rocks at each other and at the passing vehicle. The 19-year-old who had recently left the South for…

Chinese President Xi Jinping is moving toward ordering a military suppression of the Hong Kong protest movement. Doing so would fundamentally undercut the “one-nation two-systems” approach to governing Hong Kong. But it is an increasing possibility nonetheless. With anti-government protests continuing this weekend (a protest march will go ahead even though it has been banned), Beijing believes its order over the former British colony is fraying. A Chinese ministry of…

The New York Times reviewed dozens of videos and photos of the protests. They show that Puerto Rican police used tear gas on large crowds packed into confined streets, fired rubber-coated metal pellets from shotguns at close range and used batons to beat protesters who did not pose a threat. Around 20 people were injured, and 17 were arrested, according to Mari Mari Narváez, the executive director of Kilómetro Cero,…

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ROME — Italian police said Saturday that two 19-year-old American tourists have confessed in the fatal stabbing of an Italian paramilitary policeman who was investigating the theft of a bag. In a statement, Carabinieri officers investigating the death early Friday of officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, said the American men were detained for alleged murder and attempted extortion after being questioned overnight. They were taken to a Rome jail as…

Video Lawmakers grill former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Russia probe Chris Staszak, Jessica Tarlov and Jeff Mason weigh in on Robert Mueller’s ‘performance’ before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees. They came unglued this week on Capitol Hill. But first, they needed help from the Washington, DC Fire Department and U.S. Capitol Police. No. No. We’re not talking about Members of Congress brawling over the testimony of Special Counsel…