Archive for January 4th, 2020:

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani

Date: Jan 04 2020
BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran's slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in a U.S. air strike in ...Read More »

What the Iran strike means for gas prices

Date: Jan 04 2020
The American airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad Thursday hit financial markets almost immediately with oil prices jumping, stock indices down, and weapons manufacturer stocks higher.Lots of supply to keep things under controlAmerican shale to the rescue — and the strategic ...Read More »

Ex-Fox News reporter Courtney Friel says Donald Trump asked her over ‘to kiss’

Date: Jan 04 2020
Former Fox News reporter Courtney Friel says that Donald Trump propositioned her before he was elected president while both were married, and that the come-on compromised her reporting on his presidential campaign.This article originally appeared on HuffPost.Read more... Read More »

Iran faces dilemma in avenging general’s death: To strike back without starting a war

Date: Jan 04 2020
WASHINGTON — Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, vowed to exact “severe revenge” for the Thursday night U.S. airstrike that killed the country’s most famous general, but the Iranian regime will have to walk a fine line to respond strongly without ...Read More »

Remember when Tom Cruise took Nicole Kidman’s sister to the 2000 Golden Globes? Here are the pics

Date: Jan 04 2020
It may be a new decade, but we're not quite ready to let the early 2000s die.Read more... Read More »