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President Trump will face high stakes when he makes his debut at the United Nations on Tuesday, where he will be charged with addressing a global body that he once derided as weak and incompetent.  previewed the president's upcoming speech on Friday, casting it as an opportunity for Trump to project strength by praising the U.S.'s allies and admonishing its foes. “I personally think he slaps the right people, he hugs the right people, and he comes out with (the) U.S.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in St. Louis for a second night in a row after the acquittal of a white former police officer in the shooting death of a black motorist. Protests remained mostly peaceful Saturday, with live stream video on Periscope showing demonstrators marching down the streets chanting "black lives matter" and "united we stand/divided we fall." Other videos shared on social media showed rapper and television host Nick Cannon marching with protesters Saturday evening.

Organizers of a triathlon set to take place at a Trump property in North Carolina have cancelled the event days after the name was changed to distance itself from President Trump. The event, scheduled to be held at Trump National Golf Club, Charlotte, was originally named “Tri at the Trump." But organizer Chuck McAllister cancelled the race Saturday days after he changed the name to “Tri for Good” following complaints about the name, The Charlotte Observer reported Saturday. Proceeds from the triathlon were to go t

The University of Virginia will remove two plaques honoring Confederate soldiers and ban open flames on campus after white supremacists marched on the campus with torches last month. The university’s Board of Visitors voted unanimously on both issues Friday after students demanded that officials take action after the white supremacists gathered on the campus ahead of the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.,

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) auctioned off more than 100 disaster-response trailers at discounted prices just days before Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, The Associated Press reported on Saturday. The 2017 model trailers were reportedly being sold either without problems, or with only minor damage, such as missing furniture or flat tires. More than 300 of the trailers have been auctioned off since the beginning of the ye

Harry Dean Stanton, the gaunt, hollow-eyed, scene-stealing character actor who broke out of obscurity in his late 50s in two starring movie roles and capped his career with an acclaimed characterization as a corrupt polygamist on the HBO series “Big Love,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was 91. His death, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was confirmed by his agent, John S. Kelly. Mr.

Every other day or so, Hatem El-Gamasy connects to a news audience nearly halfway around the world, delivering hot takes on American politics, live from New York, but on Egyptian television. When the broadcast ends, he slips out his earpieces, opens the door of his makeshift studio and returns to his day job. “You want ketchup on that?” he said to a customer on a recent morning. “Extra ketchup as usual?” Mr.

In the last few days, several hundred of you have sent me questions or tweeted about the Equifax breach and its credit freeze process.