Collision of USS John S. McCain is met with ‘applause’ in China, says state media

The collision at sea that left 10 U.S. Navy sailors missing on Monday was met with “applause from Chinese netizens,” according to an unsigned editorial that ran in Beijing state media. The USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker on Monday in heavily...

Melee Breaks Out at Charlottesville City Council Meeting

By FRANCES ROBLES August 21, 2017 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A melee broke out at the Charlottesville City Council meeting on Monday night, as activists and residents angrily took over the Council chambers and criticized the city’s response to a...

Trump pledges to ‘handily’ defeat terrorism in Afghanistan, says he won’t reveal troop numbers

President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States will stay engaged in the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, against his “original instinct” to pull American troops out of the country. But in a major address to the nation, the president did not detail...