5 Things for Friday, March 10, 2017: South Korea, Russian Ties, Ax Attack
Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door
5 Things for Tuesday, March 7, 2017: Health Care, Immigration, North Korea
Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door
5 Things for Monday, March 6: Wiretap, Marines, North Korea
Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
South Africa is Fighting Obesity With a Sugar Tax
The South African government is planning to implement a sugar tax to help curb the country's growing obesity epidemic.
5 Things for Tuesday, February 28: SpaceX, North Korea, Plane Crash
Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
New Yorkers Rally to Say, 'Today I am a Muslim, too'
New Yorkers by the thousand, representing myriad backgrounds and faiths, converged on Times Square on Sunday, heeding a music mogul's calls to let Muslims know their fellow Americans stood by them.
Aissami Named As A Drug Trafficker by US Treasury
The U.S. Treasury Department named Venezuela’s VP Tareck El Aissami as a drug trafficker,
5 things for Tuesday, February 14, 2017: Michael Flynn, travel ban, North Korea missile
Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
Iranian Baby Barred By Travel Ban Arrives at Hospital
Baby Fatemeh Reshad could soon on the mend -- and just in time. The 4-month old Iranian infant who has a life-threatening heart defect arrived Tuesday at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, officials there said. Fatemeh and her family had been …
Springboks Great Joost van der Westhuizen Dies, Aged 45
Former South Africa rugby great Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged 45 after losing his battle with motor neurone disease. The 1995 Rugby World Cup winner's foundation confirmed his death Monday.
Trump Defends Putin: 'You think our country's so innocent?'
President Donald Trump appeared to equate US actions with the authoritarian regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview released Saturday, saying, "There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent?"
NFL Returns to Mexico Oakland to Host New England in Mexico City in 2017
Building off the tremendous success of the 2016 game in Mexico, the NFL will return to Mexico City in 2017 when the Oakland Raiders host the New England Patriots at Estadio Azteca, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced at his press …
Mexican President Pena Invests in Lawyers for Migrants Latino Loop
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced this week that the country will invest $50 million in lawyers to represent migrants in the U.S. who are facing deportation as well as outreach programs to defend Mexicans’ rights in the U.S.
5 Things for Friday, February 3, 2017: Israel, Russia, Yemen
Good morning. It's the Friday before the Super Bowl. If you haven't picked the team you'll be rooting for come Sunday, you better get to it. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the …
U.S. Does $220 Billion in Trade with Muslim Countries
President Trump's travel ban on the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has created confusion and concern across the Middle East and parts of Asia.
