Mary Clare Jalonick and Mike Balsamo, Associated Press Updated 6:59 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks at the Dept. of Justice's Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at the Justice Department in Washington. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks at the Dept. of Justice's Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at the Justice Department in Washington. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks at the Dept. of Justice's Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at the Justice Department in Washington. Acting Attorney … [Read more...] about AP source: Whitaker told Graham that Mueller probe to go on
Utility asked last month to hike bills over California fires
Jonathan J. Cooper, Cathy Bussewitz and Garance Burke, Associated Press Updated 6:54 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 Smoke hangs over the scorched remains of Old Town Plaza following the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The shopping center housed a Safeway and other businesses. Smoke hangs over the scorched remains of Old Town Plaza following the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The shopping center housed a Safeway and other businesses. Photo: Noah Berger, AP Photo: Noah Berger, AP Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 Smoke hangs over the scorched remains of Old Town Plaza following the wildfire in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The shopping center housed a Safeway and other businesses. Smoke hangs over … [Read more...] about Utility asked last month to hike bills over California fires
Vietnam still wary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
"Trust is a very important issue as the public still does not fully understand the cooperation between Vietnam and China in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)," Nguyen Xuan Cuong, head of the China Research Institute at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, said. He was speaking at the second "Belt and Road Initiative and Vietnam-China Cooperation" conference in Hanoi Wednesday organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and the Chinese embassy and attended by over 50 government officials, business executives and others from the two countries. The BRI is a development strategy proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 as the union of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road. A man walks past the podium at the Belt and Road summit in Hong Kong, May 18, 2016. Photo by Reuters/Bobby Yip According to the Chinese government, it is aimed at enhancing regional connectivity by developing infrastructure projects that create land and sea networks … [Read more...] about Vietnam still wary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Democrat Porter flips GOP House seat in Southern California
Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Updated 6:49 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 Democrat Katie Porter defeated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to represent the 45th Congressional District of California. Democrat Katie Porter defeated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to represent the 45th Congressional District of California. Photo: Chris Carlson, AP Photo: Chris Carlson, AP Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Image 1 of 8 Democrat Katie Porter defeated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to represent the 45th Congressional District of California. Democrat Katie Porter defeated Republican Rep. Mimi Walters to represent the 45th Congressional District of California. Photo: Chris Carlson, AP Democrat Porter … [Read more...] about Democrat Porter flips GOP House seat in Southern California
‘Private War’ steers clear of journalism grandstanding
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Published 9:35 PM EST Nov 15, 2018 There’s no movie blather like journalism movie blather. Even if you’re not a journalist, you can usually tell when a fact-based biopic about investigative reporters or a war correspondent settles for shortcuts, speech-y overstatement and, yes, fake news. The new film “A Private War” ranks higher than most in the truth department and in cinematic storytelling. Whatever your personal interest or disinterest in Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin’s line of work, the way she did it — and the bloody global conflicts she ran toward, full gallop — makes for a tense, engrossing account. She was killed in Syria in 2012 while covering the Assad regime’s slaughter of its own people. Rosamund Pike, best known in the U.S. as the heartless heart of “Gone Girl,” portrays Colvin, but the casting isn’t ideal. The actress carries trace elements of royalty with her … [Read more...] about ‘Private War’ steers clear of journalism grandstanding