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Posts From Larry Grant

South Africans gather for nationwide protests against Zuma

The largely peaceful protests in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town appeared to attract a diverse mix of South Africans, but Zuma railed against those who participated.

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13 arrested in pro and anti-Trump rallies

The clash occurred at noon when the supporters of the President were carrying out a rally to celebrate their “Patriot Day” when anti-protesters, dressed in black and having their faces

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Trump Administration Delivers Message to North Korea

As the brown bomber jacket-clad Mr Pence was briefed near the military demarcation line, two North Korean soldiers watched on, with one taking photographs of the vice president.

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California gas, vehicle tax hike advances in Legislature

The state Legislature narrowly approved a plan to increase gas taxes and vehicle fees late Thursday, a move expected to raise tens of billions of dollars over the next decade

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Turkish opposition demands reversal of vote giving Erdogan sweeping powers

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a demonstration at the Besiktas district in IstanbulREUTERS/Huseyin AldemirProtesters took to the streets in Turkey on Monday less than one day after President Recep

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Top cop completes marathon for 1st time since 2013 bombings

Meb hugs both winners of the Boston Marathon.

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7 tips for procrastinating taxpayers before the deadline

First, don’t do this again, advised Joel Veldt, a certified public accountant and tax preparer with the firm of Ladd and Carter.

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Trudeau extends Canada’s condolences to Sweden after Stockholm attack

“There is nothing that tells us that we have the wrong person”, Dan Eliason told a news conference Saturday, but added he did not know whether others were involved in

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McCain: US Administration ‘Partially to Blame’ for Chemical Attack in Syria

Ed Markey rebuked Haley’s call for regime change, saying that would require a major military effort on the part of the US.

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Destruction in fight to take west Mosul worse than east

Lieutenant-General Raed Chaker, the chief of the militarized federal police, said that his forces had launched a surprise encirclement operation early Sunday in the Old City of western Mosul, where

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GOP strategist: ‘The way things are headed, we would lose the House’

In last night’s special election in Kansas’s 4th congressional district – a deeply red region – the Republican candidate, Ron Estes, eked out a victory over Democrat James Thompson to

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Verstappen fastest in 3rd and final practice at Bahrain GP

The Finn, brought in by Mercedes this year as the replacement for retired world champion Nico Rosberg, beat Hamilton by just 0.023 seconds. “It’s my fifth season now in Formula

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