FBI closes Las Vegas shooting case without discovering motive

FBI closes Las Vegas shooting case without discovering motive

by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2019 The FBI on Jan. 29 reported that it ended its investigation into the Oct. 1, 2017 Las Vegas massacre and, after 16 months of investigating, could not determine a motive for the attack which left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded. FBI special agent in charge Aaron Rouse said, […]

Iran boasts it has willing-to-die supporters worldwide, including in U.S.

Iran boasts it has willing-to-die supporters worldwide, including in U.S.

by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2019 Iran has “supporters inside America and Europe” who “are willing to sacrifice their lives” for the Islamic Republic, a member of Iran’s Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution said last month. In an interview with state-run Channel 1 TV on Dec. 21, which was translated by the Middle East Media […]

Intelligence chiefs ‘naïve’? President says public assessment at odds with Iran policy is ‘wrong’

Intelligence chiefs ‘naïve’? President says public assessment at odds with Iran policy is ‘wrong’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his intelligence chiefs might want to “go back to school” following their assessment of the threat from Iran, which included the chiefs’ insistence that the Islamic Republic is currently not taking steps toward becoming a nuclear state. The president tweeted on Jan. 30: “The […]

Israeli scientists: ‘We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer’

Israeli scientists: ‘We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 A team of Israeli scientists said they may have found the first complete cure for cancer. Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. (AEBi) chairman of the board Dan Aridor and CEO Dr. Ilan Morad say their treatment, which they call MuTaTo (multi-target toxin) is essentially on the scale of a cancer […]

Howard Schultz rebuffs Democrats who say he’ll split 2020 vote

Howard Schultz rebuffs Democrats who say he’ll split 2020 vote

by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2019 Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is brushing off Democrats who say the billionaire running for president as an independent in 2020 would split the anti-Trump vote and guarantee the re-election of the current occupant of the White House. Schultz said he isn’t worried about offending any political party: “I’m […]

Cracks appear in Democrats’ united front against border wall

Cracks appear in Democrats’ united front against border wall

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 Several Democrats have signaled support for a physical barrier at the U.S. southern border. Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria and 30 other members in a letter last week urged Pelosi to make a deal with President Donald Trump that includes a wall in certain areas along the border. The letter is […]

Trump hails return of ‘Bible Literacy’ classes in some states

Trump hails return of ‘Bible Literacy’ classes in some states

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 President Donald Trump applauded the efforts of state legislatures that are seeking to return classes about the Bible to public schools. “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!” Trump tweeted on Jan. 28. Lawmakers in Republican-controlled state […]

Report: South Korean president made large, unrefunded donation to left-wing newspaper

Report: South Korean president made large, unrefunded donation to left-wing newspaper

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 South Korean President Moon Jae-In was among a group of investors who made large donations in the 1980s to establish the left-wing Hankyoreh Media Group, a report said. Moon gave 200 million won ($552,000 in 2019 dollars) to the media group, which established the far-left Hankyoreh newspaper in 1987, […]

Texas study finds 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote

Texas study finds 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2019 Some 95,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in Texas and about 58,000 non-citizens may have voted in Texas elections between 1996 and 2018, state election officials said. Texas Secretary of State David Whitley said on Jan. 25 that the large number of non-citizens registered was discovered in a year-long […]

Like Roger Stone, major media clamored for WikiLeaks scoops said stolen by Russian intel

Like Roger Stone, major media clamored for WikiLeaks scoops said stolen by Russian intel

by WorldTribune Staff, January 28, 2019 From July to November of 2016, reporters and commentators from the major media, like then-Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, were eager to discover any tidbits WikiLeaks was looking to reveal, “even while knowing they came compliments of the Kremlin,” said a report, citing a review of election media coverage. […]