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Acting IRS chief ousted over tax scandal as Obama vows change
4 days ago | 0 comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday ousted the acting head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over a widening scandal in which several IRS employees deliberately targeted conservative groups which [...]
Obama extends best wishes to Orthodox Christians on Easter
15 days ago | 0 comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for the protection of freedom of religion and extended his best wishes to Eastern Orthodox Christians who are celebrating Easter this Sunday, about a month after Western [...]
Obama pledges to renew efforts to close Guantanamo
19 days ago | 0 comment
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to renew efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, saying he will reengage with Congress to overcome obstacles to shutting the controversial facility [...]
Mississippi man arrested in connection with poisoned letters
22 days ago | 0 comment
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI (BNO NEWS) -- A Mississippi man was arrested and charged Saturday in connection with poisoned letters which were sent to U.S. President Barack Obama and two other people, federal officials and prosecutors said. Another Mississippi [...]
RAW: Obama’s remarks on Boston Marathon bombing
34 days ago | 0 comment
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation Monday after two bomb blasts hit the Boston Marathon, killing at least two people and injuring more than 120 others in an apparent terrorist attack. Here is [...]
Former U.S. President George W. Bush becomes grandfather
35 days ago | 0 comment
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Former U.S. President George W. Bush became a grandfather Saturday when his daughter gave birth to her first child in New York City, the family announced on late Sunday. It had been a long wish of the former president [...]
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies at age 87
41 days ago | 0 comment
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday died after suffering from stroke in London, officials said Monday. She was 87.
Thatcher, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in 1925, died at the Ritz [...]
Famous movie critic Roger Ebert dies of cancer at age 70
44 days ago | 0 comment
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) -- World-known movie critic, Roger Ebert, on Thursday died after struggling with cancer. He was 70.
Ebert, born in Urbana, Illinois in 1942, was probably best known for his film review column on the Chicago Sun-Times. [...]
Mandela ‘much better now’ after week in hospital
46 days ago | 0 comment
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) -- The condition of former South African President Nelson Mandela is continuing to improve and doctors say he is "much better now" than when he was admitted to hospital, the government said on Wednesday, as [...]
Mandela’s condition unchanged as he spends time family
48 days ago | 0 comment
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was visited by family members on Monday as he spent a fifth day at an undisclosed hospital, receiving treatment for a recurrence of a lung infection, the government [...]