September 2019

Alec Baldwin’s Trump Plots With A Wacky ‘Rudy’ On Impeachment In ‘SNL’ Season Opener

Alec Baldwin was back as Donald Trump in the 45th season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” grappling in the cold open with the House impeachment inquiry in what he called the “greatest presidential harassment of all time.” “I would know,” he muses in the Oval Office. “I’m like the president of harassment.” Kate McKinnon’s Rudy

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Spence beats Porter, gets 2 belts in split-decision thriller

Errol Spence had never been tested at this degree of difficulty. Shawn Porter pressured, prodded and exposed him during a title bout that stretched every bit of Spence’s vaunted boxing skill. The budding welterweight superstar emerged with two championship belts after he figured out the answers to this test just in time. Spence added the

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Nationals beat Indians 10-7, will host NL wild-card game

The Washington Nationals assured themselves of hosting the NL wild-card game by holding on to beat the already-eliminated Cleveland Indians 10-7 Saturday with the help of a grand slam in a nine-run second inning from Gerardo Parra. Nationals Park will be the site of a win-or-go-home game Tuesday night between Washington, which will send three-time

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Republican Mark Amodei Tiptoes Around Impeachment Inquiry

A Republican member of the House of Representatives spent Saturday clarifying his support for congressional oversight of a whistle-blower’s complaint against President Trump, which the lawmaker’s office contended was not the same as endorsing the impeachment inquiry being led by Democrats. The congressman, Mark Amodei, rejected the distinction that he was the first Republican House

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Government plans 40 new hospitals and a new mental health services pilot

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to a patient during a visit to Whipps Cross University Hospital, east London The government has pledged £13bn for 40 new hospitals across England in the next decade. The plans will begin with a £2.7bn cash injection for six hospitals over the next five

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