December 2019

U.S. Accuses Venezuela’s President of Rigging Coming Vote

WASHINGTON — The United States accused President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Friday of trying to rig a coming election for control of his country’s parliament, either by detaining opposition leaders or bribing lawmakers with up to $500,000 for each vote. Thirty lawmakers in Venezuela’s National Assembly have had their legal immunity stripped by Mr.

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The Priory: Children’s mental health ward inadequate

Image copyright The Priory Group Image caption Inspectors returned for an unannounced inspection on 12 December A mental health hospital ward for children and young people has been rated inadequate after concerns were raised to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Priory Hospital Ticehurst House in East Sussex was previously rated “good”. Since then, though, staff

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Miley Cyrus Laughs Off Proposal With Joke About Her Last Marriage

Miley Cyrus doesn’t mind laughing at herself ― or her quick marriage.  The “Mother’s Daughter” singer posted a self-deprecating comment about her blink-and-you-missed-it marriage to Liam Hemsworth in her response to artist Matty Mo’s Instagram proposal.  “Upping my manifestation game for 2020 and putting this out there — @mileycyrus,” Matty Mo, also known as The Most Famous Artist, captioned

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Navy, Army probes find no racism intent in hand gestures

Military investigations have concluded that hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen during the televised Army-Navy football game on Saturday were not racist signals By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press December 20, 2019, 7:28 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Hand gestures flashed by West Point cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen

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‘How have we done this again?’ LadBaby scores second Christmas number one

Image copyright Official Charts Company The race for 2019’s Christmas number one has been won by LadBaby, who is top of the UK’s festive chart for the second year in a row. The YouTube star, whose real name is Mark Hoyle, beat Stormzy and Wham! to claim the title with his sausage roll-themed cover of

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