Yearly Archives: 2017

Puerto Rico Cancels Whitefish Energy Contract to Rebuild Power Lines

Workers from Whitefish Energy, which is based in Montana, working on Puerto Rico’s power grid, which was damaged during Hurricane Maria in September. Credit Alvin Baez/Reuters Facing withering criticism from members of Congress and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the governor of Puerto Rico moved on Sunday to cancel a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to …

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MLB suspends Astros’ Yuli Gurriel for 5 games next season but not World Series 1st baseman made racist gesture towards Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish

Houston Astros’ Yuli Gurriel said he didn’t intend to offend Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yu Darvish when he made a racist gesture and uttered a derogatory Spanish term after homering against him during Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)

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Virtue and Moir set another world record on their way to gold at Skate Canada

Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, pictured on Friday during the short dance, won gold and set another world record at the Skate Canada International from Regina. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Pres A little over a year into their stunning return to ice dancing, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir feel like they’re “home.” And home has been pretty good to Canada’s …

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Egypt’s President Shuffles Top Ranks in Armed Forces, Security Agency

By Dahlia Kholaif Oct. 28, 2017 5:14 p.m. ET CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on Saturday appointed a new armed forces chief of staff, while several top officials in the security apparatus were also replaced, as the country faces a rampant insurgency. The president issued a decree appointing Lt. Gen. Mohamed Farid Hegazi as the new chief of staff …

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Iraqi Kurdish President Steps Down After Independence Push Backfires

ERBIL, Iraq—Masoud Barzani resigned Sunday as president of Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, a month after an independence referendum he orchestrated angered Baghdad, reversing years of political and military gains by the Kurds and dashing their dreams of statehood.

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