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Airports in Boston and Philadelphia were also affected, with almost 20 percent of flights halted. The NWS also warned of "heavy wet snow, coastal flooding and gusty winds" in the region. (AFP) NEW YORK, UNITED STATES :  The second winter storm in less than a week struck the northeastern United States Wednesday, with more than 2,000 flights canceled as the region braced for heavy snow. Around 520 flights arriving and departing from John F Kennedy International Airport -- nearly 42 percent of the total scheduled -- were canceled by 12:00 pm (1700 GMT), along with 650 flights from New Jersey's Newark airport and nearly 600 from La Guardia, which operates primarily domestic flights, according to the FlightAware flight tracking site. Airports in Boston and Philadelphia were also affected, with almost 20 percent of flights halted. The Port Authority agency that oversees the three New York area airports -- which came under sharp criticism for the chaos that followed early Janua...

Ms Daniels claims the US President did not sign a hush agreement regarding an alleged sexual encounter and, therefore, it is void. Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford Porn star Stormy Daniels is suing US President Donald Trump in relation to an alleged affair. Ms Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claims she had sex with Mr Trump once in 2006. She alleges that, as a result of her efforts to talk about their relationship, she was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement and was paid $130,000 (£93,000). Ms Daniels, from Texas, wants a California judge to invalidate the agreement, however, saying it is "null and void and of no consequence" because Mr Trump did not sign it. The papers, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claim that the two began an "intimate relationship" in the summer of 2006 in Lake Tahoe and this continued "well into the year 2007". Mr Trump announced his intention to run for president in 201...

On June last year, President Trump had announced to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change and renegotiate the deal that was agreed upon by over 190 countries during the previous Obama administration. Donald Trump said his country is in favour of his decision to pull out of Paris climate deal (File) WASHINGTON :  US President Donald Trump has once again named India and China to defend his policy on climate change and reiterated that these countries and some others benefited the most from the Paris agreement while America didn't get any advantage. "We knocked out the Paris Climate Accord. It would have been a disaster. Would have been a disaster for our country," President Trump said in his address today to the Conservative Political Action Committee. He was referring to his decision last year to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. On June last year, President Trump had announced to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate c...

Texas governor spares convicted killer from execution Thomas Bartlett Whitaker was 23 when he arranged the murder of his mother and brother By Alison Chung, News Reporter A man who hired a gunman to kill his mother and brother has had his death sentence commuted, less than an hour before he was set to be executed. Texas governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, commuted Thomas "Bart" Whitaker's sentence to life in prison without parole. The last-minute reprieve came after the death row inmate's family pleaded with the state to grant clemency. In a proclamation explaining his decision, Mr Abbott wrote: "Mr Whitaker's father, who survived the attempt on his life, passionately opposes the execution of his son. "Mr Whitaker's father insists that he would be victimised again if the state put to death his last remaining immediate family member. "The totality of these factors warrants a commutation of Mr Whitaker's death sentence to life in prison withou...

The Big Apple took the top spot in three of those categories with a score of 427.9 on Busy Bee's "dirtiness index." Los Angeles ranked second with a score of 317.8. In New York, nearly 2.3 million homes saw signs of mice, rats or cockroaches in 2017, a report found NEW YORK :  New York is the dirtiest city, with more pests and litter than any place else in the US, according to a review of government data by the cleaning-services company Busy Bee. The newly released report ranked 40 urban areas across the US based on pest and litter data from the American Housing Survey, air pollution data from the Environmental Protection Agency and population estimates from the US Census Bureau, Xinhua reported. The Big Apple took the top spot in three of those categories with a score of 427.9 on Busy Bee's "dirtiness index." Los Angeles ranked second with a score of 317.8. Some 904,000 homes in New York have litter on nearby streets or properties, and nearly 2.3 million ho...

Donald Trump also said school safety was a "top priority" for his administration and he would be holding meetings on the subject this week and also next week, when he meets with governors from all 50 US states. The White House on Monday said that Donald Trump supports improving background checks on gun buyers WASHINGTON :  Faced with an outpouring of grief and anger over a deadly school shooting in Florida, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threw his support behind moves to ban "bump stocks" -- an accessory that can turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one. The announcement comes a day after the White House said that the President supports efforts to improve background checks on gun buyers. Trump also said school safety was a "top priority" for his administration and he would be holding meetings on the subject this week and also next week, when he meets with governors from all 50 US states. Calls to ban bump stocks have been mounting since St...

President Trump had asked for a Van Gogh but was refused the loan, instead being offered an 18-karat toilet called America.   Pot of gold: The piece was installed in the Guggenheim for more than a year Donald Trump has been offered an 18-karat gold toilet after he was denied his request of a fragile Van Gogh as a loan for the White House during his presidency. As is customary, the US President and his first lady put in a request with the Guggenheim for one of its works for the halls of the White House, but the New York museum denied the loan of Landscape In The Snow. However, they did offer an alternative - a solid gold fully-functioning toilet called America. The piece has drawn comparisons with Trump's lifestyle and presidency The toilet was installed in the Guggenheim for a year, and was used by thousands of people. In an email obtained by the Washington Post, the museum had explained the piece the Trumps requested was too fragile to be moved but for the rarest occasions, but th...