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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food Program warned Friday. David Beasley praised increased funding from the United States and Germany last year, and urged China, Gulf nations, billionaires and other countries “to step up big time.” In an interview before he hands the reins of the world’s largest humanitarian organization to U.S. ambassador Cindy McCain next week, the former South Carolina governor said he’s “extremely worried” that WFP won’t raise about $23 billion it needs this year to help millions of needy people “Right at this stage, I’ll be surprised if we get 40% of it, quite frankly,” he said. Last year, Beasley raised $14.2 billion for WFP, more … [Read more...] about UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 12 DALLAS (AP) — The story was a blockbuster: A former Texas voting official was on the record detailing how nearly three decades earlier, votes were falsified to give then-congressman Lyndon B. Johnson a win that propelled the future president into the U.S. Senate. The audio recordings from Associated Press reporter James W. Mangan's interviews for the 1977 story were posted this week on the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum's archival website, Discover LBJ. After Mangan's death in 2015 at the age of 87, his family found the labeled cassette tapes at his San Antonio home and donated them last summer to the library on the campus of the University at Texas at Austin. Luis Salas, the former South Texas election judge, told Mangan for the story: “Johnson did not win that election; It was stolen for him. And I know exactly how … [Read more...] about ‘Window into history’: Tapes detail LBJ’s stolen election

Renault has just unveiled the brand new Espace. It is a seven-seater mid-size SUV aimed at families in Europe. It is based on the Renault-Nissan CMF-C/D platform, the same used by the current generation of Nissan Sentra, Nissan X-Trail, and Qashqai as well as other models in the alliance. This platform is also the basis of the Renault Austral, which is nothing more than the five-seat version of the new Espace. This name has been on the market since 1984 when Renault introduced it as a rather rare vehicle for the time. Since then, the Espace has been a benchmark for large MPVs in Europe. The French automaker has sold more than 1.3 million units in that time, according to JATO Dynamics data. Goodbye Minivan Although Renault claims that it is the sixth generation of Espace, the truth is that we are no longer dealing with a minivan, but an SUV. The continued decline in MPV sales in regions such as Europe and North America has forced many brands to abandon the segment and embrace … [Read more...] about Renault Espace And The Effect Of The SUV Boom On The Industry

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The nine service members who died in a crash involving two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states, the military said in releasing the names Friday as an investigative team continued its probe of the incident. A military news release said the service members came from Florida, Texas, Missouri, California, North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey. “This is a time of great sadness for the 101st Airborne Division. The loss of these Soldiers will reverberate through our formations for years to come,” said Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell. “Now is the time for grieving and healing. The whole division and this community stand behind the families and friends of our fallen Soldiers.” Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed near Fort … [Read more...] about Probe of deadly Black Hawk crash underway in Kentucky