Click:OKK Vape TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. “Today, I am concluding my duties as the emperor,” Akihito said as he stood in front of the…

President Donald Trump has a penchant for lying. In fact, according to The Washington Post’s Fact-Checker column, Trump has peddled more than 10,000 alternative facts since his inauguration. But CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday explained why he believed a falsehood that Trump peddled a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday could be “the worst” yet. Trump falsely…

Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke defended his ambitious proposal to tackle climate change on Monday amid criticism that the $5 trillion plan is overly vague and that his past action to address the growing crisis hadn’t gone far enough. Speaking with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, O’Rourke spoke about the plan he unveiled earlier that day at Yosemite National…

CARACAS, April 30 (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the “final phase” of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro’s “usurpation.” A Reuters journalist later saw security forces firing tear gas at Guaido and around 70 armed men…

Many “Game of Thrones” fans believe there’s a bit more to a prophecy than meets the eye. On Sunday night’s episode, “The Long Night,” Arya (Maisie Williams) shocked viewers when she became the MVP of the Battle of Winterfell by using her slick dagger-shifting skills to shatter the Night King and save humanity. But Westeros’…

President Donald Trump, alongside his three children and their private business entity, the Trump Organization, filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the release of bank documents to congressional committees. The federal suit was filed in Manhattan against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to block the financial institutions from complying with congressional subpoenas…

It’s one of the most contentious questions in the world of work these days: Who do Uber drivers and others in the gig economy really work for? In the eyes of the Trump administration, they work for themselves. The Labor Department announced Monday it had determined such workers are not employees but independent contractors, and…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo on Monday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta. Widodo decided at a special Cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia’s most populous island, Java, said Planning…

A public service announcement in which a young girl teaches active shooter drills to adults has gone viral. March For Our Lives, the anti-gun violence movement, released the video captioned #GenerationLockdown on Monday. “If there was an active shooter, you would all be dead,” the youngster named Kayleigh told employees at a California office.  Kayleigh…

IT staffing and recruiting company Cynet Systems has finally apologized for its racist job listing that Twitter users spotted last week. The otherwise fairly standard posting appeared on various sites, including LinkedIn, and began by stipulating that the job candidate be “Preferably Caucasian.”  It should be obvious, but employment discrimination on the basis of race…