The remarkable discovery was made by 12-year-old BridgeAnne dâAvignon, of Salinas, California, who created a ground-breaking family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common, and rather unexpected, ancestor: King John of England. 12 year-old girl in California claims she has traced the lineage of all but one American President back to King John, who ruled England from 1199-1216:
Syrian air force attacks in Aleppo reportedly killed around 100 people. (AFP/File). The Islamic State group [also known by the Arabic acronym Daesh] launched a new offensive in northern Syria this weekend in an apparent attempt to cut off the countryâs largest city, Aleppo, from crucial supply lines to Turkey.he US Embassy in Syria charged in a series of tweets that the Syrian government was aiding Daesh's advance in its airstrikes against civilians. The jihadists also gained ground in northeast Syria, where a suicide bomber killed âat least nine regime loyalistsâ near Hasakeh, the Observatory said.
D'Souza said he knew what he did was wrong and illegal and that he deeply regrets it. Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh DâSouza entered a guilty plea Tuesday to a charge that he used straw donors to make $20,000 in illegal contributions to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in 2012, officials said.