A cure may have been found for the plague taking over New York City on FX’s “The Strain.” While it seemed like hope was running out, Eph (Corey Stoll) and Nora (Mia Maestro) had a breakthrough with their test subject Harrison McGeever (Ron Lea) in episode 4, “The Silver Angel.”
Despite warnings, manufacturers insist on making internet or Wi-Fi-enabled things without security in mind.
Los Angeles Times | Obama's new emissions rules likely to help shape White House race |
MEXICO CITY - With an investigation barely underway, Mexican journalist protection groups are already expressing fears that authorities won't consider the brutal killing of a photojournalist as being related to his work - even though he fled the state he covered fearing for his safety.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — With an investigation barely underway, Mexican journalist protection groups are already expressing fears that authorities won't consider the brutal killing of a photojournalist as being related to his work — even though he fled the state he covered fearing for his safety. Mexico City officials said Sunday they are pursuing all lines of investigation in the death of Ruben Espinosa, whose tortured body was found along with four slain women in an apartment in Mexico's capital. Prosecutor... Читать дальше...
Is China's air quality improving? We hit the streets to find out what Beijingers think.
Gallery: The Twins lost 4-1 to the Seattle Mariners in 11 innings Sunday at Target Field.
Borough President Melinda Katz is set to announce a $14 million capital allocation to the Queens Library on Monday.
Shanghai and Shenzhen stocks down more than 2% as August kicks off
Watching the baseball disappear into the visiting bullpen at Dodger Stadium, Andre Ethier raised his right arm. Then he punched the air with his left.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Most tables are empty at Walter Martin's coffee shop in San Juan's colonial district. His brow is furrowed with concern and glistens with sweat in the sweltering Caribbean morning.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Most tables are empty at Walter Martin's coffee shop in San Juan's colonial district. His brow is furrowed with concern and glistens with sweat in the sweltering Caribbean morning. He's turned off the air conditioning to lower his power bill. With fewer customers, he's cut staff hours and tried to make up the lost income by raising some prices. But Puerto Rico's entrenched economic crisis is leading people to either cut their personal spending to the basics or flee to the mainland to search for jobs... Читать дальше...
Firefighters rescued a family trapped in a burning building in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Faced with a $20,000 bill for a decent 3D scanner, three young Australian entrepreneurs decided to focus on building their own iPhone-powered scanner which sells for a fraction of the price.
In the week that was in Latin America, an AP investigation disclosed that the water venues for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games have dangerously high levels of viruses and bacteria from human sewage. The Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, which was largely cleaned up in recent years, was thought be safe for rowers and canoers. Yet AP tests found its waters to be among the most polluted for Olympic sites. In Nicaragua, revelers celebrated the festivities of Managua's patron Saint, Santo Domingo de Guzman. Читать дальше...
Queensland should make helmets and licences mandatory for quad bike riders and ban children from riding adult-sized bikes, a coroner has recommended.
Georgeson, a proxy-solicitation firm, is being investigated by federal prosecutors as part of the government’s increased focus on the illegal trading of confidential company information.
The announcement of Mohammad Omar's death was untimely. Until Wednesday, Taliban rank and file did not know he had died and still listened to guidance ascribed to him.
Your story in this week’s issue, “Little Man,” is one in a series of rewritten fairy tales that you’ll be publishing as a collection, titled “A Wild Swan and Other Tales,” in November. And your last novel, “The Snow Queen,” took the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale as its starting point—and reinterpreted it in the lives of a group of contemporary characters. Have fairy tales been a big influence on you as a writer and a reader? What inspired these reimaginings?
With Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signing his second contract, attention now turns to two other veterans closing in on their third NFL deals: Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers. As to Rivers, Michael Gehlken of U-T San Diego reports that, one way or the other, an answer could be coming soon. Specifically, Gehlken…
The running backs have work to do to keep Teddy Bridgewater upright.
Tony Abbott and Bronwyn Bishop only decided that she should resign from the speakership after they realised a significant number of government MPs would not support her in a no-confidence motion due to come before the Parliament, according to Liberal MPs.
HSBC reported a 2% rise in adjusted H1 pre-tax profit to $13 billion on the back of China's stock market frenzy and investor enthusiasm in Hong Kong.
Rohit Sharma doesn't have a settled spot in the Test team. In the 11 Tests he has played so far, he has batted at No. 3, 5 and 6 as per the team's requirement.
Rohit Sharma doesn't have a settled spot in the Test team. In the 11 Tests that he has played so far, he has batted at No. 3, 5 and 6 as per the team's requirement.