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HOUSTON (AP) — The latest in the Texas that left eight people dead — including five children and three adults — inside a Houston-area home (all times local):

HOUSTON (AP) — The latest in the Texas that left eight people dead — including five children and three adults — inside a Houston-area home (all times local):

Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy apologises after claims that he made a racist slur in a casino.

NEW YORK - As a campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has achieved victories in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, it has bumped up against a harsh reality: Plenty of scofflaw businesses don't pay the legal minimum now and probably won't pay the new, higher wages either.

Conservatives have already made it a crime to leave Canada with the aim of taking part in terrorist activities, but new law would criminalize the travel itself

Police were called to the scene shortly after 11.30pm last night,

NEW YORK (AP) — A campaign to raise the minimum wage as high as $15 has rolled to victory in such places as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York, but it has bumped up against a harsh reality:

The Giants are heading to Cincinnati for two days of joint practices with the Bengals this week before the two teams open up their preseason schedule on Friday and wide receiver Victor Cruz will be making the trip with his teammates. He won’t be doing too much more than that, however. Cruz will do drills…

Deputies waiting for a High Risk Operations Unit spotted the body of a juvenile, and after forcing their way inside, were shot at; suspect arrested

Annie Lennox's daughter has survived a kayaking accident in New York's Hudson river, but her boyfriend is still missing after their boat capsized on Saturday morning.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi has three more years to meet provisions of No Child Left Behind. Mississippi is among seven states granted waivers this week from the law passed under President George W. Bush in 2002. States granted waivers are exempt from the law's requirement that all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014 — a goal the nation and Mississippi are still far from reaching. Without a waiver, most schools in the state would have faced federal sanctions. The... Читать дальше...

The United States law provides for large payouts for emotional damages, unlike German law. Three Americans died in the French Alps crash.

Some snake populations threatened with extinction by new fungus.

Susan Sheridan, an original cast member of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series, dies aged 68.

Newcastle United 2 Southampton 2 The substitute bagged a late equaliser to give his side a share of the spoils

Activists of Shiv Sena on sunday held a protest here against militant activities by Pakistan and burnt a Pakistani flag.

ATLANTA - In a story Aug. 8 about a legal fight between the Georgia Aquarium and a federal agency over a permit to import beluga whales, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to a brief filed by NOAA Fisheries. The quote is from a brief filed by groups who were granted the right to join the case on the side of NOAA Fisheries.

Big men usually struggle to get the rock in charity games.

COLUMBUS — A pair of noisy parrots won’t be returning to a Columbus home after the City Council upheld the animals’ eviction.

GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers accomplished two goals with their annual Family Night practice.

Uber's fight with the establishment is one that disruptors often face, said Uber advisor Bradley Tusk.

LONDON - Arsenal began the Premier League season with a shock 2-0 defeat by West Ham after a nightmare debut for new goalkeeper Petr Cech at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

Four islands in the Maldives have reported "wreckage" washing up on their beaches - but experts urge caution

Four islands in the Maldives have reported "wreckage" washing up on their beaches - but experts urge caution