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"In past centuries, the species was a big part of New York State's regional trade in sturgeon meat and caviar. Of course, things have changed, and conservationists in New York and elsewhere are now committed to saving this imperiled species."

Offset and Chris Brown's feud continues to escalate.

The head of the Australian Energy Regulator Paula Conboy is leaving the energy watchdog and the national Energy Security Board.

SEATTLE — Seattle’s WAC matchup against Utah Valley scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to a winter storm expected to hit the Seattle area. Seattle University announced Thursday it was closing the campus beginning midday Friday and cancelling all events through Saturday. The game has been rescheduled for Feb. 26. Utah Valley is currently

Captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo made their picks at the 2019 NBA All-Star Draft. Let's see how the teams stack up.

Eduardo Leon is alleged to have broken into the singer’s home last year.

The Venezuelan embassy in Moscow on Thursday reported that the websites of Venezuelan Foreign Ministry in various countries across the globe were under threat of cyber attacks.According to Sputnik, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has closed the operations of its websites everywhere until proper security measures are restored."The hacker attack and the interference in the operation of the websites is an international cybercrime aimed at continuing attacks on Venezuela," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry... Читать дальше...

President Trump is “a projector,” declared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday. “I am not commenting on what the president has to say about our work,” she told reporters at her weekly news briefing. “I always think whatever the president says about us, he’s projecting his own unruliness.” “He’s a projector,” she said, “and that’s […]

Jeff Bezos blasted the National Enquirer, and its owner, David Pecker, in a shocking Medium post Thursday for attempting to blackmail the Amazon CEO and founder with a threat to publish his “d*ck pick ” and nine other salacious photos obtained by the Enquirer. Here’s the full text of the extortion email Jeff Bezos says his office received from Dylan Howard, the Editor in Chief of the National Enquirer: From: Howard, Dylan (Chief Content Officer, AMI) Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 3:33 PM To: Martin Singer (litigation counsel for Mr. Читать дальше...

SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle's WAC matchup against Utah Valley scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to a winter storm expected to hit the Seattle area.

Seattle's WAC matchup against Utah Valley scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to a winter storm expected to hit the Seattle area

In a perfect world, it would be possible—preferable, even—to be able to understand the national state of the modern news media (and even international politics) without thinking about Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ penis. Certainly, a universe in which the phrase “semi-erect manhood”—as applied to the personal…

More than a month after Gov. Cuomo derailed the plan for vital L-train repairs, no one seems to know what’s going to happen — and the gov seems intent only on adding to the chaos. As Danielle Furfaro reported in Thursday’s Post, there’s not even any sign that anyone has hired the outside experts who...

Democrats introduce sweeping Green New Deal resolution.

SNC has a long history of building major projects in Canada, including one that is the sole investment made thus far by the Canada Infrastructure Bank

David Lametti says foreign affairs will be a factor if it comes time for him to decide whether to extradite Wanzhou to the U.S. over China’s furious objections.

Zack Kassian testified this week and admitted he consumed cocaine and alcohol the night of the accident and was heavily intoxicated.

Germany's Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, the country's antitrust regulator) has ruled that Facebook can't combine user data aggregated from different sources (Facebook usage data, data from pages with Facebook Like buttons, data purchased from third parties, etc), because users can't reasonably anticipate the way these different datastreams might be combined, nor the kinds of inferences that could be gleaned thereby.

1. Whitaker to testify publicly Friday, Judiciary chairman says | TheHill  The Hill
2. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to testify at House hearing Friday  CNN
3. Whitaker agrees to testify before Congress after saying he wouldn’t if under subpoena threat  The Washington Post
4. 'They Hate This Guy': Matt Whitaker Braces for Showdown With Dems  The Daily Beast
5. Acting Attorney General won't testify if subpoenaed  CNN
6. View full coverage on Google News

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify as planned before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said."CONFIRMED: Acting Attorney General Whitaker will appear tomorr...

Column: Bad Rules, Bad Temper, Rough Start to Golf This Year Golf barely made it out of January when it was hit with what must feel like a two-shot penalty. Read More…

Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented that day in 1975 when he simply stood in the dugout at old Cleveland Stadium — the first black manager in Major League Baseball. Robinson, the only player to earn the MVP award in both leagues and a Triple Crown winner, died Thursday at 83. He had been in failing health and in hospice care at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. MLB said he was with family and friends at the time. Читать дальше...