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I have never believed that the handing over of a few votes, by a coalition government of male Conservatives and Liberals was what made womens lives better, president Gordon McKay told delegates to UNI

NEW YORK (AP) — A freak accident involving a dropped thermos might have caused a bus crash that killed three people in New York City, federal safety investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said a thermal bottle could have gotten wedged in the brake and accelerator pedals of the charter bus at the center of the September 2017 crash, preventing the driver from braking. Investigators said they weren't sure the thermos got stuck but couldn't rule it out. Читать дальше...

I have never believed that the handing over of a few votes, by a coalition government of male Conservatives and Liberals was what made womens lives better, president Gordon McKay told delegates to UNI

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A bike-sharing company is pulling out of a Mississippi market, and the mayor says she was told it's because the company's going all-scooter and the university there won't let scooters on campus.

He told WGBH he was planning to put the issue on the 'political hot seat.'

Nicole Carroll, the editor in chief of USA Today, last April. “I am sorry for the hurt I caused back then and the hurt it will cause today,” she wrote this week about overseeing the publication of a blackface photograph in a college yearbook in the late 1980s.

Unlike his report, which goes to the attorney general, they can only be dismissed by a judge.

Uranium ore stored at the Grand Canyon National Park museum may have exposed visitors and workers to elevated levels of radiation, according to the park’s safety, health and wellness manager. Elston Stephenson told CNN that he began asking officials from the National Park Service and Department of the Interior last summer to warn workers and tourists they had possibly been exposed to unsafe levels of radiation. After his requests were ignored, he said he sent an email to all park […]

Follow along live, as Chelsea look to reach the Europa League round of 16 by finishing off Malmo.

CDU-Chefin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer hat gedroht, die Gespräche mit der Partei Fidesz des ungarischen Ministerpräsidenten Viktor Orbán abzubrechen. In der Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP) habe die Union zusammen mit den Schwesterparteien daran gearbeitet, „dass Europa als Ganzes zusammenwächst", sagte Kramp-Karrenbauer dem „Spiegl“.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rita Moreno plays one of TV's best villains. Or is she one of its snidest heroines? Either way, her sass grandmother on the Netflix reboot of "One Day at a Time" is truly a funny concoction. Her Lydia wears makeup to bed, has a gun on hand and still is seductive in her 80s. Moreno calls her "shameless" and a "diva." Moreno, one of the rare EGOTs — a winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, — is enjoying a purple creative patch lately with the show's third season and an upcoming... Читать дальше...

Perth Glory coach Tony Popovic is confident Ante Milicic will be a success as head coach of the Matildas, saying his lifelong friend has enjoyed the perfect apprenticeship.

The "Crazy Rich Asians" actor called his wife the "best woman in the whole universe."

• Miley Cyrus said losing her home in the Malibu fire in November 2018 led her and Liam Hemsworth to get married.
• The singer told Vanity Fair that the loss brought her and Hemsworth closer together.
• They married in a secret ceremony in December 2018. 

Miley Cyrus says the Malibu fire brought her and Liam Hemsworth closer together.

Kyrie Irving has been speaking a lot lately, so it’s natural he’d have something to say about one of the... Read More »

• Upgraded F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters recently engaged aggressor aircraft in simulated air combat in the latest Red Flag, the US Air Force's premier air combat exercise.
• The first details from the exercise suggest that the fifth-generation stealth fighters dominated the opposition, with even novice pilots racking up kills.
• The F-35A participated in Red Flag for the first time in 2017, when it was only at initial operating capability. The fighter had a reported kill ratio of 20:1. Читать дальше...

Arsenal captain Laurent Koscielny had to be substituted due to injury as his side took on BATE Borisov on Thursday night in the second leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie.

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is willing to consider a plan that would lead to reparations for black Americans.

Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America†™s longtime president and chief operating officer is retiring after more than 15 years with the company. ...

Global trade is helping with beef demand and countries like China will play an important role in years to come.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das held the first meeting with heads of select commercial banks after the monetary policy review on February 6, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Billy Graham Library in North Carolina says it has seen a surge in visitors in the year since its namesake's death. Citing a blog post on the library's website, WLOS-TV reports that 214,000 people visited the Charlotte complex in 2018, up from 144,000 in 2017. According to the post , visitors came from 55 countries. Graham died Feb. 21, 2018, at age 99. He's credited with transforming American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents... Читать дальше...

Tim Staffell explains what Bohemian Rhapsody got wrong about how he left Smile.<p>In the early '60s, two high school friends in London—Tim Staffell and Brian May—formed a five-piece rock band called 1984. Despite the Orwellian band name, Staffell says it was actually a "kind of fun covers band" that …

Wallace’s Giant Bee, the world’s biggest bee is a huge wasp-like insect. The ‘flying bulldog’, was recently found in Indonesia by researchers. … Click to Continue »

Former press secretary Sean Spicer will interview White House employees on Extra.