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Davenport firefighters searched the area after barriers to hold back the Mississippi River failed.

On the mountainous Tibetan Plateau, small groups of nomadic herders still make a living two miles or more above sea level. Most of us would be poorly-equipped to deal with that altitude for long periods of time, but the Tibetans there have unique genetic adaptations that let their bodies function in the thin air. Mysteriously, those genes seem to come from another species of human, the Denisovans, a little-understood group of hominins who died out tens of thousands of years ago. Until now

The discussion about digital ad fraud in the programmatic ecosystem has traditionally centered around the impact on the advertisers. Fueled by consumer-facing brands with large digital ad budgets and enormous pressure on their agencies to comply, demand-side brand safety has been under a constant microscope for the better part of the last decade. What has...

The American Pre-Raphaelites show at the National Gallery is full of revelations.

Issues such as health care, immigration and poverty must be addressed.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the teacher rally in North Carolina and South Carolina (all times local):

One of the largest untapped resources in the city continues to be retired Calgarians, but a local project is shining the spotlight on the opportunities this presents. The Top 7 Over 70 organization announced Wednesday that nominations have opened for its next round of biennial awards (occurring every two years), while also highlighting the potential […]

Several people were injured when a tornado barrelled through southern Romania, forcing a bus off the road and overturning it in a nearby field.

Ozil signed a new deal last season which ties him to the Gunners until 2021.

The Madras High Court has cautioned Tamil Nadu may have to "beg" for water from other states and countries if the natural resource and its storage places are not properly preserved. A bench of justices M Venugopal and S Vaidyanathan made the observation as it faulted the state government for earmarking part of backwater land here for an RTO office and a university and struck down the orders issued in 2013 and 2014. Referring to national poet Subramanya Bharathi's suggestion even before the Independence... Читать дальше...

Attorney general William Barr will not testfy before the Senate, a senior Democrat has claimed, accusing him of being "terrified".

Facebook kicked off its F8 2019 event on Tuesday, announcing various new features for its social networks and chat apps. Facebook users were promised a significant redesign, Messenger is getting new desktop apps on top of a few handy features, and Instagram is losing all those likes. Facebook Dating, a service that’s only available in...

By CCN: Just when you thought the crypto market had no room for another stablecoin, the head of the largest crypto exchange hinted that he might be making room. Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao didn’t flat out promise a Binance stablecoin, but he was close. A follower on Twitter suggested that if Binance were to issue a stablecoin, it would bolster the use case for BNB, using other projects as a litmus test for its potential success. As usual, CZ is way ahead of crypto Twitter: “Careful what you... Читать дальше...

Attorney general William Barr will not testify before a House committee probing the handling of the Mueller report, a senior Democrat has claimed, accusing him of being “terrified”.In the latest twist to the feud between the Trump administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill seeking to force officials to testify, Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler said Mr Barr would not appear before his committee.Mr Barr had been due to testify before the House of Representatives’ judiciary committee on Thursday... Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Park University women's golf team earned five 2019 American Midwest Conference Academic All-Conference award winners, announced by the conference office this week.

It is to be noted that in March a notification was issued by the EC directing the political parties to not drag armed forces into poll campaign.

Montreal's mayor appealed for further patience Wednesday, "because we know that when we clean the shores ... it will slow down spring cleaning operations."

The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe and China.

Weak United States aluminium premiums and increased ocean shipping costs led to a continued narrowing of the estimated arbitrage between Southeast Asia warehouses and the US Midwest.

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny has paid tribute to the departing Aaron Ramsey with a dig at some of the club’s former players who did not show the same level of commitment. The Frenchman will have seen plenty of big names leave Arsenal during his long stay at the Emirates Stadium, with Alexis Sanchez a notable […]

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"AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he's not a credible head of federal law enforcement."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, called on Attorney General William Barr to resign on Wednesday over his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. More »