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Carlos Maza, a video producer for the news site Vox, said the harassment began about two years ago.

3 Barrels: BIG 50 record; Tom Franklin flogs bracelet; Todd Brunson attacked

In an interview with BBC Radio 1 movie critic Ali Plumb, Turner said she forgot it was a "Thrones" line and ran away crying.

Actress Sophie Turner, of "Game of Thrones" and "X-Men" fame, revealed a moment when a "Game of Thrones" fan terrified her by reciting one her character's iconic lines. More »

At long last, Kimbrel has a new team

San Mateo police say suspect drove a car at officers, nearly hitting one of them

Immigrant children in the care of the U.S. government may no longer have access to English-language courses and legal services, officials said Wednesday. The Health and Human Services department notified shelters around the country last week that it was not going to reimburse them for teachers’ pay or other costs such as legal services or recreational equipment. The move appears to violate a legal settlement known as the Flores agreement that requires the government to provide education and recreational... Читать дальше...

China claims Sout Korea interested in joining BRI but Seoul denies any such move.

This is a week of historic liberation dates.

Three major criminal cases were dismissed because Chittenden County prosecutors did not have enough evidence to overcome planned insanity defenses.

Gardeners, hikers, boaters and sun-seekers are impatient for signs of spring — and it's almost summer.

The people whose profiles the Free Press is publishing chose to abandon fear and show up to the conversation. I invite you to do the same.

The Press editorial: More than a week has passed since Finance Minister Grant Robertson issued one of the most remarkable statements in recent New Zealand politics. It came just 16 minutes after an alarming media release from the Treasury claimed its “systems [had] been deliberately and systematically hacked”. A hack sounded bad, but Robertson went even further. Although the […]

Thursday's the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed French beaches. Here's some with Vermont ties who served in World War II.

Thursday's the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed French beaches. Here's some with Vermont ties who served in World War II.

The musical created in Vermont by Anais Mitchell will be in the spotlight during Sunday night's celebration of Broadway shows.

Tommy Fury, the brother of Tyson Fury, is appearing on the current series of the popular TV show

Fox prime time race baiters Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson teamed up Tuesday night to further Donald Trump’s lie that the thousands of London protesters were “fake news.” Since they could not deny the protesters’ presence, they did the next best thing – by suggesting there were so many brown people, they were not really British.

The site was purchased by an author seeking a tree change having lived in inner city Melbourne for many years. The dwelling is part of a larger project to re-imagine and revitalize the underworked paddock into a place of habitation, connection, and reflection. The site slopes in the north-south direction and have been sculptured into subtly undulations from surface water that seeps through the ground from the adjacent Springhill. The dwelling is sited towards the high point of the site adjacent... Читать дальше...

The light heavyweight division was shook up at UFC Stockholm.

UFC Stockholm saw a stunning upset in the headliner and a stunning head kick KO in the co-main. Other than that, it didn’t see much at all from a rankings standpoint. There were only two other ranked fighters on the card below the top two fights, and they met each other in a bout that went to a one-sided unanimous decision.

Without further adieu, here’s a look at the changes for this week.

P4P - No changes.

Heavyweight - No changes. Читать дальше...

Wests Tigers forward Josh Aloiai helping kids dealing with family bereavement  Daily Telegraph

The Wests Tigers forward can feel his tears welling up as he stands in front of a packed room of kids dealing with the loss of their mums or dads. After a decade ...

SoftBank and others are trying to place a bet on the most valuable startup in Latin America.

As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim - he lives in a slum where municipal authorities dump Baghdad's rubbish - now someone is setting the waste on fire, making his children sick. As the United Nations marks World Environment Day on Wednesday, Iraq is suffering a pollution crisis, with trash piling up across the country and thick clouds of smoke produced by inefficient factories hovering above Baghdad. "The dirt, our children are sick, our families are sick. My daughter has asthma, and... Читать дальше...

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"Star Wars" becoming real? 

Using beam weapons to zap ballistic missiles has been a dream since Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” initiative.

Now the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is looking for technologies that will enable space-based particle beam weapons to shot down missiles.

More specifically, MDA wants a neutral particle beam (NPB) weapon. “A conceptual NPB system would generate, accelerate, focus, and direct a stream of highly energetic electrically-neutral atomic particles... Читать дальше...