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In recent years, there has been an increase in pedestrian fatalities... It is preventable... Folks wear dark clothes and wander onto the road and get hit. They presume if they can see a car, the car can see them. When ever this happens it prompts who was legal and who wasn't banter... which is...

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the spending promises set out by Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson "exceed" the "fiscal headroom" available to the government.

"Lock Every Door" by Riley Sager (Dutton)

A historical New York City apartment building complete with wealthy celebrity residents, gargoyles and a storied legacy including the setting of a best-selling book would seem to be the ideal place to call home. The location couldn't be better, even if the stay ...

Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, and a fleet of vessels began catching its first whales on Monday.

The Minnesota Wild have agreed to two-way deals with center Luke Johnson and forward Gabriel Dumont, the team announced Monday.

A Mauritanian court on Monday confirmed Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the country's next president, dismissing an appeal by opposition candidates over alleged voting irregularities in last month's

LSE acknowledges difficulty finding information on past indictment of Oozi Cats

I've written about the 11foot8 bridge (aka the Can-Opener) quite a few times here on Boing Boing. Located in Durham, North Carolina, it's a 79-year-old railroad bridge that has a lower clearance than the height of many common commercial trucks. It's scraped the top off of 147 trucks since 2008, the year that Jürgen Henn installed a video camera to record the crashes. The latest victim of the bridge was a bucket truck. From the YouTube description:

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An American 15-year-old has become Wimbledon's newest star after beating her idol Venus Williams in the first round. In an electrifying match, Cori 'Coco' Gauff, 15, beat the seven-time Grand Slam singles ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Customs and Border Patrol agents showed their unfitness to serve by joking about killing migrants and sharing sexually explicit memes about her.

Arsenal are reportedly holding negotiations with playmaker Yacine Brahimi, who is now out of contract at Porto.

Vulnerability management and compliance go hand-in-hand. Just as adhering to certain regulatory standards can help an organization manage vulnerabilities more effectively, managing vulnerabilities effectively can make an organization less susceptible to the sorts of security incidents that could render it noncompliant. 

The top UN official charged with representing the interests of children caught up in armed conflict, has signed a landmark new agreement on child protection with the Force Commander of a main Syrian opposition military alliance, it was announced on Monday, aimed at ending and preventing the recruitment and use of children under the age of 18.

(WASHINGTON POST) — WASHINGTON – Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Leonard G. Pitts Jr. said he was awakened early Sunday by police who ordered him out of his home in suburban Bowie, Maryland, and handcuffed him while they investigated a report that a crime was being committed in the house. The report, made to Bowie police […]

Former general, defense minister set to take office on August 2, marking country's first peaceful transition of power

Select Subway locations in the US will be selling these hand-spun shakes until September 4. They come in three flavors.

• Subway is planning to offer hand-spun milkshakes made with Halo Top's ice cream.
• The milkshakes, set to be available in vanilla bean, chocolate, and strawberry, will be high in protein.
• For now, Subway is testing out the milkshakes in just a few markets across the US.
• The milkshakes are to be available July 22 to September 4 in select locations.
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Starting July 22, some milkshake lovers will be able to get a low-calorie fix at their local Subway.

Subway plans to soon offer hand-spun milkshakes made with Halo Top's ice cream. The milkshakes, set to be available in vanilla bean, chocolate, and strawberry, will be high in protein. More »

About 65% of respondents told Business Insider they checked Instagram daily, with many Gen Zers citing it as a major source for political news.

• Painting with bacteria is called agar art, and it's almost 100 years old.
• Petri Dish Picasso is an organization bringing this little-known art to the masses.
• Its goal is to teach people, hands-on, why bacteria is so important to our lives.
  
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Gen Z's go-to source for political news is Instagram. About 65% of respondents told Business Insider they checked Instagram daily, with many Gen Zers citing it as a major source for political news specifically. More »

Two economists who helped developed her proposal estimate $187 billion per year. We estimate $25 billion. They've countered. We stand our ground.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching for a commercial fisherman missing near Bristol Bay. A crewman from the vessel Pail Rider went overboard at approximately 3 a.m. Monday in Nushagak Bay. The man was not wearing a life jacket. Remaining crew members fired flares and other vessels arrived to help search but […]