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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general on Friday said he will not appeal a ruling that struck down a state law allowing police to arrest and jail people designated as “habitual drunkards.” Mark Herring said called the law “strange and regressive” and said Virginia’s General Assembly should have taken it off the books a […]

Firefighting crews in Utah had to suspend aerial operations on Thursday after a drone was spotted flying over the site. The FAA restricts airspace above natural disasters, including wildfires. More »

The Ogun police command on Friday, August 2 confirmed the kidnapping of five persons by gunmen at J3/J4 Area, Ogbere, on the Benin-Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu expressway.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Danyliuk said that head of the political council of the Opposition Platform – For Life Party Viktor Medvedchuk’s mediation is not foreseen in gas transit talks with Russia. “Talks are being held between two companies, Naftogaz and Gazprom, and between the governments. There is […]

Taiwan's coast guard has accused an unidentified Chinese military ship of ramming a Taiwanese cargo ship and fleeing the scene. A ship, allegedly a Chinese warship that was unable to be properly identified in the dark, collided with the Yutai No. 1 in the Taiwan Strait. More »

Chinese-government-sponsored Confucius Institutes are “a tool for China to spread influence and exercise soft power,” “a known threat to academic freedom,” and “a danger to our national defense and security,” says Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) in a letter sent last week to the University of Missouri and Webster University. Both institutions host Confucius Institutes, campus centers that teach Chinese language and culture and are funded and partly staffed and overseen by the Chinese government. Читать дальше...

Any military intervention by Beijing would threaten the role the city plays in opening China’s economy to the world

Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot is set to make her #PeakTV debut in a Showtime limited series about Hedy Lamarr. The news was made official at the cabler’s portion of the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour on Friday. The as-yet-untitled biopic about the famed actress/inventor hails from The Affair creator Sarah Treem, who will executive-produce […]

Wonder Woman‘s Gal Gadot is set to make her #PeakTV debut in a Showtime limited series about Hedy Lemarr. The news was made official at the cabler’s portion of the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour on Friday. The as-yet-untitled biopic about the famed actress/inventor hails from The Affair creator Sarah Treem, who will executive-produce […]

An older man gets onto a treadmill and can't figure out how to stop it (August 2) in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain. The man gets onto the treadmill and can't figure out how to stop it. He then begins to freak out, not knowing what to do. He has no idea all you need to do is pull out the red tab.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order in the Unnao rape case and said the victim and her kin can settle here and his government would treat her as a...

Watch highlights as Rory Burns scores his maiden Test century to help England finish day two on 267-4, just 17 runs behind Australia.

Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some suggestions on where to start drinking them.

a) Crowd (Stade Gilbert Brutus Capacity 13,000): 7,482
b) Score and Winning team: Catalans 22 v 30 Warrington
c) First try (Wire player): Stefan Ratchford
d) Time of first try: 9 minutes
e) Last try (any team, player not time): Toby King
f) Kicks over the sticks (combined): 8

g) Hull FC v Wigan: Wigan by 1
Huddersfield v Leeds: Huddersfield by 6
St Helens v Wakefield: St Helens by 26
Hull KR v Castleford: Castleford by 8
London v Salford: London by 4

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Featuring a brilliant performance by Kelvin Harrison Jr, this taut psychological thriller will challenge audiences to contend with their own ideas of privilege and power.

Mozambique has started legal action against a French-Lebanese billionaire, Iskandar Safa, whose shipbuilding company is at the heart of a USD 2 billion debt scandal, officials said Friday. A source at the attorney general's office, in an emailed reply to AFP, confirmed "a case is ongoing" without giving details. In London, an official at the High Court commercial division told AFP the Mozambican government had filed proceedings there against Safa. The papers were submitted on July 31 and no date has been set yet for the hearing... Читать дальше...

When airline seatback entertainment systems started to come bundled with little webcams, airlines were quick to disavow their usage, promising that the cameras were only installed for potential future videoconferncing or gaming apps, and not to allow the crew or airline to spy on passengers in their seats.

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) is no longer going to be President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence,...

Ann Budgewill stay on as Hearts' chairwoman and chief executive for "a minimum" of the next two years to assist in the transition to fan ownership.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday a measure of justice had finally been served for the death of Eric Garner after an NYPD judge recommended the police officer who killed him in 2014 be fired.

Imprisoned rapper A$AP Rocky will temporarily return home to the United States while awaiting the outcome of his court case in Sweden later this month.

Some 1.2 million freelance professionals and small companies are set to come under the lens of the tax authorities, which will be scrutinizing their last five years of activity, as the head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue Giorgos Pitsilis has issued a decision setting new criteria concerning their monitoring.