Новости за 21.10.2015

The financial big-hitters who constitute the power bloc of the Penn State board of trustees lack stewardship instincts necessary to ensure continued financial viability of the university enterprise.

We endorse Janet Engeman for a seat on Borough Council. We have known Engeman since we met her and her parents, Bob and Barbara Passow, in 1955.

The two “dummy corporations” that allegedly cornered most of the service contracts in the Makati City government during the time of then Mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay were originally owned by former Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado.

Pangasinan has been placed under state of calamity due to the extent of damages due to typhoon “Lando”.

CHICAGO — With their bats and their arms, the New York Mets are overpowering the Chicago Cubs. Now, they’re one win from their first World Series in 15 years.

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - The Slovenian parliament passed legislation early on Wednesday that will give the army more power to help police guarding the state border as thousands of migrants flood into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday that he will run for speaker, but only if they embrace him by week's end as their consensus candidate - an ambitious bid to impose unity on a disordered and...

At the edge of a Balkan vineyard, Mohammed al-Haj lay down under a tree to collect his thoughts. Come nightfall, he and the other Syrians with him would make a run for it, past the fence of chain-link and barbed wire being...

Tears run down the deeply wrinkled face of the North Korean man in the wheelchair as he embraces his now elderly South Korean daughter for the first time since she was two. An 88-year-old South Korean woman looks on with...

In time for "Back to the Future" day, the widow of the automaker whose famous car traveled through time in the 1985 movie and its sequels has settled a lawsuit over the use of his name.

The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will reverberate beyond Canada's borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically ended a decade of rule by the most conservative leadership in the country's history.

The U.S. and Russia on Tuesday put into practice new rules designed to minimize the risk of air collisions between military aircraft over Syria, while Iraqi leaders pledged they would not invite Russian airpower over their...

Still silent about his presidential ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden cast himself as President Barack Obama's kindred spirit Tuesday and backtracked on his previous claims to have advised Obama against the raid that...

A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a possible bomb will be moving with his family to the Middle East so he can attend school there, his family said Tuesday.

Millions of fans cried out in joy after they saw the latest trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," but it also left more than a few wondering where Luke Skywalker has been during all the marketing.

Maybe somebody can stop Daniel Murphy and solve these young New York Mets aces.

The Mormon Church staked a deeper claim to middle ground in American society on Tuesday, advocating for compromises between protecting religious liberties and prohibiting discrimination, and criticizing Kentucky clerk Kim...

The robbery crew that pulled off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history - the $6 million Lufthansa theft immortalized in "Goodfellas" - was elated at first, but became fearful of being robbed itself, a turncoat mobster...

Indiana University has expelled a 19-year-old sophomore accused of attacking Muslim woman over the weekend, trying to remove her headscarf and shouting racial slurs, a school official said Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal bounced back off the ropes to land two late sucker-punches and score an unlikely 2-0 win over Bayern Munich after the Germans had dominated an outstanding Champions League match on Tuesday.

Secretary of State John Kerry will head overseas again on Wednesday in a bid to defuse the escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence and make headway on Syria's moribund peace process. He doesn't appear to have a...

Viewership at each of the six largest broadcast networks was down last week compared to the same week a year before. But given how television is changing, it's hard to say whether that means viewers are rejecting the...

Thousands of customers of pre-paid debit cards backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons remain without access to their money more than a week after technical problems first began plaguing the cards.

Verizon has long been known as a home phone and wireless service provider. But it's evolving to make more money by tracking what we watch and read on our phones.

Unable to revive Yahoo's revenue growth on her own, CEO Marissa Mayer is hoping for a little help from her old friends at Google.