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The state Environmental Protection Agency says a northeastern Ohio village previously criticized for not properly notifying residents about high lead levels in tap water has failed to communicate recent test results to homeowners who requested sampling. Director Craig Butler says Ohio EPA staff conducting follow-up testing over the weekend realized the village hadn't promptly and thoroughly notified a few residents whose water had showed high lead levels. The state Environmental Protection Agency... Читать дальше...

Lifeguards in Orange County made a grim discovery Tuesday in the ocean near Newport Pier.

A Russian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin will meet with Iraq’s leadership later this week during a visit to the country, a Russian newspaper reported Wednesday.

In the future, many of the most effective weapons used against the U.S. military are likely to be unseen: electromagnetic waves that disrupt radios or jam global positioning systems, paralyzing units.

The Supreme Court dealt a surprising setback to President Obama on Tuesday by putting his climate change policy on hold while a coalition of coal producers and Republican-led states challenges its legality.

A country in which a premium is placed on privacy, Japan is beginning to open up to the sharing economy and its government is moving to ease home-sharing restrictions.

“Whenever we find product that violates our policies we remove it immediately.”

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump skated to wins in New Hampshire by what appears to be large margins.

Doc Rivers has been back to Boston twice already as coach of the Clippers, memorably tearing up as he spoke about the reception he received upon his initial return in December 2013.

What’s the hardest challenge you can face as an actor?  Starring in a fact-based movie is certainly up there. Amid all the usual burdens are the voices -- real-life subjects, truth-squadders, internal demons -- bellowing at you to get it right.But what if, when you signed on to make a fact-based...

As Obama administration officials and journalists gathered in cozy meeting rooms around Washington for budget briefings Tuesday, federal employees rallied in a cold rain on a muddy lawn across from the U.S. Capitol.

Japanese stocks fell further Wednesday morning after their biggest drop in three years, ignoring a late-day rally in the U.S. markets as worried local and global investors flocked to Japan bonds and the yen. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 stock index fell 0.9 percent, reversing an opening-bell rise. Australia's ASX 200 fell 1.1 percent. Singapore's financial markets reopened after Lunar New Year holidays and the STI rose 2.5 percent. China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam remain closed.

The Budget is full of technical jargons that are not so easy for the common man to understand.

A Brooklyn gang member pleaded guilty on Tuesday for shooting a rival in the head — a heinous act caught on surveillance video.

Thomson Reuters

Despite the Bank of Japan (BOJ) adopting a negative interest-rate policy and hints from the European Central Bank (ECB) that it may cut interest rates even deeper into negative territory as soon as next month, it's done very little to weaken the yen and euro against the US dollar in recent weeks.

Indeed, the US dollar index, a broad measure on US dollar strength that has the euro and yen as its largest weightings, closed at a four-month low overnight, extending its... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area couple forced a Nigerian woman to care for their five children and home without pay during a two-year period in which she was physically and verbally abused, made…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area couple forced a Nigerian woman to care for their five children and home without pay during a two-year period in which she was physically and verbally abused, made…

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area couple forced a Nigerian woman to care for their five children and home without pay during a two-year period in which she was physically and verbally abused, made…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to mark the culmination of the famous Mardi Gras celebration Tuesday. The last day of parades rolled along St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street, float riders throwing beads to bystanders as revelers in other parts of the city like the French Quarter and the Marigny partied in the streets in elaborate costumes. Caroline Thomas... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to …