Newborn infant left at Indiana fire station under state law
INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities say a newborn boy is in good health after a man used Indiana's safe haven law to drop the unwanted child off at an Indianapolis fire station.
INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities say a newborn boy is in good health after a man used Indiana's safe haven law to drop the unwanted child off at an Indianapolis fire station.
The recent stock rally and mildly encouraging economic data have investors feeling a little braver.
Some lawmakers in Berlin, fearing a loss of control, questioned what would happen if Britain votes to leave the European Union
The kombucha craze spreads to health-conscious DIYers.
Weekly Standard Executive Editor Fred Barnes on the Democratic front-runner’s Super Tuesday victories, and her path to the Oval Office. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has asked his defense team to expedite his extradition to the US because he is being mistreated in a Mexican maximum-security prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, according to AFP.
Guzman, who was recaptured on January 8 after tunneling out of a jail cell in a spectacular escape, made the request in an "act of desperation," said lawyer Jose Refugio Rodriguez in a radio interview.
Rodriguez said it would take at... Читать дальше...
De Tweede Kamer krijgt toch geen vertrouwelijke inzage in de afspraken van de fiscus met multinational IKEA. Staatssecretaris Eric Wiebes (Financiën) legt het verzoek van de Kamer naast zich neer.
Een 0,7! Dat cijfer moet ROC-student Tom Grevelink halen voor zijn laatste toets Nederlands om het diploma Dienstverlening en Gastvrijheid te bemachtigen. Drie weken geleden kregen hij en vijf medestudenten een dag voor de uitreiking van de diploma's te horen dat zij toch nog niet waren geslaagd.
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Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive officer of Google, has agreed to head a new Pentagon advisory board aimed at bringing Silicon Valley innovation and best practices to the U.S. military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday.
Carter is due to discuss the new Defense Innovation Advisory Board with Schmidt during the annual RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. Schmidt is now the executive chairman of Alphabet Inc <GOOGL.O>, the parent company of Google. Читать дальше...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely divided as it considered its first major abortion case in nearly a decade, with pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy giving little indication how he would rule in a challenge to a Texas law imposing strict regulations on clinics and abortion doctors.
Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote in close cases, at one point suggested sending the case back to a lower court for further evidence to be introduced on the law's impact... Читать дальше...
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The Federal Department of Transportation announced a ban of use of e-cigarettes on commercial flights on Monday, citing possible fire hazards.
The new rule also prohibits passengers from placing e-cigarettes in checked luggage.
In January of last year the Federal Aviation Administration recommended that airlines require that their passengers carry e-cigarettes exclusively in the cabin, and not allow them to be checked.
The new rule makes the ban mandatory. Читать дальше...
More than 6,000 items will give fans and historians a new window into his work and creative process.
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - Illinois has filled out some of the gaps in its football schedules between 2019 and 2022 with the addition eight opponents that will include Wyoming and Bowling Green.
(ATTN: UPDATES in paras 10-15 with U.S. sanctions, UN chief's reaction) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council adopted the harshest-ever sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, punishing Pyongyang for its
(ATTN: UPDATES in paras 10-15 with U.S. sanctions, UN chief's reaction) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council adopted the harshest-ever sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, punishing Pyongyang for its
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Japan and China stocks up more than 4%
On Tuesday, in Louisville, Kentucky, what happened to young black protestors at another Trump rally wasn’t just racist — it appears to be outright criminal.
Heritage Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow Steve Moore vets the presidential candidates's economic policy ideas. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This summer’s Squamish Valley Music Festival has been cancelled.
The Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during a brief visit to capital Kabul. A spokesman for Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, General Asim Bajwa, said, Gen. Sharif had a brief stop over at Kabul to meet with the Afghan Read the full article...
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WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- The Pentagon said it will invite external experts to test the cybersecurity integrity of some Defense Department websites by permitting them to hack.
Henry Wyndham quits auction house after 22 years as estate of Duchess of Devonshire goes under gavel
(ATTN: UPDATES in paras 10-15 with U.S. sanctions, UN chief's reaction) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council adopted the harshest-ever sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, punishing Pyongyang for its
(ATTN: UPDATES with details, background) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The United States imposed unilateral sanctions on North Korea after the adoption of a new U.N. sanctions resolution on the communist nation on Wednesday, black