NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Thursday afternoon as investors take refuge in safe-play stocks like phone companies after a surprisingly weak report on the job market. Energy stocks are getting a lift after the price of…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Thursday afternoon as investors take refuge in safe-play stocks like phone companies after a surprisingly weak report on the job market. Energy stocks are getting a lift after the price of…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Thursday afternoon as investors take refuge in safe-play stocks like phone companies after a surprisingly weak report on the job market. Retailers got more bad news as department store Kohl's reported disappointing first-quarter results. The biggest gains went to phone companies, chemicals makers and consumer stocks. The Labor Department said applications for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level since February 2015. Cannally thinks investors... Читать дальше...
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware attorney general says 4 Wilmington officers won't face criminal charges in fatal shooting of man in wheelchair.
BERNARD Tomic has ruled himself out of the Rio Olympics with “a heavy sense of regret”, short-circuiting moves to block his selection.
Prince William and Kate Middleton's eldest child Prince George will get to sport some bright new footwear that's perfect for the typical weather in their native...
Blake Lively continues to defend Woody Allen at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Laurent Lafitte, a French comedian and the opening night's master of ceremonies, made a joke about the...
You'd be hard pressed these days to find two bigger movie franchises that Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, both of which have been raking in massive box office receipts. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has taken in a record-breaking $936.3 million domestically and $2.06 billion worldwide, while Marvel launched the first movie in their Phase 3 lineup last weekend, Captain America: Civil War, which earned a whopping $179.1 million in its debut. While both of these franchises have much in common... Читать дальше...
A charred tricycle, its rubber pedals melted away, is one of the most evocative relics of war in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum. It belonged to three-year-old Shinichi Tetsutani, who was riding it when an American B-29 dropped a nine-thousand-pound atomic bomb over the city, on August 6, 1945. Shinichi’s father found his son, barely alive, still grasping the handlebars under the rubble. He died a few hours later. Because Shinichi had loved that tricycle, his father decided to bury it with him—so... Читать дальше...
Doug G. Ware
BRUSSELS, May 12 (UPI) -- The head of the European Union said Thursday that Turkey needs to change its overbearing terror laws, or else a key deal for visa-free travel will collapse.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero, who faces charges stemming from the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray:
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's longtime butler wrote on Facebook Wednesday that he thought President Obama should've been killed in his first term, Mother Jones reported.
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He was jailed for dangerous driving and breaching the peace.
Add the Vikings to the list of teams that have signed all of their draft picks. They signed seven of their eight picks in one fell swoop last week and rounded out the group by getting wide receiver Laquon Treadwell under contract on Thursday. As a first-round pick, Treadwell signed a four-year deal with a…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the migrant influx in Europe (all times local):
They're just offshoots of the fest's particular culture.
Woody Allen's new film Café Society opened the 2016 Cannes Film Festival this week and was met with what the Hollywood Reporter called a "modest" standing ovation. Our own Gregory Ellwood has more.
Read through that Hollywood Reporter article, however, and you'll learn that the standing ovation in question lasted a full three minutes. That seems like a lot!
It's also especially distressing to those who wish that anyone... Читать дальше...
James Burgess, Oilprice.com
As oil companies continue to struggle with the consequences of low oil prices, the total amount of jobs lost in oil and gas just passed the 350,000 mark.
Did you know your brain can only focus for 90 to 120 minutes before it needs a break? No joke. By design, our bodies have a natural cycle they move through within a 24-hour to maintain our mind/body health. These are called our ultradian rhythms.
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Alphabet passed Apple in market value Thursday and experts say this time it may be for good.
HOYT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Rainfall is helping reduce the fire danger in northern Minnesota.