Ondanks toezeggingen van alle partijen zijn de achtergebleven inwoners van de belegerde Syrische stad Daraya donderdag opnieuw verstoken gebleven van noodzakelijke hulpgoederen. Een hulpkonvooi van het Rode Kruis en de VN keerde onverrichter zake terug.
A slot to the right of the shifter, just ahead of the tandem cup holders, is designed to park a smartphone vertically, but we discovered that phablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 are just a few millimeters too wide. The 2017 Escape earns top marks for its quiet interior, thanks to side acoustic glass, added insulation in the A-pillars and doors, improved windshield and hood seals. The Escape can now be had with most of today's latest convenience and safety technology, including blindspot and cross-traffic alert... Читать дальше...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Backers of a sugary drink tax say the issue will be on San Francisco's November ballot, despite missing a key deadline by one day.
The campaign called the mishap a "technical error," and vowed to continue the fight against soda companies whose products they say contribute to obesity, diabetes and a host of other health ills. CalBev, the organization that represents non-alcoholic beverage companies, said in a statement that the tax would only hurt small businesses and that it is unfair to single out one product.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation that will place more than 50 public schools in New Orleans back under the supervision of the Orleans Parish School Board as early as 2018. Members of the 13-member committee formed to help guide the transition of more than 50 state-controlled public schools back into the fold of the New Orleans school board have been announced. Orleans Parish Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis and state Recovery School District Patrick Dobard assembled the panel named Thursday and will serve as members. Читать дальше...
A few days ago, my husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary with a quiet dinner, cake, wine, and a relaxing Monday night. I read and tinkered with my latest novel; he browsed the Internet and played with the cats. As he's done often in the last few months, he turned to me with an appreciative smile and said, "Casey's writing!"
Though I've been a writer for more than half of my life, in the first four years of our relationship my husband rarely saw me in the role of writer. When we met, I was fresh out of my MFA program. Читать дальше...
When Fifth Street Finance slashed its fees from 2% of assets to 1.75% of assets this year, it pitched it as a way to improve earnings and shareholder value.
It will cost the city another $194 million to house its stubbornly high homeless population, officials said Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market According to news reports, a private equity firm offered to buy the data security company. The payment card company said credit card companies aren't buying and issuing as many of the cards as expected.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq stock market According to news reports, a private equity firm offered to buy the data security company. The payment card company said credit card companies aren't buying and issuing as many of the cards as expected.
Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th.
Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th.
Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th.
Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th. "Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss (Random House Children's Books) "The Apartment" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) "The Obsession" by Nora Roberts (Berkley Books) "A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books) "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed) The Revolution by Miranda/McCarter (Grand Central Publishing) "Strengths Finder" by Tom Rath (Gallup Press) "The Apartment" by Danielle Steel... Читать дальше...
Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 8th.
LEONIA, N.J. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a 90-foot-long lifelike robotic dinosaur that was set to be part of an exhibit at a New Jersey theme park. Exhibit creator Guy Gsell tells The Record newspaper (http://bit.ly/1T90hJZ ) the animatronic Argentinosaurus dinosaur was reduced to a charred skeleton Thursday at Overpeck County Park in Leonia.
1. "15th Affair" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
1. "15th Affair" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
1. "15th Affair" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)
USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS "The Apartment" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) "Extreme Prey" by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam's Sons) "Oh, the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss (Random House) "Shifters in the Spring" by J.K. Harper, Jacqueline Sweet, Ariana Hawkes, J.M. Klaire, Anya Nowlan, Liv Brywood, Olivia Arran, Edith Hawkes, Elianne Adams, Ellis Leigh, Auriella Skye, Cynthia Fox, Gen Gericault (Sable Moon Books) "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed) "Fire Bound" by Christine Feehan (Jove) Reporting stores include... Читать дальше...
1. "15th Affair" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)