Amy R. Connolly and Doug G. Ware
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- President Obama welcomed leaders from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark to the White House on Friday to discuss various issues and achievements.
After being presented Friday with evidence that carpool lanes are clogged with drivers who don’t belong in them, a Metropolitan Transportation Commission member called for creation of a special enforcement unit to crack down on carpool and toll-lane cheats. During a meeting of the MTC’s Operations Committee, Haggerty called on the California Highway Patrol to create a special enforcement unit focused on carpool lanes, toll bridges and the combined carpool-toll lanes known as express lanes that are beginning to spread across the Bay Area. Читать дальше...
With an eye to its future wars, the US military is testing laser weapons, to perfect the latest in energy-based artillery.
In this wackiest of election seasons, here's a result that should really leave us all aghast.
Restore Joy and Trust, a group founded by mothers who have lost a child to gun violence, has made it their mission to bring back joy to communities like theirs suffering from violent crime.
The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department is accepting applications from students who are interested in serving on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
The shirts were printed even though the school rejected them.
A Saluda County deputy is being treated in the hospital after being hit by a car on the job.
What seemed a terrific bipartisan health idea is proving to be a multibillion-dollar question mark—and a privacy worry, to boot.
Mbogo loses in Dallas, and other cities are pulling the same trick.
In een groot bandenkerkhof in Sesena, een stadje ten zuiden van Madrid, is vrijdag een enorme brand uitgebroken. De brand stuwde een wolk van giftig gas de lucht in. In de omgeving van de opslagplaats, de grootste van Europa, zijn zo'n 9 duizend mensen uit voorzorg geëvacueerd.
The Brazilian attacker has shone for the Blues throughout a dismal title defence this year and has been awarded for his performances by taking home both trophies
Beijing and Dehli have legendary issues with smog. But a new World Health Organisation report picks a relatively unknown city as the place with the worst air quality.
Health Canada is planning to change regulations to allow doctors to prescribe heroin to some opioid addicts who do not respond to treatments such as methadone.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman Warren Buffett is part of a partnership that has reached the second round of bidding for the core assets of Yahoo Inc. , Reuters reported Friday afternoon based on anonymous sources. Yahoo is searching for a buyer for its core Internet business, and reportedly settled on 10 bidders in a first round of paring down last month. Reuters reported that Buffett was backing a consortium in the bidding that also includes Quicken Loans Inc. founder and Cleveland Cavaliers NBA franchise owner Dan Gilbert. Читать дальше...
Democrats will keep pounding him until he releases his returns.
No Stamkos or Stralman for the Bolts in Game 1.
A US Marine Corps helicopter squadron has been called back to the US mainland following a mid-air collision off Hawaii earlier this year that killed 12 servicemen, media reported.
Picnic hampers at the ready: here's our guide to open air theatre across Kent this summer.
Stonebridge Road will be packed today as Ebbsfleet take on Maidstone for a place in the National League.
A businessman has unveiled plans to open Kent's first five-star spa hotel, which he hopes will rival some of the world's best.
A homeless man who took up painting to help pay for food has become an unlikely star of the local art scene.