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The pending measure highlights the city's lofty ranking for overall solar installations, the state's 300-plus days of sunshine, and threats of fires, droughts, floods, and other extreme weather linked to a changing climate. Under the resolution, they call on the city's energy council to weigh various options from retrofitting existing city buildings with solar arrays to the construction of a new solar farm. Nearly 30 states already have established renewable energy standards that require a certain percentage of electricity to come from solar... Читать дальше...

Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad have recorded highest temperature of more than 44 degree Celsius since last two days.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook said he “caught a cab” in Beijing on Monday morning. The tab for that ride — $1 billion.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook said he “caught a cab” in Beijing on Monday morning. The tab for that ride — $1 billion.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook said he “caught a cab” in Beijing on Monday morning. The tab for that ride — $1 billion.

Everybody needs a little R&R, and Blac Chyna is certainly no exception. While kicking off a brand-new week, Rob Kardashian's fiancé traveled to Miami Beach where she quickly...

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Republican House lawmaker has called for the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, to refine his Asia policy, especially his approaches to issues involving North and South Korea. Rep. Peter Ki

King, a former U.S. road race champion, became the first American stage winner in the event since Taylor Phinney two years ago in Santa Barbara. Former 49ers running back Jarryd Hayne is eligible to play for the Fiji sevens rugby team at the Olympics and can play as early as the world series event in London this weekend, World Rugby said. A former Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency official had expressed doubts on Monday that Hayne would be able to make an immediate transition to rugby because... Читать дальше...

What's up with those evangelicals, anyway?

Tonight's target of Samantha Bee's wicked satire was the religious right, and their history of meddling in politics. As usual, it was hilarious.

To explain the weirdness of evangelicals and their inexplicable love of Donald Trump, Bee took us back 50 years.

When Paul Weyrich realized that churches were full of potential Republicans, everything changed. But Morton Blackwell summed it up well when he described evangelical Christians... Читать дальше...

Start-up Otto aims to make inroads in $700bn US market

Start-up Otto aims to make inroads in $700bn US market

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Police in rural areas fear they would be "sitting ducks" in the event of a terrorist gun attack in the UK, a Police Federation leader says.

Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 138th day of 2016. There are 228 days left in the year.

Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 138th day of 2016. There are 228 days left in the year.

An engineer who helped spearhead the self-driving Google car project has quietly launched a Silicon Valley startup that plans to retrofit tractor trailers with autonomous-driving technology.

An Otto automated truck. Otto is a start-up led by 15 former Google engineers.

In Match 48, Kohli (75), along with AB de Villiers (59), once again stitched a great partnership as the duo added unbeaten 115 runs for the second wicket to win the match for Bangalore.

As many as two terrorists were gunned down in separate encounters with security forces in Kupwara and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of two men charged in connection with a fatal stabbing at a dance event in Salt Lake City 25 years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Charging documents say the victim had been stabbed at the dance event and the suspects drove off.

After ABC announced that Castle would be cancelled after eight seasons last week, the show aired the series’ final episode on Monday night (May 16). Some of the cast, including Nathan Fillion, Toks Olagundoye and Molly Quinn, watched the last episode together and sent out emotional messages during the show. “Well. That’s it. Thank you, [...]

ABC has released full-length trailers for its new series.