The NSW Coroner will consider handing down recommendations on how the media can respect the privacy and interests of grieving families in an upcoming inquest into the death of cricketer Phillip Hughes.
(AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife, Diana, made a rare joint appearance Thursday at a cabinet discussion about youth policies amid her nonprofit group's involvement in a lawsuit against his administration. The show of unity came as the Rauner administration is battling a lawsuit by 82 social service providers, including Diana Rauner's Ounce, demanding that the state pay up on $130 million that is locked up in the first-term governor's nearly yearlong budget standoff with Democratic lawmakers. Читать дальше...
More than a half-century after Bay Area voters taxed themselves to build BART, residents in three counties will be asked in November to come up with $3.5 billion to repair and rebuild the aging backbone of the region’s transportation system. [...] the money will be for such mundane things as replacing tracks and ties, installing new electrical cables, waterproofing tunnels and control rooms, replacing sewer pumps and buying new escalators. The big-ticket items include replacement of the computerized central train-control system... Читать дальше...
Australia will not have a goods and services tax if a Labor Government is elected, following Bill Shorten's pledge to dismantle the system in its entirety today.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California mother was reunited Thursday with her abducted son, laying eyes on him and wrapping her arms around him for the first time in 21 years.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California mother was reunited Thursday with her abducted son, laying eyes on him and wrapping her arms around him for the first time in 21 years.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California mother was reunited Thursday with her abducted son, laying eyes on him and wrapping her arms around him for the first time in 21 years.
Doug G. Ware
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- Bernie Sanders kept in campaign mode in Washington, D.C., Thursday, just hours after meeting with President Obama about the viability of his White House bid.
Elizabeth Warren was very clear about what she thinks of Donald Trump in a speech on Thursday: He’s "a thin-skinned, racist bully."
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North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) was on Thursday pushed to a crisis again with chief executive member (CEM) Debojit Thaosen resigning an hour before the special session of the council began, assuming defeat in the no-confidence motion tabled against him by BJP.
Tough to top "Herb Brooks impression on rollerblades."
Vice President Joe Biden told the woman whose sexual assault case at Stanford University provoked a national firestorm that she is a “warrior” who has been failed by many people and institutions, in an open letter to the victim. Biden did not directly address the six-month county jail sentence handed down to former Stanford student Brock Allen Turner by a Santa Clara County judge, which victims’ rights advocates denounced as a slap on the wrist. In the letter made public Thursday, Biden told the... Читать дальше...
Government, NRL and Cowboys unite to pledge millions.
CLEVELAND — Amid rising chatter about Stephen Curry’s strangely uninspired performance in these NBA Finals, the Warriors also must be wondering what’s happening with his brother in splash. Klay Thompson’s biggest ripple during the first three games came when he accused Cleveland center Timofey Mozgov of setting a “kind of dirty” screen Wednesday night in Game 3. Thompson is averaging 12.0 points in the Finals, far below his output in the regular season (22.1) and first three rounds of the playoffs... Читать дальше...
Morneau, the former Twins star who was the American League MVP in 2006, will be placed on the disabled list as he continues to recover from offseason elbow surgery.
Top Democrats launch a rip-roaring attack on the Republican presidential nominee.
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
This week, Hillary Clinton became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders supporters are feeling the Bern — of tears, that is.
Mourning Bernie's loss like the death of a grandfather? Some may find that over-the-top.
Believe it or not, it's normal
According to grief counselor Deborah S. Derman, the downfall of a favorite political candidate "has great parallels to the type of loss we experience when losing... Читать дальше...
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
This week, Hillary Clinton became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders supporters are feeling the Bern — of tears, that is.
Mourning Bernie's loss like the death of a grandfather? Some may find that over-the-top.
Believe it or not, it's normal
According to grief counselor Deborah S. Derman, the downfall of a favorite political candidate "has great parallels to the type of loss we experience when losing... Читать дальше...
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies selected California high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the top pick in the Major League Baseball draft Thursday night.
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies selected California high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the top pick in the Major League Baseball draft Thursday night.
Conservatives express fears that the Liberal government could decide to go with a sole-source deal for replacing the CF-18 fleet
Ice cream icons Ben and Jerry are split over whether to support Hillary Clinton now that Bernie Sanders is likely to exit the 2016 race.
REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
It wasn’t so long ago that some of the more famous investor gurus were shrugging off gold as nothing more than shiny trinkets with no investment value. They were wrong. This safe haven is back, the recovery is clear, and there have been some very big changes of heart.
The biggest gold producers in the world have seen their share prices double this year. Not only are gold prices soaring, but producers are cutting costs and slimming down debt as they pave the... Читать дальше...
REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
It wasn’t so long ago that some of the more famous investor gurus were shrugging off gold as nothing more than shiny trinkets with no investment value. They were wrong. This safe haven is back, the recovery is clear, and there have been some very big changes of heart.
The biggest gold producers in the world have seen their share prices double this year. Not only are gold prices soaring, but producers are cutting costs and slimming down debt as they pave the... Читать дальше...
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Wearing bifocals or progressive lenses may cause visual blurring. And that puts older people at risk of making a misstep and falling, researchers say.