RIO DE JANEIRO — The last house of a Rio de Janeiro slum in the region of the Olympic Park was demolished late Tuesday. Market vendor Augusto Pereira told the Associated Press that there was too much pressure on him to leave the region and that he needed to carry on with his life somewhere
Wonder Land Columnist Dan Henninger on Donald Trump’s separation from the Republican Party and what it means for conservative voters. Photo credit: Associated Press.
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Blood samples and surveillance video are among the evidence prosecutors will use to argue that a Houston man bludgeoned his daughter and shot her girlfriend before dumping their bodies behind a convenience store. A bullet fragment was found in the couple's SUV, Love said, and both surveillance video and witness accounts showed the elder Cosby driving the vehicle the day before the women's bodies were found, The Galveston County Daily News reported. Harris County court records... Читать дальше...
Khayelitsha resident Mvuyela Keva speaks about his present living conditions and what changes he hopes will be attained after these elections.
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Pilots have a strict set of rules to follow when speaking with their passengers. However, in some extraordinary cases, they can abandon a couple of regulations and even make jokes to help passengers relax.
A stunt performer says he's OK after being hit in the neck with a flaming arrow during a live broadcast of NBC's "America's Got Talent" on Tuesday. Sword swallower Ryan Stock had ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Isael Soto hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 3-1 win over the Lakewood BlueClaws in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The attorney for a community college security guard charged with murder in Central Oregon is asking a court to approve a co-counsel, saying he expects the charge to be elevated to aggravated murder, making him eligible…
(AP) — The attorney for a community college security guard charged with murder in Central Oregon is asking a court to approve a co-counsel, saying he expects the charge to be elevated to aggravated murder, making him eligible for the death penalty.
(AP) — Fifteen human skulls and an entire human skeleton are among more than 100 items that have been reported missing from the University of Connecticut Health Center after a routine inventory. UConn officials submitted a report last month to the state auditor's office saying a private company was unable to locate the items during an independent inventory.
Jason Zandberg, special situations analyst with PI Financial has initiated coverage on four marijuana companies that have won licenses from Health Canada.
Long-awaited overhaul of fragmented system will create genuine single market
A 12-year-old girl, who was abducted from Delhi in 2006, returned home after being sold eight times and raped by several men in the past 10 years.
Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Jason Riley on why Donald Trump could win the black vote--if he tried. Photo credit: Getty Images.
(AP) — The jury trial for a man accused of running over and killing his wife with a vehicle in Texarkana has been scheduled. The Texarkana Gazette (http://bit.ly/2aBDXdl ) reports that 35-year-old Lucas McCarley is charged with negligent homicide, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia in the death of Casey McCarley.
Bitcoin plunged, then rebounded after one of the digital currency's largest exchanges was hacked.
Riot police in Zimbabwe used tear gas and water cannon Wednesday to break up a protest by several hundred demonstrators gathered in Harare in a fresh outbreak of opposition to President Robert Mugabe.
A crane stands where the last house was destroyed near the Olympic Park ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
In this July 21, 2016 photo, a fence surrounds a slum near the Olympic Park ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The house was demolished late on Tuesday, Aug. 2. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
A crane loads debris into a dump truck after the last house was destroyed near the Olympic Park ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Millions of South Africans took to the polls Wednesday in what many are calling the most important vote since Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994. Official results are expected in four or five days.
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee used to be a place where science geeks talked tech. Now it’s more like a throw down. Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, who disputes … Click to Continue »