The Office of Suicide Prevention at the US Department of Veterans Affairs released a report Wednesday stating that the suicide rate among American veterans increased 32% from 2001 to 2014. Notably, an increase was marked among veterans who do not use Veterans Health Administration (VHA) services -- in particular female veterans.
A television spin-off from the billion-dollar-earning Star Wars franchise is still in play, a senior TV executive has confirmed.
In the week since Khizr Khan, the father of an Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004, made an impassioned call to elect Hillary Clinton, some of her supporters have found another person they'd like to see in public office: Khan.
Federal authorities say two white Ohio men suspected of beating a stranger because he is black have been indicted on a federal hate crime charge.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Gabby Douglas tried to block out the criticism when national team coordinator Martha Karolyi named the reigning Olympic champion to the 2016 gymnastics team last month despite a so-so performance at trials. Emphasis on tried. Yes, Douglas wasn’t crisp on beam either night in San Jose. Yes, there were a handful
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One small drive from the US embassy in Beijing last month may yet prove to be a giant leap for cooperation between the American space agency Nasa and China’s space programme.
In mid-July, a US embassy vehicle drove into the guarded compound of the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Atmospheric Physics in central Beijing, carrying Dr Michael Freilich, the director of Nasa’s earth science division, Christopher Blackerby, the agency’s Pacific Rim representative, and other US government staff. Читать дальше...
Police have surrounded a central Queensland McDonald's after reports of a gunman on the loose.
Patrick Schwarzenegger looks super sweaty after a good workout at a boxing class on Thursday (August 4) in Venice, Calif. The 22-year-old model and actor walked alongside his girlfriend Abby Champion, who also worked up a good sweat during the session. “Super sad about these Suicide Squad reviews I’m reading ????????????,” Patrick recently tweeted about [...]
The pact provides a 10.41% pay raise for faculty and professional staff, as well as a $1,000 signing bonus for full-time staff.
The advertised purpose of President Barack Obama’s pre-vacation news conference Thursday was to highlight gains in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria with the Pentagon as a backdrop. But for all his talk of terrorism, Russia and other geopolitical challenges, the underlying argument he wanted to make was clear: it’s a serious business […]
Yes, yes, yes, says the smiling, gap-toothed man standing in front of his cluttered food stand, he would love to talk about the Olympics.
Читать дальше...Brazil will open its Games on Friday in the famed Maracana soccer stadium with a ceremony showcasing samba and the drumming made famous by Rio’s Carnival celebrations
"Arrogant" ... "ideological" ... "overweight" ... "generous" ... "gun-lovin'" among the descriptions of Americans given by the outside world this election year
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Jeff Bezos just got a nice payday.
In his most valuable stock sale ever, the Amazon founder and CEO sold about 1 million shares of his company this week. That's more than $755 million worth of stock.
The sale itself is routine — Bezos sells a huge number of shares every year on a predetermined schedule — but the sheer bounty is pretty extraordinary.
Amazon just posted its third-straight record-breaking earnings, and the stock is up almost 44% since his last big sale, according to Yahoo Finance.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California mayor was charged Thursday with providing alcohol to young adults last summer and making a secret recording of what prosecutors said was a game of strip poker that included a 16-year-old boy at a…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California mayor was charged Thursday with providing alcohol to young adults last summer and making a secret recording of what prosecutors said was a game of strip poker that included a 16-year-old boy at a camp for underprivileged children run by the mayor. Elected to office in 2012, he is a single father who served as chief executive of the Boys and Girls Club of Stockton from 2005 to 2013, as well as a school board member and president. The charges stem from an FBI search of Silva's cellphone last year... Читать дальше...
Veteran cornerback Alan Ball will sign with the Cardinals, Kent Somers of AZCentral.com reported. Ball worked out for the Cardinals Thursday. He played in 15 games for the Bears last season, starting three, and has played in 108 games over his nine-year career. Ball, 31, broke into the league as a seventh-round pick of the…
ATLANTA (AP) — Loved ones on Thursday mourned two slain teenagers whose bodies were found behind a suburban Atlanta grocery store, as police prepared to move a 20-year-old suspect to an Atlanta jail.
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It's a nasty divorce that has already led to the liquidation of one pub and two fox terriers. Now its threatening a wealthy Sydney woman's harbourside and potentially a lot more.
Veteran Sydney Swans defender Ted Richards will retire at the end of the season.
LOS ANGELES — David Huddleston, the character actor best known for portraying titular roles in “The Big Lebowski” and “Santa Claus: The Movie,” has died. He was 85. Huddleston’s wife, Sarah C. Koeppe, says he died Tuesday of advanced heart and kidney disease in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Huddleston famously portrayed the blustery millionaire whose
The ripple effect from Menulog co-founder Leon Kamenev's chart-topping purchase for almost $80 million in Vaucluse continues to spread the love across the eastern suburbs.
President Barack Obama scoffed Thursday at Republican Donald Trump’s warnings earlier this week that the presidential election in November may be “rigged.” “Of course the elections will not be rigged. … Click to Continue »
DENVER — Martin Truex Jr. has signed a two-year contract extension with Furniture Row Racing, keeping him with his NASCAR team through the 2018 season. The Denver-based operation also announced Thursday that Bass Pro Shops and Tracker Boats will increase their primary sponsorship on the No. 78 Toyota from 12 to 16 races in 2017.
Katy Perry released her fearless video for the 2016 Olympics anthem “Rise” on Thursday (Aug. 4), showing the strength of an Olympian in...