NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A brief but intense storm pummeled New Orleans on Thursday afternoon, toppling trees and power lines and collapsing at least two abandoned houses. [...] I have not seen evidence that the funnel was on the ground, meteorologist Alek Krautmann of the National Weather Service office in Slidell told The Associated Press.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that, when rejecting Kevin Rudd's United Nations ambitions, he told the former prime minister that he didn't have the "interpersonal skills" or the "temperament" for the powerful global position of secretary-general.
The presidents of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, Boston Police Superior Officers Federation and the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society said in the letter that police officers are being murdered "worldwide" and their safety is being threatened by terrorists putting officers' personal information online.
If everybody can decide on one thing about The Good Wife series finale it's that it was divisive. Fans are certainly divided on the ending that saw Julianna Margulies' Alicia...
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Connecticut officials say they agree with goals set by the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to find alternatives to dumping the silt, but say it's not always practical, and that "open water disposal" of the dredged material is likely to be necessary for years to come. The majority of dredging activities occurs in Connecticut and the dump sites are technically in that state's waters. Besides dredging of rivers for recreational boating, ferries and water-borne commerce including fuel deliveries... Читать дальше...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A music festival promoter charged in a $1.8 million bribery scheme involving the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has avoided jail. Prosecutors contend that Rotella and others were involved in a bribery and kickback scheme involving low-balled Coliseum contracts that cost the historic venue millions.
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China is finding itself falling into a strategic nightmare with the first sign of a Washington-Tokyo-Seoul military alliance at its doorstep after South Korea hinted it would share missile intelligence with Japan, analysts say.
South Korea’s Ministry of Defence only said it could share with Japan the information on North Korean missiles gathered via a US-supplied anti-missile system. But that is a dangerous step in the eyes of Beijing, as it could knit Tokyo and Seoul closer in military cooperation down the road. Читать дальше...
Andra Day has released the music video for her new song “The Only Way Out,” which is featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie Ben-Hur. “The title is in reference to mercy. You can harbor this anger toward people in your life or you can forgive,” the 31-year-old singer said in a behind-the-scenes interview [...]
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence offered his support Thursday to Republican Sens. John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, days after his running mate, Donald Trump, refused to endorse the embattled Republican senators. Hours earlier Thursday, Pence set off alarms inside the Republican establishment when he declined to back the senators from Arizona and New Hampshire. “I look […]
Did Melania Trump come to the US the right way?; Australia's offshore detention camps under scrutiny; an upcoming vote on a new Thai constitution.
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The Egyptian army announced Thursday it had killed a key ISIS-allied leader in the Sinai Peninsula. Dead is the head of the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis movement, identified as Abu Duaa al-Ansari, and a number of his aides in airstrikes targeting the ISIS affiliate’s strongholds, the army statement said. “They managed to destroy a number of […]
Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump in a pair of new national polls published on Thursday, as the Republican nominee ends one of the worst weeks of his campaign. Clinton opened up a 15-point margin in the McClatchy-Marist survey, 48% to 33%, which was conducted as Trump feuded publicly first with the […]
The United States won’t pay $300 million in military reimbursements to Pakistan after the Pentagon determined the country was not taking sufficient action against a US-designated terror group. “The funds could not be released to the government of Pakistan at this time because the Secretary has not yet certified that Pakistan has taken sufficient action […]
The ominous music that accompanies sharks in many nature documentaries could make people feel more negatively towards the animals.
In her first appearance at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, ABC’s new entertainment president, Channing Dungey, took a forward-looking approach.
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Kevin Clune, Oregon State football’s new defensive coordinator, saw his players make strides in the spring.
Children diagnosed with autism before age 4 are more likely to get behavioral therapy and less likely to be treated with drugs than those diagnosed later on, a new study says.
Acupuncture may benefit people who have memory loss, but don't yet have dementia, suggests a review by Chinese researchers of five earlier studies.
Millions of Americans enjoy summer sports, but nobody enjoys heading to the emergency room when their favorite form of exercise leads to serious shoulder pain.
Blindness is what many Americans fear most, a new survey shows.