The International Owl Center is a fantastic experience. Located in a temporary building on Main Street in Houston, there are five live owls, and a program by one of the world's top owl experts. Adults and children will both enjoy.
We are trapped. When Congressional members look into Hillary Clinton, most people see bias, so government becomes an opinion page instead of a respected body trying to do the people's business.
Does your family aspire to the American dream of a decent paying job, a few weeks of paid vacation, a home of your own, and the hope of retiring before you die?
The local unemployment rate ticked downward last month, as typically happens in July, but La Crosse again lagged behind the state’s other metro areas in year-over-year improvement.
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details of rally; CHANGES photo; RECASTS headline) GIMCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Thousands of residents in South Korea's southern city of Gimcheon staged a rally Wednesday to protest the government's decisio
Orlando Pirates signalled their early Premier Soccer League title intent and Tendai Ndoro his top scorer's ambitions with a hat trick in Bucs' 3-1 win against Lamontville Golden Arrows on Wednesday night.
Starting this fall, many dearly beloved fans will be gathered at Prince's Paisley Park, as the iconic estate will open for public tours starting...
For Leicester City, the start of the new season has meant having to come back down to Earth and return to the nitty gritty of picking up Premier League points. But Claudio Ranieri’s side will get a another dose of fairytale fantasy on Thursday when the draw for the Champions League group stage is made. As reward for its extraordinary Premier League title triumph last season, Leicester will not only join Europe’s great and good for the first time in its history, but it will go into the top pot of... Читать дальше...
Authorities have identified a Las Vegas woman found burned to death near a highway south of the Colorado River resort city of Laughlin, and say she killed herself. The Clark County coroner reported ...
R3 CEV, a startup working to build new Wall Street infrastructure using “blockchain” technology, filed for a patent covering software behind the new project.
Judicial candidates in Kentucky would gain considerable leeway to present their political views to voters under a federal appeals court decision Wednesday that struck down some rules meant to keep partisanship out of campaigns for judgeships.
Читать дальше...CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. has not been cleared by doctors to return to racing and will miss at least two more races — at Michigan and Darlington — as he recovers from a concussion. Hendrick Motorsports announced Earnhardt’s status Wednesday. Earnhardt was evaluated by doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sports
Hundreds of University of Texas students waved sex toys at a campus rally during the first day of classes, protesting a new state law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms.
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Secretary of State John Kerry has issued an urgent travel alert to U.S. citizens in Gaza, urging them to evacuate the area immediately following an escalation in tensions between Palestine and Israel. The travel alert warns all citizens against travel to the Gaza strip, advising people that they should depart as soon as possible when the borders are open. Zerohedge.com reports: The announcement follows an escalation between Palestinian militants and the Israeli military over the weekend. The security... Читать дальше...
Dark gullies on Mars earlier believed by NASA to be an indicator of the presence of liquid water on the Red Planet appear to contain as much moisture as the driest of Earth’s deserts -- in other words, almost none, according to new research based on observations by the agency’s Mars Odyssey mission.
Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for daily public tours starting October 6.
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan agreed Wednesday to "faithfully" enforce the landmark deal that aims to help recover the dignity of women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II,
Center Bryan Stork may still retire, but if he does he’ll do so as a member of a new team. Washington and New England have announced that Stork, a fourth-round pick in 2014, has been traded from the Patriots. The move came hours after news emerged that Stork would be cut, which apparently sparked trade…
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton defends Clinton Foundation, saying it creates jobs, saves lives.
Pale blue dot, meet pale red dot.
Astronomers have spent decades scouring the skies looking for Earth-sized planets around distant stars. And now they’ve found one, sitting smack in the habitable zone of our nearest stellar neighbor.
Proxima b, described Wednesday in the journal Nature, could be...
Kim Richards has just escaped having to serve any time behind bars. The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star's attorney argued in a Los Angeles court for a...
The National Weather Service said on Wednesday a "confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" was located near Indianapolis.
The American University of Afghanistan in Kabul is under attack, with hundreds of students and foreign staff trapped inside. Suspected militants attacked the campus with explosives and guns on Wednesday evening. Zero Hedge reports: The interior ministry official said that elite Afghan forces had surrounded the university compound, where shooting lasted for more than an hour after the assault began at around 6.30 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT). Witnesses at the scene said gunfire had since stopped, and special forces had made their way into the compound.