Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater, one day after going on season-ending injured reserve with a dislocated knee and a torn ACL, released his first statement, displaying resolve for his impending recovery.
Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater, one day after going on season-ending injured reserve with a dislocated knee and a torn ACL, released his first statement, displaying resolve for his impending recovery.
September 2 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Alan Kurdi, who was immortalized in a chilling photograph that captured the price of war
HONG KONG — Hong Kongers head to the polls Sunday to choose candidates for the semiautonomous city’s Legislature, in the first major election since 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Candidates from a new wave of activist groups that emerged in the wake of the student-led “Umbrella” or “Occupy” movement are challenging established pro-Beijing and “pan-democrat” parties for seats in the Legislative Council, or Legco. With the nonviolent 2014 protests failing to yield any concessions from Beijing... Читать дальше...
UFO enthusiasts are over the moon, after strange lights were caught on camera passing by the International Space Station.
The Former CEO of Best Buy cautioned that if the EU is going after Apple for taxes, other multinationals like Google, McDonald's and Amazon could be next.
Bruna Papandrea Exits Reese Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard Production Company Papandrea is leaving to start a new venture while Witherspoon will stay at Pacific Standard Bruna Papandrea is leaving her joint production banner with Reese Witherspoon, Pacific Standard, to start a new venture, TheWrap has learned. Pacific Standard was founded by both Papandrea and Witherspoon, and the company has produced various female-driven projects that include “Wild” and “Gone Girl.” In May, it was announced... Читать дальше...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Rawleigh Williams was well on his way to becoming another top running back for Arkansas coach Bret Bielema a year ago, right up until the point he couldn’t move. A lightning-quick grab of Williams’ facemask by Auburn defender Kris Frost was all it took to jerk Williams neck to the side and
A year ago we met nine students from Maryland who made three different choices about college: community, public and elite private. Today we talk with them again as they reflect on those decisions.
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David Frum of The Atlantic would like to know "what was so shocking" about the immigration policy speech Donald Trump gave Wednesday night — the speech that has led several members of his own campaign's Hispanic advisory council to quit.
I have an answer.
Frum argues, rightly, that several of the concerns that Trump advanced ought to be part of a rational immigration policy debate in the US.
Low-skill immigration poses real fiscal costs by adding residents who consume more in services than their taxes pay for. Читать дальше...
Amy R. Connolly and Doug G. Ware
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Scientists unwittingly put on an expensive fireworks show at Cape Canaveral on Thursday -- a display partly funded by Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.
The unfinished work is a curious afterword to Potter's beloved catalog. But perhaps the best thing about The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots is that it will likely send readers back to Potter's original work.
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Someone at Apple-owned Beats sent an email they weren't supposed to.
Beats sent an email to French media on Thursday informing them that "a selection of new Beats by Dre products will be unveiled" at Apple's iPhone 7 launch next week, iDownloadBlog reports.
One publication, iGen.fr, published and later took down a screenshot of the Beats email.
It would make a ton of sense if Beats launched new headphones next week. Since Apple purchased the company, few new models have been released. Читать дальше...
Millions of bees have died in Dorchester County in the US state of South Carolina after local officials approved use of a strong insecticide to fight mosquitos that carry the Zika virus, local media reported on Thursday.
This is an open letter to all Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion people
In June of 2014, Laverne Cox was on the cover of Time Magazine as it proclaimed The Transgender Tipping Point.
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The law orders the closure of any traditional or independent charter school in Detroit that is among the lowest-achieving 5 percent of schools statewide for the preceding three years. "Because Detroit is a new school district, schools that were failing under the former district can't be closed by the School Reform Office," said Snyder spokeswoman Anna Heaton. A school group that recently sounded alarms about potential state-ordered school closures said underperforming schools know they need to improve. Читать дальше...
U.S. stocks mostly closed with slight gains on Thursday, recovering off earlier losses as investors looked ahead to the August payroll report. The S&P 500 [S: SPX] fell 0.22 point, or less than 0.1%, to 2170.86, with financial and energy shares keeping the benchmark index in negative territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [S: DJIA] rose 17.67 points, or 0.1%, to 18,418.75. The blue-chip index was boosted by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. [S: WMT], which rose 2% to $72.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index [S... Читать дальше...
Campaign stops made by Oregon's candidates for governor show contrasting strategies for the upcoming election.
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Doug G. Ware
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Amazon and Wells Fargo have mysteriously killed a low interest rate college loan program for student customers -- less than two months after it was announced.
– Mark Zuckerberg is currently in Kenya after spending two days in Nigeria where he met with young entrepreneurs and made promises – One of Zuckerberg’s promises to launch a satellite that would provide internet for the African continent has suffered a failure The much talked-about plan by Facebook to launch a satellite to help provide internet […]
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OMAHA — Omaha police say a Minnesota man driving a semitrailer has died in a rollover crash that also seriously injured his wife.
Apple remove apps that are outdated, no longer function or don't follow guidelines.
Casino stocks surged after revenue in Macau posted the first positive monthly year-over-year growth in more than two years.