A father determined to help his 3-year-old daughter enjoy Halloween even though they were on a Boston-to-San Francisco flight decided to take her trick-or-treating on the plane. Stephanie Kahan told The Boston Globe via email that she was on ...
Fitness band maker Fitbit Inc.’s (FIT) is set to announce third-quarter earnings on Wednesday amid bearish bets by investors.
Pope Francis proposed contemporary Beatitudes, adding environmentalism and ecumenism to the core set of Christian ideals such as meekness and mercy enunciated by Jesus in the Bible.
BERLIN (AP) — Facebook and Twitter have months to improve their response to online hate speech in Germany or face legal measures, the country's justice minister said Tuesday.
BERLIN (AP) — Facebook and Twitter have months to improve their response to online hate speech in Germany or face legal measures, the country's justice minister said Tuesday. Heiko Maas said checks show that social networking sites have a patchy record of deleting posts that are considered illegal in Germany. The company said it cooperates with law enforcement agencies and regularly publishes figures for how many information requests it gets from German authorities .
Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill is delighted to have Chris Brunt back in his squad for the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan later this month.
Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- James Cameron has promised to "push" new film innovations and technology in his upcoming sequels to "Avatar."
They're with her.
[...] his teams at Texas Tech never had a losing season and never missed a bowl game. Quarterback Luke Falk said routinely qualifying for bowl games is part of a culture change that current players wanted to bring to Washington State. [...] their attention turned to Saturday's game against Arizona, said Falk, who also dismissed reports that he intends to enter the NFL draft after this season. The Cougars came back to win 35-31, behind 415 passing yards and five touchdowns by Falk. Washington State last appeared in the poll in 2015... Читать дальше...
Today in Entertainment: 'The Flash' loses another director and Kim Kardashian's social media return Nov. 1, 2016, 10:45 a.m. Here's what's new and interesting in the world of entertainment and the arts today:Director Rick Famuyiwa exits the DC superhero movie "The Flash"Watch the new trailer for...
Protests in Morocco's northern city of Al-Hoceima have spread throughout the country, including the capital, Rabat; and, millions check in on Facebook at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota in a show of international solidarity.
The holidays will get ugly for Whoopi Goldberg.
Evangelicals, deeply divided over Donald Trump, are wrestling with what the tumultuous 2016 election will mean for their future. His candidacy has put a harsh spotlight on the fractures among Christian conservatives, most prominently the rift between old guard religious right leaders who backed the GOP nominee as an ally on abortion, and a comparatively
Essential Politics: News feed on California campaigns and ballot measures Nov. 1, 2016, 10:33 a.m. This is Essential Politics for the month of November. Here's what we're watching: Kamala Harris continues her bus tour Tuesday with a stop in the competitive 24th Congressional District in Santa Barbara.Former...
The Reserve Bank of India has opened a second office of the Banking Ombudsman in New Delhi, taking into account the significant increase of the banking network.
Gov. Pete Ricketts pointed Tuesday to improvements in state government services to Nebraskans resulting from initiatives led by the new center for operational excellence that he launched earlier this year.
United Nations peacekeepers failed to respond to an attack on civilians by South Sudanese government troops at the Hotel Terrain in the capital Juba in July, less than a mile from a U.N. compound, a U.N. inquiry found on Tuesday. "During the attack, civilians were subjected to and witnessed gross human rights violations, including murder, intimidation, sexual violence and acts amounting to torture perpetrated by armed government soldiers," the inquiry found. The independent inquiry assessed the response by the U.N. peacekeeping mission... Читать дальше...
Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay News
Is your spouse feeling stressed? Then you may want to watch your waistline, a new study suggests.
NFL ratings are down. And they aren’t down by a fraction of a percent, but are down by double digit percentages.
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Leaders from the Nigeria's Niger Delta called on Tuesday on President Muhammadu Buhari to pull the army out from the oil hub, order oil firms to move headquarters there and spend more on development to end militancy in the region. Buhari met leaders from the southern swampland for the first time since militants started a wave of attacks on oil pipelines in January to push for a greater share of oil revenues.
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