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President-elect Donald Trump could reverse a historic policy change kicked off in 2013 allowing women to serve in direct combat roles, and that has advocates of the change worried.

"We are absolutely concerned," Kate Germano, a former Marine lieutenant colonel who now serves as COO of the Service Women's Action Network, told Business Insider. 

SWAN and other groups have long lobbied for a change in the policy excluding women from certain direct combat roles, such as infantry and artillery. Читать дальше...

Some $330,960 in federal funds will be used to house 35 homeless veterans next year in studio apartments inside a new veterans housing project being built in Kalaeloa.

A new portable radar designed by a Russian group of tech companies, allows for detection of offenders from behind a wall by sensing their heartbeat and breathing. Sputnik spoke with the head of engineering reconnaissance of Logis-Geotech, Igor Vedeneev, about the new radar.

WhatsApp users who may have distanced from using the app and resorted to patronizing other messaging apps with video-calling functionality in the past can now rejoice. The texting service company has announced that the long awaited video-calling feature is now rolling out to the different platform-based versions of the app via a new update.

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Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a warning shot to President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, urging him not to select John Bolton as his secretary of state.

Trump is rumored to be considering the official from George W. Bush's administration for the position; he is also reportedly considering Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor. Bolton is a prominent proponent of the Iraq War.

Paul slammed Bolton in an op-ed article published by Rare... Читать дальше...

Maluma fans rejoice! The Colombian superstar took to social media to announce his Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy U.S. tour dates. The trek is set to kick off...

WASHINGTON — With two months left in President Barack Obama’s term, his administration issued a rule Tuesday intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- In two of the last four seasons, Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh led the NFL in field goals made.

The 36-year-old had joined the Galaxy in July 2015 following his departure from Liverpool, where he starred for 17 years.

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Donald Trump has named him as chief strategist, that is, one of the most influential people in the country. Bannon’s background makes this unacceptable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is moving to complete rules intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is moving to complete rules intended to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public lands.

– Two planes with cash that is a part of a multi-billion corruption case took 10 days to count – It was found that 1.2bn naira were used in a cash exchange between greedy officials – The evidence was brought against a close ally Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state Two aeroplanes laden with 1.2bn naira ($3.8m) in […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut struggling kicker Blair Walsh, two days after he missed his league-leading fourth extra point in a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut struggling kicker Blair Walsh, two days after he missed his league-leading fourth extra point in a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut struggling kicker Blair Walsh, two days after he missed his league-leading fourth extra point in a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have cut struggling kicker Blair Walsh, two days after he missed his league-leading fourth extra point in a 26-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Shiite rebels have agreed to a cease-fire for their war-torn country, starting later this week — on condition their adversaries also agree to it.

The board reacted too slowly to the pressure tactics that led employees to create fake accounts.