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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the North Carolina General Assembly returning to work for this year's session (all times local):
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the North Carolina General Assembly returning to work for this year's session (all times local):
WASHINGTON — Across the government, an unprecedented digital insurrection is taking shape. President Donald Trump spent much of his campaign bashing the federal government, a system he described as awash in “waste fraud and abuse.” Now, the bureaucracy is biting back. In response to Trump’s hiring freeze for federal agencies and a communications blackout, some
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Syfy's big hit, "The Magicians," returns with its much-anticipated second season Wednesday at 9 p.m.
The series, which is based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, follows a group of 20-something (and highly attractive) magicians who find that their first year of graduate magical studies at the top-secret Brakebills College is fraught with danger.
Season one ended in a bloody battle with the Beast in which the young students risked life and limb, specifically Penny (Arjun Gupta)... Читать дальше...
When you’re not shamelessly eating it out of the jar.
Peanut butter. One of God's gifts to all of us.
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There are definitely some of us who are slightly addicted...
Right. Off. The Spoon.
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...and how could we not be?
It's just incredible. Obviously.
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A Defense Department official says it's a coincidence it was posted ahead of an expected temporary ban on refugees.
Apple filed lawsuits against telecommunications equipment company Qualcomm in Beijing, accusing it of abusing its position in the chip industry, Reuters reported Wednesday. Apple is seeking $1 billion yuan ($145.32 million USD) in damages.
President raises further concern among allies as he expresses openness to waterboarding
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Slack, the red-hot chat startup valued at $3.8 billion, is planning to introduce its long-awaited "Slack for Enterprise" edition for big business customers at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Business Insider has learned.
The launch of an enterprise version of Slack will come at a crucial time, as Microsoft prepares to enter the work chat market in force with Microsoft Teams, which will be sold as part of the immensely popular Office 365 suite. Plus, Facebook is beginning... Читать дальше...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania prison guard accused of making racist remarks and pulling a gun inside a diner has been suspended without pay. Authorities allege that 28-year-old Kory Kish, of Hughestown, entered a bathroom at D’s Diner in Plains Township early Sunday and argued with two men. One of the men, a Puerto Rican,
President Donald Trump took a significant step toward carrying out his signature – and most controversial – campaign promises, ordering the construction of a wall along the southwest border. The … Click to Continue »
Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify sources of funding to construct and operate new immigration detention centers.
The Saints are hoping to break the deadlock in negotiations for the Napoli outcast with a new offer and beat West Brom and West Ham to his signature
A news release from the Bladen County Sheriff's Office said several West Bladen High School students received Instagram messages on Jan. 18 telling them to stay away from school because there would be violence the next morning. Investigators said two teens, aged 17 and 16, were charged as adults with making a false report concerning mass violence on educational properties.
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Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A pigeon was rescued after being found dangling from a fishing line at the bottom of a bridge in England.
The death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday prompted an outpouring of grief from former co-star Ed Asner and others. Moore was 80. She had been hospitalized with pneumonia due to complications from diabetes.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum. She was 80.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday, said her publicist, Mara Buxbaum. She was 80.
Kalani and Jarani certainly don't look like twins.
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is 31, eight years younger than the other starting quarterback in Super Bowl LI, New England’s Tom Brady. Ryan wants to emulate Brady by continuing to play at an MVP level for as long as Brady has. Asked today if he can see himself playing at Brady’s age, Ryan answered, “I…
Amid calls for US President Donald Trump to divest from his real estate empire, his namesake luxury hotel chain said Wednesday it plans to expand primarily in the US market while he is president. "We see significant growth opportunity in the United States for both our hotel brands," a Trump Hotels spokesperson told AFP in an email, referring also to the newly announced Scion brand of more moderately priced hotels. "There are 26 major metropolitan areas in the US, and we're in five," Trump Hotels... Читать дальше...
The actress was 80 years old.
"We're here to resist the normalisation of this administration", said one of the protesters.
President Donald Trump wasted little time applauding a stock-market rally that has taken the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the rarefied air of 20,000.
North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, who last year became Pyongyang’s highest-profile defector in two decades, said “Kim Jong Un’s days are numbered” and vowed to help bring down the North Korean leader.