Der deutsche Schriftsteller Edgar Hilsenrath ist tot. Der jüdische Autor starb im Alter von 92 Jahren an den Folgen einer Lungenentzündung, wie sein französischer Verlag Le Tripode am Montag mitteilte. Hilsenrath wurde 1926 in Leipzig geboren und floh 1938 mit seinen Eltern vor den Nazis in ein Ghetto nach Rumänien. Später wurde er in die Ukraine verschleppt.
Kevin Justin McGuigan, 21, has been charged in the fatal stabbing of his mother outside a Rockville, Maryland, Catholic church.
Since Colombia signed a peace deal with left-wing FARC rebels two years ago, 85 members of the former guerrilla movement have been murdered, the United Nations said on Monday. Between September 26 and December 26 this year alone, "14 ex-members of FARC were murdered," said UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres in his quarterly report on the global body's mission to Colombia. According to the state's special investigation unit, quoted by the UN, those responsible for the killings "are illegal armed... Читать дальше...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two Heart of America Athletic Conference institutions finished the Fall season in the Top 15 of the Learfield Directors' Cup.
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police searched Monday for a woman accused of using a stolen car to run over and kill a nail salon worker after failing to pay for a $35 manicure. Police were trying to identify the woman and were investigating the crime as a murder, Officer Larry Hadfield said. The woman got a manicure Saturday at a salon about a mile and a half (2½ kilometers) from the Las Vegas Strip, but her credit card was […]
The Eagles quarterback will be getting a huge bonus if Philadelphia beats Chicago
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A low-interest loan is expected to help Evansville improve the city's drinking water distribution system by replacing aging main pipes and support infrastructure. The Indiana Finance Authority says Evansville has closed the $77.2 million loan through its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program to finance upgrades to the system. The program will save the city nearly $5 million in interest costs over the life of the loan. The Indiana Finance Authority administers the... Читать дальше...
Democrats take control of the House this week, and one of the first agenda items is reopening federal agencies
Urban Meyer sees the Rose Bowl nestled in verdant Arroyo Seco on a sunny winter day and thinks back to the formative days of his coaching career. When he was … Click to Continue »
Autocracy is making a comeback, seeping into parts of the world where it once appeared to have been vanquished. But it is a sleeker, subtler and, ultimately, more sophisticated version than its authoritarian forebears, twisting democratic structures and principles into tools of oppression and state control.
There was a soup thrower in the locker room. There was a tickler on the hockey rink. There were science deniers swallowing their hot air. There was a hint of doomsday on a golf course. Sports drifted into strange places in 2018. Sometimes everyone seemed lost. The Scottish soccer team Brechin played an entire 36-game season without winning a game. That hadn't happened since the 19th century. The Washington Nationals brought three camels to spring training, a proclamation that this year they would finally get over the playoff hump. Читать дальше...
Houthi rebels are taking humanitarian food aid meant for starving Yemenis and selling it on the black market, the United Nations said Monday.
These five ODI knocks were the most special individual batting performances of this year
Steve Waugh's attempt at naming a new look XI for the SCG Test proves Australian cricket is at its lowest ebb, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly says. Waugh revealed the batting line-up he believes ...
Strictly's AJ Pritchard hails brother Curtis his 'real life Superman' after attack Daily Mail
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 24, took to Instagram on Monday to share a gushing post about his sibling, 22, as he reflected on the past year following the ...
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For all the multi-billion-dollar investments by automakers and Silicon Valley, regulatory hand-wringing around the globe, and excitement by tech mavens about driverless automobiles, the earliest adoption of full-on autonomous driving is far more likely to be in the commercial-fleet arena.
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There was a time when Derek Holland was one of the better pitchers in all of baseball. Back in 2013, he fired an anagramic 213.0 IP of 120 ERA+ ball, an effort that was valued at 4.3 fWAR and 3.2 bWAR. That was part of a four year stretch that saw him pitch to a 112 combined ERA+ across 623.1 IP from 2011-2014, his 3.83 ERA in that time helping to anchor what was then a rather formidable Texas Rangers staff.
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Urban Meyer sees the Rose Bowl nestled in verdant Arroyo Seco on a sunny winter day and thinks back to the formative days of his coaching career.
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Urban Meyer had never seen the famous field at the Rose Bowl before this week
Outgoing US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis used his last day on the job to take a dig at his soon-to-be-former boss, telling Pentagon employees to “hold fast” in tough times and quoting Abraham Lincoln for some extra motivation.
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No more timeouts, see off the year, Offer a toast and close the show With champagne flutes or cans of beer — 2018 ... time to let go. ___ FIRST … Click to Continue »
AMMAN — First launched as a 2013 model and discretely improved since then, the Renault Zoe is among the world’s best-selling plug-in electric vehicles (EV). A regular sight on Jordanian roads where EVs benefit from substantial duty exemptions, the Zoe is fashionably designed, practical, user-friendly and conveniently compact city car, whichsits at the opposite end of the EV market compared to Tesla’s large, luxurious and expensive offerings. The Zoe sits somewhere between other electric hatchbacks like Fiat’s 500e and Volkswagen’s e-Golf... Читать дальше...
