SAN FRANCISCO - Mobile app downloads are surging around the world with growth in smartphone use, with nearly half coming from China, a market tracker said Wednesday.
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal to hand Juventus their first trophy of the season with a 1-0 win over ten-man AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday...
Karen Pence’s return to teaching at a Virginia school that lists “homosexual or lesbian sexual activity” as among the disqualifying criteria for employees is drawing criticism from the nation’s largest gay rights advocacy group. The office of the vice president’s wife said it was “absurd” to attack both her decision to resume teaching art to elementary students as well as the school’s religious doctrine. Mrs. Pence began in the classroom at Immanuel Christian School in Northern Virginia on Tuesday and will teach twice a week until May. Читать дальше...
The Al-Shabaab jihadist group said Wednesday it carried out the deadly attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the SITE monitoring group said. The group said in a statement picked up by SITE that its fighters stormed the DusitD2 complex on instructions by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. "It is a response to the witless remarks of the US president, Donald Trump, and his declaration of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel.
The US government shutdown is even impacting the heavens. Or, at least those federal workers whose job it is to explore them. Around 50 furloughed NASA employees have gathered to protest outside the Johnson Space Center in Houston, calling for a return to funding so they can do their jobs and waving around symbolic "Payday" candy bars to send the message that they want their money.
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Mr McConnell has refused to bring government funding bills that do not include border wall funding up for a vote
The awards program still is focused on its original mission: recognizing engineering achievement. Now that electrified powertrains account for about 40% of the annual awards, the name is being changed.
Irish LCC Ryanair is discontinuing its Ryanair Holidays business, which packaged flight and hotels, just two years after the service was launched.
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Marcelo Bielsa’s explanation of the questionable scouting methods scrutinised during ‘Spygate’ led the Leeds United boss to reveal how his detailed dossiers once surprised even Pep Guardiola. Bielsa accepted responsibility for instructing a Leeds employee to observe Derby County training in the lead-up to the Championship encounter between the clubs at Elland Road last Friday. […]
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Quick-fire early goal treble sinks Morley's men
Kei cars are absolutely adorable, and for the most part, they can do all the things that big cars do. And since they can mostly do all the things a big car can do, their owners try to do most of the things drivers of big cars can do. Except they shouldn’t try to drive over concrete medians, lest they get beached like…
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It’s impossible to make a movie about a militia without at least a faint aroma of the political. It’s not even an “...in the age of Trump” issue; heavily armed right-wing paramilitary organizations of the type depicted in The Standoff At Sparrow Creek have been hovering in the background of the American cultural…
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FAYETTE, Mo. - The Central Methodist University Athletic Department is currently seeking nominations for the Hairston Hall of Fame. Nominations received prior to March 1 will be considered for the 2019 Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted on September 7.
What began as an inconvenience — longer lines at the gas station — is dragging into its second week after Mexico's president shut down fuel pipelines to prevent theft.
The vote was scheduled by the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, on Tuesday evening.
In the shadow of a government shutdown, new laws take effect for the 2018 tax year. See how your bill will change.
Sears' fate has been twisting in the wind for years, but since its bankruptcy filing, its demise has appeared imminent. At its peak in 2012, its stores numbered 4,000, a far cry from the just unde
A 19-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in a foggy mountain pass shut down a portion of Interstate 15 in Southern California.
Barcelona trail 2-1 from the first leg.
3D printing with concrete is all the rage right now amongst the big wigs in the construction industry, and Europe is jumping on that enthusiasm with the opening of its first industrial concrete 3D printing facility, which is in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off a stunning upset over longtime Congressman Joe Crowley and now she’s helping the progressive group that recruited her to find others to challenge Democratic incumbents. “Everybody knows someone in their life that is already an amazing public servant,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a nine-minute video released Wednesday by Justice Democrats. “Nominate...
CNN compared coal plant closures under Trump versus Obama
