BEIJING, China - Facing increasing pressure from the crippling trade war with the U.S., the world's biggest car market, China, suffered its first major sales contraction in over two decades
Reliever Oliver Perez had 15 holds in his first season with Cleveland.
The death of model and actress Kim Porter was a caused by pneumonia, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said Friday.
The huge volume of volcanic sediments left on the slopes of Mt. Mayon following its eruption last year could be mobilized once moderate to heavy rain pour over Albay province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Читать дальше...U.S. stocks rose Friday and recovered a chunk of their losses from earlier in the week. Technology and industrial companies jumped. On Friday: The S&P 500 index climbed 22.43 points, or 0.8 percent to 2,664.76. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 183.96 points, or 0.7 percent, to 24,737.20. The Nasdaq composite advanced 91.40 points, or
The swoosh is expected to be on the front of Major League Baseball uniforms starting in 2020.
When you're a teenager, you feel both incredibly doomed and utterly invincible. Your world is a rough jungle of emotions, your path...
West Indies captain Jason Holder hits a sublime double century and Shane Dowrich makes a hundred to dominate England on day three of the first Test.
West Indies captain Jason Holder hits a sublime double century and Shane Dowrich makes a hundred to dominate England on day three of the first Test.
Charles Matthews hid the stolen hoard of diamonds and carved emeralds at his business in London.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill Friday banning gay conversion therapy in New York."As the most progressive state in the nation and as the home of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, New York has always been on th...
Veteran right-hander Marco Estrada, who struggled to a 7-14 mark with a 5.64 ERA in 2018, has signed a one-year deal with the Athletics, a source told ESPN.
For a chance to win one of only 150 copies of What Kept You Hibs, by James Stephen (available to buy at Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Kept-You-Hibs-Hibernian-ebook/dp/B07LGD6P21/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1548276191&sr=8-9&keywords=hibs+books we have another first scorer competition. All...
FRANCE will deploy the army to fight the outbreak of African swine fever found in wild boars, the Agriculture Minister has confirmed.
Time kills us all in the end—whether we mark its passage with the changing of the seasons, the lines growing slowly on a loved one’s face, or, as for most of us, by the stately transition from Jersey Shore into Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. Nothing gold can stay, as Robert Frost once wrote, presumably referring to…
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The UK’s Queen Elizabeth has urged Britons to come together to “seek out the common ground,” a coded plea to the British political class to resolve the Brexit crisis that has shocked investors and allies alike. The queen made the remarks on Thursday at the Women’s Institute in Norfolk near her Sandringham estate in eastern […]
Читать дальше...STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a hotel bar near Penn State's main campus, killing two men and wounding a woman, broke into a stranger's house and fatally shot the 83-year-old homeowner, and then killed himself, authorities said. The initial shooting happened just after 10 p.m. Thursday at P.J. Harrigan's Bar & Grill in State College, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Penn State's campus. State College Police Chief John Gardner said Friday afternoon they are still trying to determine why Jordan Witmer... Читать дальше...
Cassidy scored the cheapest of political points Friday, which is both brilliant and stupid.
Читать дальше...Dashcam video captured a South Carolina cop corraling a sheep that got loose in a neighborhood. But it was his conversations with the animal that are truly priceless. With the sheep secured on a leash, the cop kills time by making small talk with it... kind of a lot! Animal control eventually arrived and safely relocated the sheep. The summerville police later posted a photo of the officer and his new friend on facebook {{file|t=Dpa9_1548452294}}
The Senate voted to reopen federal agencies through Feb. 15, the first step toward ending the 35-day partial government shutdown.
The NFL annually uses the Pro Bowl to test out innovations, and this year is no different. Among other things, the NFL is tweaking the coach-to-player on-field communication system for Sunday’s game, with NFC and AFC coaches allowed to communicate with more than one player. NFL rules currently restrict communication with only one player on [more]
Cruise in company. See the world. Leave the planning to someone else. This is what several Florida-based sail charter companies offer on a flotilla vacation. These types of sailing adventures aren’t new. In fact, one of the world’s first took place in 1972 when Steve and Doris Colgate, owners of the Fort Meyers, FL-headquartered Offshore …
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