Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries maintains she will not race for Canada, a day after a court denied her attempt to force her sport’s national organization to grant her a release that would let her compete for the United States.
A GREGGS bakery was forced to close after a gang stormed in and attacked staff as they “demanded coffee”. The branch in Hull was placed on lockdown for two hours after thugs launched a can of drink at a worker. Yobs had burst in to the Greggs and “demanded coffee, became threatening to the counter […]
Trump is doubling down on his own winning strategy. by appointing Robert O'Brien as national security adviser.
Over 150 short films from 38 countries will show during the 2019 DC Shorts International Film Festival. Aspiring directors and videographers can participate in film-making workshops hosted by the festival...
A winning ticket worth $10,000 was sold in Duson for the September 17, Mega Millions drawing. The Duson C Store on Austria Road sold the winning ticket. The ticket matched 4 white balls and the Megaball to win the money, Lottery officials announced. The winning numbers were: 12, 15, 30, 50, 65 and the Megaball […]
AMERICA’S FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRES The Lodge Act Soldiers, Part I by Charles H. Briscoe, PhD From Veritas, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2009 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. After World War II, some fourteen million refugees formed a huge stateless population in Western Europe. The Western Allies simply referred to them collectively as “displaced persons,” or “DPs.” Many …
Will the Habs improve from within after a pretty quiet offseason?
With her typically blunt, often biting remarks, the Swedish teenager has offered Americans an outsider’s view of themselves.
Hordes of spotted lanternflies are flapping through the state, threatening agriculture. “They jump, they’re big, they’re scary,” one Pennsylvanian said. “It’s like all of your worst nightmares coming to fruition.”
At a rally in New Mexico this week, Hispanic voters enthusiastically backed the president’s hard-line approach to immigration.
A Pennsylvania man who was arrested after human remains were found in a Philadelphia storage facility has confessed to the murder of a woman last seen in 2003, the local district attorney’s office said Wednesday.
Kudos for writing and presenting a thoughtful and reasoned editorial that calls on President Trump to support Taiwan joining the U.N. ("Advancing Taiwan's status at the U.N.," Web, Sept. 16).
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I shipped up to Boston a long time ago, but Im back into more serious biking recently. Im rocking an 86 Centurion Ironman (Road) a 2003 Surly Pacer (commute) and a custom aluminum backup road bike from my time in Japan. Just happy to be here.
India have started their home season with a clinical T20I victory against South Africa at Mohali.
It could be Scarlett Johansson's big year, and another big one for Tom Hanks.
Real Madrid’s 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain this evening may not even prove to be the club’s biggest loss of the night, this ace was brought off because of injury concerns. According to Marca, Real Madrid superstar Eden Hazard was substituted for Los Blancos in the 70th minute of this evening’s 3-0 defeat to Paris […]
Читать дальше...Instead of constantly evading or trying to pivot from questions about Medicare For All’s impact on taxes or current insurance, Warren should make it clear she won’t sign any legislation that doesn’t do what she says it should.
Should you trust form over fixtures when playing Fantasy Premier League? Is it wise to save your Wildcard until Gameweek 10? Is it worth having two defenders from one team in your XI? James and Rambo are joined by Brett from FPL TV as they answer these questions and more in our latest episode of […]
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The government has intervened in the planned £4bn takeover of Cobham, a UK aerospace and defence supplier, by a US private equity firm on the grounds of national security. Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary, has instructed the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the takeover of Cobham, a world leader in systems for planes to refuel in mid-air, by Boston-based Advent International. Leadsom said: “Following careful consideration of the proposed takeover of Cobham, I have issued... Читать дальше...
The Washington Monument closed in 2016 after an elevator cable snapped, but the years of repairs covered far more than that single broken wire.
Even if you've never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who
Unnecessary loss of human life is tragic irrespective of the cause. Thus, it seems beyond strange to learn that drug deaths occur six times more frequently than gun homicides — but are dismissed with scarcely a note of concern. Indeed, we are told these fatalities (70,000 per year) are "non-violent." ...
One of the questions in Philosophy 101 that leaves collegians scratching their chins asks: "If a tree falls in the woods, and there's no one there to hear it, did it make a sound?"
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Diego Simeone knows Cristiano Ronaldo has the ability to win any match after Atletico Madrid drew 2-2 at home to Juventus.
