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NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor will ask a judge not to give jail time to a New York City police officer convicted of accidentally firing a stray shot into a dark public housing stairwell that killed an unarmed man, a recommendation that the victim's family said "diminishes" his death. "From the beginning, this tragic case has always been about justice and not about revenge," Thompson said in a news release announcing his recommendation. "Because his incarceration is not necessary to protect the public... Читать дальше...

Closure of Longannet plant highlights concern over future electricity supplies

The Japanese people have wanted to see their country's territorial disputes with Russia resolved and the signing of a peace treaty for a long time now,Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday, adding that the two countries have been unable to achieve this since the end of World War II.

Er tekent zich een Kamermeerderheid af om, tegen de wens van het kabinet in, alle terugkerende Syriëgangers preventief op te sluiten. Maar het mag geen Nederlandse variant op Guantánamo Bay worden.

Rookie goalie helps stop Islanders’ skid After a sluggish start, the New York Islanders picked up their intensity in the second period and got a needed victory. Brock Nelson and Matt Martin scored 21 seconds apart in the second and the host Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 Wednesday night to snap a season-high four-game losing streak. John Tavares also scored in New York’s three-goal second period, and rookie goalie Jean-Francois Berube, making just his fourth start, stopped 22 shots. ... Читать дальше...

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Craig Sager, who has been battling leukemia since being diagnosed for the first time in April 2014, was given three to six months to live.

Even though the Nagpur Municipal Corporation general body passed city's environment status report (ESR), ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's senior corporator Prakash Totwani has raised doubts over its findings.

The practice of Associate teams participating in a World Cup after going through a grueling qualifying process against opponents of similar capabilities is like thrusting a lightweight boxer against a heavyweight without requisite preparation to fight for a world title.

Slump in oil revenues and worsening economy fuels desire for rethink of independence vision

After Shanti Nagar police station, three more police stations at Hingna, Kamptee and Old Kamptee have been added to the Nagpur city police jurisdiction on Wednesday. The count of police stations in the city has gone up to 28, adding to burden on the short staffed cops.

The Leave campaign casts slurs on the integrity of economists who have little axe to grind

JetBlue announced Wednesday it will start running the new direct flight between Reno and Long Beach Airport on Aug. 15. The new flight provides another way for Reno travelers to get to Southern California after Allegiant Air announced last week it would start offering direct flights to Los Angeles International Airport this summer.

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The NFL approved more rule changes for the 2016 season on Wednesday.

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Starboard Value, the activist investor currently pressuring Yahoo executives to make big changes to save the company, is reportedly planning a move to dump Yahoo's entire board, The Wall Street Journal reports.

According to a letter cited by The Journal, Starboard is getting ready to announce that it will "nominate nine directors to Yahoo's board," a signal that the hedge fund is unhappy with the progress of the search giant's turnaround.

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But Sens. Franken and Klobuchar taking different routes in pressing for a confirmation hearing for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

A Russky Island priority development area (PDA) in Russia’s Far East will be set up as soon as the region secures concrete financial and investment plans, Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev said Thursday.

Luckily, the presence of mind of hospital staff and attenders helped to save the lives all babies when the fire broke out.All the babies were shifted to private medical hospitals from this hospital after this incident.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the statutory body under the MoEFCC monitoring all tiger reserves in the country, has ordered a probe into missing dominant male tiger Dendu and tigress Alpha and her cubs from Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia and Bhandara districts.

The 2013 Rookie of the Year talked about everything from his roots in soccer to the Colorado Rapids' roster evolution — as well as his increasingly intense Ellie Goulding fandom.

The amicus curiae in the case before high court here relating to four laning of NH-7 has submitted that the construction should start only after wildlife mitigation measures have been finalized. He has also questioned the manner in which NHAI unilaterally reduced the mitigation measures.