MADRID - Barcelona says striker Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics but will skip the Copa America.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on Kansas' new fiscal forecast (all times local):
The top Republican in the Kansas House says there's much good news in the state's economy despite a new fiscal forecast that slashed projected revenues. The Stilwell Republican said in a statement that lawmakers would work to keep the budget balanced with what he called "a broad, clear-headed view of the actual situation." The figures were included in documents prepared by legislative researchers ahead of a Wednesday evening Statehouse news conference and obtained by The Associated Press from another source. Читать дальше...
James Bay is chilling at the Republic Records Coachella house hours before he takes the stage at the festival on day 2. Wearing sunglasses, a...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Vancouver Canucks signed former Boston College goalie Thatcher Demko to a three-year entry-level contract Wednesday.
Las Vegas homeowners are booking the highest profit margins in years when selling their property, but amid flat prices, those gains have largely leveled off, a new report shows. Owners who sold ...
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(Reuters Health) - - Strangers rarely try to help in medical emergencies, and assistance may be especially rare when patients happen to be black, a U.S. study suggests.
Researchers analyzed data on more than 22,000 patients aided by emergency medical services (EMS) and found bystanders on public streets only intervened about 3 percent of the time.
Black patients, however, were still 58 percent less likely to get help from strangers at the scene than white people, the study found. Читать дальше...
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - The state forced a Louisville day care to shut down immediately Wednesday, two days after a toddler forgotten in a hot SUV by a staff member died.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services issued an emergency, indefinite suspension Wednesday for Lil Kings and Queens Learning Academy, finding it posed an "immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare." State inspectors wrote that they found babies and toddlers left alone in rooms and that staff members were tasked with supervising too many children. The agency's emergency suspension notice states that the center had been on a corrective action plan stemming from the prior violations... Читать дальше...
Chinese-backed electricity system supplier TGOOD is targeting mining majors for its power stations, vowing to beat rivals on lead times for new projects.
PORTLAND, Maine - The federal government has added several populations of economically important food fish, including stocks of salmon and flounder, to its list of fish stocks that are being subjected to overfishing.
The detention of convicted businessman Samadikun Hartono in China after 13 years on the run is part of a broader anticorruption effort by the Widodo administration.
Katherine Heigl sought therapy after her reputation was tarnished in Tinseltown.
Here's a look at some of the movies playing at mid-valley theaters. Check out the online version of the Movie Scene for a complete list.
MEXICO CITY - A powerful explosion ripped through an oil plant on the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, injuring three workers, authorities said.
NAIJ.com has gathered the most important news for April 20. Find all the things you should know below. 1. Protesters besiege Obasanjo’s house in Abeokuta Hundreds of indigenes and residents of Sango-Ijoko in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun state besieged the hilltop mansion of former president Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta in protest to what they called […]
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After a little more than a decade of gaming excellence, Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been handed its official death notice.
Ford Motor Co. paid $199,950 — $55,000 more than the sticker price — to buy one of the first sport utility vehicles made by Tesla Motors Inc., according to vehicle registration documents obtained by Bloomberg. The white Model X is a Founders Series with a vehicle identification number indicating it was the 64th one made at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. “Wow, I hope that investment pays off in some good intelligence,” Michelle Krebs, senior analyst for researcher Autotrader.com, said of the premium Ford paid. Читать дальше...
The families of the four Marines who were killed in Chattanooga during a terrorist attack on July 16 accepted Purple Hearts during a ceremony at the Hunter Museum today.
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CHICAGO - Chris Sale became the major leagues' first four-game winner, allowing two hits in seven innings to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz defended a joint fundraising account with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton, the nearly unstoppable Democrat, and Republican front-runner Donald Trump accelerated Wednesday toward Northeast primaries on an increasingly direct path to presidential nominations after trouncing party challengers in New York.
