A shaft of light peeks through the doorway of a 100-year-old gym. Two giant men step across a stone floor worn smooth by generations of sweat and dirt, and into a pit of maroon clay that crunches like sand underfoot.
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If you have that strange feeling you’ve seen this movie before -- California voters asked to raise the tobacco tax -- you’re right. And it now looks as if you’re going to see it again on Nov. 8.
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The burly 31-year-old said that as a debt collector in the Russian city of Kaluga he encouraged payment in a number of ways without resorting to violence.
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Dave McTeague has never met Bernie Sanders, but he’s latched onto him with the fervor of a religious acolyte.
Читать дальше...Last week, the Obama administration told schools they need to allow transgender students to experience every aspect of school as the gender they express. T -- we used her first initial to maintain her privacy -- is a third-grade student in Los Angeles Unified School District who we wrote about...
A man has been flown to hospital with head, neck and abdomen injuries after an alleged assault outside a church in the early hours of the morning.
The McDonalds in Maidstone's Week Street has re-opened today after an extensive refurbishment.
Warring factions, blood and guts, life and death – a critically acclaimed play, akin to Game of Thrones, comes to the county this weekend.
GALESVILLE — Up to 20 percent of Sacia Orchards’ valuable Honeycrisp crop could be lost after temperatures dipped into the mid-20s during the weekend.
Some members of the right-leaning grass-roots movement dubbed the tea party have been slow to support Donald Trump. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib discusses whether they might become reluctant supporters of the presumptive GOP nominee or push for a third-party candidate. Photo: AP
Keith Smith tracked down callous Queensland killers.
KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A judge has denied a request by the attorney of a Sterling woman charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy to have the case dismissed and the state's DNA evidence suppressed. Lee's attorney, Dina Cale, had argued that the Alaska State Crime Lab violated her client's right to due process by making it impossible for DNA samples of the alleged victim to be tested for the presence of saliva.
Two convicted murderers have complained to a court about the “cruel, inhumane and degrading” treatment they are receiving at Kokstad C-Max.
Читать дальше...The Eels will have to play hardball with off-contract five-eighth Corey Norman if they want to retain hope of bringing Jarryd Hayne back to Parramatta next year.
The magistrate who was the alleged victim of a racist attack near Montana Hospital has launched an appeal for the magistrate presiding over his case to be recused.
Читать дальше...SHANGHAI -- Hong Kong has launched its biggest-ever security operation for a visiting Chinese official, as top legislator Zhang Dejiang arrived in the city Tuesday on the highest-level visit by a mainland leader in four years.
Midfielder Sebastian Ross has re-signed with St Kilda and will remain at the club until the end of 2018.
(AP) — A 57-year-old Kingman woman could be sentenced to up to 12½ years in prison after pleading guilty in the theft of more than $50,000 of her dead boyfriend's Social Security benefits over a four-year period. Chief Deputy County Attorney Jace Zack said authorities are waiting for toxicology test results to determine whether Killen should be charged in the death.
Preserving biodiversity is not just an aesthetic or spiritual issue -- it's critical to the healthy functioning of ecosystems and the important services they provide to humans, like seafood.
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James is preparing to make her first tandem parachute jump with members of a special unit at Cannon Air Force Base. The squadron is part of the 24th Special Operations Wing, which Air Force officials say is the most highly decorated group of airmen since the Vietnam War.
Canberra region winemakers have warned of potentially devastating impacts on harvest and business if the delayed backpacker tax was eventually introduced.
VRIEZENVEEN - De opnamen van het concert van de Amerikaanse bluesrock artiest Dudley Taft in café Het Wapen van Vriezenveen waren dermate geslaagd, dat een aantal nummers het recente album 'Live in Europe' heeft gehaald. Taft trad de afgelopen jaren meermalen in de regio op, met name in Almelo. Hij raakte bevriend met het Vriezenveense echtpaar Anko en Helga Lammers, waar hij met zijn band regelmatig logeert.
Watchdog wants to make it easier for customers to compare and switch
World and regional powers met Tuesday in an attempt to overcome stubborn divisions among Syrian factions that have led to the rise of Islamic extremists and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives since violence turned to war five years ago.
Spanjers oversees the development of advanced space technologies for critical Air Force missions including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Peterkin is responsible for all Air Force research and development in the areas of high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves and advanced optical technologies for space applications.