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The federal government is taking veterans back to court to try to block certain benefits for injured and wounded soldiers, despite a Liberal campaign promise to better support them after an era of Conservative cuts.

A man was detained by police Monday night after he fired a gun into the air at a bus stop near UNLV, according to Metro Police. Police received a call about 10 p.m. after ...

Girls are outperforming boys on technology and engineering assessment tests.

The city will consider closing 14th St. to traffic to deal with a looming transportation disaster caused by the shutdown of the L train.

El invierno se acerca, pero este Snow se ve fantástico.

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The number of US consumers expected to use ad-block technology will more than double in the next five years, according to new estimates published by Optimal.com and Wells Fargo.

The estimates — which are based on current ad-block rates, consumer awareness of the technology, and a survey of nearly 2,000 US smartphone users — predict that 37% of US online users will actively use ad-block software in 2020, up from a 16% share this year. This means that over 100 million consumers in the US will be ad-block users in 2020... Читать дальше...

Jurgen Klopp would seal his place in the hearts of the club's supporters if he pulls off victory over Sevilla in Wednesday's Europa League final.

The company’s reorganization of its main drugs unit shows growing importance of oncology to the company

Man acquitted in college football player's slaying sentenced (AP) — A man who was acquitted of murder and other charges in the 2013 robbery and killing of 20-year-old Eastern Michigan University wide receiver Demarius Reed has been sentenced in an unrelated Detroit shooting.

It's hard to hate on summertime: shorter workdays, sunnier skies, beachy hair. Sign us up! On the flip side, however, what we're not particularly fond of is excessive...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a federal judge to keep some records sealed in a criminal proceeding linked to a former business associate of Donald Trump. The records confirmed The Associated Press' previous reporting that the U.S. government wanted to protect Sater's role as an informant after he was convicted in 1993 for stabbing a man in the face with a broken margarita glass and again five years later for participating in a $40 million stock fraud scheme tied to the Bonanno and Genovese crime families. Читать дальше...

Major insurer Highmark Inc. is suing the federal government, arguing it is owed money under the Affordable Care Act, a move that opens yet another front in the ongoing legal battles over the 2010 health law.

A California senator is calling on the Department of Justice to identify the scope of sexual extortion, a crime in which victims are coerced into sending nude photos of themselves after their computers are compromised. “In what is often referred to as sextortion, attackers use compromising information, usually in the form of sexually explicit images or videos, to force victims to engage in sexual activity online,” wrote Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Читать дальше...

Lea Michele and Emma Roberts hit the carpet while attending the 2016 Fox Upfront Presentation Party on Monday (May 16) at Central Park’s Woolman Rink in New York City. The ladies were joined at the event by their Scream Queens co-stars Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, and Jamie Lee Curtis to promote season two of their [...]

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The most significant money regrets that Americans have.

At her commencement address at the University of California, Berkeley, on Saturday, Facebook COO and “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg told the crowd she wanted to break with tradition. As that day’s “voice of wisdom,” she told the crowd, “I am not here to tell you all the things I’ve learned in life. Today I […]

Spoiler alert: PST's Player of the Year made the cut, and six of our 11 were unanimous choices.

Trump's crazy butler hasn't changed his mind about death to Obama.

Yep, turns out you can't fix crazy, but you can keep spewing it, even after the Secret Service has The Talk with you. Talking Points Memo:

“I think they (Secret Service) wanted to make sure I wasn't going to go there with a rifle," Senecal told the newspaper. "I told them it was too far to drive. I lived in Washington and hated it. I'm glad I got the hell out of there."

In a statement posted on his public Facebook page... Читать дальше...

Latin Amerika ülkesi Ekvador'da, aynı gün içerisinde 6,7 ve 6,8 büyüklüğünde iki büyük deprem meydana geldi.

AB Türkiye Delegasyonu Başkanı Büyükelçi Hansjörg Haber'in, 13 Mayıs günü basına ifade ettiği sözler nedeniyle Dışişleri Bakanlığına çağırıldığı ve kullandığı ifadelerin kınandığı öğrenildi.

Ankara'daki Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi'nde yangın çıktı. İlk belirlemelere göre, ölen ya da yaralananın olmadığı yangın söndürülmeye çalışılıyor.

Avustralya'nın Victoria eyaletindeki Geelong kentinin tek camisi kundaklandı.

NATO Genel Sekreteri Stoltenberg, Kilis'e dönük terör örgütü DAEŞ saldırılarının yarın yapılacak NATO Dışişleri Bakanları Toplantısı'nda görüşüleceğini ve Türkiye'ye daha fazla nasıl destek verileceğini ele alacaklarını söyledi.

Dünyada canlı bomba eylemlerinin artmasıyla bu tip saldırıları engellemeye yönelik teknolojiler de gelişiyor. Canlı bombayı tespit ederek alarm veren ve dünyada 5 yıldır kullanılan sistem artık Türkiye'de de kullanılabilecek.