It's possible to hatch a chicken outside a shell. Here's how — and why — you could do it.
The Dow ended above 18,000 for the first time since April on Wednesday as declines in the dollar lifted some commodity-related shares and boosted the outlook for multinationals. The S&P 500 materials index climbed 0.6 percent following gains in copper and gold prices. Energy shares were lower despite a jump in oil prices. The benchmark S&P 500 is now about 12 points shy of its all-time closing high of 2,130.82.
Concordia University anthropology professor Homa Hoodfar has been arrested in Iran, and is being held in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, her family says. The academic, who writes on Islamic gender and sexuality, was detained in March and interrogated, but was released before being re-arrested on Monday.
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Republicans back away from Trump as Democrats urge Sanders to head back to Senate June 8, 2016, 2:20 p.m. Hillary Clinton seizes the Democratic nomination and a decisive victory in California's primary. Analysis: What could go wrong with Trump -run campaign Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker distances...
As part of their Breakfast and Health on Us series of events, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Gundersen Health System, Hunger Task Force of La Crosse and Festival Foods are teaming up to address one of the most pressing needs in the…
Experts cautiously praised the current bill under consideration by Congress to alleviate the financial crisis facing Puerto Rico.
Plaintiffs say the argument is an attempt to harass and intimidate the victim.
The revelation — state education officials call it a consequence, not a sanction — conflicts with widespread assurances to parents that there would be no harm in sitting their children out of the controversial Common Core tests. [...] for the past two years, many schools have seen double-digit opt-out rates as parents have protested the high-stakes tests as unfair and unnecessary, taking the schools out of the running for Reward School status. A memo from Public Advocate Letitia James, who serves... Читать дальше...
I expect a lot from an employer. I want equal pay, equal opportunities, equal ability to have the life I crave as either a parent, a child with aging parents, or a friend with mates who are my family. I seek this for my female colleagues, and I especially want it for my male ones.
When our male co-workers are co-parenting and balancing the needs of family life with stimulating careers, that's when we'll have reached genuine equality. For me, women having it all is not good enough, and it's really exhausting! Читать дальше...
A Kurdish rebel suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle outside a police headquarters near Turkey's border with Syria Wednesday, killing five other people and wounding dozens.
Ads are coming to Apple's App Store for iPhones and iPads, the company announced on Wednesday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Stephanie White has added former Purdue teammate Kelly Komara to her staff.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Stephanie White has added former Purdue teammate Kelly Komara to her staff.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — New Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Stephanie White has added former Purdue teammate Kelly Komara to her staff.
Amber Heard’s friend iO Tillett Wright, who was identified by the actress in court documents as the person who called 911 on the night Heard says Johnny Depp attacked her, is naming no names but telling what is unmistakably her account of her friends’ relationship.
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How will Donald Trump announce his vice-presidential pick?
According to a Wednesday Bloomberg report, some of his advisers are worried the brash billionaire will go rogue and post the announcement on Twitter with little warning.
Trump’s bombastic use of Twitter has been a constant throughout the 2016 campaign. The real-estate mogul has succeeded in using the medium to repeatedly shock the political class and drive the news conversation.
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PARIS, June 8 (UPI) -- Two days before hosting Euro 2016, France released a new mobile phone app that provides citizens with critical information in case of a terrorist attack.
With 5000 crew members, including engineers and fighter pilots, the USS Harry Truman serves as a staging ground for a near-constant barrage of airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria. Photo: Tamer El-Ghobashy/WSJ
Biggest shake-up in economics of App Store includes paid search advertising for first time
When Sydney Youth Orchestra covered Darude’s trance phenomenon "Sandstorm," it was the hit of IGNITE, a performance event...
Trump's team has requested a meeting with the wealthy conservative activists who have openly expressed their disapproval of the presumptive GOP nominee.
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Kerry Washington is on one of the most popular shows on television right now, but she revealed that she lost a couple chances at stardom because she didn't fit a stereotype.
“Before ‘Scandal,’ I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast,” Washington told Aziz Ansari in Variety's "Actors on Actors" video series. “For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more ‘girlfriend,’ more like ‘hood,’ more ‘urban.'”
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ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — The Mayo Clinic has announced plans to more than double its research capability in Rochester.
