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Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections issued a statement saying the city won't issue permits for block party dumpster pools.

The winner will be announced on Aug. 25, the day of the draw for the Champions League group stage.

Delhi High Court Friday refused to interfere with the ban on a controversial BBC documentary, 'India's Daughter' on the December 16 gangrape case, saying the issue of its telecast was pending before the trial court which was competent to deal with it.

In any political campaign season, fidelity to facts is often sacrificed for the persuasiveness of propaganda. In this campaign season of roiling discontent, that is only all the more so. In particular, the identification of every act of terrorism or violence as a systemic failure of the current power structure is as specious as it is seductive. Preventive Medicine can lend some very relevant perspective.

Archaeologists working on the project shared images of the thread ball and bobbin on the project's Facebook page. The photo of the first fiber object, a miniscule thread ball that still appears to be neatly wound, was posted on July 21, and the archaeologists described its condition as "amazing." They explained that the thread was probably so well preserved because it was made of plant fiber, "likely flax or nettle," that carbonized in the fire and then became waterlogged — a process that helped protect it. Читать дальше...

LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) — Police say a North Carolina teacher has been arrested in an undercover operation on charges of trying to solicit an underage girl for sex. News agencies report Lincolnton police say 41-year-old Ricky Kelvin Carpenter Jr. was arrested Wednesday and charged with soliciting a minor for an illegal sex act.

BEIJING - China's Defense Ministry said Friday that "Sino-Japanese relations have no future" if Japan continue...

The Lebanese Resistance has managed to trick three Israeli officials and a former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldier into giving interviews for a documentary about the 2006 war, by telling them that it was for a BBC documentary.

Treasury prices were mostly unchanged Friday, with yields hovering at a one-week low reached a day earlier, as investors braced for the release of July’s jobs report.

Treasury prices were mostly unchanged Friday, with yields hovering at a one-week low reached a day earlier, as investors braced for the release of July’s jobs report.

Media coverage of mass shootings contributed to the increase in the number of such crimes in the U.S., researchers said.

There are some responsibilities your child will face that they probably haven’t had to deal with before.

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Maggots raised on chicken blood may help researchers figure out how to save endangered finches. It was accidentally introduced there sometime before 1997, when its presence was first confirmed in bird nests on the islands, according to the Galapagos Conservancy, which helped fund the current research.

The Olympic Games are costly, corrupt, politicized and commercialized, and have become an embarrassment even to the hosts, writes Amotz Asa-El, who suggests they should be moved permanently back to Greece.

The 5th of August has been an eventful day in Nigerian history for many years. Today we are doing a roundup of 5 top things that have happened on the 5th of August in Nigerian history. 1. Okija shrine Okija shrine will always be remembered in Nigerian history. On the 5th of August 2004, the Nigerian […]

Angelina Jolie, who has been battling divorce rumors with her husband Brad Pitt, is not part of Kenneth Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” remake, Variety reported Thursday. The actress has been surrounded with several rumors over the last few months, including some involving her health crisis and adoption of another child.

Backers want world-class venue for cross-country ski events

Baggies will soon become the latest English football club to be bought out by Chinese investors.

– Chinedu Obasi joins Swedish club AIK as Nsofor Obinna sign for SV Darmstadt – Both players won a silver medal from the 2008 Olympics Beijing Games Victor Nsofor Obinna, former Super Eagles player has signed a one-year contract with Bundesliga outfit SV Darmstadt, BBC reports. Obinna will however miss his team’s first four games in the new […]

January Jones holds on to her shotgun prop and chats with her co-stars between filming scenes for her show The Last Man on Earth on Wednesday (August 3) in Malibu, Calif. The 38-year-old actress attended the 2016 Crab Cake LA Fundraiser in Culver City over the weekend along with former Mad Men co-star Christina Hendricks. [...]