The change stems from the NFL’s decision to move starting field position on touchbacks from the 20-yard line to the 25 to reduce incentive for returners to bring the ball out of the end zone
The Patriots haven’t announced the cuts that will bring their active roster down to 53 players by Saturday’s deadline and their plans may change based on a reported workout on Friday. Field Yates of ESPN.com reports that New England kicked the tires on running back David Cobb. Cobb was a 2015 fifth-round pick by the…
The European Union sought to jump-start diplomatic efforts to unwind the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Friday, a day after the start of the latest cease-fire deal.
PureFunds has brought to Nasdaq two technology-focused exchange-traded funds, one targeting financial technology and the other giving exposure to medical technology.
A kid goes missing, another kid shows up with weird powers, there may be a monster lurking in the woods… Maybe it’s time to finally figure out what people have been buzzing about since “Stranger Things” debuted on Netflix over the summer. “Fringe” built up an intense fanbase during its five seasons on Fox and continues to find new fans. [...] if you want to be one of them, you’ll want to binge it all this long weekend, since the series is disappearing off Netflix on Sept. 11. Make yourself feel... Читать дальше...
About a dozen World War II veterans gathered at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Allied Forces Victory in the Pacific.
The Gazette-Times' Aug. 31 editorial on Measure 97 fundamentally does a disservice to Oregon students, families and voters. The editorial completely misses the tremendous need for Measure 97, including the fact that Oregon has the fourth lowest high school graduation…
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Major parties in Brazil's governing coalition pressed the Supreme Court on Friday to overturn a Senate decision allowing former President Dilma Rousseff to remain politically active after her dismissal in an impeachment trial this week.
The Senate voted on Wednesday to remove Rousseff from office for manipulating the federal budget to hide the real state of Brazil's ailing economy in the run-up to her 2014 re-election.
In an unexpected separate vote, lawmakers spared... Читать дальше...
(ATTN: CHANGES photo) By Song Sang-ho VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, on Friday to attend an economic forum and a summit with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as part of her eigh
The Browns have released defensive backs Pierre Desir and Charles Gaines, per multiple reports. As happens around the league, both players were drafted by a previous regime and released in the first year under a new regime. Desir had been working as a safety this summer after spending his first two seasons as a cornerback.…
A scathing new report in New York Magazine chronicles the sharp demise of Roger Ailes, the powerful former chairman and CEO of Fox News, who recently stepped down from his post following a series of sexual harassment lawsuits by former female employees.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's order that Missouri identify to two Mississippi death row inmates the name of any supplier of Missouri's lethal injection drug, threatening to expose one of the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's order that Missouri identify to two Mississippi death row inmates the name of any supplier of Missouri's lethal injection drug, threatening to expose one of the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's order that Missouri identify to two Mississippi death row inmates the name of any supplier of Missouri's lethal injection drug, threatening to expose one of the…
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A Bloomberg journalist grilled Russian President Vladimir Putin over which candidate he favors in the US presidential election in an interview published on Friday.
Putin demurred, saying that he didn't have a preference, but Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait pushed him.
"I'm just looking at some of the things that Donald Trump has said about you, like in 2007, he said, 'Putin's doing a great job.' And in 2011, he praised your no-nonsense way, next year he said you were his new best friend... Читать дальше...
(AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps Engineers can continue killing cormorants that prey on Columbia River salmon and steelhead in a move that shows just how complex the debate has become over how to best sustain imperiled fish species emblematic of the Pacific Northwest. Along with other groups, it contends that hydroelectric dams pose the greatest threat to the fish and says it is unnecessary to reduce the number of fish predators by shooting thousands of cormorants and spreading... Читать дальше...
The hurricane may have been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it has already left one dead as winds reached speeds of up to 80 PMH, and is now about to begin hammering Georgia and the Carolinas.
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps Engineers can continue killing cormorants that prey on Columbia River salmon and steelhead in a move that shows just how complex the debate has become over how to best sustain imperiled fish species emblematic of the Pacific Northwest.
BAYPORT, Minn. (AP) — The warden of the Stillwater state prison is on leave pending an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is returning to San Francisco on Sept. 12 for another big-dollar fundraiser. In an invitation to potential donors obtained by The Chronicle, organizers said this “may be her last visit to the Bay Area before election day.” The invitation says contributing at least $33,400 or raising $100,000 will give donors access to the “chair reception with Hillary featuring exclusive performance by a special guest,” who is not identified. President Obama is also... Читать дальше...
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BERN, Switzerland, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The body of an extreme skier from the United States who disappeared after a winter storm in the Swiss Alps on Easter has been found, authorities said Friday.
Hurricane Hermine barreled ashore in Florida’s Big Bend early Friday as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, killing one person and raising a storm surge that destroyed beachside buildings and bringing soaking rain and tens of thousands of power outages. In Florida’s capital, toppled trees in Tallahassee also downed power lines and injured people in their homes. Hermine weakened Friday from its peak wind speed of 80 mph to a tropical storm as it moved into southern Georgia. Читать дальше...
Aisha Buhari has launched the “Get Involved” campaign as a part of the Future Assured program designed to provide solutions to problems of child malnutrition. First Lady of Nigeria believes that the initiative will attract well-intentioned, private sector represenattaives and non governmental organizations in response to the alarming outbreak of hunger at internally displaced camps. READ ALSO: Nigerian IDP camps: 8 pictures […]
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Maastricht krijgt een hotel voor lesbiennes, homoseksuelen, biseksuelen en transgenders. Dat verrijst volgend jaar in een voormalig klooster aan de Boschstraat in de Limburgse hoofdstad.
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Women are going nuts over LuLaRoe, a clothing brand that has catapulted from near obscurity to cult status in the past couple of years.
The brand, which sells brightly-colored shirts, leggings, and dresses, isn't available in stores or on a company website.
Instead, tens of thousands of people across the US — many of whom are millennial moms — are selling LuLaRoe to friends in their living rooms and in online forums while earning massive profits ranging from 45% to 60% of sales... Читать дальше...
