A baby boy was born mid-flight and named after the pilot, the CCT Africa is reporting. This is the second time within a month that a baby is born mid-air, the first being the report of an unnamed heavily pregnant woman who gave birth while on her way from Dubai to the Philippines. Abdul Basset’s mother […]
Читать дальше...Donald Trump is turning to his own supporters for help on how to best debate Hillary Clinton.
The water at San Francisco's Ocean Beach this morning was glassy with three-foot waves rolling in when a great white shark leapt into the air.
We’re suckers for any gadget that promises to help us sleep on the road.
Читать дальше...A man claims he was fired from a Queens commercial bakery after refusing to bake with bug-infested flour.
While most boys celebrate their bar mitzvah on their 13th birthday, Israel Kristal said "the hardships of WWI" got in the way of his rite of passage.
Читать дальше...Mahe Fonua's late try helps Hull FC keep alive their hopes of finishing top of Super League by winning at Wakefield.
Frank De Boer's side were humiliated at San Siro during their Europa League bow, going out to the unfancied Israelis much to the disapproval of their fans
Birth control pills may give women protection from more than just pregnancy – it could potentially help regulate influenza symptoms and help repair damaged lungs more quickly.
Pandora Media Inc. landed a licensing deal with the third of the "big three" music labels Thursday, one of the final steps for the company's planned on-demand streaming service. The online-radio pioneer announced a direct licensing deal with Warner Music Group on Thursday, two days after announcing similar agreements with Sony Corp.'s Sony Music and Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, as well as the independent collective Merlin Network. The deals, which allow the company to stream music on-demand in the United States... Читать дальше...
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Plenty of travelers prefer to just pay the listed price of the item and be done with it, but bargaining a price down is expected in many cultures — especially at flea markets and bazaars, where vendors often inflate prices and expect potential buyers to argue them down.
There’s no better way to awaken your inner haggler than to seek inspiration from someone who not only bargains well but loves to do it. Master haggler Tim Chan, Public Relations Manager at G Adventures, has traveled and shopped around the world. Читать дальше...
The striker scored twice in the first half as Claude Puel's men opened up their Europa League campaign with a win over their Czech opponents at St. Mary's on Thursday
NEW ORLEANS — Avoiding a nasty real-life plot twist, a writer dashed past firefighters into a burning New Orleans house Thursday to rescue two completed novels stored on his laptop. “Anybody that’s ever created art, there’s no replacing that,” Gideon Hodge, 35, told The New Orleans Advocate (http://bit.ly/2chyJqg) after safely making it out of the
Policy makers at the Bank of Japan are divided over whether to make the central bank's bond-buying program more flexible, threatening to add to investor jitters over the path of bond yields, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. While seven members of the bank's nine-person board back easing, they have split over where to go next, the report said, citing people familiar with their thinking. At least three favor sticking with the current program of asset purchases, fearing that tinkering with it could send the yen soaring... Читать дальше...
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Ivanka Trump criticized Cosmopolitan magazine on Thursday for the supposedly negative questions about her father's previous comments on the "inconvenience" of pregnancy.
In a series of tweets Thursday afternoon, the daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that a tense exchange between herself and Cosmo writer Prachi Gupta about the real-estate mogul's position on paid family leave unfairly politicized an issue she' wants to raise awareness for. Читать дальше...
NORMAN, Okla. — A quarterback matchup the likes of Saturday’s showdown between Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett is rare, especially in the regular season. Barrett finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 2014, Mayfield finished fourth last year, and both are in the discussion this year. The most recent matchup between
Danielle Carter hits a hat-trick as England thrash Estonia 5-0 at Meadow Lane to go top of their Euro 2017 qualifying group.
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Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday after taking a few days off to recover from pneumonia, and while she addressed questions about why she didn't reveal the diagnosis sooner, she didn't specify when she told her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, about her illness.
The Democratic presidential nominee spoke in the battleground state of North Carolina and talked about her reluctance to take time off the trail while she was sick.
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The P-5 nations will discuss their nuclear doctrines at the meeting on October 6 in New York, US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller announced on Thursday.
UPDATE: 6:15 p.m. EDT — Reuters said Samsung would provide refunds or replacements for 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7s. Replacement devices are expected to be available at U.S. retail outlets no later than next Wednesday. Original story The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall Thursday for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone because the device’s batteries could catch fire and explode while charging.
(AP) — The Latest on a meeting between Washington state's president, athletic director and Pullman police to discuss the legal woes of football players (all times local): Washington State University President Kirk Schulz has met with Pullman's police chief to discuss recent incidents involving Cougar football players. Washington State University's president and athletic director are set to meet with the local police chief two days after football Coach Mike Leach suggested his players were being unfairly targeted by law enforcement.