Recent deadly violence at an Amazon prison is fueling concern over the vast powers wielded within the country's penal system by armed drug gangs, and the dangers faced by young men in prison awaiting trial or for minor offenses. A veteran convict tells NPR about life behind bars.
Arkansas is putting a stop to its celebration of both Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., on the same day.
Google says it is giving advertisers more control over where and how their ads appear. Some major advertisers in the U.K. were outraged and some pared back their spending after their ads appeared on YouTube videos created by backers of ISIS and a violent pro-fascist group. Google also says it's removing more ads from extremist content and hiring more people to deal with the problem.
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the leading GOP replacement bill on Thursday.
Kim Jong-Un isn't backing down
As police scour the country for an Ontario man accused of killing his seven-year-old stepson, the child's family is preparing to lay him to rest.
Vandals are alleged to have attacked sections of the Dakota Access pipeline in two separate incidents. A hole was burned in an empty section of the pipeline in South Dakota, and others took a blowtorch to a safety valve in Iowa, according to authorities.
Read Full Article at RT.com
The games that rise above the fray must have some unique angle in order to distance themselves from their peers. And when it comes to unique, there is no other title that better embodies that concept than inXile’s “Torment: Tides of Numenera.”
Laptops and tablets will not be allowed on some inbound routes from the Middle East and North Africa.
Makerarm is a robotic tool with various abilities. Users can operate wirelessly from any smart device. Read more...
Читать дальше...
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Mar. 14 on the Marines United Facebook page on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters
Читать дальше...
Juneau County UW-Extension and area FFA advisors will sponsor the 2017 tractor safety training program for youth ages 12 and over.
PARIS (AP) — An investigation into parliamentary jobs arranged by French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been extended to new suspicions of fraud and forgery.
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins a two-hour EDM mix featuring music from Jacques Greene, Lee Foss and Soulwax.
“Finding Dory” star Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have listed their Montecito, California, estate for $45 million. The 17-acre property, located outside Santa Barbara, was recently renovated by the star-studded couple to include an entertaining pavilion with ocean views and an outdoor pizza kitchen. The two-story romantic getaway also has nine fireplaces,...
Justin Wilcox and Willie Taggart are two head coaches who will be facing huge challenges in their first seasons.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s offseason “sabbatical” is going to be a little longer than expected. Newton will undergo surgery on March 30 to repair a partially torn rotator cuff in his right throwing shoulder, according to team spokesman Steve Drummond. Drummond said Tuesday that Newton will miss minicamp and OTAs, but is
"Beauty and the Beast" zal in Maleisië vertoond worden zonder dat in de film geknipt wordt, zo heeft Disney dinsdag gezegd, nadat de release was
The feds nabbed a trio of alleged drug traffickers accused of using U-Haul’s to truck massive amounts of heroin hidden inside wooden furniture from Mexico to New York, law enforcement sources said. More than $4 million in cash and three kilos of heroin were recovered by the Drug Enforcement Task Force and Homeland Security from...
New research showed the endorsement of learning material by a student's peers is more essential to academic motivation than inspiration offered by a teacher.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The 124 union nurses working in Illinois prisons have received layoff notices telling them their jobs are being privatized, according to a letter from Gov. Bruce Rauner's office obtained by The Associated Press....
An immigration judge has ordered an Army veteran, who served two tours of duty overseas and suffered a brain injury before returning to Chicago, to be deported.
A lawyer for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has aggressively questioned the prosecution's star witness against Hernandez in his double-murder trial.
“Arrow” fans have made sure that their favorite actors have carbonated drinks. David Ramsey revealed that a group sent cases of soda after he claimed that only “The Flash” was fancy enough to get the bubbly beverages. During PaleyFest LA over the weekend, Ramsey, who has spent the last five seasons playing John Diggle on the CW drama, discussed the differences between working on “Arrow” and “The Flash.”
