Julie Hamp, the first western woman to be named a senior executive at Toyota, has resigned her post after being arrested last month in Japan for allegedly importing oxycodone. Toyota “has accepted her resignation after considering the concerns and inconvenience that recent events have caused our stakeholders,” the company said in a statement. Hamp was […]
David Sweat and Richard Matt didn’t just pull off a grandiose prison escape — they actually did it twice. And through it all, Sweat was the mastermind — or at least that’s what he’s telling investigators, a local district attorney said. From his hospital bed in Albany, Sweat is revealing more details about the New […]
After an extremely volatile few weeks of trading, it looked like Chinese stocks were finally taking a breather on Wednesday. Yeah, right! The Shanghai Composite spent much of the day in positive territory, before plummeting roughly 5% in the final hour of trading. The benchmark index closed 5.2% lower on the day, while the smaller […]
Syrian Kurdish forces regained full control of Tal Abyad on Wednesday, expelling Islamic State group fighters who had seized a district of the strategic border town, a monitoring group said.
A new memorial to honour the Gurkhas in their support to the UK in Folkestone will be unveiled by a royal and Ab Fab actress Joanna Lumley.
One of the county's biggest characters marks 40 years of owning the Grand Hotel today, one of Kent's landmark buildings.
It was with great interest that we read the column “Don’t forget about female veterans” (Las Vegas Sun, June 23). We couldn’t agree more that veterans, particularly female veterans, deserve our respect and attention, and we wanted to highlight some of the ways we fought for them during the 2015 legislative session.
One hundred fifty years too late, the Confederacy may finally be coming to an end. Finishing it off, however, will require more than getting rid of an offensive flag.
Sometimes history speeds up. Rarely in our nation’s 239 years of life has a single week brought such a surge of social change and such a sweeping set of challenges to past assumptions.
Smith attended the University of Oregon’s high school football camp this June, and was named the Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman for his age group ...
Wow, Supreme Court — what a week. “The Supreme Court just upheld Obamacare yet again,” Jeb Bush said in a fundraising shout-out. “This is the direct result of President Obama. He deliberately forced Obamacare on the American people in a partisan and toxic way.”
We’ve all heard how important education is, but I’ve been convinced of how true that is by personal experience. I’ve prepared bankruptcy petitions for people who cannot afford an attorney for 15 years.
Bill and Joan Turnbull of Seattle bought the roughly 40-acre property — off U.S. 95 at the southern edge of Searchlight, about 60 miles south of Las Vegas — out of foreclosure for $400,000. They don’t have “hard and fast plans” for the property but are thinking of ...
End the debate on which team should go into the college football season ranked second behind defending national champion Ohio State. There is no such dispute for the only sports book that’s already posted lines on the games. ....
Upset teachers spared no time decrying the news as unfair in light of the fact that the state approved bonuses of $5,000 for new teachers who have agreed to work in at-risk schools ...
In late 2011, during the planning for one of the debates of Republican presidential candidates, questions were raised about whether the eight-person field would be too unwieldy for television. One suggestion was to drop the low man in the polls, former Sen. Rick Santorum.
The GOP senator's support for an effort to ban gambling on the Internet makes him a key champion for a cause close to the heart of ...
Mergers, acquisitions, private equity and venture capital deals from Canada and around the world
Pair of Vancouver entrepreneurs have created a buzz with their product, which is higher in antioxidants than green tea. But how can they meet super-high demand right out of the gate?
When children move back home, a written agreement should outline a budget and time frame for moving out
Tens of thousands joined a pro-democracy march on the anniversary of Hong Kong`s handover to China Wednesday in what organisers said was a chance to work out the movement`s next step as momentum wanes.
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has stripped an Israeli family of a collection of Franz Kafka manuscripts, ruling that they be transferred to the country's National Library.
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has stripped an Israeli family of a collection of Franz Kafka manuscripts, ruling that they be transferred to the country's National Library.
A federal judge in Ohio is ready to sentence a man who was extradited from Iraq in a military contract bribery case.
The French obsession with America extends to queuing for McDonald's, worshipping Woody Allen and awarding the Légion-d'Honneur to Bob Dylan and Jerry Lewis