Smoke gets in your eyes? Blame Canada
Oh, Canada: All of your wildfire smoke that painted our sunset Monday was officially fouling our air quality Tuesday.
Oh, Canada: All of your wildfire smoke that painted our sunset Monday was officially fouling our air quality Tuesday.
PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts - Firefighters say a bulldozer has been buried by an "avalanche" of sand at a Massachusetts gravel site, killing a worker.
State and local pension plans throughout the United States are underfunded, which has some financial experts wondering if the type of economic crisis that befell Greece could hit America sometime soon.
Months of negotiations over the Greek financial crisis might have failed, but one Londoner says all the country needs is a successful crowdfunding campaign. A 29-year-old shoe store worker has started a “Greek Bailout Fund” on Indiegogo. “I’m confident the people of Europe will get this campaign and some time soon we’ll all be raising a glass of ouzo and having a bloody great big celebration,” he said. Donation perks include a postcard of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a Greek feta and olive... Читать дальше...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources says it will require a full environmental impact study of a proposed hog "megafarm" in northern Wisconsin.
David Sweat, who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility with Richard Matt, was hiding in a hunting tree stand when an officer walked past him, according to the DA.
ODAWARA, Japan — A man set himself on fire on a high-speed bullet train in Japan on Tuesday, killing himself and another passenger as the coach filled with smoke, a fire official said. The train stopped on the outskirts of Odawara city, about 50 miles west of Tokyo, when a passenger pressed an emergency button after finding someone collapsed on the floor near a restroom at the back of the first car, a transport ministry official said on condition of anonymity, citing department rules. Crew members rushed to extinguish the fire... Читать дальше...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — They beat the EPA on coal, and now a group of state attorneys general hopes to score a similar victory on farming.
David Sweat says that he and fellow inmate Richard Matt began planning their prison break in January, and used only hacksaws to cut through their cell walls.
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TULLYTOWN, Pa., June 30 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania-based gun company has started selling the first American-made Kalashnikov AK-47s after sanctions on Russia prevented the import of the weapons.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A nonprofit that operates Maine's first charter school will pay Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves $30,000 after terminating his employment contract. Eves was supposed to start his $120,000-a-year job as president of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences on Wednesday.
An Oklahoma woman can pursue a jury trial after she was injured when her fireplace crumbled in an earthquake she claims was caused by saltwater waste pumped into the ground, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Italy should follow the example of Tunisia who in the aftermath of the Sousse terror attack which killed 39 people said it would close dozens of mosques accused of extremist preaching
Photo: @harnaamkaur/Instagram Harnaam Kaur has polycystic ovary syndrome. As a kid, she started growing facial hair — the disorder can cause hormonal imbalances — but following years of waxing, tweezing, and threading, she gave up and accepted her beard.
Calgary's GM responded to comments in a Boston Herald story regarding defenseman Dougie Hamilton.
CAIRO — Islamic State militants beheaded two women on charges of “sorcery” in a northeastern province of Syria, a monitoring group reported Tuesday, in what it said marked the Sunni extremist group’s first decapitations of female civilians. The report by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition watchdog with a network of activists in Syria, could not be independently verified, but a pro-opposition media group based in the province where the killings allegedly took place confirmed the information. Читать дальше...
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion providers cheered a move by the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block part of a Texas law that would have closed more than half the state’s 19 remaining abortion clinics. [...] antiabortion advocates insisted Monday’s ruling, while at least a short-term victory for abortion providers, isn’t as sweeping as those groups hope. Both sides agree the two-paragraph order blocks a requirement that would mandate abortion facilities be constructed like surgical centers. [...]... Читать дальше...
Iran and six major powers on Tuesday gave themselves until July 7 to clinch a historic nuclear deal as a midnight deadline approached in marathon talks with no breakthrough in sight.
Cheryl Burke and Thomas Roberts have both dropped out as co-hosts of the Miss USA pageant following the controversy with Donald Trump‘s remarks on immigration. “In light of the recent statements made by Donald Trump and the subsequent decision by NBC to cut ties with Mr. Trump, I cannot in good conscience move forward with [...]
Home heroes promise to build on 'emotional' day after Ward and Bedene join Murray, Watson and Broady in second round
Taking time out from a busy presidential campaign, billionaire reality show star Donald Trump has filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision, after the network severed ties with the real estate mogul for his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants.
With just hours until the doors are due to open for the first time, staff at the Abbott government's new Primary Health Networks – the rebadged Medicare Locals – have been instructed to postpone the printing of any stationery and prevent the display of new signage.
A senior Obama administration official says the U.S. and Cuba will announce the opening of embassies in Washington and Havana on Wednesday.