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NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska's North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a reserve set…

NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska's North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a reserve set aside nearly a century ago.

First oil flows from Alaska reserve set aside in '23 NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska's North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a reserve set aside nearly a century ago. ConocoPhillips is the first oil company to draw crude from the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area the size of Indiana which President Warren G. Harding dedicated as an emergency oil supply for the U.S. Navy in 1923. ... Читать дальше...

Jessica McNamara's father has just been charged with murder, when a visitor arrived at her home and delivered a chilling message, a court has heard.

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's third federal budget, which promised to meet daunting fiscal deficit targets without powering down the economy has been received with a mix of cheer, and disbelief.

Barely three months after the LDF rejoiced over an emphatic win at Vazhottukonam, party workers are hopeful to repeat the feat at the bypoll, albeit not as easily as on the previous occasion.

Australian officials say they are investigating a link between the debris that washed ashore in Mozambique and Flight 370.

ENSCHEDE - FC Twente houdt rekening met een miljoenenclaim van de fiscus in verband met de afwikkeling van de transfer van Dusan Tadic. De club stuurt erop aan dat de bestuurders die hiervoor verantwoordelijk zijn ook zelf de rekening betalen.

A high-ranking Vatican official said on Wednesday he should have done more to stop the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, acknowledging that he was told of at least one priest "misbehaving" with boys at an Australian school.

The recruitment of specialist teachers in government and aided schools, which was being kept in abeyance for long, will resume in the next academic year.

Doc Rivers wasn't sure beforehand what kind of message his team could send. The Clippers' body language in the final minutes said it all.

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Barclays was the first bank to settle with authorities over LIBOR fixing in 2012. But that was just the start of its troubles.

In 2013, less than a year after Anthony Jenkins took over from Bob Diamond as CEO, Barclays’ US supervisors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York crucified the US unit of the London-listed bank, according to an internal document from the Fed obtained by Business Insider.

Barclays declined to comment.

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One more person was arrested on Wednesday for threatening and abusing senior journalist Sindhu Sooryakumar.

ACT Comets coach Aiden Blizzard wants to add another experienced batsman to the side next season to help with the development of the team's young talent.

The Canberra Raiders are on track to have more than 15,000 members this season after smashing their record for fans signed up before round one.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A white Alabama police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a black man who, a family lawyer says, was walking home when he was slain outside a neighbor's house.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A white Alabama police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a black man who, a family lawyer says, was walking home when he was slain outs…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A white Alabama police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a black man who, a family lawyer says, was walking home when he was slain outside a neighbor's house.

California court rejects utility's efforts to stop paying for housing for residents displaced by the massive leak

A US man pleaded guilty to abducting and killing two Virginia college students, wrapping up a mystery that began in 2009.

FUJIMI, Japan - Photo shows Kazunori Ohno, an associate professor at Tohoku University, during a training session in...

The UN-sponsored ceasefire, which was brokered by Russia and the United States, is largely holding, because the Syrians are tired of fighting, Jürgen Todenhöfer, who became the first Western journalist to be granted access to the territories controlled by Daesh, told RT.

FUJIMI, Japan - Search-and-rescue dog Gonta wearing a Robo-Dog vest equipped with a camera, sensors and GPS, receive...