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Zero's new dual sport DSR model— an upgraded version of the Zero DS designed to be at home on pavement and dirt roads — brings 56% more torque and 25% more horsepower to the party.

Electric motorcycles are a relatively new thing, and most motorcyclists have never ridden one before.

It's a very different experience that takes some getting used to, especially when it comes to changing long-ingrained habits. Scooter riders, maybe not so much.

As I twist the right grip, the silence is deafening. Читать дальше...

One website that helps couples raise honeymoon cash raised $90 million last year — a 50 percent jump from the previous year.

Let's be honest. If the Republican front-runner was anyone other than calloused anger-pillow Donald Trump -- if it were a bog-standard Republican senator or governor, or anyone else in the field, frankly -- there wouldn't be much resistance to the idea that the party's nomination was locked up. Based on the states won, the delegates claimed and polls suggesting where the future is headed, we'd all think it was looney-tunes that there was a gaggle of other competitors thinking they still have a shot. Читать дальше...

The University of Pretoria has warned students that they could be suspended, expelled or criminally charged for liking, retweeting or getting tagged on social media posts that it deemed "hate speech".

On the last Wednesday of every month in Orange, New Jersey, there is a "free diaper handout" event at 105 Main Street at the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges (IFPO). On Wednesday, Feb 24, the program team from Worldwide Orphans (WWO) visited with the volunteers and board members at the food pantry and provided mobile Toy Library for 10 children. There were 200 mothers and 150 received free diapers and most of the 40 children with their mothers, were infants. It was a monumental event for WWO. Читать дальше...

Phoenix doesn't rise from the ashes of itself, but from a sun-drenched desert that draws visitors from around the globe for its warm winter days and sultry nights. It rose also from the imagination of people who visualized a city where people could live year-around in the shadows of the rugged mountains surrounding it. Savvy marketers branded it "The Valley of the Sun" in the 1930s and the label sticks today.

Even before the Valley of the Sun became a mecca for people fleeing the snows of the north, Phoenix drew a well-heeled set. Читать дальше...

I talk to business owners and executives every day and realize that businesses of all sizes share one important thing: They all read the same social media advice. There is no shortage of social media advice available for businesses and executives today, yet many businesses still struggle to get results.

Let's forget the deluge of advice for now. It can be incredibly overwhelming and technical if you're not a marketer (and let's face it, most people aren't). Instead, let's focus on three... Читать дальше...

co-authored by Allison Vaillancourt

When former Secretary of State Madeline Albright recently said, "there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other," we turned to each other and wondered if we would eventually have to argue about who would get the window seat as we made our descent to the netherworld.

We weren't concerned about our political choices but rather about the more practical ways that we can but haven't helped other women enough. Each of us has managed... Читать дальше...

Sgt. Christopher Heard was suspended with pay after being charged with sexual assault. A public database lists him as earning $144,552.72 in salary per year

Co-authored by Haykaram Nahapetyan

The Syrian refugee crisis has been the subject of widespread debate around the world and in particular in Europe. While European countries agree on promoting European principles and values, the level of solidary action diverges drastically from country to country, and the subject is often transformed into cold questions of refugee quotas and political bargains.

In the meantime, unbeknownst to many, Armenia, a country of the size of the state of Maryland... Читать дальше...

Hess Corp. said late Wednesday that Chairman Mark Williams has retired effective immediately due to health reasons. To succeed Williams, the board chose James Quigley, former chief executive of Deloitte and current board member, as chairman. Shares of Hess rose 0.2% to $47 in after-hours activity.

“I got a call from my agent and he said, ‘Do you know Terrence Malick?’ And I decided I would try to be a smarty-pants and I said, ‘Of course,’ but I had never seen any of his films. I was aware of his name like you’re aware of names like Atom Egoyan or Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, artsy-fartsy films unlike the things I’m in or write.” And so begins comic actor/screenwriter Thomas Lennon's ("Reno 911!," CBS' "The Odd Couple") amazing story to Business Insider about his single day shooting Terrence... Читать дальше...

HUANTA, Peru — The front-runner in Peru’s presidential race danced through the streets of this Andean town that her father, former hard-line President Alberto Fujimori, wrested from Shining Path rebels in a bloody conflict two decades ago. Sporting a black felt hat ringed with yellow flowers, Keiko Fujimori won applause on a recent campaign stop at her mention of the “efficiency” with which her father — now disgraced and imprisoned — built schools and defeated the leftist insurgency. “Her father... Читать дальше...

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Rep. Chris Collins, the first sitting congressman to endorse Donald Trump, about the Republican frontrunner's wins on Super Tuesday and how the party is reacting to him.

After Wednesday night's contests, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have firmed up their front-runner status in the GOP and Democratic presidential contests.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Claudia Gazzini, Libya analyst for the International Crisis Group, about how ISIS gained a foothold there.

The Supreme Court Wednesday heard what could be its most consequential abortion case in a generation. Hundreds of protestors crowded the steps of the building while arguments took place inside.

For NPR's feature "First Mention," we find that we first heard about Dr. Ben Carson on July 5, 1987, after he successfully completed a radical brain surgery on child patients.

A defense lawyer says a 22-year-old Henderson man can't post $1 million bail to be freed from jail pending a June 13 preliminary hearing on a murder charge in the shooting death of his father. Attorney Mace Yampolsky said Wednesday ...

As more critics point to an undercurrent of bigotry in some of Donald Trump's statements, journalists grapple with how to characterize what he says — and what he means.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Republican Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia about the state of the GOP race after Super Tuesday. Rigell endorsed Marco Rubio, and wrote an open letter on Tuesday asking Virginia Republicans to "vote for any candidate but Donald Trump."

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews elections law attorney Ben Ginsberg, who previously served as national counsel to the Bush-Cheney campaigns and the Romney presidential campaign, about what it would take to have a contested GOP convention this year.

The route by which thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants headed from Greece to northern Europe is now closed, leaving thousands stranded at the Macedonian border.

The shorthanded Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in what may be the most significant abortion case it has heard in two decades. The case tests whether a Texas law setting certain requirements for clinics that provide abortion places an undue burden on women seeking an abortion.

Aubrey McClendon, one of the pioneers of the shale oil revolution in the U.S. died in a car crash Wednesday at age 56 years. McClendon was indicted Tuesday on charges he conspired to rig the bidding process on oil and gas leases in Oklahoma.