Brazil faces challenges prior to summer Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - Photo taken in February 2016 shows the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Concerns are growing in Br...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Photo taken in February 2016 shows the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Concerns are growing in Br...
Randy Houser's "We Went" jumps 3-1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart (dated March 19), increasing by 11 percent to 45.5 million...
They say “You cannot step in the same river twice” but that doesn’t apply to the US military, now requesting the Obama administration restart a halted project on training Syrian rebels, as they believe that with the different approach the program will succeed.
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Maria Sharapova is pursuing sanctions ranging from no suspension to a maximum one-year ban from tennis for her self-acknowledged doping offense in January, her attorney said Tuesday.
Japan has stabilized the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant, shattered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the country's worst nuclear accident. But the cleanup has only begun. Photo: Eric Pfanner
Overall, ACT Policing handed out 137 fines in summer campaign, double the previous summer.
Photo: Shutterstock. Have you ever snapped angrily at someone when you were hungry? Or has someone snapped angrily at you when they were hungry? If so, you’ve experienced “hangry” (an amalgam of hungry and angry) – the phenomenon whereby some people get grumpy and short-tempered when they’re overdue for a feed.
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BOSTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a final version of a bill designed to address the state's deadly opioid addiction crisis. The bill would limit initial opiate painkiller prescriptions to a seven-day supply and set an evaluation requirement within 24 hours for overdose victims seeking help at hospital emergency rooms.
While calling for the passage of the women's bill, Sonia said, "Surely, maximum governance does not mean having double standards in relation to women and their rights.
While calling for the passage of the women's bill, Sonia said, "Surely, maximum governance does not mean having double standards in relation to women and their rights.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan was front and center Tuesday as voters in four states weighed in on the 2016 presidential race, testing Donald Trump's staying power at the top of the Republican pack and Bernie Sanders' narrowing chances to sideline Hillary Clinton's march to the Democratic nomination. [...] because there are a few counties in that state's upper peninsula in the Central time zone, it will be 9 p.m. EST before voting ends there. According to early results of exit polls conducted by Edison... Читать дальше...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Photo taken in February 2016 at the Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro shows a signboard alerting peopl...
Nathan Eldredge represented himself at the first-degree murder trial but made no opening statement and said nothing in his own defense.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Minnesota Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
The 49ers have signed Armstrong, who was scheduled to become a restricted free agent, to a one-year contract extension. In his three-year career, the former undrafted free agent has five starts, 57 tackles and one sack. The 49ers can match any offer Wilhoire receives in free agency, but they would not receive a draft picks if signs with another team. Devey, 28, an exclusive rights free agent, has no negotiating power and would receive a minimum salary if he makes the team.
Property investors do not want to see prices rise and some are even hoping for a drop.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Minnesota Lottery's "Northstar Cash" game were:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Latest on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race (all times local):
A stabbing attack — carried out by a terrorist, according to authorities — along a popular oceanfront boardwalk around Tel Aviv left an American tourist dead and 10 other people wounded not far from where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting Tuesday.”In these moments, terror attacks are taking place in streets adjacent to us,” said former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres during a meeting with Biden at ...
BANDON – Calum Hill and Jonas Liebich each fired even par rounds of 71 Wednesday to pace the Oregon State men’s golf team to a sixth-place finish at the 54-hole Bandon Dunes Championship at the 6,682-yard Bandon Trails Course.
TOKYO - Asako Takakura, coach of the Japanese women's under-20 soccer team, meets with reporters at Haneda a...
Salesforce is expanding up its presence in New York City with a plan that would give it naming rights to a Manhattan skyscraper. Under the deal, the building would be renamed Salesforce Tower New York, and the company’s logo would replace that of MetLife Inc. at the top of the property after the insurer leaves, said Elizabeth Pinkham, executive vice president for global real estate at Salesforce. The company is expanding its operations around the world as it looks to bolster its reach with new customers. Читать дальше...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has removed a major hurdle to California's high-speed rail system, ruling that the $64 billion system does not violate promises made to the voters who approved it and that planning and financing can proceed.