Opinion Journal: Vetting the Next Secretary of Education
Center for Education Reform Senior Fellow Jeanne Allen on Education Secretary nominee John B. King’s track record on school choice. Photo credit: Getty Images.
Center for Education Reform Senior Fellow Jeanne Allen on Education Secretary nominee John B. King’s track record on school choice. Photo credit: Getty Images.
ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of the refugee crisis in Europe to obtain the European Union's support for his own authoritarian regime. The 2.5 million refugees in Turkey are the ultimate trump card for Erdogan. He's the one calling the shots.
A meeting in October between Erdogan and the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission resulted in a shady deal by which the release of an EU progress report for Turkey -- which contained serious... Читать дальше...
A critical factor in how much chief executives are paid isn’t how well their share price performs or how long they run their company. It is who sits at the head of the boardroom table.
– Officials from Nigeria are set to travel to Britain – The Nigerian officials are to retrieve a controversial bronze statue – The officials are to attend a repatriation ceremony to claim back the statue of a cockerel Emerging reports suggest that Nigerian officials have made plans to travel to Britain to collect a controversial […]
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As United Continental CEO Oscar Munoz gears up for a battle with two of his largest shareholders, he will be able to draw on a similar experience eight years ago, when he was a senior executive at U.S. railroad operator CSX.
The Secret Service on Tuesday night arrested a man suspected of shooting a pastor in Idaho after the man traveled here and threw unidentified objects over the White House fence, a spokesman for the Secret Service said in a statement.
On the heels of denying permission for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says there's no urgent need for a new Canada-U.S. pipeline in an interview with CBC's Rosemary Barton.
Anyone who stalks DJ Khaled's SnapChat knows that he has major keys to share. The We The Best CEO stopped by The Ellen Show for his...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Digha-Sonepur and Munger rail bridges to the country on March 12 at a function to be held at Chhavkia in Vaishali district.
(AP) — Washoe County Republican Party Chairman Adam Kahn and three other top officers say they have resigned at least in part because of internal divisions within the county party. Vice-chairman Tom Dickman, Secretary Barb Hawn and Treasurer Chuck Reno also submitted their resignation at Tuesday night's meeting.
Amsterdam & Partners LLP Founding Partner Robert Amsterdam provides an inside look at Vladimir Putin’s legal system. Photo credit: Associated Press.
While Wake Forest's record got worse during Danny Manning's second season, the Demon Deacons insist they're still in good shape to succeed in the future.
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DOHA, Qatar, March 9 (UPI) -- Motorists on a busy stretch of highway in the capital of Qatar were shocked to discover an unusual traveler in traffic -- a tiger.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Several parishes in northwest Louisiana have declared a state of emergency over widespread flooding, and the National Guard is being sent in to help. Louisiana State Police closed a section of Interstate 20 near Gibsland after both the eastbound and westbound lanes were covered with a foot of water, making the road impassible. The heavy rain flooded up to 80 homes, causing a nursing home near Minden to be evacuated, some high water rescues and water in the Webster Parish Courthouse. Читать дальше...
As the Browns prepare to lose center Alex Mack to the Falcons, another starting offensive lineman could be heading out the door. Per multiple sources, the Browns have yanked their offer to offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz. As one source explained it, the Browns possibly are posturing. Others think that the team is calling the bluff…
The manufacturer of new concrete paving units on Nebraska’s Centennial Mall will replace a section of the pavers next week due to problems with the mix used to make them.
Police say the 23-year-old's "survival instincts" kicked in as she allegedly managed to fight off her attacker with a knife.
Gold futures headed for a third straight session loss Wednesday as strength in oil prices and the U.S. stock market dulled the metal’s investment appeal.
Brian Littrell and his wife Leighanne pose with their son Baylee Littrell at the opening night of the musical Disaster! on Broadway on Tuesday (March 8) in New York City. The 13-year-old son of the Backstreet Boys singer is making his Broadway debut in the musical playing the dual roles of twins Ben and Lisa. [...]
The mostly elderly gang drilled through a concrete vault wall in the Hatton Garden diamond district in April and ransacked more than 70 safe-deposit boxes in a heist that has been described as the largest burglary in English legal history. Five of the men were sentenced at the Woolwich Crown Court to prison terms of six or seven years, while the sixth received a suspended sentence for his lesser role in "concealing, converting or transferring criminal property" related to the heist.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida - The Latest on a Jacksonville detective authorities say was shot by a man during an impromptu traffic stop (all times local):
Authorities say an off-duty detective who was shot was taking his son to school when he made an impromptu traffic stop. Hackney says the suspect had just fled his house following a domestic dispute where he'd threatened to harm himself and his girlfriend. The sheriff's office says the detective was airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery and was conscious when he left the scene. The sheriff's office says it isn't releasing his identity because it's still in the process of contacting the detective's family.
'I genuinely wasn't expecting people to lose their minds to a trailer like this,' the musician says.
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Here are some of the things I bought for my very first grown-up apartment: a glossy black enamel teakettle, an oven mitt from Anthropologie, a vintage dish towel with the 1970 calendar printed on it in German, and two large glass jars to keep cotton balls and tampons in, because I didn’t have to share a bathroom anymore and could make my everyday things Pinterest-pretty.
Here is one thing I didn’t buy: a bed, at least not in the sense that most people would recognize. Читать дальше...