Man accused of hacking son's ear disappears during trial
Sheng Zheng, 42, was nowhere to be found Wednesday morning as jurors arrived to hear summations in his assault case in Manhattan.
Sheng Zheng, 42, was nowhere to be found Wednesday morning as jurors arrived to hear summations in his assault case in Manhattan.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump swept to victory in the Mississippi and Michigan presidential primaries Tuesday. He devoted a portion of his speech in Florida to defending his line of retail products, including steaks, bottled water and wine
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As many as 52 young women from across the city donated their hair to make wigs for cancer patients on Tuesday. The idea behind the initiative at Jaslok Hospital in Peddar Road was to strengthen the psychological condition of cancer patients, who often find it daunting to cope with the stress of a sudden appearance change.
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When it comes to researching whether or not you should invest in a publicly-traded company, you have an array of resources at your disposal.
You can review any U.S.-listed public company’s regulatory filings, which are available through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database, follow media coverage of any company of interest, seek the advice of a broker or investment adviser, and review the reports of research analysts who specialize in the company and its sector. Читать дальше...
Think you know what a feminist looks like? Think again.
Close your eyes and picture a feminist. Now open them and look at the nine images of feminists in this series by photographer Jules Davies for Portland clothier Wildfang. Feminists like Ace.
Jules Davies
"When society hears 'feminist' they automatically see a woman, not a man," he explained in a brief interview with Wildfang. "What people fail to realize is feminism is a movement... Читать дальше...
Rampant growth at Supercell Oy in recent years has cooled, pointing to the fast-moving nature of the fledgling mobile-game industry.
– Senate to pass bill that will allow looters in foreign countries to be repatriated – This is to support President Buhari’s fight against corruption The Nigerian Senate has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhariin in his determination to prosecute corrupt officials by passing a bill that will enable Nigerian looters in other countries […]
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RICHMOND, Virginia - Sixty-eight-year-old Gladys Williams went to a segregated, black-only school in rural Virginia decades ago because the law required it. Now her grandson is scheduled to attend a middle school named for the state's most prominent champion of school segregation: Harry F. Byrd Sr.
A precocious child with a good grasp of history, the 10-year-old asked her, "Grandma, why do I have to go to a school that was named after a racist who didn't want black people in the building?" In an era when historical figures are being re-examined for their racial views, Byrd — Virginia's most towering political icon of the mid-20th century — could be on the fast-track to infamy. A whole generation of African-American baby boomers in Virginia felt the sting of Byrd's stubborn resistance to school integration in the 1950s and beyond. Читать дальше...
Unilever has agreed to compensate hundreds of its former workers who claim they were exposed to toxic mercury while working for the company.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of John B. King Jr. to be education secretary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of John B. King Jr. to be education secretary.
King, who began his education career as a high school social studies teacher, was tapped by Obama late last year to succeed longtime Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who stepped down in December. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said before the vote that the department hasn't done enough to protect student borrowers and take prompt action against for-profit schools such as Corinthian Colleges, which filed for bankruptcy protection last year amid fraud allegations.
The Violent Femmes often sound like their old selves on "We Can Do Anything," their ninth studio album and first since 2000.
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