People between 18 and 45 years of age accounted for 71% of all homicide victims in the city in 2014, shows figures from the National Crime Records Bureau. Add killings in the 45-60 group, and it takes care of 94% of all murders in Mumbai in 2014.
NASA has begun testing a way it could use the solar wind to send a spacecraft to the edge of our Solar System in just 10 years.
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Demi Lovato has a new collaboration to add to her list: The "Confident" singer revealed on Twitter Tuesday night that she wrote a new...
The Sea Hunter is designed to detect submarines
A good day and a bad air pollution day at Big Bend National Park. (Image courtesy of Big Bend National Park's webcam)
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A good day and a bad air pollution day at Big Bend National Park. (Image courtesy of Big Bend National Park's webcam)
Earlier this month, the Sierra Club stepped in to fight big polluters who are attempting to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to clean up the haze pollution that's threatening wilderness areas and public health in Texas and neighboring states. We filed a brief in a lawsuit brought by the State of Texas and the owners of eight of the nation's dirtiest coal plants -- including NRG... Читать дальше...
It warns you when it’s about to rain — and when you’re about to leave it behind.
Dance and vocal music harmonize in Oakland Ballet’s ambitious spring program, “A Cappella — Our Bodies Sing,” featuring collaborations between local choreographers and choral ensembles. Stephen Foster inspired choreographer Val Caniparoli, who teams up with the Berkeley Community Chamber Singers. Modern dance powerhouses Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton collaborate with Vajra Voices and Oakland Ballet Artistic Director Graham Lustig’s “Stone of Hope,” set to new arrangements of spirituals. Reed L. Читать дальше...
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CAMBRIDGE, England, April 12 (UPI) -- The first humans out of Africa likely brought disease with them that infected the populations of Neanderthals they encountered in Europe and Eurasia.
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LOS ANGELES, April 12 (UPI) -- Willow Smith discussed her personal style and connection to brother Jaden Smith in the May issue of Teen Vogue magazine.
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MUNICH, Germany, April 12 (UPI) -- A German controller who was operating the tracks where two trains collided in February was arrested Tuesday on possible manslaughter charges, authorities said.
Italian cyclist Mattia Gavazzi could face a lifetime ban after he tested positive for cocaine for the third time in his career.
Читать дальше...His announcement comes as fallout widens over the law he signed that would limit protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
Paul Ryan says he doesn't want and wouldn't accept Republican nomination
More than half of vehicles tested performed poorly in IIHS rating.
Filing of criminal cases against Srinagar-based NIT students for chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' cannot be accepted in this country, AAP leader and Minister in Delhi government Kapil Mishra said here on Tuesday.
As more weddings use hashtags, more people are poring over strangers' wedding photos on Instagram. WSJ senior style reporter Elizabeth Holmes joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the art of the wedding hashtag. Photo: Ben Fraser/Weddings by Two
An Augusta group is fighting against the execution of a Georgia death row inmate.
This week I talked with Michaela Mendelsohn, transgender activist, public speaker and businesswoman with over 40 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience. Mendelsohn is the CEO of Pollo West Corp one of the largest franchisees for El Pollo Loco restaurant in the Western Region of the United States and the founder of the California Transgender Workplace Program to promote transgender employment opportunities. After competing in the Ms. Senior California Pageant and serving as a consultant to... Читать дальше...
I am a secular Indian Kashmiri. Being secular is not particularly fashionable in India nowadays. In fact, secular is scorned as 'sickular', almost with a similar loathing people used to have for lepers and leprosy till the last century.
Take a look at the discourse in Indian social media and you would know what I am referring to. Secularism has become so bad that even those who are secular in their daily lives do not like to assign the word 'secular' to their practice. We, the people of the Indian republic... Читать дальше...
When the two aggregators piloted bike taxis in March, RTOs launched a crackdown to book the vehicles for operating without permits. The transport department first issued a notice calling the service illegal and warning citizens not to use it. Later, officials booked some of these bike taxis using apps; nearly 80 vehicles were caught.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan to GOP: "I do not want, nor will I accept the Republican nomination"