California politics updates: Gun control bills move forward in Legislature, new questions about voter registration card April 19 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching right now:Closely watched bills on...
NFL beat writer mock draft | Quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Jared Goff go first April 18 2016, 7:07 PM Take a look at our annual beat writer mock draft below. The first round of the 2016 NFL Draft will begin at 5 p.m. PDT on April 28 in Chicago.RAMS DRAFT PRIMER:Inside the Rams' trade for the No....
Under pressure from various quarters, the Rajasthan government on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to inquire into a case of a teenaged Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and found dead under mysterious circumstances in March.
Iraqi police on Tuesday unearthed two mass graves in the western city of Ramadi, with bodies of about 40 people killed by Islamic State militants during the militant Sunni group's reign of terror in the city, officials said.
Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...
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Sticking your hands into a Dyson Airblade — those super-effective hand dryers often found at fancy restaurants and train stations — is kind of magical. The machine's opposing "blades" of air slice the water right off your hands, no paper towels required.
But there may be be an unseen cost to those wondrous air blasts: spraying virulent germs everywhere, according to a new study in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.
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Hardly anyone ever does, not since the once-booming natural gas industry pulled up stakes amid a prolonged, severe slump in energy prices. Times were good then; the 50-room Rodeway Inn was routinely filled with some of the legions of gas workers who helped turn Pennsylvania from a bit energy player into the nation's No. 2 natural gas-producing state, after Texas. [...] with the number of rigs drilling for oil and gas falling to all-time lows across the nation last week, Patel and other residents... Читать дальше...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first U.N. special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years bristled with tension Tuesday over the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses, as countries wrestled over whether to emphasize criminalization…
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to uphold a federal law aimed at people who have been convicted of repeated acts of domestic violence on Indian lands. … Click to Continue »
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey gallery has filed a federal lawsuit over a city code violation it received for displaying artwork of a partially nude woman in its store window.
ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey - A New Jersey gallery has filed a federal lawsuit over a city code violation it received for displaying artwork of a partially nude woman in its store window.
Washington has sanctioned Khalifa Ghawi for undermining Libya's stability.
The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/1qCXqkY) 62-year-old Barry Barkinsky, of Stamford, was arraigned Tuesday on four counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and 10 counts of voyeurism. Police say Barkinsky turned over 2,181 photographs he had secretly taken of at least a dozen nude men while he was performing a medical procedure on them.
While a lot of draft conversations about quarterbacks have ended with Carson Wentz and Jared Goff, the law of supply and demand indicates that teams beyond the top two picks are going to needed one. So Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch figures to be one of the more interesting cases to watch next Thursday night. According…
Group to exit many of the online sites set up to help consumers secure low-cost insurance
Aircraft flying from the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman have set a Navy record for the amount of bombs used in the fight against the Islamic State, highlighting how U.S. military efforts in the region have intensified in recent months.
A storm that hit Houston this week caused the city's worst flooding in 15 years and left five people dead, officials said.
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The BBC's Sarah Campbell met the Queen's horse racing advisor John Warren, who has worked with her for over twenty years.
The Lix pen is both a pen and a 3D printer. It melts and pours colored plastic through the tip, which quickly cools and hardens. It isn't the only 3D pen on the market, but the Lix is the smallest one available, and the slickest-looking.
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Several Syrian rebel groups unleashed a wide-scale offensive in northwestern and central Syria on Monday.
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April is a challenging month for driving.
"Any time that there's rain you can get difficult conditions," Andrew Comrie-Picard, a professional race car driver and stunt driver said.
But in early spring — when lots of rainfall combines with low temperatures and roads battered by the previous winter — drivers can encounter surprisingly challenging conditions.
Comrie-Picard, who has competed in a 20 year long string of off-road races in forests, deserts... Читать дальше...
California politics updates: Gun control bills move forward in Legislature, new questions about voter registration card April 19 2016, 11:11 AM Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching right now:Closely watched bills on...
Brush fires in New Jersey disrupted Amtrak Northeast service in the area Tuesday afternoon, according to official reports.