On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Rufus Wainwright unleashes one of his most ambitious projects yet: a collection of the Bard’s notoriously idiosyncratic sonnets
Workers at BAE Systems' shipyards on the Clyde warn they will fight to avoid further redundancies, after being told of delays to vital contracts.
Jeremy Luedi, Global Risk Insights
Mongolia is suffering from an over-dependence on mining, and as global commodity prices and demand from China decrease, diversification is urgently needed.
Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, April 22 (UPI) -- Comedy film duo Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are set to return as battling fathers in Paramount's newly announced sequel, "Daddy's Home 2."
The Rivera twins have the same name (Rogelio), played tennis together at Tallwood High School and joined the U.S. Army together. They found a way to be even closer earlier this month when JR donated one of his kidneys to RJ, who has a disease that causes kidney failure.
More than 200,000 convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the swing state of Virginia in November under a sweeping executive order Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday. The Democrat said restoring the rights of former felons to vote and run for office will help undo the state's long history of trying to prevent African-Americans from fully participating in our democracy.
TORONTO - Tyler Ladendorf, as expected, was called up Friday when third baseman Danny Valencia went on Oakland’s disabled list with a left hamstring strain. Ladendorf, 28, has played every position except pitcher, catcher and first in his career; he hit .364 during the spring and over the past five games at Triple-A Nashville, he was 7 for 21. He is not in Oakland’s lineup Friday vs. the Blue Jays. Valencia, the A’s cleanup hitter, said Thursday night that he anticpates... Читать дальше...
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis man whose guilty plea in a quadruple killing spared him a possible death sentence smirked and rocked back and forth in his chair Friday after a judge sentenced him to four consecutive life terms without parole.
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Oslo (AFP) - Quick-thinking medical staff in Norway saved a patient's life by calling in an F-16 fighter jet to whisk life-saving medical equipment from one hospital to another, media reports said Friday.
The patient was fighting for his life and without a special lung and heart procedure called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) he would die.
But the hospital in the town of Bodo in central Norway, where he was being treated... Читать дальше...
The 32-year-old hardhat fatally struck by falling debris at a West Village luxury condo was going home for the day when he was hit.
– The Nigerian army have arrested four Boko Haram leaders during search operation today – The suspected terrorist are currently undergoing interrogation Troops of 3 Battalion, of 22 Task Force Brigade have made an unprecedented catch with the arrest of four Boko Haram terrorists — ameers (kingpins) at Rann, headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area, […]
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A lawyer for the former Hillary Clinton staffer who helped maintain her private email server has told Congress that his client still will not appear before Senate committees investigating the matter. … Click to Continue »
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The Latest on the Illinois Legislature's plan to fund higher education and other legislative issues (all times local):
Leaders of Illinois' public universities are thankful for the money the stop-gap funding bill passed by the state's General Assembly will provide. The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would send $450 million in temporary aid to human service programs during the state's budget stalemate. Bill sponsor Democratic Sen. Heather Steans of Chicago said Friday the plan would help support agencies that have cut services while operating without state funding since July 1. The measure would use... Читать дальше...
BARCELONA, Spain - Eight-time winner Rafael Nadal beat 12th-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (1) to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday, avenging a loss to the Italian at the tournament last year.
CLEVELAND - A former police officer fired for stabbing her boyfriend should get her job back, an appeals court ruled.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A former police officer fired for stabbing her boyfriend should get her job back, an appeals court ruled.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A former police officer fired for stabbing her boyfriend should get her job back, an appeals court ruled.
NEW YORK - Four times a year there's a kind of parade on Wall Street: companies announce their quarterly earnings, all in a row, with the banks first, then the tech companies, and the retailers bringing up the rear. Stocks can rise or plunge based on the results. And three months later it all happens again.
NEW YORK (AP) — Four times a year there's a kind of parade on Wall Street: companies announce their quarterly earnings, all in a row, with the banks first, then the tech companies, and the retailers bringing up the rear.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Four times a year there's a kind of parade on Wall Street: companies announce their quarterly earnings, all in a row, with the banks first, then the tech companies, and the retailers bringing up the rear.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Four times a year there's a kind of parade on Wall Street: companies announce their quarterly earnings, all in a row, with the banks first, then the tech companies, and the retailers bringing up the rear. For about 40 years, companies have had to make four yearly reports of basic financial information, including how much money they earned or lost, how much revenue they took in and what their expenses were. BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink said in February that the constant reports encourage short-term thinking... Читать дальше...
Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia spoke with some of the people whose voting rights he restored.