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On Monday, Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation overturned homeless man Roman Ostriakov's 2011 theft conviction, in which he stole about $4.50 worth of sausages and cheese from a grocery store in Genoa, according to the BBC.

In 2015, Ostriakov was sentenced to six months in jail plus a fine. 

The "historic" overruling sets the precedence that those who steal a little bit of food when "in the face of the immediate and essential need for nourishment" are not committing a crime, BBC reported. Читать дальше...

Residents have been forced to flee their homes as a wildfire spreads in Fort McMurray, Alberta

Attention, lovers of early '00s cinematic classic Center Stage: This is not a drill! Lifetime has made another sequel to the seminal dance movie and E! News has your first look at the new...

The official website of Utkal University (www.utkaluniversity.ac.in) was hacked and a Pakistani flag found on the defaced home page on Tuesday.

With time running out in legislative session, hopes dim for changes this year.

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Johns Hopkins University researchers analyzed eight years of U.S. data and concluded that more than 250,000 people died each year due to medical errors.

Fiat Chrysler will provide Google with Chrysler Pacifica minivans to be outfitted with driverless technology.

A junior engineer in South Eastern Railway, Jharsuguda, died on duty after being hit by a train near an overbridge in Jharsuguda on Tuesday.The victim, Diptesh Dey, 50, works in the PWI section.

At least 100 people waited in misty rain and cool temperatures for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign office opening in New Jersey. … Click to Continue »

The Yankees, 8-15 entering Tuesday’s game, have never been so far under .500 during Joe Girardi’s nine seasons as manager.

As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project.

G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district has become the second block in the state to become open defecation free (ODF).

A local radio reporter said a trailer park that had been evacuated on Monday was on fire and flames were advancing toward businesses.

The NFL’s drafted rookies visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame before attending their first pro training camp over the last eight years came from a suggestion made by Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin. Now that the NFL has eliminated the annual rookie symposium in favor of events and seminars held at individual…

The Tampa Bay Times said Tuesday it had bought the Tampa Tribune, folding in its longtime rival to form the fifth-largest Sunday newspaper in the U.S. based on print sales, the companies said.

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For car lovers, one of the most thrilling events to attend is a major rally race. 

These events involve drivers racing highly prepped race cars against time on insanely complicated courses.

Rally courses are on closed-off sections of roads and trails, usually located in rural areas and deep in the woods. The courses tend to be rugged and almost always require the drivers to do some serious off-roading. 

Recently, the Oregon Trail Rally took place right near Portland, Oregon. Читать дальше...

Tightening the noose on BJD over chit fund scams, Congress on Tuesday alleged that a chit fund company deposited lakhs of rupees in the ruling party's account in a nationalized bank here.

He will face Democrat Baron Hill in the fall.

The opposition on Tuesday stalled the assembly proceedings for the fourth day in a row over alleged BJD patronage to chit fund scam accused.

The fun begins when Maurice Flowers, the author of a children’s book series, carries a rope and a chair out into the yard, tosses the rope over a tree limb and tries to end it all. Among the series’ most memorable bits: a blood-soaked clown, a young woman who gets hit by lightning while riding her bike, a young Japanese man who is told to hide a lasso and thinks he’s being told to hide Lassie, a lonely widower who brings cheese and toast to leave on his wife’s grave, and a would-be inventor whose... Читать дальше...

Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music has announced that artists Darius Rucker, India.Arie, CeCe Winans and Keb’ Mo...