The New York Post: Move over, humans — pet ‘parents’ should be entitled to paid leave
Why isn’t anyone talking about ‘paw-ternity.”
Why isn’t anyone talking about ‘paw-ternity.”
NAIROBI, Kenya — A nearly 6-month-old girl was rescued Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed last week, raising hopes for more survivors in the disaster that has left 23 people dead and 93 others missing. Furniture had created pockets preventing the columns from falling on her and allowing air to flow into the rubble, he said. “It appears this baby was pretty well-nourished if it was able to survive for four days,” said Dr. Peter Sullivan, an associate professor of pediatrics at Oxford University. Читать дальше...
The County Board rejected the city’s plan to reduce the street’s speed limit.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - Florida's largest newspaper, The Tampa Bay Times, said Tuesday it has purchased its main competitor, the Tampa Tribune, ending a decades-long newspaper rivalry.
The beleaguered U.S. energy sector, which includes giants like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, is expected to report an overall loss, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, something that hasn't happened since the firm began collecting data in 1999. DETROIT (AP) — America's love of trucks and SUVs helped push most automakers to healthy sales gains last month as Honda and Nissan reported best-ever April sales. The move made Target the first major retailer to take such a prominent position on the issue... Читать дальше...
Megan Fox rocks a cute “badass” shirt while putting her little baby bump on display on Monday morning (May 2) in Brentwood, Calif. The 29-year-old pregnant actress made her way inside her local New York Bagel Co. for some yummy breakfast. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Megan Fox The day before, Megan stayed [...]
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Hanscom Smith, the consul-general in Shanghai, and his beau’s wedding in the U.S. was announced on the consulate’s official Weibo page.
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The leaders of Northern Ireland's five main parties go head-to-head in a debate before Thursday's Northern Ireland Assembly election.
The cattle industry can be indignant all it wants over Earls’s decision to serve only Certified Humane-labelled beef, but it should know that the customer is always right
Zillow Group Inc. narrowed its loss for the first quarter as the online real-estate company’s revenue climbed amid a growing user base.
Liss Fain tackles questions of personal privacy and surveillance in her latest work, “Tacit Consent,” an immersive performance installation making its world premiere at the Yerba Buena Center Forum this weekend. By allowing this, fans may not only experience close views of the dance, but also submerge themselves in composer Dan Wool’s ever-shifting audio environment and Matthew Antaky’s visual designs and live-feed video installation, in which the watchers become the watched. For those who want to explore the environment... Читать дальше...
The Chiefs released safety Jimmy Wilson and linebacker Cameron Gordon on Tuesday. Wilson and Gordon signed with the Chiefs earlier in the offseason but were released as the Chiefs cleared roster space for draft picks and post-draft rookie signings. Wilson signed a two-year, $4.85 million deal with San Diego in 2015 but was cut last…
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Tuesday said he was against intervention by Japan in its currency market. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Lew said Japan has "lived by the agreements it has made to refrain from competitive devaluation, to refrain from exchange rate targeting. We've made it clear we think it is important for all parties to the agreements to continue to live by them," he said. He said Japanese authorities should focus on fiscal policy measures... Читать дальше...
Single women are increasingly entering the real estate market alone
A man fatally shot his girlfriend, her father, and his ex-wife in Florida on Tuesday before turning the gun on himself, police said. A SWAT team found the body of Murray Lancaster, 41, in a camper trailer on his family's land near ...
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler and Google will work together to more than double the size of Google's self-driving vehicle fleet by adding 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler and Google will work together to more than double the size of Google's self-driving vehicle fleet by adding 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
The companies announced the agreement on Tuesday, saying that Chrysler engineers would work with Google to install sensors and software so the vans can drive themselves. Google says it will own the gas-electric hybrid vans, and it's not licensing autonomous car technology to Fiat Chrysler or anyone else. Currently Google's 7-year-old autonomous car project, which is now part of the so-called X lab at Alphabet Inc., Google's Mountain View-based parent company, has 21 Lexus SUVs modified to drive autonomously... Читать дальше...
Civil War: Chris Evans reprises the title character and goes up against Robert Downey Jr.’s Ironman in the latest Marvel installment. L’Attessa: A mother (Juliette Binoche) unexpectedly meets her son’s fiancee at a villa in Sicily and gets to know her as she waits for her son to arrive. Irishman Paddy Breathnach made this film about a Cuban hairdresser who wants to become a drag queen, which strains his relationship with his father.
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Office leasing activity in Houston in the first quarter plunged 25% from the already beaten-down levels a year ago, to 1.56 million square feet (msf), worse even than during the Financial Crisis, according to commercial real estate services firm Savills Studley.
That’s down 59% from the 3.8 msf of signed deals in the fourth quarter 2014, back when the oil bust was still considered a blip and hadn’t yet impacted the office market.
The availability rate rose by 4 percentage points from a year ago to 24.5%... Читать дальше...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lighted the Olympic torch in Brasília, kicking off a cross-country relay of the flame that officials hope will inspire excitement and boost ticket sales in a host country overshadowed by political and economic crises.