DOJ’s attack on North Carolina’s LGBT law resonates in Mississippi
Legal challenges to Mississippi’s HB1523 are also expected
1996 Supreme Court ruling may expose the law’s vulnerability
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TORONTO - Dallas forward Jamie Benn, Washington goalie Braden Holtby and Chicago forward Patrick Kane are the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL's most outstanding player.
TORONTO (AP) — Dallas forward Jamie Benn, Washington goalie Braden Holtby and Chicago forward Patrick Kane are the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award as the NHL's most outstanding player.
The thousands who fled north from the Canadian city of Fort McMurray to escape the raging wildfires were on the move again Friday after the winds changed direction and began pushing the blazes in their direction. A long convoy of cars and trucks carrying more 15,000 people and escorted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police snaked through the outskirts of the remote city.
(AP) — Little Rock settled a lawsuit Friday with relatives of a 67-year-old black man who was killed after a struggle with two white, off-duty police officers who entered his home without a warrant in 2010, marking what the family's attorney said was a record settlement of about $1.5 million. The family also came to an agreement for an undisclosed amount in April with the apartment complex where the two officers were working as security guards when the shooting occurred. The suit alleged that Officer... Читать дальше...
Better than snakes.
You wouldn’t expect to see a dog across the aisle on an ordinary flight. But there’s nothing ordinary about the dozens of flights carrying Fort McMurray residents to safety.
While most of the 88,000 evacuees from Fort McMurray went south, those who went north are now being relocated to areas with more resources.
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WestJet is one of several airlines lifting... Читать дальше...
Social networks aren’t just for bragging while you’re on vacation, they’re an indispensable tool to planning and making the most of your trip—even if you don’t know a hashtag from a hashbrown.
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco penguin that once sported a wetsuit after losing his feathers and who starred in a children's book has died at the age of 33, officials said this week.
Trump's promise to unify the Republican Party is in tatters, as an all-out civil war grips the GOP.
Mark Campbell wants people to issue warnings when they leave his operatic adaptation of "The Shining."
A P-plate driver has allegedly been caught driving at 193km/h on four bald tyres.
Australia is about to send its first independent payload to the International Space Station. And it's not some corporate giant taking the next step in Australia's space industry.
Kim Jong Un, the third generation of North Korea's ruling dynasty, boasted Friday of "magnificent and exhilarating" advances in nuclear and missile capabilities this year as he convened the first congress of the country's Workers' Party in his lifetime.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Three-term Montana U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns was remembered Friday as an influential lawmaker with a mastery of retail politics but a nagging penchant for stirring public controversy with politically incorrect comments.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Three-term Montana U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns was remembered Friday as an influential lawmaker with a mastery of retail politics but a nagging penchant for stirring public controversy with politically incorrect comments.
Condemning U.S. campaign finance practices, calling New Zealand a “financial fraud Mecca” and HSBC “one of the most notorious banks on the planet,” the source behind the Panama Papers leak has authored a manifesto to explain his (or her) motives.
– Displaced residents lament government neglect – Plead with the Lagos state government to come to their aid Some residents of Abiola in Oke-Ira area of Ogba, Lagos have expressed their grievances towards the Lagos state government over the demolition of their houses by some contractors. The residents who spoke with NAIJ.com accused the state […]
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Baseball has scrapped a series in Puerto Rico between the Pirates and Marlins amid concerns over the Zika virus
The list of high profile Republicans who won't support Donald Trump's candidacy is growing, but so is the list of those backing the presumptive nominee.
While homes all over the country employ coastal design, the Houston-Galveston iteration is chic and sophisticated, with lighter colors, polished or matte metals and plenty of blue. "The coastal experience is more about the color and texture, and a feeling that you get," said Seamus Kraham, owner of the Urban Resort home décor shop in Galveston. Through the week, the couple lives in Waddell's Memorial-area childhood home, a traditional, 5,100-square-foot house that used to be filled with dark... Читать дальше...
Hooray for yet another celebrity cookbook. Who knew literally ever star ever was secretly an experienced chef? Chrissy Teigen told us all about her calorie-filled Cravings while Gwyneth...
Rugby league supporters will have a chance to sing as part of a choir at Wembley ahead of this year's Challenge Cup final.
NEW YORK (AP) — Zika virus concerns have forced the Pirates-Marlins series out of Puerto Rico, with the two games instead shifted to Miami this month.
The university is discouraging new students from joining single-gender clubs.