Orlando nightclub shooting: Facebook activates 'Safety Check' for first time in US
This is the first time that Facebook has activated its “Safety Check” function in the United States.
This is the first time that Facebook has activated its “Safety Check” function in the United States.
Karen Butler
NEW YORK, June 13 (UPI) -- Tony Awards host James Corden teased several Broadway stars about their past guest appearances on "Law & Order," a police procedural that taped in New York.
A suspect in the shooting of his father and an Ohio sheriff's deputy is scheduled to be arraigned on preliminary charges that include attempted murder
"All that mattered is that we were winning, and that's all he cared about."
Closing arguments are expected Monday in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four co-defendants
Spoiler: Hamilton won some.
The 70th annual Tony Awards, honoring the best and brightest of Broadway for the 2015-'16 season, handed out 24 golden statuettes tonight. Actor, Late Late Show host, and former Tony winner James Corden hosted.
The runaway hit Hamilton, a hip-hop musical retelling of the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton, won big as expected. With 16 nominations in 13 categories, it won 11 Tonys, including Best Musical, leaving it just shy of The Producers's record for 12 Tonys in 2002. Читать дальше...
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The Golden State Warriors can become the seventh franchise to win consecutive NBA titles with a victory in Game 5 on Monday night.
MASON, Ohio (AP) — A suspect in the shooting of his father and an Ohio sheriff's deputy is scheduled to be arraigned on preliminary charges that include attempted murder.
Mass shootings in the US are becoming deadlier and more frequent, according to figures tracking mass shootings since 1982.
An emergency situation has been declared in Redcliffe where a man is believed to be holding his family inside a house.
A Vermont state senator is scheduled to go on trial this week on sex charges
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Closing arguments are expected Monday in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four co-defendants.
Three fishermen spent Sunday night in freezing conditions after swimming to Wedge Island when the motor on their dinghy broke.
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state senator is scheduled to go on trial this week on sex charges.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has taken Donald Trump to task over the presumptive Republican candidate's claims the Orlando shooting shows he was right to call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
By Jeff Wallner, The Sports Xchange
CINCINNATI -- There was a sense of relief in the Oakland Athletics' clubhouse after snapping a seven-game losing streak on Sunday.
On the second day of its National Executive meeting here on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to chalk out strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh.
Finally, things kinda went right for a change!
1. Frankly, I don't really feel like watching this show today.
2. What happened in Orlando was...well, the usual words like "senseless" and "tragic" don't even seem to cut it anymore.
3. So whatever's happening in Westeros feels pretty damn unimportant to me right now.
4. But, I know a lot of us turn to stories to help us escape this exact kind of shittiness, so let's watch, and enjoy, and talk, and come up with tinfoil-hat... Читать дальше...
Public transport fares went in the "wrong direction" when Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was transport minister, one of her cabinet colleagues has conceded.
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Freshman Sam Cohen slugged a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam homer in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The annual Queen's Birthday clash rolls around again. But this time there's a difference: the Demons are favourites.
Het zou zomaar eens het bekendste stukje lingerie ter wereld kunnen zijn en gaat morgen bij het Engelse modeveilinghuis Kerry Taylor onder de hamer: Madonna's korset met de fameuze -excusez le mot - 'punttieten'.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sidney Crosby has filled about the only hole left on his impressive resume.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins fans have taken to the streets to celebrate their team's Stanley Cup victory.