IOWA CITY, Iowa — Felons automatically lose their voting rights for life in Iowa, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision that declined to restore suffrage to thousands of former offenders.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced today the launch of a task force, led by former deputy PM Anne McLellan, to advise the Canadian government on how best to move forward with its plan to legalize marijuana.
Mitch Carter of Bakersfield High School was wearing the costume to mock the opposing team's mascot when he was blanketed by members of his own football team.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says there is an "unfolding situation" at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland but is providing no further details.
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HOLLAND PATENT, N.Y. — Authorities say a 17-year-old has been charged with killing his father, whose body was found at the victim’s central New York home weeks after he was slain. State police say troopers and Oneida County sheriff’s deputies responded around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a suspicious situation at a home
The Times reports (http://bit.ly/29taa6N) higher education experts say the increase could be due in part to a rise in the number of non-black students attending historically black schools, as well as recent racial conflicts at predominantly white institutions. The number of non-traditional black students is growing at campuses because of lower tuition, higher academic programs and more students wanting to attend a safer college environment, said Marybeth Gasman, a higher education professor at the... Читать дальше...
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On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in New York City's icy Hudson River after bird strikes caused its engines to fail.
The pilot of the plane, Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, instantly became a hero as all 155 passengers survived.
Now the events are coming to the big screen September 9 in the movie "Sully," starring Tom Hanks playing Sullenberger. Clint Eastwood is directing.
But as the movie's first trailer shows... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK — NBC says it will provide 85 hours of virtual reality programming during the Rio Olympics in August — but only to users of Samsung Galaxy smartphones and the Samsung Gear VR headset. Virtual reality coverage of sports has been growing since VR headsets such as the Samsung Gear and Oculus Rift became
Fiscal deficit in the first two months of the current fiscal was Rs 2.28 lakh crore or 42.9 percent of Budget estimates for 2016-17, much higher than the year-ago period.
The engine on one of the two Navy patrol craft was broken before it ever left port. The crews had failed their most recent navigation exams. The radios weren’t working. None of the 10 sailors on either vessel had ever done a mission this long. They were sent anyway.
The engine on one of the two Navy patrol craft was broken before it ever left port. The crews had failed their most recent navigation exams. The radios weren’t working. None of the 10 sailors on either vessel had ever done a mission this long. They were sent anyway.
The office of Turkey's prime minister confirmed the attackers' nationalities.
Daniel Ricciardo says he will stay at Red Bull until the end of 2018, having been linked with Ferrari.
When negotiating quarterback Andrew Luck’s deal, the Colts surely said plenty of things. Here’s one thing they didn’t say: He stunk in 2015. “We never even suggested it as leverage,” owner Jim Irsay said Wednesday, via Zak Keefer of the Indianapolis Star. “It wasn’t, ‘Well, what about the slow start? Or what happened against Buffalo [in Week…
In her first BBC Sport column, GB hockey goalkeeper Maddie Hinch talks about the buzz of Olympic selection and sharing a house with team-mates.
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s government announced Thursday that a Taiwanese-owned steel plant was responsible for massive fish deaths along the central Vietnamese coast and said it has pledged to pay $500 million in compensation. The head of the Government Office, Minister Mai Tien Dung, told a news conference that the subsidiary of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics
U.S. benchmark mortgage rates hit new lows in wake of Brexit vote
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The Pendleton Fire Department is interested in turning the site of a former movie theater into a new station.
Russia is ready to implement infrastructure projects on the proposed Turkish Stream pipeline as soon as Ankara and European partners voice their commitment to the project, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday.
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Chicago businesses crushed expectations in June.
After slipping back into contractionary territory in May, the measure of Midwest activity spiked to 56.8 in June, demolishing economists expectations of 51.0, according to data from Bloomberg.
The ISM's MNI index, also known as Chicago PMI, has been choppy over the last half year, frequently dipping below the 50-level that separates expansion and contraction of the sector.
This was the highest reading since January 2015, according to the ISM. Читать дальше...
Hopefully the air conditioning was pumping backstage on the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live! because it must have been hot, hot, hot! Jimmy Kimmel's talk show featured Zac Efron and Adam...