ATLANTA (AP) — A Stone Mountain man has been sentenced for his role in a string of armed robberies whose victims were lured using Craigslist. According to U.S. Attorney John A. Horn, between May 6 and May 20, 2013, Collins robbed five sets of victims of their phones, wallets and cash after arranging to meet through Craigslist.
The Greek government invited leaders of five South-European countries in order to accelerate cooperation in the economic field. German newspaper DWN writes that the main goal of the alliance would be to counter the austerity policy of the German government.
American Horror Story season six is coming in just a matter of weeks, yet fans are still guessing about the theme. That's the point, according to John Landgraf, the CEO of FX Networks and FX...
Procter & Gamble, the biggest advertising spender in the world, will move away from advertising on Facebook that targets specific consumers after deciding the practice has limited effectiveness.
The United States and Europe do not have any plans to rebuild Libya’s cities or critical infrastructure destroyed by military intervention and have no intentions of supporting a government whose survival remains in doubt, analysts told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The United Nations urged warring sides in Syria to stop fighting so the electrical and water networks of Aleppo could be repaired amid a humanitarian crisis.
Surin, who helped Canada’s relay team upset their American rivals to win the gold during the 1996 Atlanta games, is seeking $90,000 for the unauthorized use of the name
A New York City teenager accused last year of conspiring to provide support to Islamic State was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to a non-terrorism charge.
Back at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Tuesday night, Michael Phelps will go for gold medal number 20 in the event that began his record-breaking Olympic career 16 years ago. In Sydney, the Maryland-native not only became the youngest man to make made the United States Olympic swim team since 1968 at the age of 15, but he would make the final in his only event, the 200-meter butterfly. While a medal was not forthcoming on that occasion, he has since gone on to dominate swimming and the 200m butterfly in particular.
In the wake of the failed July 15 coup attempt, there are fears in Western capitals that NATO-member Turkey could draw even closer to Moscow.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The attorney general's office says a lawsuit alleging that Utah's public defender system is unconstitutional should be dismissed because the six inmates suing over an inadequate defense haven't been convicted or sentenced. The ACLU contends Utah's public defender system is underfunded and overworked, leaving low-income people who are accused of crimes without their full right to a defense in court.
Premier Mark Rutte heeft vandaag de Nederlandse militairen in Bagdad bezocht die daar Iraakse special forces opleiden. De trainingen zijn onderdeel van de Nederlandse bijdrage aan de internationale coalitie tegen terreurgroep Islamitische Staat (IS).
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The federal government is already facing two lawsuits over its plan to manage about 2.5 million acres of land in western Oregon that would increase the potential timber harvest by an estimated 37 percent.
BLM spokeswoman Sarah Levy said the agency does not comment on pending litigation, but says the agency's analysis showed it could sustainably harvest 278 million board feet of timber a year and still meet its legal obligations under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. The American Forest Resource Council, which represents about 60 landowners and wood manufacturers, contends the logging levels laid out in the plan are still too low. Besides the suit, the council wrote a letter to Oregon... Читать дальше...
AUBURN, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana man convicted of detonating a bomb in a pickup truck has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. DeKalb Superior Court Judge Kevin Wallace sentenced 36-year-old Ricky Williford of Garrett on Monday to 25 years for possession of a destructive device and 10 years for being a habitual offender.
Isn’t it astonishing to watch Team USA gymnast Simone Biles perform a floor routine? The incredible precision of her flips and twists and the immense strength powering them, the gracefulness of her movements and the muscular force that propels her across the mat — it’s all immensely compelling stuff.
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is four years into a 14-year sentence imposed after he was convicted of corruption in two separate trials, appeared at a federal resentencing hearing Tuesday via closed-circuit television. Blagojevich, 59, who was convicted in 2011 of charges including attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by the election of […]
Laverne Cox and Victoria Justice walk the carpet for The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday (August 8) in Beverly Hills, Calif. They were joined by co-stars Ryan McCarten, Ivy Levan, Staz Nair, Annaleigh Ashford, Ben Vereen, Christina Milian, Reeve Carney, and [...]
The tiny machines had to move perfectly in sync for a total of one minute.
Relatives of two men killed in the 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya have filed a lawsuit blaming the deaths on Hillary Clinton's "reckless" handling of classified information in her private email server.