Police headquarters said Tuesday that neighbors called police one recent, hot summer night because the 94-year-old man and the 89-year-old woman — married for nearly 70 years — were doing lots of shouting. According to a police statement, "it can happen, as it did this time, that they were yelling out their desperation so strongly, in the end someone called police."
A vigil on a quiet Dundas, Ont., street Tuesday night drew hundreds of friends and neighbours, classmates and community members, many who said they hadn't even met Finnigan Danne, the 11-year-old neighbourhood boy who died over the weekend in a tragic drowning.
The next session of the Russia-Turkey intergovernmental trade commission will take place in autumn, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
A Saudi-led military coalition conducted air-strikes on the Yemen capital city Sanaa on Tuesday, for the first time in five months, killing nine civilians.
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LinkedIn Influencer Travis Bradberry published this post originally on LinkedIn.
TalentSmart has tested more than a million people and found that the upper echelons of top performance are filled with people who are high in emotional intelligence (90% of top performers, to be exact).
The hallmark of emotional intelligence is self-control — a skill that unleashes massive productivity by keeping you focused and on track.
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Top bankers and campaign financiers were caught off guard by recent statements from the GOP presidential candidate.
Chesley John Lucas, the fourth Newfoundland man wanted in the killing of Steven Miller, has been arrested by police in Halifax.
NORTHWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a driver was trying to switch seats with a passenger when their van crashed and rolled over, injuring 10 teens from Michigan. The State Highway Patrol says the crash happened early Tuesday on Interstate 75 near Toledo while the group was coming home from Cedar Point amusement park.
Wholesale inventories rose 0.3% in June, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
Ant Financial, the financial-services affiliate of Alibaba, is joining with France’s Ingenico to push its mobile-payment system into Europe.
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CARMEL, Calif., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Grapes maturing on the vine at 12 wineries in Monterey County, Calif., are being exposed to heavy smoke from the Soberanes Fire.
Meu Deus, eles são reais!
O que intriga é: estaria o gato realmente vendo o bichinho virtual ou seria algum truque?
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O que mais deixa a gente tenso é que não é apenas uma imagem: é todo um álbum, de várias poses, SEMPRE com o gato encarando o Goldeen!
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Quando chega na terceira foto, não restam dúvidas: o GATO ESTÁ REALMENTE... Читать дальше...
For a long time now, Americans have displayed a tendency to sanitize, marginalize, or altogether forget wars that resist incorporation into the preferred triumphal narrative of U.S. history. Afghanistan falls into the category of the best forgotten. Yet however inconvenient, Afghanistan demands attention.
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Taking pictures with your iPad can annoy bystanders, especially because you probably have a phone in your pocket with a perfectly good camera.
I'm not sure why exactly it's so vexing, but even a dolphin seems to get that it is. In this video trending on Reddit, you can see a dolphin grab an iPad out of a woman's hand who is taking a picture of him or her. The dolphin then appears to laugh gleefully as the iPad splashes into the water.
Mission accomplished. Читать дальше...
Ben Hooper
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A visitor to Yellowstone National Park captured video of a family of black bears escaping the heat by playing in the water.
(AP) — A Kansas waterslide billed as the world's tallest remained off-limits as authorities pressed to figure out how a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son died of a neck injury while riding it. Kansas City, Kansas, police issued a statement late Monday afternoon saying that Caleb suffered a fatal neck injury around 2:30 p.m. while he was riding the slide with two women, neither of whom was related to him. On the waterslide certified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest, riders sit in... Читать дальше...
Pop.
Pop
What it usually means: A type of music.
What it means in the Midwest: The most delicious drink in the world, incorrectly referred to as "soda" or "cola" elsewhere.
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Spring
What it usually means: That pleasant, sunny, warm season when it doesn't snow.
What it means in the Midwest: The season when we think it will stop snowing, but it actually doesn't.
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The U.N. is calling for a humanitarian cease-fire to allow repairs to water and electrical systems. Taps in Aleppo have been dry for eight of the past nine days.
U.S. household debt hit $12.29 trillion in the second quarter, up $434 billion from a year earlier as auto loans and credit card debt increased.
The Utah Department of Public Safety also launched an investigation in May about whether campus police properly report sexual assault cases, following complaints about school honor code investigations of students who make sexual assault complaints. The federal probe is expected to look at compliance with Title IX guidelines, which could threaten federal funding and BYU's ability to provide federal financial aid to students.
"The Daily Show" host had a lot to cover during Monday's opening segment.
One expert says, as “a white lady talking about race,” Hillary can speak more freely.
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