Paula Hawkins
Next to actually being prime minister, here is the greatest honour a country can bestow on one of its sons or daughters: to be touted as a possible leadership contender. It is at least a vastly superior fate to actually leading a political party and failing at the task.
Advocates for undocumented workers in the United Kingdom say they have always faced numerous obstacles, but recent changes in legislation mean illegal migrants now face increasingly restrictive immigration controls and sanctions on illegal work.
The star of the clone thriller series Orphan Black, Tatiana Maslany, has been outspoken in interviews about sexism, body image and inequality in the entertainment industry.
Former junior hockey coach and convicted sex offender Graham James will seek full parole at a hearing today.
This week's Conservative caucus meeting in Halifax kicked off a fall that will escalate, slowly but surely, to the contest's first debate in November. After a sleepy summer, the race is springing to life.
It’s one of the most entrenched dogmas in modern medicine that people with Type 2 diabetes must tightly control their blood sugar or risk serious long-term complications. But when researchers looked for evidence to support that belief, they couldn’t find it.
There are inceasing signs that low-carbon technology is ready for its place in the sun. But as voters balk and fuel prices sag, politicians may feel compelled to retreat.
The federal government is under fire for buying two retrofitted armoured vehicles from a Canadian company that has been accused of violating UN sanctions in business dealings in Africa. The Streit Group made the sale to Global Affairs Canada in 2013 at the same time the U.S. Commerce Department was investigating the company.
The RCMP say fentanyl is a game-changer that's forcing law enforcement to look at new ways to deal with the synthetic opioid which is finding its way into virtually all street drugs in B.C. and across the country.
Two stray sheep are slowing traffic near a popular pub this morning.
Mormons Manuel and Claire Saldana say they normally identify with Republican values and principles, but the Virginia couple is struggling to stay on board with the GOP after ...
The phone calls come daily to the Bishop Gorman High athletic department: How do I get tickets for the football game with Kahuku of Hawaii? When Kahuku played in Utah ...
There was plenty excitement in sports books going into the regular season, as the Rams were bet heavily in the futures market and in ...
Ten years ago, a little-known tech entrepreneur named Elon Musk published a secret master plan for Tesla Motors, an ambitious electric car startup he had funded ...
For decades, environmentalists have rhapsodized about the tranquil beauty of California's deserts while battling fiercely with energy companies, the government and within their own ranks over what if any power production should occur on ...
The 51-year-old Fator has headlined his own best-selling Las Vegas show since winning the reality competition "America's Got Talent" in 2007. His show remains one of the most popular on the Strip thanks to ...
Walter "Butch" Eaton Jr., a retired carpenter who moved to Burns just over four years ago, said he wanted to know what was up with the strangers showing up in town ...
One of the largest Mexican celebrations of the year will bring fanfare, parties and extra flights to the Las Vegas Valley this weekend. But one thing missing from the Mexican Independence Day festivities here will be ...
In the absence of a policy solution, or a bipartisan path forward, elected leaders have a moral and social obligation to develop a federal response plan that treats mass shootings in the same manner as other national disasters. We don’t know when they will happen or where they will happen, but we know they will happen and we must be prepared to respond with a new and modern approach built around …
Resuscitating the impeachment power would contribute to revitalizing Congress’ Article I powers. Impeachments are rare — no appointed official of the executive branch has been impeached in 140 years. But what James Madison called the “indispensable” power to impeach should not be allowed to atrophy, as has Congress’ power to …
There is one feature of Congressman Joe Heck’s record that should disqualify him from office. Like most of his Republican colleagues, Heck has signed …