Donald Trump’s appearance on The Dr. Oz Show Thursday merged the worst of Trump’s reality television showmanship with the worst of Dr. Oz’s made-for-TV medical schtick.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bankers say weak farm income continues to weigh down the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bankers say weak farm income continues to weigh down the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bankers say weak farm income continues to weigh down the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states.
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Researchers have discovered an unprecedented quirk of the sixth mass extinction event that the world appears to be entering.
According to a new study, for the first time in the history of mass extinctions, the largest animals in the world's oceans are expected to die off first. The culprit? You guessed it: that old chestnut, human activity.
"We've found that extinction threat in the modern oceans is very strongly associated with larger body size," says... Читать дальше...
PRINEVILLE, Oregon (AP) — The noise in the tiny jail, built decades ago to house firefighting equipment, is constant. Voices bounce off the walls.
If a fire broke out, a jailer notes, each cell door must be unlocked individually and someone would have to run outside to unlock an emergency exit. From 1970 to 2014, the average daily number of inmates held in the roughly 3,000 county jails in America increased four-fold, from 157,000 to 690,000, according to a report by the Vera Institute of Justice, which works with government and civil leaders to improve justice systems. David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberty Union's national prison project... Читать дальше...
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would step up audits of state sponsors of terrorism.
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OMAHA — The Omaha city prosecutor wants an electronic system that would streamline the time it takes to obtain a judge's signature on a warrant seeking a blood test for suspected drunken drivers.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kegan E. Kay
When the US Navy fields a new ship, they don't just take the engineer's word for it that it can withstand nearby bombs — they test it out.
The USS Jackson, an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) meant for patrols in shallow water, just passed the first of three scheduled "shock trials." The shock trials are composed of the ship sailing along as the Navy carefully detonates 10,000 pound bombs on either side of it. Читать дальше...
The political preferences of chief executives do affect their employees’ campaign contributions and votes, new research suggests
John Hunter Nemechek, Daniel Suarez, Michael McDowell and Joey Gase will also be sponsored by the Nickelodeon cartoon.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State running back Dalvin Cook is off to a slow start by his standards and the junior’s lack of big runs and 100-yard games has raised a few questions. Cook has just one carry over 20 yards and is averaging 87 rushing yards per game heading into second-ranked Florida State’s showdown
A UN human rights commission said on Thursday it was concerned by intimidation of civil society activists, harassment of journalists, sexual violence and other rights abuses in South Sudan.
A new report out today, by a top group of executives at some of the country’s largest financial institutions, finds the Fed may be engaging in illegal activity as it tries to regulate the banking sector.
Running back Arian Foster was back on the field for the Dolphins Thursday after sitting out Wednesday’s practice. Foster was listed on the team’s practice report as being sidelined by a hamstring issue, although it sounds like injury prevention was the real reason why he sat out. Coach Adam Gase said that Foster may sit…
This after a banner performance against Canada on Wednesday.
A former Israeli prime minister on Thursday said incumbent premier Benjamin Netanyahu eroded national security and the size of US defence aid by "irresponsible" handling of relations with Washington. "Netanyahu’s reckless conduct has... undermined Israel's security," Ehud Barak wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. The United States on Wednesday promised Israel $38 billion between 2019 and 2028 to buy advanced planes and weaponry and boost its missile defence shield, the biggest pledge of military aid in US history. Читать дальше...
Work to bring back whooping cranes and turtles shared top honors for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' 2016 North American Conservation Award, while the group's international award recognizes gorilla conservation.
Anthony Michael Bowden, 21, a Fort Bliss soldier, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of 36-year-old Erykah Tijerina on Aug. 8. The FBI is looking into whether the killing of the transgender woman was a hate crime.
The Senate has approved President Barack Obama's nominee to be the top watchdog at the National Reconnaissance Office.
A pair of 14-year-old girls in Ohio are in hot water after a photo posted on Instagram showed them holding plastic guns.