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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of groups protesting the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, marched from the Supreme Court to the Senate on Wednesday.
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Indigenous activists have set up camps in the Texas desert to fight a pipeline project there, the latest sign that the Standing Rock “water protector” movementis inspiring Native American-led environmental protests across the US.
The Two Rivers camp, located south of Marfa near the border, has attracted dozens of demonstrators in its first week to protest the Trans-Pecos pipeline, a 148-mile project on track to transport fracked natural gas through the Big Bend region to Mexico. Читать дальше...
Hacimsiz işlemlerle doları yükseltenler, tıpkı 2014’te olduğu gibi şok faiz artırımı için avuçlarını ovuşturuyor. Türkiye’nin ‘yüksek faiz-yüksek kur’ sarmalına girmesi hedefleniyorDevamı için tıklayınız
West Indian superstar Hayley Matthews is in town as the Hobart Hurricanes take on the Sydney Sixers.
Even the Knicks’ Twitter account is having a rough week.
Last night, President Barack Obama bid the American public farewell. He gave a speech that was inspiring, and called upon Americans to get involved in the political process in a multitude of ways. Like many historic farewell addresses (even quoting from George Washington's), it also delivered a warning about what Obama perceives as current and future dangers which threaten America. Washington's farewell address, when read in full, contains a scathing denunciation of the mere concept of political parties (called "factions" at the time)... Читать дальше...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville has hired Peter Sirmon as defensive coordinator and Lorenzo Ward to coach the secondary. Sirmon spent last season as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Mississippi State. He preceded that with a two-year stint at Southern California as assistant head coach, recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach. Sirmon replaces Todd Grantham, who
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Ramsey County rethinking use of its 71-acre site for youth offender programs.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he has stepped down from the boards of two energy companies that are developing the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project. Perry, who is President-elect … Click to Continue »
The president-elect’s interregnum turns into a media circus damaging everyone.
California has been hit by seven days of major rain storms, causing flooding all over the state and prompting evacuations. More heavy rain is forecasted for the Golden State in the coming days.
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Attorneys in a civil case against the Border Patrol over Arizona jails want a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt for failing to provide surveillance video showing the conditions in which immigrants are held.
Many of the movies that reach the sweet spot of critical acclaim and awards consideration are afflicted with a corresponding dosage of artificial sweetness, and the summit of the syndrome is found in Mike Mills’s “20th Century Women.” It’s particularly disheartening to experience any displeasure in viewing this film, which is, at the very least, distinctive and inventive, with a core of real substance. But the terrifying thing about directing—as about writing—is that it defies control and defies intentions. Читать дальше...
Amid a table full of documents, arguments with the media, and claims of germ-phobic tendencies, President-elect Donald Trump’s news conference did shed some light on how his policies may unfold. Here at the tracker, we sifted through it all to bring you the most important nuggets. WHAT’S NEW TODAY ON … OBAMACARE Voting on the […]
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From Windsor, Ont.’s community baseball fields to one of the largest cathedrals in American football, Tyrone Crawford’s path to the NFL hasn’t been easy
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court, alleges brain injuries, trauma and a dead dog.
The Board of Regents' decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was "a slap in the face" to taxpayers, a regent later complained to his colleagues.
The Board of Regents' decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was "a slap in the face" to taxpayers, a regent later complained to his colleagues.
The Board of Regents' decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was "a slap in the face" to taxpayers, a regent later complained to his colleagues.
The Board of Regents' decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was "a slap in the face" to taxpayers, a regent later complained to his colleagues. Sahai was sick and missed a Dec. 12 meeting in which the board received an audit questioning dozens of flights that Leath took on two university planes he purchased and upgraded with nearly $4 million in private donations. Leath has paid back nearly $40,000 for damage to the plane... Читать дальше...
Five of the six are in Germany as firm is set to pay U.S. $4.3B in fines for emissions scandal.