Russia first among threats to US, defence secretary nominee warns
The 66-year-old former officer faced virtually no challenges from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The 66-year-old former officer faced virtually no challenges from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Federal prosecutors will have to prove the former Army reservist premeditated the violent assault — and disprove the defendant’s likely insanity defense that he didn’t know right from wrong when he opened fire in baggage claim area.
On Wednesday, Trump accused "the intelligence agencies" of "disgraceful" leaking, NBC News reports.
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. car shoppers will find plentiful deals, relatively low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year.
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. car shoppers will find plentiful deals, relatively low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year.
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. car shoppers will find plentiful deals, relatively low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year. Many of the factors that fueled sales last year are still in place, like solid consumer confidence and low gas prices. More customers are buying SUVs, which are pricier than cars, and they're loading them up with features, like the premium audio and automatic liftgate package that adds $940 to the cost of a Toyota RAV4 SUV. Deals are coming in the form of bonus cash ... Читать дальше...
High-profile public relations gaffes have proved costly to wide range of companies
Check out this brand new trailer for Maisie Williams‘ upcoming film iBoy! The movie follows Tom (Bill Milner), an average teenager whose world is turned on its head when a violent encounter with local thugs leaves fragments of his shattered smartphone embedded in his brain. He wakes from a coma to discover that returning to [...]
Earlier this week, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said he was concerned Russia might try to influence elections in the Nordic country. Asked to comment, peace researcher Jan Oberg said that if Swedes are worried about Russian meddling, they should watch out for the US, which 'holds the world record' in foreign interference, getting involved.
The apparel retailer recovered from a slide in 2015, but results were mixed.
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The ABC sitcom "Black-ish" came out with one of the more explicit commentaries of any scripted show on the election of Donald Trump with its episode Wednesday night, "Lemon." And critics are piling on praise for it.
The Emmy-nominated show, which has previously addressed Black Lives Matter and police violence, used the character Dre's workplace to talk about the presidential election. All of Dre's coworkers except for one voted for Hillary Clinton. When pressed for an explanation... Читать дальше...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A candidate for Wisconsin state superintendent wants to create a statewide school board.
Racine high school teacher Rick Melcher says he is running as a write-in candidate. Humphries says if elected he would call on the Legislature to change the state constitution to create the board.
The petition called on the association’s governing council to “investigate the charges that academic freedom is widely violated in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.”
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Chris Lattner, Apple's head of developer tools and the creator of its uber-popular programming language, Swift, this week announced plans to join Tesla.
People leave their jobs for all kinds of reasons, especially when they are offered exciting new jobs at important, on-the-rise companies.
But someone in Lattner's circle of developer friends shared some insight at to why Lattner was calling it quits at Apple now, even as one of his major contributions, Swift, had really taken off. Читать дальше...
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right National Front Party, took a break from her presidential campaign to make a surprise visit to Trump Tower on Thursday.
Jude Law is all smiles while attending a special screening of his new HBO show The Young Pope held at the Crosby Street Hotel on Wednesday (January 11) in New York City. The 44-year-old actor was joined at the event by writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, as well as Toni Garrn, Kathleen Turner, Lena Hall, Martha Stewart, [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Since Ohio State’s drubbing by eventual national champion Clemson in the College Football Playoff, coach Urban Meyer has hired new offensive coordinators who have to figure out how to score touchdowns without the Buckeyes’ best all-around offensive player and top wide receiver from 2016. Underclassmen declaring for the NFL draft, some expected
He has fallen short of tradition, common sense and his own word
Police stopped a stolen vehicle in a Twin Cities suburb and found the driver in labor and some of her seven child passengers with their mouths taped shut. Police say an officer stopped the vehicle in Ramsey, Minnesota, just after midnight Tuesday for ...
Tanya Cooper, Ukraine researcher at the Human Rights Watch (HRW), stated that watchdog has some concerns that the level of homophobia, transphobia among senior officials of Ukraine and also among the population remains very high.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The capital of California and an apartment complex have agreed to pay $1.35 million to an elderly stroke victim who was raped several times by an off-duty Sacramento police officer.
More human remains have been recovered in the search for wreckage of a corporate jet carrying six people that crashed in Lake Erie two weeks ago, authorities said Thursday.
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Turkish divers have discovered the wreckage of a century-old Russian vessel that sunk in Lake Van nearly five decades ago.