Op zijn laatste werkdag als president van de Verenigde Staten heeft Barack Obama zich in een brief aan het Congres verdedigd over Guantánamo Bay. Volgens Obama is het niet zijn schuld maar die van dwarsliggende Congresleden dat de militaire gevangenis nog steeds open is.
“Nashville” Season 5 has new writers and a new network, but Juliette Barnes is still the same. The starlet can’t walk after her plane crash, and she is determined to get better. However, she seems to think that ignoring her doctors’ advice and pushing Avery away are her best options. In episode 4, she had to realize that healing isn’t something she can speed up.
The Oakland Raiders have pushed their chips to the middle of the table, intending to relocate to Las Vegas.
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Human Rights Watch called on President-elect Donald Trump to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after President Barack Obama ordered transfers of four prisoners on his final day in office, leaving just 41 inmates in the facility.
A 42-save shutout against one of the NHL's scariest offenses.
Countries in the region are nervous given Trump's tough talk on trade, said a former U.S. ambassador to China.
CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Elijah Pughsley scored a career-high 28 points, Haboubacar Mutombo a career-best 22 and Devin Peterson added 20 with 10 rebounds and Western Carolina outlasted The Citadel 100-95 to earn its first Southern Conference win of the season on Thursday night. Freshman Preston Parks led The Citadel (9-12, 2-6) with 28 points while
A chaotic transition process that cast aside Gov. Chris Christie’s blueprints has left the president-elect’s team scrambling to fill key posts.
Can you get a good job without reading job ads and replying to them? You can!
Mercedes Robb fatally shot her ex-husband, Jason Robb, as he waited at her home to take their children to school on Nov. 3.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kelsey Mitchell scored 24 points and No. 16 Ohio State held off Wisconsin to take a 70-61 victory on Thursday night. The Buckeyes (16-5, 6-1 Big 10) led the Badgers (5-14, 0-6) by just a point at halftime. Wisconsin’s Kendall Shaw made two free throws to start the third quarter before Ohio
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge who was to preside over the corruption trial of former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has recused herself.
U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough on Thursday stepped down from the trial, agreeing with defense attorneys that several issues could create an appearance of bias. Schock, a Republican from Peoria, is accused of misusing government and campaign money.
The Oakland Raiders have made good on a threat that loomed over hometown fans for months, filing paperwork Thursday to move the National Football League team to Las Vegas. Nevada politicians unleashed gloating tweets as soon as NFL officials confirmed the team’s application, but the news wasn’t well received in Oakland. Sisolak, who served on an 11-member panel convened by Gov. Brian Sandoval to analyze the Las Vegas stadium project, said he is “optimistically looking forward” to the meeting in March of NFL team owners... Читать дальше...
Warning: This recap for the “Leap of Faith” episode of Nashville contains spoilers. Will Lexington (and Chris Carmack) has been the unsung hero of Nashville going way back to Season 1. While his path out of the closet has sometimes been a strange, strained one, it’s also been handled with far more sensitivity and honesty, by both the writers and Carmack, than some of Nashville’s more histrionic storylines.
Warning: This recap for the “Leap of Faith” episode of Nashville contains spoilers. Will Lexington (and Chris Carmack) has been the unsung hero of Nashville going way back to Season 1. While his path out of the closet has sometimes been a strange, strained one, it’s also been handled with far more sensitivity and honesty, by both the writers and Carmack, than some of Nashville’s more histrionic storylines.
Читать дальше...MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest from the Australian Open on Friday (all times local): 5:50 p.m. U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, overcoming a slow start to beat Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7) at Rod Laver Arena. Wawrinka, the 2014 champion at Melbourne Park,
"No historical event compares to the Holocaust. It's up to you how to behave at a memorial site that marks the death of 6 million people."
Donald Trump is about to receive the nuclear codes. But Trump biographers say Trump hasn't been changed by the awesome responsibility before him. Lawrence discusses with Tim O'Brien, Michael D'Antonio, and Joy Reid.
The company leads in both discrete desktop GPU market share and developing technologies for the driverless-car market.
Raptors guard will join Kyrie Irving, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler and LeBron James as the Eastern Conference starters