Eleven young women are in the running for the crown at the eighth annual Miss Seven Rivers Scholarship Pageant, which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21, starting at 4 p.m. at Holmen High School’s Trygve Mathison Fire Arts Center.
After strenuous cross country skiing up and down the snowy bluff terrain last weekend, I was warm enough to enjoy a “cool down” sitting in the sun at the edge of a stand of snow-draped pines. I brushed the snow…
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The US just put China on notice by making the first-ever permanent forward deployment of US Marine Corps F-35Bs to Iwakuna, Japan.
But while the plane has revolutionary radar-evading capability, China has some tricks up its sleeve as well.
The F-35B has only just gone online with initial operational capability. Basing them in Asia, where China and the incoming Trump administration have already butted heads and borne their teeth at each other, shows that the... Читать дальше...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have identified a person killed and another injured in a southwest Omaha collision.
At luncheon Trump reveals his choice for ambassador to the United Kingdom.
CLEVELAND — Gregg Williams talked tough. Now he has to get the Browns to play that way. Cleveland’s new defensive coordinator made quite a first impression during a fiery, 48-minute introductory news conference Thursday in which the former Buffalo head coach vowed to bring out the best in his players but refused to address his
A Brazilian supreme court judge was among at least three people who died after a plane he was flying on crashed shortly after takeoff in the state of Rio de Janiero Thursday, according to multiple reports. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki's death was confirmed by his son, who announced it via social media. After some confusion about who was on the plane, Francisco Prehn Zavascki wrote on his Facebook page that his father died, Reuters reported.
Sneaky Pete” just premiered on Friday, January 13, when it became the platform’s second most-streamed original scripted series on an opening day, behind only “The Man in the High Castle. “Bryan Cranston and Graham Yost have done a masterful job of steering the cast to fantastic performances,” said Joe Lewis, head of comedy and drama at Amazon Studios. Both the critical response and our customers’ engagement with the series are key factors in our enthusiasm to bring our audience a second season... Читать дальше...
DOVER, Del. — A former death row inmate in Delaware has been acquitted of all charges after being retried for a drug-related killing. Twenty-nine-year-old Isaiah McCoy, who waived his right to a jury trial, bowed his head and wept after a judge declared him not guilty in the 2010 killing of 30-year-old James Mumford. McCoy
(AP) — College students in Kentucky and West Virginia who train for the rapidly growing drone industry are getting some financial backing from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
If you caught Aidy Bryant on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Wednesday, you may have only stopped briefly to admire her Tanya Taylor dress for its sparkle and excellent design, because she was mostly dazzling us with a story about passing out in her apartment hallway after an “SNL” cast party.
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TEHRAN — A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran’s capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving their stunned colleagues and bystanders weeping in the streets. The disaster at the 17-story Plasco building, inadvertently shown live on state television, came after authorities said they repeatedly warned tenants about blocking stairwells with fabric from cramped garment workshops on its upper floors. While it was not clear how many people were in the steel-and-concrete building... Читать дальше...
Veteran Hollywood animal trainer Bill Berloni said it was “gut-wrenching” to watch the leaked footage from the set of “A Dog’s Purpose” showing a German shepherd named Hercules being forced into turbulent water — and that the trainers didn’t act properly to get the shot. According to Berloni, whose animal training credits include “The Wiz Live” and “Billions,” everything in the dog-training game is about positive reinforcement, repetition and making it fun for the dog. [...] safety and comfort is an animal handler’s No. Читать дальше...
Dwayne Morgan, who has missed UNLV’s last 10 games, will sit out the rest of the season due to shoulder and hip injuries, UNLV announced on Thursday. The school will apply for a ...
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President Obama wrote a final note on Thursday to the American public expressing his gratitude for "the honor" of serving as the nation's 44th president.
"It’s a long-standing tradition for the sitting president of the United States to leave a parting letter in the Oval Office for the American elected to take his or her place," the letter said. "But before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving... Читать дальше...
The New York-based enterprise technology company has now suffered 19 straight quarters of declining year-over-year revenues.
“Awesome!” -Kimmy Schmidt, probably
President-elect Donald J. Trump addressed a luncheon at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Thursday.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Gregg Williams talked tough.