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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A soldier welcomed his Afghan interpreter to the United States on Wednesday after buying him a plane ticket to ensure his quick arrival amid concerns the Trump administration might try to expand its travel ban to Afghanistan. [...] this has made me much, much stronger, seeing people with the welcome signs. Ball, a law student at Stanford University, led a letter campaign with fellow students, including many veterans, lobbying Congress to inquire about why it was taking so long for Amin to get a visa. Читать дальше...

The race for the annual global auto sales crown became more crowded, with Renault-Nissan nipping at the heels of giants VW, Toyota and GM as companies pursue deals to better shoulder big bets on electric and self-driving cars.

Cardinal George Pell has dismissed a Greens motion in the Senate calling on him to return to Australia to aid a police investigation into misconduct as a "political stunt".

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to end their contract with Wells Fargo bank, at the 2018 end of its term, due to $467 million in direct financing provided by the bank as part of its investment in the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Jose Cuervo’s parent company is poised to sell shares on Wednesday, reviving plans after market volatility in the fall forced the company to pull back.

In the two years leading up to the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland that killed 36 people, police were repeatedly called to the unpermitted live-work warehouse for reports of theft, fighting, threats and guns, as well as a “rave” party that ended with a frightened person saying people were barricaded inside in the middle of the night, newly released city records show. The documents raise further questions about why the city did not step in before the Dec. 2 inferno in the Fruitvale neighborhood, which... Читать дальше...

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Feb. 8 (UPI) -- In 2014, Homer Bailey signed a $104 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds.

Britain's foreign minister has long been a dual national. Johnson was not only a British citizen, but also, thanks to being born in New York City, a natural-born US citizen, too.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Does an Arkansas law allow husbands to sue doctors to prevent their wives from undergoing a newly banned abortion procedure? Abortion opponents say no. A group preparing to challenge the ban says such a lawsuit is theoretically possible but not likely. The little-noticed clause is included in several state laws banning

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Mitch McConnell can run, but he cannot hide. Tonight, women will gather outside his DC home to read Coretta Scott King's letter addressing Jefferson Beauregard Sessions' nomination as a federal judge and voter suppression.

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On Intel's most recent earnings call, CFO Robert Swan provided some insight into the company's gross profit margin guidance for the full year of 2017.

Intel guided to full-year gross profit margin of 62% on a GAAP basis for 2017 -- a 110 basis point (1.1%) improvement from the 60.9% gross profit margin that it reported for 2016.

Interestingly, Intel tells investors to expect gross profit margin of 62% in the first quarter of 2017, which suggests that the... Читать дальше...

“Actors aren’t animals! They’re human beings!” the wise producer Leo Bloom once said, to which his partner, Max Bialystock, replied, “They are? Have you ever eaten with one?” Most of the Oscar-nominated actors this year seem like agreeable dining companions—which turns out to be an asset on the campaign trail, where instead of kissing babies, nominees must schmooze with out-of-work screenwriters over luncheons at the Chateau Marmont. For male actors especially, charm goes a long way, offscreen and on. Читать дальше...

AMP has reported a $344 million loss and will buy back $500 million in shares following massive write-downs in its troubled life insurance division.

The Emerging Leaders training initiative is a free program offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Seattle District Office and is an intensive entrepreneurship education series focusing on women-, minority-, immigrant-, and LGBT-owned small businesses. This program will consist of 100 hours of classroom time from April through October and graduates will leave the […]

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The Liverpool defender hopes his story of being displaced during the Bosnian War will promote greater understanding around the experience of refugees

Madonna is a new mom again. The superstar singer took to Instagram Wednesday to announce she’s adopted twin girls from Malawi. “I can officially confirm I have completed the process of adopting twin sisters from Malawi and am overjoyed that they are now part of our family,” Madonna wrote. Madonna is also the mother of […]

2017 is turning out to be a year of big change. Critic Craig Teicher highlights some of the poetry that can help guide readers through it.