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A shake-up of the New York gubernatorial primary.

Cynthia Nixon, the Sex and the City actress and activist, is challenging incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, shaking up an otherwise sleepy Democratic primary race. That’s less because of Nixon’s celebrity name and more because she’s mounting a campaign against the governor from the left, setting up a blue-state showdown that reflects some of the deeper tensions within the Democratic Party.

Cuomo, a two-term incumbent, is a skilled... Читать дальше...

CAPE TOWN - Pat Cummins proved the catalyst for an huge change in fortunes for Australia as he halted a South African charge and left the hosts reeling at the close on the opening day of the third test on Thursday.

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• Attacks on schools in Acapulco have prompted hundreds of them to close their doors.
• The attacks, early on Tuesday, involved robberies of students and teachers, some of whom had their hair forcibly cut by the assailants.
• Schools in Acapulco, one of Mexico's most violent cities, have long been a target for extortion and other crime.

Hundreds of schools near one of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations were closed on Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Springtime brings gushing waterfalls, animal migrations, blooming flowers and more.

Forest Green Rovers Mansfield Town 3:00 PM UTC Game Details Live football odds with bet365. Bet Now » GameCast Lineups and Stats Forest Green boss Mark Cooper hopes to have top-scorer Christian Doidge back for the Sky Bet League Two clash with Mansfield.Striker Doidge, who has scored 21 goals in all competitions... Читать дальше...

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• We don't know exactly which information Cambridge Analytica obtained from as many as 50 million Facebook users.
• But Facebook's old API, the software tool that gives third party apps access to Facebook user data, gives insight into what would have been possible before 2014, which is when Facebook changed its policies to prevent that sort of data scraping.
• Back then, when users clicked "Allow" before using a third-party app, they were often giving... Читать дальше...

Les communautés autochtones du Québec estiment devoir négocier le financement de leurs services de police avec un couteau sous la gorge , alors que ceux-ci sont déjà largement sous-financés par les gouvernements fédéral et provincial.

COLUMBUS — If all flowers are beautiful regardless of bloom, why do people shame themselves for not meeting others’ expectations of what they should like?

The downside of sequels is that they so rarely have anything new to offer. Unless they’re part of a planned, ongoing storyline, like the Star Wars or Harry Potter movies, sequels are usually about mechanically reproducing the most popular parts of the original film, and making them bigger, louder, and faster. But the “faster” part can be one of the upsides of sequels. Once a franchise-launching film gets all the roadblocks of world-building, exposition, and character development out of the way... Читать дальше...

Detroit Edison fended off Grand Rapids Covenant Christian's furious second-half charge for a 53-43 win in a Class C semifinal today at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. MLive's J. Scott Park was ...

Ein 53 Jahre alter Skitourengeher ist am Donnerstag in Mallnitz im Bezirk Spittal von einer Lawine verschüttet und getötet worden. Laut Polizei war der sehr gut ausgerüstete Einheimische, der alleine unterwegs war, sehr erfahren. Gegen 11.00 Uhr fuhr er unterhalb der Jamnighütte in einen 30 bis 35 Grad steilen Hang ein und löste vermutlich selbst das Schneebrett aus, das ihn 1,5 Meter tief begrub.

PHILADELPHIA — This is the Mika Zibanejad the Rangers envisioned upon acquiring him (and a second-rounder) from Ottawa in exchange for Derick Brassard during the summer of 2016 and then when signing No. 93 to a five-year contract worth $26.75 million last July. This is the No. 93 who is assertive and dynamic in playing...

PHLADELPHIA — This is the Mika Zibanejad the Rangers envisioned upon acquiring him (and a second-rounder) from Ottawa in exchange for Derick Brassard during the summer of 2016 and then when signing No. 93 to a five-year contract worth $26.75 million last July. This is the No. 93 who is assertive and dynamic in playing...

Salisbury (dpa) - Ein beim Giftanschlag auf den Ex-Doppelagenten Sergej Skripal verletzter britischer Polizeibeamter ist aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen worden. Das teilte die Leiterin der Klinik im englischen Salisbury am Donnerstag mit. Nick Bailey war während seines Einsatzes als Polizist mit dem Nervengift in Kontakt gekommen.Der ehemalige russische Doppelagent Sergej Skripal und seine Tochter Yulia waren Anfang März in Salisbury bewusstlos auf einer Parkbank entdeckt worden. Den britischen Behörden... Читать дальше...

Major League Soccer's quest to erase its "retirement league" label may take a hit, but signing the Swedish star is well worth it

In anticipation of Dropbox’s big debut on the NASDAQ tomorrow, the cloud storage software company priced its IPO on Thursday night at $21 a share, reports CNBC. Here are some other big numbers: Offering: 36 million shares (25-times oversubscribed) Valuation (fully diluted): $9.2 billion (lower than its $10 billion valuation in 2014) Valuation (non-diluted): $8.3 …

Berlin (dpa) - Linke, Grüne und AfD haben die geplante Ausweitung des Bundeswehr-Einsatzes im Irak kritisiert. Die Ziele hinter dem neuen Mandat seien reichlich unklar, gab der Grünen-Verteidigungspolitiker Tobias Lindner am Donnerstagabend im Bundestag zu Bedenken. Zudem besitze die Mission keine tragfähige völkerrechtliche Grundlage. «Sie agieren wieder in einer Koalition der Willigen», warf Lindner Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) vor. Der Ausbildungseinsatz im Irak zur Unterstützung... Читать дальше...

Twelve months on, history repeated itself for Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) at La Molina as he won on the Volta a Catalunya summit finish for the second year running. But this time, the rewards were even greater.

A Queens girl pretended to hang herself by tying a belt around her neck — but she actually choked when her mom left the room and the stunt has left her brain dead, police sources and relatives told The Post on Thursday. Precise Tucker, 7, was trying to play a joke on her mom, Purity...

Activists will lead rallies in Washington, DC, and hundreds of cities across the United States.

The stock market's tumble Thursday is leading to panic-like selling in NYSE stocks, according the Arms Index, which is a volume-weighted measure of market breadth used to gauge the intensity of buying and selling. The Arms, which tends to rise above 1.000 when the broader market falls, has climbed to 2.086 in afternoon trade. Many technicians view rises above 2.000 as exhibiting panic-like characteristics. The number of advancing stocks outnumbered decliners 2,119 to 765, a about 2.77 to 1, while... Читать дальше...

Près de la moitié des produits biologiques sont aujourd'hui vendus en grande surface. Une large part vient de l'étranger : le tiers seulement des aliments bios consommés ici sont produits localement. A-t-on perdu de vue la philosophie première du bio?

“Westworld” is really into teasing fans lately — and we mean that in the nicest way. HBO recently released photos from the upcoming second season and now you’ve got a poster to boot. And yeah, it’s as creepy as you’d expect it to be. In the featured art, we see a stormy sky painted in red and gray, above the cracked desert ground. In the center of the image is a vulture — a host vulture, to be exact. Also Read: 'Westworld' Is Set to Meet the Real World in Season 2 This host — with his spiny body... Читать дальше...

Luck was certainly on the side of this North Carolinian — who won the lottery twice in a five-week span, according to a report. Air Force Veteran Michael Buinicky, of Charlotte, hit his first jackpot — $100,000 — on Feb. 9 from the 100X The Cash scratch-off game. His good fortune improved even more when...