Новости за 16.08.2018

Chris Bowen believes what bit him in the water near the Chesapeake Bay on Wednesday was a shark.

The former Prime Minister says his predecessor was committed to a consensus approach in politics.

VA wants to improve its web presence in a big way.

A First Nation powwow dancer returned to Portage la Prairie, Man., this week to personally thank the man who returned his lost regalia.

Russian interference, compromised voting machines and voter ID laws have been at the center of debate about the integrity of the 2018 midterm elections. Yet largely missing from the conversation is discussion over the practice of using incarcerated felons to gerrymander white rural districts at the expense of minority urban districts—a tactic called prison gerrymandering.

'They're exploiting the very open research and development environment that we have, which we all revere'

A fire chief in upstate New York was removed from his position after it was revealed he called Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) a racial slur.James Brewster, the former fire chief for East Syracuse, was demoted to village firefighter after an...

Watch as #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov makes friends with a ballboy during a rain delay on Thursday at the Western & Southern Open. Watch ATP World Tour tennis live and on-demand on Tennis TV, available on a wide range of devices.

NZEI TE Riu Roa members who are psychologists, speech language therapists and other learning support specialists, employed directly by the Ministry of Education, are set to strike for a day on Tuesday 21 August, following the results of a secret ballot ...

A former RSS prachark, Vajpayee had once described the RSS as his soul in an article written by him in 1995 in the RSS weekly Organiser.

A former RSS prachark, Vajpayee had once described the RSS as his soul in an article written by him in 1995 in the RSS weekly Organiser.

Jabari Parker averaged 12.6 points and 4.9 rebounds over 31 games with the Bucks last season.

Authorities have identified the body of a young boy found at a New Mexico compound as Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, a missing 3-year-old who was allegedly abducted by his father in November, according to the state’s Office of the Medical Investigator. The boy’s remains were discovered a few days after authorities first raided the makeshift compound earlier this month and discovered 11 emaciated children wearing rags and no shoes. Abdul-Ghani, who would have turned 4 the day his body was discovered, had […]

Star Tribune - http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/491053981.html 08-16-2018 03:46 PM

Star Tribune - Liriano was a great rookie for the Twins 12 years ago, but injuries have derailed his promising career. ...

LUTHER, Okla. – An Oklahoma woman who was arrested last month in connection to her roommate’s murder has officially been charged. 21-year-old Kristen Elizabeth Jones was charged with one count of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and desecration of a human corpse on Thursday. The Hickory Hills Fire Protection District responded to a house fire in the 10700 block of Lori Lane in rural northeastern Oklahoma County after the fire chief spotted smoke at around 9:30 a.m. on July 30. “While at […]

A forensic and canine unit is at the scene to help officers determine the source of the shot.

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Thursday named a new military supreme commander, a deputy head of intelligence services and ahead of presidential security as part of a revamp of security forces to better tackle the Islamist militant threat.

Elizabeth Bruenig

In divinity school I learned that a priest represents God to his congregation and represents his congregation to God. How enormously important this arrangement seemed to me at the time — and how unspeakable it seems now, in light of the recent Pennsylvania grand jury report.

A lack of clean clothing may be to blame for some students' truancy, especially in low-income areas

The $22.3 million Lotto Powerball prize has been claimed. The gold mine was untouched yesterday, but a Lotto spokeswoman this morning confirmed it had been claimed. Lotto was speaking to someone believed ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police say two Minnesota beer deliverymen prevented a suicidal man from jumping off an interstate bridge in St. Paul by offering the man a Coors Light. Authorities say Jason Gable and Kwame Anderson were driving their truck Wednesday morning when they spotted the man clinging to the outer fence of […]