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The Los Angeles Police Department recently acquired two electric vehicles for its enforcement fleet: a BMW i3 and a Tesla Model S. The i3 will handle light duty like traffic enforcement and neighborhood patrols, but the Tesla has been painted as the ultimate destroyer of police pursuits; vehicle pursuits are one of the LAPD’s greatest challenges, but the Tesla Model S won’t eliminate car chases. In fact, it really shouldn’t even be involved.

Local aid group warns closure of Hungarian border could push refugees through territory still littered with landmines

The Jaguars started their season off with a loss for the third time in Gus Bradley’s three years as the team’s head coach when they fell to the Panthers 20-9 last Sunday. It was a 10-9 game at halftime, but Blake Bortles threw an interception that cornerback Josh Norman returned 30 yards for a touchdown…

To ease traffic congestion, the district administration and traffic wing of Raigad have appealed to motorists heading towards the Konkan coast to use nine alternative routes during this Ganeshotsav.

A secret no more, Bezos makes public his plans for his other tech endeavor.

One person has been arrested following violence that resulted in the closure of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westvile campus.

'Sex and the City' actress Kim Cattrall's suggestion that she is a parent despite being childless is bizarre

Backstreet's back, all right! Twenty years after he made teen girls swoon with "We've Got It Goin' O[...]

As news broke that Arnold Schwarzenegger would replace presidential candidate Donald Trump on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, people reacted positively to the announcement. Even Trump responded with approval:

Dusty roads and dreary street corners have begun to transform into the most scenic palace and temple settings ahead of Thursday’s festival of Ganeshotsav. Skilled artisans are at work combining common fibreglass and white plaster of paris to lend a unique grandeur to Ganpati pandals.

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That wasn't anything like what Vikings running back Adrian Peterson envisioned for his return to the NFL.

Civic officials informed members of the standing committee at an informal meeting held on Tuesday that the BMC maybe forced to increase water cut in the city after Ganeshotsav.

CNBC's Eamon Javers reports that the White House has said it doesn't support a House bill to lift the ban on crude exports.

Amanda Peterson, star of the 1987 film Can’t Buy Me Love, passed away from an accidental drug overdose back in July. During the episode, the Peterson family revealed that at age 15, Amanda was raped by a man twice her age, a secret that may have contributed to the former teen star’s addiction troubles. The Peterson family began to notice changes in her behavior.

Microsoft is downloading large Windows 10 installation files to Windows 7 and 8.1 computers even if users don't express interest in the upgrade, gobbling up internet bandwidth and hard drive space.

Pay parity is the new norm - unless you're over 27 years old, that is. NBC News reports.

Not long after Zayn Malik signed with RCA and inked a management deal with Turn First Artists (the same company that reps Iggy Azalea and Ellie...

New loan guarantee would aid in $18bn debt restructuring

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Disney released a first trailer for the studio's live-action "Jungle Book" adaptation featuring the voice of Scarlett Johansson as the python Raa.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Matt Damon confronted African-American filmmaker Effie Brown during a discussion on diversity in an episode of 'Project Greenlight.'

It’s going to be a weird Oscar season. Every year since “The Departed” won eight years ago, we’d already seen the eventual Best Picture winner by now, sometimes at Cannes (“No Country For Old Men,” “The Artist”), but usually at one of the early-fall festivals. But in 2015, Venice, Telluride and Toronto have all unveiled their biggest ticket items, and we’re still without an obvious frontrunner. There have been some hits, and some have pointed to one film or another as a strong potential (Vulture have tipped “Spotlight” already)... Читать дальше...

Een van de jongste vluchtelingen die een veilig heenkomen in Europa hoopt te vinden, is baby Rahf. Vier dagen geleden werd het Syrische meisje geboren, onderweg, in de buitenlucht op het Griekse eiland Samos. Nu staat ze met haar ouders aan de Servische kant van de Hongaarse grens, in de hoop dat ze erdoor kunnen.

LISBON, Portugal - The Bank of Portugal says it is postponing the sale of Novo Banco, the so-called good bank salvaged from last year's collapse of major lender Banco Espirito Santo, explaining that the offers it received were too low.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Bank of Portugal says it is postponing the sale of Novo Banco, the so-called good bank salvaged from last year's collapse of major lender Banco Espirito Santo, expl…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Bank of Portugal says it is postponing the sale of Novo Banco, the so-called good bank salvaged from last year's collapse of major lender Banco Espirito Santo, expl…