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Ethiopian athlete Etenesh Diro was left distraught after missing the final of the 3000m steeplechase having run the last 800m of her heat with just one shoe.

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of a $3.8 billion Midwest oil pipeline are vowing to keep up the pressure after this week's arrests at a construction zone in North Dakota.

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of a $3.8 billion Midwest oil pipeline are vowing to keep up the pressure after this week's arrests at a construction zone in North Dakota.

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of a $3.8 billion Midwest oil pipeline are vowing to keep up the pressure after this week's arrests at a construction zone in North Dakota.

– A pressure group within the in Ekiti state civil service has criticized Governor Ayo Fayose for his outbursts on a radio programme, where he attacked President Muhammadu Buhari  – The group urged the EFCC, ICPC, and DSS to beam their searchlights on other banks apart from Zenith Bank to recover state funds  A pressure […]

(AP) — A fair ride operator has received permission to renew running its rides at Tennessee fairs — other than a Ferris wheel that dropped three girls to the ground. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced the decision late Friday to allow Family Attractions Amusement to resume operations.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A family vacation has turned deadly for a Shakopee family.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A family vacation has turned deadly for a Shakopee family. The Bondarenko family was vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City, Florida when one member began having trouble in the rough water. Authorities had posted a red flag warning, advising against swimming. Anastasiya Bondarenko tells KARE-TV (http://kare11.tv/2bdDi5j ) her husband, Dmitry, lost his life rescuing the relative Wednesday. She says her husband was an avid sportsman, a hard worker and a family man and died a hero. Читать дальше...

UMass trying to survive as FBS independent Since Massachusetts moved to the Bowl Subdivision five years ago, the Minutemen have eight victories and 40 losses, have averaged less than the NCAA minimum attendance of 15,000 for their homes games and were essentially kicked out of a conference. Instead of giving up its major college football aspirations — as some on the Amherst campus would prefer — UMass is sticking it out and going it alone, becoming an FBS independent this season at a time when that has never been more challenging. Читать дальше...

If the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is able to offer fair lending conditions, it will be of great help to ordinary Russians, Dmitry Zhuravlev, head of the Institute of Regional Problems in Russia, told the internet newspaper Svobodnaya Pressa.

The rebels’ recent breakthrough in the Aleppo siege was done with cash and supplies being ferried in for weeks from its regional backers, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with the US turning a blind eye to the activities in order to pile pressure on Russia and Iran, according to the revelations of the Financial Times.

With less than three months until Election Day, Loretta Sanchez is running out of time to narrow the gap with front-runner Kamala Harris in California's U.S. Senate race.

ALBANY, New York (AP) — Almost 45 years after America's bloodiest prison rebellion, a historian's new account names troopers and Attica prison guards that investigators believed killed hostages and many unarmed inmates.

ALBANY, New York (AP) — Almost 45 years after America's bloodiest prison rebellion, a historian's new account names troopers and Attica prison guards that investigators believed killed hostages and many unarmed inmates.

The National Weather Service has issued flash flooding warning for all of southwest Louisiana until 2 p.m. Saturday as a low pressure system continues to drift slowly to the west. More rain is expected to swamp already soggy ground across Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast where at least two people died and dozens had to be rescued from waist-high water surrounding their homes. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency as rescue workers in the southeastern part of the state brace for more precipitation. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Police in Tulsa say a man has died after being shot at a home on the city's southeast side and the victim's neighbor is the suspect. Walker says witnesses identified a 61-year-old neighbor as the suspect and police eventually found the man hiding behind a tree outside a library behind his home.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With less than three months until Election Day, Loretta Sanchez is running out of time to narrow the gap with front-runner Kamala Harris in California's U.S. Senate race.

Both women are Democrats, but President Barack Obama's decision last month to endorse Harris — the state attorney general — was a capstone in her ascent. "What's shaping the dynamics of this race are Kamala Harris' superiority in financial resources, and that she was able to lock down the vast majority of the key endorsements," said Democratic media consultant Roy Behr, whose clients have included the senator vacating the seat, retiring Democrat Barbara Boxer. Fallout from the presidential race... Читать дальше...

Years ago, I struck up a conversation with a woman who was preparing for her son's upcoming wedding. At the time, my sons were still quite young and I asked her what her relationship was like with her adult son. She told me it was good because she followed the golden rules of raising sons.

Golden rules? This is great, I thought. I'm about to get a good dose of helpful advice.

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This should be a piece of cake.

With this loss, India remained in the sixth spot, while the United States, Britain, Australia and Argentina made it to the quarter-finals.

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The age 24 is a fun time of your life.

You're likely out of college, maybe for a couple of years, meeting new people, and getting your feet wet in the real world. 

But it's also an important time because around age 24, you have unquestionably entered adulthood and your choices could influence the rest of your life.

A bunch of people chimed in on a Quora thread discussing the skills every 24 year old needs to learn before it's too late. We narrowed... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A plaque to fallen servicemen and women will be dedicated Saturday in Peoria Heights. The Gold Star memorial in Tower Park is sponsored by the Peoria Garden Club and America's Gold Star Families — an organization founded by Peorian Patti Smith. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/2aNF6y1 ) that water in the Tower Park foundation will be colored gold.

Tributes have flooded in for a 14-year-old boy who died on Saturday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in Batemans Bay.

Guerinot has represented gang members, serial killers and sociopaths accused of heinous crimes. Over his career, court records show 21 Guerinot clients received the death penalty. Thirteen other Guerinot clients are serving life sentences, either because a plea agreement or lesser charge was negotiated, jurors couldn't agree unanimously on the death penalty or prosecutors didn't seek it. Guerinot says Carty refused to meet him for four months and, even though she is from St. Kitts when it was part of the British Virgin Islands... Читать дальше...