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Seven people attempted suicide by drinking a poisonous liquid outside the gates of the China Youth Daily in Beijing yesterday morning, the newspaper said on its social media account.
Pictures circulated online showed five men and two women lying on the pavement outside the newspaper building.
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Facebook is expected to unveil its long-awaited location-services product tomorrow at an event at Facebook HQ.
What will it do? How will it work? We don't know for sure, and the location/mobile industry-types we've bothered about it are either short on details or pretending they are.
But here's one potential wa... |
Facebook is expected to unveil on Wednesday a new location-sharing feature for the social network's 500 million users. Reports about Facebook developing a location-based feature have been circulating for some time. Facebook has also been making references to a potential location feature. In March, Facebook said it had ... |
A collection of news and social media from the lead-up to the Referendum for Independence from the Iraqi state held in the Kurdish region of Iraq on September 25, 2017. The collection captures the websites of news outlets in the Kurdish region of Iraq representing the various political parties and social media account ... |
All Things Digital report that Facebook has been sending out invitations to select media outlets inviting them to a mysterious press conference later today (Wednesday 18th).
The new feature is expected to be a direct competitor to the popular geo-location check-in application Foursquare which has been in the works ... |
Shortly after pleading not guilty Tuesday to charges related to sensational allegations of hush money payments and lying to federal agents, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert stood in a packed federal courtroom in downtown Chicago looking extremely uncomfortable.
As the judge left the bench and Hastert's high... |
CHICAGO — After days of silence, J. Dennis Hastert, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he illegally structured bank withdrawals and lied to the authorities about millions of dollars he had promised to pay someone for misconduct that occurred decades a... |
Hastert pleads not guilty The former House speaker emerged after more than a week in seclusion.
CHICAGO — After more than a week in seclusion, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two criminal charges that he violated federal banking law and lied to FBI agents as they investigated his a... |
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Open heart surgery appears to be safer in the afternoon because of the body's internal clock, scientists have said.
The body clock - or circadian rhythm - is the reason we want to sleep at night, but it also drives huge changes in the way our bodies work.
The research, published... |
Nobody wants to have open heart surgery. But if you do, you want to have it in that afternoon.
That's the conclusion of a major new study that found there is a significantly higher risk of damage for people having surgery in the morning.
And it's all because of the body clock, or circadian rhythms, which help k... |
This study was financially supported by the Graduate Cluster Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB). The authors are thankful to the thesis students for their excellent help during the laboratory work: Dirk Münker, David Dannheisig and Madeleine Dorsch. We are also grateful to Parijat Kusari for critically reading this manusc... |
THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects. It acts much like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally by the body, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Cannabinoid receptors are concentrated in certain areas of the brain associated w... |
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With Arnold, Tiger and two timing IMF guy in mind, we have created this wedding ring for people intent on cheating. The negative engraving on the inside means that when you are in the ‘Club’ and an attractive woman…or man comes along to chat, slipp... |
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With Arnold, Tiger and two timing IMF guy in mind, we have created this wedding ring for people intent on cheating. The negative engraving on the inside means that when you are in the ‘Club’ and an attractive woman…or man comes along to ch... |
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A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be t... |
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(CNN) - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says his assertion last year that Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying President Donald Trump was merely a bad attempt at humor.
"It was a bad attempt at a joke," McCarthy told rep... |
Last year, after a meeting with the Ukranian prime minister, the #2 Republican in the House turned to Paul Ryan and said, “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” That’s from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and it’s apparently what he thought back in June after Trump had won the Republican nominatio... |
In a week of significant bombshells dropping every evening, this one is a dud. The Washington Post has obtained a recording of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy telling colleagues last year that he believed Donald Trump -- by then the presumptive GOP presidential nominee -- was on the payroll of Russian President Vl... |
AP Photo Boehner: I might sue Obama over Iran deal
Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he might sue President Barack Obama again.
The Ohio Republican said Obama has not turned over the entirety of the Iran agreement for congressional review as mandated by law. Boehner said legal action is “an option that’s very ... |
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that all options are on the table in the fight to stop the Iran nuclear deal from moving forward, including suing the president.
Boehner said a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over the deal is "an option that is very possible.”
Just hours af... |
The House on Friday rejected a resolution to approve the Iran nuclear deal, with the vote underscoring how controversial the accord has been with President Obama’s own party.
While most Democrats voted to approve the nuclear bargain, 25 voted against it, creating a wedge that Republicans hope to use to their advant... |
KCBS-TV Channel 2 reporter Serene Branson smiled uneasily. She was back in the newsroom Thursday for the first time since becoming an instant — and reluctant — media sensation after she had infamously garbled her words during a live report at the Grammy Awards But the 31-year-old journalist wasn't going back to work ju... |
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Maybe it wasn't a stroke after all.The Los Angeles Times reports that Serene Branson's doctor, a neurosurgeon at UCLA, says the television reporter suffered a "complex migraine" that caused her to garble her speech as she delivered a report from the Grammy Awards on Sunday.The medical community had ... |
In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, Syrians inspect damaged buildings after airstrikes by government helicopters on the rebel-held Aleppo neighborhood... (Associated Press)
In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, Syrians i... |
Representative Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who gained a measure of infamy after shouting “you lie” at President Barack Obama during a joint session of Congress in 2009, had that memorable catchphrase hurled back at him by a group of his constituents at a town hall event on Monday.
The audience at the ... |
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AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) -- A South Carolina Congressman got an earful Monday night from the people he serves across the region.
Republican Joe Wilson held a town hall meeting with folks at Aiken Technical College Monday where the Republicans' plan to rep... |
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2015 file photo, TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities are seen in Hardisty, Alberta. The Keystone XL oil pipeline won't use American steel in its construction, despite what... (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2015 file photo, TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities are seen ... |
The Keystone XL oil pipeline does not need to be made from U.S. steel, despite an executive order by President Donald Trump days after he took office requiring domestic steel in new pipelines, the White House said on Friday.
"It's specific to new pipelines or those that are being repaired," White House spokeswoman ... |
The Keystone XL pipeline won’t be required to use American-made steel to earn construction approval from the Trump administration, the White House said Friday, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims.
The president’s executive order mandating the use of U.S. steel is “specific to new pipelines or those tha... |
“The Keystone XL pipeline is currently in the process of being constructed, so it does not count as a new, retrofitted, repaired, or expanded pipeline,” the White House spokeswoman said. | Getty White House: Keystone exempt from 'Buy American' requirements
The Keystone XL Pipeline will not be subject to President D... |
Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose.
In this Nov. 30, 2012 photo villager Mico Matic, displays garlic that he carries in his pockets, in the village of Zarozje, near the Serbian town of Bajina Basta. Get your garlic, wooden crosses and... (Associated Press)
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North Korean historical institute 'declares it has discovered unicorn lair belonging to founder of ancient kingdom’
In yet another outlandish claim to come out of North Korea historians have allegedly announced that they have unearthed a unicorn lair.
A report released by the History Institute of the DPRK A... |
Sophia celebrates her ninth consecutive year as the top choice for girls, while Jackson remains the most popular name for boys for six years running. Oliver and Layla both jumped into the top 10, pushing out Logan and Zoe. The fastest climbers of 2018 include Everly, Isla, Leo, and Carson.
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Parents are naming their kids after Instagram filters! Credit: 20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection
Color Us surprised! Instagram has inspired parents to name their children after the popular platform’s filters, according to the annual BabyCenter Baby Names Survey released on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
For boys, ... |
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval.
Clinton made the announcement in an online video released Monday morning by the gay r... |
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Washington (CNN) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced for the first time Monday she supports marriage rights for same-sex couples, saying that "gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights."
"America is at its best when we champion the freedom and dignity of every hu... |
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The remains of long, thin cells preserved inside the 50-million-year-old fossilized cocoon of an unknown worm species represent the oldest animal sperm ever found, say researchers at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
Benjamin Bomfleur and his ... |
It's time to call Guinness World Records: Researchers on an Antarctic expedition have uncovered sperm cells dating to a whopping 50 million years ago, making these the oldest known animal sperm cells, a new study finds.
The researchers found the sperm fragments embedded within the walls of a fossilized cocoon. The ... |
Spermatozoon A 50 million year old spermatozoon (sperm cell) found in Antarctica. Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History
We all know about how mosquitos trapped in amber:
Can lead to dinosaur biker gangs:
(Or, at the very least, awesome memes) But what about worm sperm trapped in a c... |
A fossilized sperm cell (Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History)
Benjamin Bomfleur can’t help but laugh a little when talking about this latest, record-setting discovery.
“A 50-million-year-old worm sperm from Antarctica?” he said between chuckles. “Who would have thought that’s poss... |
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Novelist Bret Easton Ellis has some inspired casting ideas for a planned “American Psycho” remake. “I have warned Lionsgate that I will not approve a new ver... |
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries continued to prove just how on different pages a married couple can be on "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" (Sun., 10PM ET on E!). Kris didn't take it very well when Kim said, "I'm never moving to Minnesota. Ever."
This was because she had made a deal with him that when he was done ... |
House Republican leaders plunged into damage control mode Monday after a brutal budgetary assessment of their Obamacare replacement threatened to upend Senate GOP support and armed their critics on the left.
Speaker Paul Ryan’s team quickly pinpointed rosier elements of the report by the Congressional Budget Office... |
Non-partisan budget office says replacement for Affordable Care Act would leave millions uninsured but reduce federal deficit by $337bn in first 10 years
As many as 24 million Americans risk losing health coverage over the next decade under the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as ... |
The Republican health care plan being considered by Congress will significantly increase the number of uninsured people, but save the federal government hundreds of billions of dollars, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. Here are the key findings from the report.
The number of uninsured wi... |
Senate Republicans are showing fresh signs of concern about a House bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare after an analysis projected that tens of millions would become uninsured under the legislation.
GOP senators stressed that they were still digesting the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis but signaled th... |
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House Republicans’ proposal to rewrite federal health-care law would more than reverse the gains the Affordable Care Act has made in the number of Americans with health insurance, while curbing the federal deficit, according to a widely anticipated forecast by... |
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DIETRICH, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has sentenced a high school football player to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service after prosecutors said he took part in a brutal locker room assault on a black football player in a small Idaho town.
The Times-News (http://bit.ly/2l9aA6f ) reports that ... |
A woman was in critical condition after a swarm of bees attacked her and stung her more than 200 times. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2018. (Published Tuesday, July 17, 2018)
A woman remains hospitalized in critical condition after suffering over 200 bee stings in Lake Forest ... |
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A woman was critically injured after being stung “hundreds of times” by a swarm of bees in Lake Forest Monday morning, and three others — including two firefighters — were also injured, officials said.
The incident occurred about 10:25 a.m. when firefighters responde... |
A woman was in critical condition Monday, July 16, after she was stung hundreds of times by bees in Lake Forest, and two firefighters were hospitalized after also getting stung several times while trying to help her.
Firefighters found the woman, in her 50s, covered in bees, about 10:30 a.m., Orange County Fire Aut... |
PLEASANTON, Calif. (CN) — A gag gift that a black employee did not find funny has landed a Bay Area construction company owner in court, for giving her a photo of himself dressed as Donald Trump in front of a Confederate flag, inside a rhinestone purse also emblazoned with the Stars and Bars.
Tishay Wright sued Sou... |
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San Francisco, CA – June 8, 2017 – The Dolan Law Firm, on behalf of their client, Ms. Tishay Wright, filed suit today against Southland Construction Management Inc. and its owners Kenneth & Anita Hayden for racial discrimination and harassment. Ms. Wright, an African American w... |
Racial bias alleged at construction firm
An African American project manager at a Pleasanton construction company filed a racial-discrimination and harassment lawsuit Thursday against her former bosses, alleging they gave her photos of themselves dressed in President Trump-related costumes and posing with Confedera... |
Story highlights There were 939 hate groups in 2013, Southern Poverty Law Center says
That represents a 7% decline from 2012
Trend among Ku Klux Klan is leaving the Internet
Far-right extremist groups had been on the rise, particularly in reaction to President Obama's election in 2008 and the financial cris... |
Potok noted in the report that groups on the far right were "demoralized" by President Obama's reelection. Their inability to stop growing support for controversial issues such as gay marriage and marijuana legalization has also been frustrating. And last year's congressional inaction on gun control and immigration ref... |
As sensational reports about Lamar Odom‘s drug addiction swirl, the NBA star believes the Kardashian family leaked negative stories about his alleged use of crack cocaine, but he doesn’t believe his wife Khloe Kardashian has had any role in the negative stories being made public, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reportin... |
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have taken a giant step toward an unlikely reconciliation after the reality star allowed her troubled husband to move back — for now — into the couple’s multi-million dollar mansion, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Odom, 33, was spotted late on Monday afternoon driving into ... |
Lamar Odom RETURNS HOME TO KHLOE 'Listening to Reason'
Lamar Odom -- RETURNS HOME TO KHLOE KARDASHIAN ... 'Listening to Reason'
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has finally returned home ... with... but he remains undecided about seeking treatment for drug addiction, TMZ has learned.Odom returned to his L.A. pad Monday after goin... |
Mandiant provided an advance copy of its report to The New York Times , saying it hoped to “bring visibility to the issues addressed in the report.” Times reporters then tested the conclusions with other experts, both inside and outside government, who have examined links between the hacking groups and the army (Mandia... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC's John Sudworth was detained while filming the reported hub of the hacking operation
A secretive branch of China's military is probably one of the world's "most prolific cyber espionage groups", a US cyber security firm has said.
Mandiant said U... |
Glenn Beck, Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley Launch Reality Show
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Glenn Beck is launching a reality show with Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley to find great documentary filmmakers.
Vaughn is one of Holl... |
Glenn Beck on Wednesday announced that he is teaming up with actor Vince Vaughn to produce a new reality show set to debut next year on Beck's TheBlaze TV.
“Pursuit of Truth” will pit 20 documentary filmmakers in a competition for financing and distribution for their film. Beck’s TheBlaze TV, Vaughn and Peter Billi... |
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Bond has been revoked for a man questioned in connection with a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg.
On Wednesday, Robert Thomas, 27, and three others were arrested on various charges, including possession of narcotics with intent to deliver and receiving stolen property in the form of firearms. Meanwh... |
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man arrested a third time on drug and weapons charges stemming from a police search three years ago is a suspect in a cookout ambush last month that killed five adults and an unborn child, a detective testified Thursday.
Allegheny County Detective Steve Hitchings testified at a bond h... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women have now passed the Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press.
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Beyond the currency issue, a provision attached to the trade promotion authority bill to block trade preferences to countries involved in human trafficking would effectively exclude Malaysia, which is on the State Department’s list of worst offenders. Another provision to crack down on child labor could stop American c... |
Sen. Warren On The 'Tilted Process' Of Asia Trade Bill
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The Senate could begin debate Tuesday on a bill that would give President Obama fast-track authority to complete a Pacific Rim trade agreement.
The Trans-Pacific Partner... |
Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama is privately working with Senate Democrats to find a way forward for his free trade initiative.
After Democrats banded together to rebuke their own party's President on a key trade bill Tuesday afternoon, Obama huddled with some of those senators -- including several who have... |
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A Texas politician has roadkill on his platform — and wants it on residents’ plates.
Tink Nathan is running against four others for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives, and while they’re all Republicans, Nathan has one very unique agenda: overturn the state’s law against collecting roadkill.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife says it does not want to get involved in state politics, but it is fairly certain that eating road kill is not good for you, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Tink Nathan, who owns Tink’s Deer Scent Company and a hunting video firm in Centerpoint is running for State Representative from the Hill Coun... |
The ongoing measles outbreak in the United States has reached a record for any year since the disease was eliminated in this country 14 years ago, with 288 cases of the potentially deadly infection reported in 18 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The largest measles clusters are ... |
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has hit a new high since the highly contagious disease was officially declared eliminated 14 years ago, in the latest sign of a troubling resurgence.
The 288 cases reported in 18 states as of May 23 is the highest number of cases in the first five months of the year since 199... |
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's oil exports have fallen by an estimated 40 percent since the start of the year as Western sanctions tear into the country's vital oil industry, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
The agency, which represents the interests of major consuming nations, said preliminary indicat... |
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CLEVELAND - Police are investigating the theft of seven guns swiped from a Cleveland home sometime early Tuesday morning.
A mom and her two children were asleep upstairs when she said the thief or thieves broke into the home and cleaned out two gun cabinets. "They're ready for a war, we were ready for a war," said ... |
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Thieves stole a high-powered rifle and 5 shotguns from the home of a family of doomsday preppers in Cleveland. https://t.co/GpRehDMFi0 pic.twitter.com/fGbEBFtorb — The Trace (@teamtrace) November 23, 2016
A brief glance at the robin’s egg blue, two-story home on the east side of Cleveland — complete with a low whit... |
Every damn day I talk to people who don’t understand what the 2nd Amendment means so I’m going to break it down for you, explain in terms even a Liberal can understand…whether they choose to admit it remains to be seen.
The 2nd amendment.
“A WELL REGULATED MILITIA,…
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CLEVELAND-- They call themselves doomsday preppers, but members of a Cleveland family were not prepared when burglars broke into their home early Tuesday morning.
Teena Brayen and her husband are part of a militia group known at the Three Percenters. They consider it... |
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, a division of Pfizer Inc., is voluntarily recalling one lot of Children’s Advil® Suspension Bubble Gum Flavored 4 FL OZ Bottle because of customer complaints that the dosage cup provided is marked in teaspoons and the instructions on the label are described in milliliters (mL).
Pfizer co... |
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ATLANTA – Pfizer Consumer Healthcare says they are voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Children's Advil Suspension Bubble Gum flavor.
According to the alert, the dosage cup provided in the package is marked in teaspoons, whil... |
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KKK Wednesday was advertised at Krispy Kreme in Hull.
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UPDATED: Doughnuts chain Krispy Kreme has apologised after causing a stir on social media by branding its new kids' club "KKK".
A billboard at the Hull branch, in St Stephe... |
LONDON — Doughnut-maker Krispy Kreme has apologized after scheduling an event called "KKK Wednesday" at a store in the UK.
Krispy Kreme was due to host KKK Wednesday (KKK meaning "Krispy Kreme Klub") on Feb. 18, at its store in Hull, which it had promoted via a post on its Facebook page.
However some of its 215... |
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A branch of Krispy Kreme is promoting 'KKK Wednesday' as a half-term activity.
The Hull branch of the doughnut peddler had created the abbreviation to stand for Krispy Kreme Klub, b... |
File - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington,... (Associated Press)
File - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration ... |
An exclusive look inside a refugee shelter housed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen, Texas: Some 800 volunteers from the community work at the shelter, including Herminia Forshage of Catholic Charities, who is featured here. Information on where to send donations can be found at on.fb.me/1nqAKQb. (This vid... |
Story highlights Homeland Security says Jose Antonio Vargas has a notice to appear in court
Officials say he was detained after telling authorities he was in the country illegally
The journalist wrote last week that he suspected he might not get out of McAllen, Texas
At 12, Vargas came to the U.S. illegally... |
Activists who were working with immigration reform advocate Jose Antonio Vargas near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas released a statement Tuesday saying he was arrested while attempting to pass through security at McAllen-Miller International Airport.
"Jose Antonio Vargas of Define American, has been detained by Bo... |
Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin for ruining the Soviet Union and for metaphorically laying “an atomic bomb” underneath Russia, the country's independent news agency Interfax reports.
Speaking at a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education in Mosco... |
As Russia’s military escalation in eastern Ukraine continued last week, Vladimir Putin found time to visit the Seliger National Youth Forum, a summer camp for pro-Kremlin young people some two hundred miles northwest of Moscow. Among the many subjects discussed was history: he spoke about the Bolsheviks, the mastermind... |
In a series of stories, Berkeleyside examines the building where six people died and seven were seriously injured Tuesday after a balcony collapsed. Part 1 looks at a history of complaints by residents, Part 2 examines potential issues surrounding the balcony construction, and Part 3, below, looks at some of the issues... |
Builder of Berkeley apartments has paid millions in balcony suits
The investigation into the cause of the Berkeley apartment balcony collapse that killed six people and injured seven focused Wednesday on the company that constructed the building — a firm that has paid more than $6 million in the past two years to s... |
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