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Just days after a famous 4-2 victory dumped the FA Cup holders out of the competition, the Championship side have announced their new manager

NEW YORK (AP) — The Google engineer who was fired for writing a memo criticizing Google for pushing diversity is suing the company, saying it discriminates against white men and conservatives. James Damore's lawsuit says the company's "open hostility for conservative thought is paired with invidious discrimination on the basis of race and gender" — that is, Caucasian and male. He is joined in the lawsuit by another former Google engineer, David Gudeman. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Читать дальше...

It's called the Tetra countertop dishwasher—and it could be a game-changer for homes with small kitchens.

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• Ray Kroc, the controversial founder of McDonald's, spent 17 years selling paper cups. 
• He then sold a fast-food milkshake maker for years before entering the restaurant business and expanding McDonald's. 
• The moral of his success story: Work hard and you'll make your own luck. 

This is a story about good luck—and how people who've had a lot of good luck account for having gotten it.

Its main character is Ray Kroc, the controversial founder of McDonald's... Читать дальше...

La commissaire à l'éthique blanchit le ministre des Finances Bill Morneau dans le dossier de la vente de ses actions de Morneau Shepell et dans celui du contrat de services entre Morneau Shepell et la Banque du Canada.

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at his hard-line opponents Monday, saying the protesters who have shaken Iran in recent weeks objected not just to the bad economy but also to widespread corruption and the clerical government’s restrictive policies on personal conduct and freedoms. “One cannot force one’s lifestyle on the future generations,” Rouhani said, in remarks reported by the ISNA news agency. “The problem is that we want two generations after us to live the way... Читать дальше...

Securities law firms announced Monday that they were pursuing investigations of a flaw affecting Intel chips as a prelude to class-action litigation against the company.

On Sunday, Israel's cabinet established a committee to look into the possibility of building artificial islands off the county's coast.

Disdain for playing by the rules, delight in shocking their audiences, and hunger for the approval of the elites they mock—there’s a lot that Michael Wolff and Donald Trump share in common.

Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier (Calif.) on Monday encouraged TV personality Oprah Winfrey to run for president in 2020.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Storms brought rare rain to California on Monday and increased the risk of mudslides in fire-ravaged communities, driving property owners to stack sandbags in devastated northern wine country and authorities to order evacuations farther south for towns below hillsides burned by the state's largest-ever wildfire. Forecasters issued a flash flood watch for parts for Sonoma and Mendocino counties north of San Francisco and warned that heavy rainfall could trigger mudslides in those areas devastated by October wildfires. Читать дальше...

The White House on Monday made it clear: President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is in Trump’s bad books for good, after criticizing his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., for meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016.

The BBC's China Editor has resigned from her role in protest against the gender pay gap at the corporation. Carrie Gracie, who's been at the BBC for over 30 years and will stay on in a newsroom role, has written an open letter accusing the BBC of having a 'secretive and illegal pay culture.' The BBC had four international editors, two men and two women, of which she was one. When the BBC revealed top salaries as part of last year's settlement, Gracie says she learned that the two men made at least... Читать дальше...

The MSSN said through a statement made available to NAIJ.com on Monday, January 8, that Barrister Adetola-Kaseem, aged 69, died early morning of the day at AB Specialist Hospital, Surulere after a brief illness.

The MSSN said through a statement made available to NAIJ.com on Monday, January 8, that Barrister Adetola-Kaseem, aged 69, died early morning of the day at AB Specialist Hospital, Surulere after a brief illness.

Consumer Electronics Show Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2018) is the annual Las Vegas trade show for consumer technology, and among industry observers, is known to be America’s largest annual tradeshow of its kind. CES is produced by the Consumer Technology Association, the trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry, and runs for six days […]

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• President Donald Trump will talk up the tax law during a speech in Nashville on Monday.
• In the speech, Trump will tout "a total of $5.5 TRILLION DOLLARS IN TAX CUTS."
• That total is misleading, as many of these cuts would be offset by increases in other areas.

President Donald Trump is headed to Nashville on Monday as part of an ongoing attempt to sell the recently passed Republican tax law. But one of the biggest selling points he's... Читать дальше...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the stabbing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's detective (all times local): 12:30 p.m. A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is accused of stabbing a Los Angeles County sheriff's detective at a fast food restaurant in Santa Clarita. Sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says the suspect was taken into custody shortly before noon Monday after about a manhunt that lasted about two hours. She says the suspect approached the detective... Читать дальше...

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Devastating hurricanes and wildfires—fueled in part by anthropogenic climate change—contributed to more than $300 billion in disaster-related damage across the United States last year, making 2017 the costliest year on record for extreme weather events, according to a government report released Monday. Experts say this "historic and unprecedented year of disastrous extremes" reinforces "the fact that climate change is a threat to our health, and also a threat... Читать дальше...

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• A woman has died after being infected by a flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana.
• She became ill after eating roughly two dozen raw oysters.
• One food expert says that he has seen more foodborne illnesses linked to shellfish in the past five years than in the two previous decades.

A Texan woman has died after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters on a trip to the the Louisiana coast. 

Jeanette LeBlanc died after a three-week battle with vibriosis... Читать дальше...

Le Canada fait face à une pénurie de pilotes de ligne qui touche de plus en plus l'industrie et qui pourrait avoir des conséquences négatives pour les passagers.

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No one can say with 100% certainty that a couple is heading for disaster.

But social scientists have gotten pretty good at predicting who's most likely to wind up there. These couples share certain commonalities — in the way they fight and the way they describe their relationship, but also in their education level and employment status.

Below, Business Insider has rounded up seven factors that predict divorce.

Getting married in your teens or after... Читать дальше...

David Bowie, the legendary British singer-songwriter died on January 10, 2016. He was 69.

CALAIS, Vt. (AP) — Three: That is the number of kindergartners expected to attend Calais Elementary School when August rolls around. It's why the School Board has been wrestling with what to do about an undersized class of undersized students, and why members at least briefly considered exploring a limited alliance with their counterparts in neighboring East Montpelier. A meeting between the two boards to discuss the possibility of kindergartners from Calais attending East Montpelier Elementary School... Читать дальше...