RIO DE JANEIRO — Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday told the Senate commission considering whether to permanently remove her from office that the case against her is a farce. In a letter to the commission read by her top attorney, Rousseff also said she is honest and promised to fight to carry out
Andy Murray hits the shot of the day during the deciding set of his entertaining five sets win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in their quarter-final at Wimbledon.
The Tennessee senator appeared with Trump at a campaign rally Tuesday.
Ohio federal court jurors say the DuPont chemical company acted with malice by dumping chemical-tainted water from its Parkersburg, West Virginia, plant into the Ohio River
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday told the Senate commission considering whether to permanently remove her from office that the case against her is a farce.
Accenture PLC Chief Executive Pierre Nanterme announced Wednesday that he is being treated for colon cancer. Nanterme said in a letter to shareholders and clients of the Irish consulting firm that he has already undergone surgery and moved on to "the next phase" of his treatment. "I have been advised by my doctors that I will be able to stay actively involved in the day-to-day operations of the company throughout this process," he wrote.
Читать дальше...PARIS — A French court sentenced two former Rwandan mayors to life in prison Wednesday for playing leading roles in the mass killing of ethnic Tutsis during the first days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. A Paris jury found Tito Barahira, 65, and Octavien Ngenzi, 58, guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity over the
NOVATO, Calif. — A former pro football star and an advocate for athlete marijuana use have teamed up to open a gym in San Francisco that they say will be one of the first in the world to allow members to smoke pot while working out. Former running back Ricky Williams, who played for the
KEYSTONE, S.D. — A group that has raised millions of dollars for Mount Rushmore National Memorial has lost its contract to manage the park’s parking operations. The National Park Service says it’s awarded a 10-year contract to Colorado-based Xanterra Parks and Resorts Inc. to operate the parking garage, as well as food, beverage, merchandise and
Charlie Crowhurst / Stringer / Getty Images
With an estimated net worth of $75 billion, Bill Gates, the richest person on Earth, would need to add another $925 billion to his fortune before becoming the first trillionaire in history.
As implausible as it may sound, one Silicon Valley entrepreneur believes such an achievement isn't just doable, but over the next several decades, inevitable — and it won't necessarily be Gates who gets there.
"We need to be ready for a world with trillionaires in it," says Sam Altman... Читать дальше...
Warner Bros.
David Ayer's Suicide Squad will hit theaters in less than a month, and with that in mind, all eyes are on the upcoming supervillain team-up film to pave the way for the future of the DCEU. Task Force X has already managed to capture the imagination of the movie-going audience, and we're beyond excited to see certain fan-favorite baddies take center stage in the unorthodox film.
One such character is Margot Robbie's psychiatrist turned psychopath Harley Quinn. However... Читать дальше...
Authorities say an Alabama woman has been arrested after her 5-month-old baby was found in a locked car with the windows up while she shopped inside a store
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Gannett on Wednesday purchased the family-owned North Jersey Media Group, which publishes The Record, NorthJersey.com and other newspapers around the state. The McLean, Virginia-based company already operates six daily newspapers and websites in New Jersey, including the Asbury Park Press in Neptune. It also publishes the nearby Journal News in New
Activists used the hashtag #ThisFlag to help organize a near total shutdown of the capital over the lack of economic opportunity in the country.
Читать дальше...
Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News
People are actually using medical marijuana as a treatment for health problems, not simply as an excuse to get high, a new study suggests.
Canada’s Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland will meet with business leaders and counterparts at the Group of G20 trade ministers meeting in Shanghai July 6-9, Global Affairs Canada said in a press release on Wednesday.
ATLANTA — Eight Georgia prisons are on lockdown after a bloody June that included the killing of an inmate in one prison that prompted murder charges against a guard and three gang members, and a brawl at another facility that sent 16 inmates to hospitals, authorities said Wednesday. The lockdowns are a response to rising
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The headlines say youth is being served on the U.S. Olympic track and field team.
FILE - In this July 4, 2016, file photo, Sam Kendricks competes during the men's pole vault event at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene Ore. Of the 50 track and field athletes who've qualified so far…
FILE - In this July 3, 2016, file photo, Tori Bowie reacts after winning her heat during women's 100-meter semi-final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene Ore. Of the 50 track and field athletes who've qualified…
FILE - In this July 3, 2016, file photo, Vashti Cunningham clears the bar during the women's high jump final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene Ore. Of the 50 track and field athletes who've qualified…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The headlines say youth is being served on the U.S. Olympic track and field team.
Marvel
Tony Stark is out, and Riri Williams is in.
A black woman is taking over Stark's Iron Man suit as part of Marvel's "Marvel NOW!" relaunch this fall.
Williams is a 15-year-old student at MIT who comes to Stark's attention when she builds her own Iron Man suit in her dorm.
"Her brain is maybe a little better than his," Brian Michael Bendis, Williams' creator, told TIME. "She looks at things from a different perspective that makes the armor unique."
This is... Читать дальше...
Flickr/Erik Drost
When 685 Fifth Avenue hit the market two years ago, investors practically lined up around the block. The building’s roughly 25,000-square-foot retail space — which sits on the corner of 54th Street — came with 152 feet of frontage in the heart of Manhattan’s most profitable shopping district. Best of all, the property’s only retail tenant, Gucci, was about to leave, allowing any buyer to sign a new tenant in a neighborhood where asking rents were growing at an annual average of 8 percent. Читать дальше...
