BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops on Thursday drove Islamic State militants from three more neighborhoods in the northern city of Mosul, a commander said, as a bomb south of Baghdad killed at least 21 people, including 10 Iranian pilgrims.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops on Thursday drove Islamic State militants from three more neighborhoods in the northern city of Mosul, a commander said, as a bomb south of Baghdad killed at least 21 people, including 10 Iranian pilgrims.
When President Barack Obama moves on from the White House in January, he will leave in place a precarious power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran after years of revamping Washington's approach to the region. Then it will be Donald Trump's turn to weigh in, and Tehran may have found themselves an unlikely ally in the Republican businessman who threatens to upset the entire outlook of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a program scheduled to begin in spring would provide Scottsbluff High School students a roadmap for becoming teachers who would come home to help future students.
Justin Shaddick is an assistant principal at Scottsbluff High School, and he says the Grow Our Own Teacher program is being started because Scottsbluff struggles to retain teachers. Shaddick and other district officials are working with Western Nebraska Community College and Chadron State College to develop the pathway for prospective teachers.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Monroe County officials said drug addiction has driven the rise of child abuse and neglect cases in the area.
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DAARLE - Er kan binnenkort weer gebouwd worden in Daarle. De gemeente Hellendoorn stemt in met de uitwerking van het tweede gedeelte van uitbreidingsplan Daarle-West.
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COX'S BAZAR , Bangladesh, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Myanmar authorities have stepped up persecution of the Rohingya minority to include murder and the burning of villages, a United Nations official said.
ENSCHEDE - Een 57-jarige vrouw is donderdagmiddag gewond geraakt nadat zij eerst is aangereden en vervolgens is neergestoken. De politie doet onderzoek naar beide incidenten.
The incident was filmed on a dash camera.
The thieves stole the items from two victims in separate incidents over two hours in the Bronx earlier this month, police said Thursday.
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Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to surge this week in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election win.
Loes Gunnewijk krijgt een functie in de technische staf van de KNWU. De oud-renster uit het Achterhoekse Rekken wordt coach van de juniorvrouwen en assistent-bondscoach van het paracyclingteam. Dat heeft KNWU donderdag bekend gemaakt.
Moscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court has released citizen of Uzbekistan, Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, who killed a four-year-old girl in Moscow from criminal prosecution and ruled that she should be sent for compulsory treatment, a TASS correspondent reports from the court room on Nov. 24.
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The market is closed. The world is at a standstill. It's Thanksgiving Day and you've probably just stuffed your face with turkey and pumpkin pie.
That doesn't mean you can't get a little Wall Street in your day, though. Why not kick back on the couch and watch one of these Wall Street movies?
You'll definitely enjoy yourself, and you might even learn something.
"It's A Wonderful Life" (1946)
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Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Michael Sherwood is leaving after 30 years at the firm, according to an internal memo seen by Business Insider.
Sherwood, who is also co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International, has decided to retire at the end of the year, according to the memo, which was signed by CEO Lloyd Blankfein and COO Gary Cohn.
Richard Gnodde will become the sole CEO of Goldman Sachs International.
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