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Post Office workers to stage five days of strikes from Monday in dispute over jobs and pensions, their union says.

Golden Globes 2017 live updates: 'ovaries of steel' are praised and new TV shows 'Atlanta' and 'Westworld' are celebrated Dec. 12, 2016, 12:34 p.m. The nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Issa Rae, Natalie Portman and Ruth Negga all are nominees for their work...

Repealing Wisconsin's minimum markup law on gasoline sales would not pave the way for increasing the state's gas tax or vehicle registration fees, Gov. Scott Walker said Monday.

A Missouri woman who sued American Family Insurance for retaliation and age and sex discrimination has been awarded $20 million in punitive damages.

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PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Researchers have quantified the long-term effects of an invasive predator fish on native populations in Panama. The results aren't good.

While people have been up in arms over the redesigned holiday cups at Starbucks, no one seems to have noticed the new holidays cups at McDonald’s that some might consider to be NSFW! The image on the cup appears to look like butt cheeks being spread open. The words “warmest greetings” appear on top of [...]

NEW ORLEANS — Retired “Late Show” host David Letterman went to New Orleans to help build a house for someone needing a boost.

They'll help Kurdish and Arab rebel forces retake Raqqa.

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Bruz (France) (AFP) - France announced its first cyber-warfare army unit on Monday, aimed at increasing the country's hacking skills as concerns grow in Europe and the United States about Russian capabilities.

Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian likened the impact of hacking on warfare to the effect of the first aircraft on conflicts in the early 20th century.

"The emergence of a new area, a new cyber-battlefield, must make us rethink profoundly our way of... Читать дальше...

Climate change will likely mean more frequent extreme cold events like the polar vortex.

Freezing temperatures and ice-cold winds were expected to descend upon the Midwest and Northeast United States this week in what some scientists predicted would be a repeat of record-low temperature conditions nearly three years ago that led to widespread damages and several deaths.

FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on two police officers shot in Georgia (all times local):

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TOKYO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Japan's self-defense forces have been allowed to use firearms and other weapons in peacekeeping missions in South Sudan.

Embattled ACS Commissioner Gladys Carrion is stepping down, according to City Hall sources.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer declared for the NFL draft Monday, giving up his senior season and opening up the Fighting Irish’s starting job next year for Brandon Wimbush.

Dylann Roof, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, faces the death penalty.

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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek and British police said on Monday they had broken up a criminal network that supplied forged travel documents to hundreds of illegal migrants trying to reach Britain and northern European countries.

The gang supplied more than a thousand lost or stolen passports and travel documents that were procured from accomplices in Barcelona, Spain, in the past six months.

Police swooped on the gang last week, arresting 24 suspects in Greece and nine in Britain. Читать дальше...

Newly appointed Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni might not be backed by the centre-right party that supported Renzi.

NEW YORK — Christie’s auction house has been accused in a lawsuit of using a computer program to scrape research, images and price information from a rival’s website and then reselling it as part of its own subscription database.

STERLING, Virginia — Hate crimes tear at the fabric of American communities and represent a stain on the country’s soul, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said at a mosque and Muslim community center on Monday.

Various domestic airlines on Monday said they have initiated steps to minimise customer inconvenience and ensure safety of and provide succour to passengers travelling from or to Chennai in the aftermath of cyclone Vardah.

Daniel Radcliffe was very committed to his sexual scenes in 2013′s Kill Your Darlings, this according to the film’s director John Krokidas. “Allen Ginsberg was one of the most renowned gay artists of the 20th century, and I felt that not including his sexuality as part of the story would be a crime…[He had] no [...]