MADRID (AP) — Madrid authorities say they have impounded an orange-and-white bus used by a group campaigning to outlaw children changing their gender. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena said Wednesday that police stopped the bus returning to the Spanish capital's streets in order to prevent a hate crime.
A musician who has gone from suicide attempt to viral videos in six months, has attracted interest from a major music label.
"In order for this Council to have any credibility, let alone success, it must move away from its unbalanced and unproductive positions."
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Ryan Zinke (ZIN’-kee) has been sworn in as interior secretary, giving him oversight of 400 million acres of public land, most of it in the West. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office on Wednesday, hours after the Senate confirmed
The first Welshman to have a UK number one chart hit is hanging up his microphone after 57 years in the business - but not before he releases one last song.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that he is calling for one of the largest increases in defense spending in U.S. history. He also recognized the widow of Chief Special Warrant Officer William "Ryan" Owens, who was killed in Yemen raid.
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Perhaps apocryphal, the story goes that a senior US Air Force officer on the Joint Strike Fighter Program found himself sitting next to a Chinese general. ‘I like your aeroplane,’ the General said. That’s nice,’ said the American, How many would you like?’ The general smiled and raised a single finger. ‘Just one,’ he said.
While China has long been concerned enough about the JSF’s capabilities to have plundered its plans... Читать дальше...
Best Buy reported an unexpected decline in holiday-quarter same-store sales, hurt by weak demand for tablets, gaming consoles, wearable devices and mobile phones.
Best Buy reported an adjusted 4Q profit of $1.95 per share, topping the estimate for $1.67. Revenue of $13.48 billion, falling short of the estimate for $13.6 billion.
In 2015 the government was given 140 ways to reduce domestic violence. Here's what they've done so far.
A more optimistic tone is progress but political contradictions remain
Florida trooper arrested, accused of covering up crash MIAMI (AP) — A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper is accused of helping his friend cover up a hit-and-run crash that severely injured a gardener. According to prosecutors, Casillas wrote a bogus report for 51-year-old dentist Jesus Del Valle weeks after the June 2015 crash.
President Donald Trump gave Republican congressional leaders a rallying cry and even a roadmap as they try to push through a sweeping and divisive agenda on health care, taxes and more. In his first address to a joint session of Congress, Trump said largely what GOP leaders were hoping to hear Tuesday night, staying on-message and talking in optimistic tones, even weighing in at one point to settle a brewing dispute over how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. House Speaker Paul Ryan... Читать дальше...
Evan Blass, professional spoiler of well-kept smartphone secrets, this time revealing the most-anticipated non-iPhone of 2017, Samsung's Galaxy S8.
CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey sheriff's office is seeking to enroll in a program so its officers can enforce immigration laws. The Press of Atlantic City (http://bit.ly/2mK11w3 ) obtained documents showing the Cape May County Sheriff's Office has requested to join the 287(g) program in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement would train three officers.
British DJ David Taylor has apologised to the "beautiful country of Bali" over his role in the death of a police officer and said: "It fills me with the deepest sadness I have ever felt to be a part of the loss of a human life".
The U.S. Census Bureau has called for adding categories of Middle Eastern or Hispanic ethnicity in census surveys, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The move is likely to influence federal funding, the report noted. The bureau is looking to add a new “Middle Eastern or North African” category to include those belonging to nationalities such as Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian and Israeli, according to the Journal. These people currently mark themselves as “white” on the surveys.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since his inauguration.
[...] as Doan Thi Huong left a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after being formally charged with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half brother two weeks ago, she had a very different look — red, puffy eyes and a bulletproof vest. For most people, those first images of Huong were as shocking as they were bizarre — apparently showing her lunging at Kim Jong Nam from behind in a crowded airport terminal while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned in big black letters with LOL, an acronym for laughing out loud. Читать дальше...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled Wednesday afternoon at the new Albany Capital Center, located between the Empire State Plaza and the Times Union Center. Albany officials say they expect to host about 200 events a year at the new facility, giving the city's downtown area a significant economic boost.
