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An offense featuring Andy Dalton and A.J. Green can barely get a first down these days, leaving the Bengals on track to finish as worst in the NFL

Paul Ryan liked it then too.

AT&T on Wednesday announced plans to invest an additional $1 billion in the United States after the passage of the Republican tax bill. President Trump read the announcement at a ceremony at the White House celebrating the tax bill on Wednesday afternoon. “That’s pretty good,” he said.

It was also pretty good when AT&T made essentially the same announcement in November.

The telecom giant heralded the GOP’s tax bill, which both the Senate and House passed this week... Читать дальше...

Good job, guys.

College football’s Early Signing Period began on Wednesday, and one of Florida’s signees on the first day was linebacker David Reese, a four-star linebacker out of Fort Pierce, Fla. The addition is noteworthy for the Gators, but not just because he’s a highly touted defender — Reese now joins fellow Florida linebacker David Reese. That’s right, there are now two linebackers on Florida’s roster who are named David Reese.

Mullen on the new David Reese: He's a dude now. Читать дальше...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Authorities have identified the third man killed in the deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state and say he was under federal supervision for a child pornography conviction. The Pierce County coroner's office said Wednesday that 40-year-old Benjamin Gran, of Auburn, Washington, died of multiple traumatic injuries in the train accident. Federal officials say they were notified of Gran's death. Читать дальше...

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Authorities have identified the third man killed in the deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state and say he was under federal supervision for a child pornography conviction. The Pierce County coroner's office said Wednesday that 40-year-old Benjamin Gran, of Auburn, Washington, died of multiple traumatic injuries in the train accident. Federal officials say they were notified of Gran's death. Читать дальше...

The Panthers QB said he takes sexual assault seriously but expressed his support for the owner amid allegations.

Thanks to Republicans passing historic tax reform, Fifth Third Bancorp announced it will “raise its minimum hourly wage for all employees to $15, and distribute one-time bonus of $1,000 to more than 13,500 employees.”  LIVE: Fifth Third Bancorp raising company's minimum wage to $15/hour, giving $1,000 bonus to employees after tax cuts pass $FITB – https://t.co/VTYsiTIFS7 pic.twitter.com/1lKM8FNhaB […]

The prehistory of this thread comes from me and Taro talking about the line matching during the preseason. It's hard to pay attention watching online, so I had to look at how Housley is matching lines using the NHL's html reports. Normally I would sit on this for a while, because it's difficult to tell if the numbers are right, but this is interesting for me, so I'm going to go ahead and post, and if I decide the numbers are wrong, there's worse things in life than being wrong on the internet.

Der britische Vize-Premierminister und Kabinettschef Damian Green ist am Mittwochabend in London zurückgetreten. Der 61-Jährige galt als enger Vertrauter von Premierministerin Theresa May im Kabinett. Die Regierung hatte eine interne Untersuchung gegen Green eingeleitet, nachdem eine Frau ihm vorgeworfen hatte, ihr Knie berührt und ihr anzügliche Textnachrichten geschickt zu haben.

Der britische Vize-Premierminister und Kabinettschef Damian Green ist am Mittwochabend in London zurückgetreten. Der 61-Jährige galt als enger Vertrauter von Premierministerin Theresa May im Kabinett. Die Regierung hatte eine interne Untersuchung gegen Green eingeleitet, nachdem eine Frau ihm vorgeworfen hatte, ihr Knie berührt und ihr anzügliche Textnachrichten geschickt zu haben.

Der britische Vize-Premierminister und Kabinettschef Damian Green ist am Mittwochabend in London zurückgetreten. Gegen ihn lief eine interne Untersuchung wegen Belästigungsvorwürfen. Zudem hatten ihn Ex-Polizisten beschuldigt, auf einem seiner Dienstrechner Pornografie gefunden zu haben.

TORONTO (AP) — There are rituals to an Alexander Payne production. Movie nights on Wednesdays during pre-production at Payne's house, with pizza and soft drinks. Friday night screenings during post-production with martinis. And, reliably, an endless struggle to secure financing. "Only one studio guy said what I needed him to say, which was: 'I know it doesn't make sense on paper. We're making it anyway,'" Payne says of his latest, "Downsizing." ''Those are the words on which my career has hung." At a cost of $68 million... Читать дальше...

Lili Reinhart, 20, and Camila Mendes, 23, are best known for playing ride-or-die best frenemies on CW’s Riverdale, who not only have each other’s back through all of their small town’s never-ending scandals but also look impeccably chic while doing so. So far, not even a ruthless and conniving town murderer known as the “Black Hood,” a back-stabbing love triangle between the two pals and the town’s hot ginger, Archie Andrews, or the release of Southside Serpent F.P. from jail could stand in the... Читать дальше...

Once upon a time the future of streaming music looked like this: you bought... or acquired... MP3 files. Maybe you purchased them through an online service, maybe you ripped them from a compact disc you owned, maybe you downloaded them off Napster (shame on you.) They lived locally on your computer and you could play them with software like WinAmp and iTunes. If you wanted to access them elsewhere, you could upload them to a cloud service, then stream them from any device with an internet connection. Читать дальше...

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the World. Arsenal are planning a £44m bid to sign Lyon playmaker Nabil Fekir, according to reports. Fekir is touted as a potential replacement for Alexis Sanchez who is stalling on a new deal at Arsenal. Last month, it was widely reported that Arsenal have reached an agreement with Lyon over signing the midfielder but it has now emerged that it may not have been true. Читать дальше...

An earthquake was felt in the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, sending hundreds of people running out onto the streets, AFP journalists reported.

It took Betsy DeVos nearly a year to take any action on the nearly 100,000 applications by former students who assert that they were deceived and abused by predatory for-profit colleges like Corinthian, ITT and Kaplan. But the new process announced today appears to be a step backwards, a new attack on students, and a gift to the most abusive predatory schools.

A well-known dog expert tells PEOPLE its unlikely we will ever know what triggered last week’s attack on Virginia woman Bethany Lynn Stephens, who was mauled to death by her two pit bulls while on a walk with them in the woods. But the expert has some theories on what might have happened.

Pittsburgh’s captain and generational talent hasn’t looked his best the past few games. With his confidence hitting a lull, other stars have to step up until Crosby finds his game again.

Letters calling for the death of Jews have been received at synagogues across the country including the Beth Israel Congregation in Kingston. Authorities are now investigating the anti-Semitic gate mail, which was sent during Hanukkah. Morganne Campbell has local reaction.

NEW YORK — Air pollution, but not traffic noise, appears to be linked to an increased risk of having low-birth-weight babies, reports a new study from the UK. 

Amidst the tragic wreckage of a small plane crash that killed three people in southeastern Indiana on Dec. 16, a small glimmer of hope survived: a dog.

Switzerland said Wednesday it was extending by a year a freeze on the assets of ousted presidents Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine.

Just weeks before Faraday Future was set to exhaust its cash supply, the company has secured a major new investment. Jia Yueting, a company co-founder and its main financial backer, told employees in a meeting last week that he has lined up a new round of funding, and that he is taking over as CEO of the beleaguered electric car company, multiple former employees tell The Verge. News of the meeting and potential investment was first reported by multiple Chinese outlets on Monday.