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The plaintiffs are suing Kamehameha Schools and the estate of psychiatrist Robert Browne, who they say molested them during therapy sessions between 1958 and 1985

The battle against terrorism shouldn't distract MI5 from its original calling

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On a Tuesday afternoon in May 2010, a Facebook program manager named Sid Murlidhar published a blog post announcing “another way for people to access Facebook anytime, anywhere.” It was called 0.Facebook, literally a URL you could type into your mobile phone’s browser that called up a stripped-down, quick-loading, text-only version of Facebook — accessible only as long as you were using a participating mobile operator.

It was a big deal, much bigger than most people realized at the time. Читать дальше...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state of emergency for the city ahead of the snowstorm that is expected to hit the area on Friday. Mayor Bowser also apologized for the "inadequate response" to Wednesday night's snow, which caused traffic jams and accidents. Photo: AP

Pakalitha Mosisili has launched an unprescedented attack President Zuma, accusing him of practising double standards.

The city's legislators want an independent television channel to take House proceedings to every home.

The Food and Drug Administration, in probably its first serious attempt to implement the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), has penalized nearly 2,500 people and establishments across the state over the last two days. It is one among 25 agencies empowered to implement the act.

This business of craft beer and boutique wineries and artisan distilleries suddenly experiencing a bust on the order of the dot-com collapse is pure nonsense.

New banks and tech firms are shaking up the financial services industry, and the giants of the sector will not take it lying down. Consumers should be laughing all the way to the bank

Mr Hollande and Julie Gayet have turned hiding their relationship into an art form and may have "killed off the role of First Lady" once and for all, claims L'Intermittante de l'Elysée (The Elysée Irregular).

He's a world-class Afro-Cuban percussionist, the first call of jazz and pop stars. He's also a Santería priest. As he tells us after a traditional ceremony, the two aspects of his life are connected.

Andrew V. Pestano
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Ricardo Duran, a prominent Venezuelan pro-government journalist and national award winner, was killed outside of his home in Caracas on Wednesday.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led government's "aam aadmi" advertisements have cost the exchequer nearly Rs 60 crore in 11 months.

Moscow ridicules conclusions based on ‘prolific use of the words “possibly” and “probably”’

CNBC Pro searched for who could be the big winners and losers if crude rebounds significantly.

United Kingdom's investigation into the death of former Soviet KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was one-sided and was conducted in a Cold War manner, Andy Brooks, the general secretary of the New Communist Party of Britain told Sputnik on Thursday.

With the commissioner of police, B S Bassi, set to retire on February 28, the AAP government is likely to ask the Centre why the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, is not being consulted on his successor.

This time, it’s all about Leo Santa Cruz.

The Los Angeles fighter will move south to headline his second Southern California arena in six months when he defends his featherweight belt against Spain’s Kiko Martinez on Feb. 27 at Honda Center.

Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 knockouts) won’t be on a Floyd...

A new all-terrain vehicle has already dropped many jaws across the world shortly after being introduced by the Russian Defense Ministry, according to the Popular Mechanics magazine.

The state government on Thursday transferred nine senior IAS officials, including principal secretary (industry) Tripurari Sharan.

A case of extortion calls to a Patna City doctor has put the lid off a female foeticide racket in the state capital.

Daniel Uria
KRISTIANSAND, Norway, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The car owner made a daring rescue by clinging to the roof of his car, wearing only underwear in freezing temperatures.

A Somali police official says a suicide car bomber rammed the gates of a restaurant near a beach in the capital and then gunmen fought their way into the building.It wasn't immediately clear if there were any casualties.

A Somali police official says a suicide car bomber rammed the gates of a restaurant near a beach in the capital and then gunmen fought their way into the building.It wasn't immediately clear if there were any casualties.