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A former suburban Dallas police officer who resigned after video showed him forcing a bikini-clad black 15-year-old girl to the ground will not be charged in the matter

Volkswagen AG will pay nearly $US10.3 billion ($13.4 billion) to settle claims by US regulators stemming from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, a source briefed on the agreement said on Thursday.

PBS' 'Hamilton' special this fall will feature performances by the original cast

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Authorities say a man suspected of killing his father in northeast Florida was found dead with his wife at a central Florida motel

President Barack Obama is criticizing the Supreme Court's deadlock on immigration, saying it "takes us further from the country that we aspire to be."

Exhausted but exuberant, House Democrats vowed to fight on for gun control Thursday as they ended their high-drama House floor sit-in with songs, prayers and defiant predictions of success

Vortex. The word is just wonderful all on its own. But, put one on Neptune for the first time seen in the 21st Century and you have a great new mystery to ponder while we all wait for Juno to slip into orbit around Jupiter on July 4.

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BALTIMORE, June 23 (UPI) -- There's a new dark spot on Neptune, the first Neptune vortex discovered since 1994.

NEW YORK — Time has nearly run out to see the original “Hamilton” cast on Broadway, but a PBS special this fall on the Tony Award-winning musical will feature at least 15 minutes of performance footage with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his team. PBS announced its “Great Performances” series episode featuring “Hamilton” months ago, but

While some praised it as a show of solidarity, others saw it as a shallow move.

The Air Force said Thursday that Fairchild is one of five finalist bases for the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus airplanes. The other candidates include Dover Air Force Base in Delaware; Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota; Travis Air Force Base in California; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.

All 33 US banks tested were able to withstand severe economic conditions and meet capital levels.

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Self-driving electric shuttles and high-speed WiFi stations may soon grace the the streets of Columbus, Ohio as part of a futuristic makeover planned for the city. 

Columbus was named the winner of the US Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge Thursday, and will get $50 million in funding to carry out a plan to weave technology throughout the city. 

The capital of Ohio beat out six other finalists: Austin, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Portland OR and San Francisco. Читать дальше...

– Rampaging youths have stormed Rhythm FM to beat up two executive members of the IYC and guests of a live radio programme – The youths, who were armed with guns and other dangerous weapons reportedly shot several times into the air – The mob also robbed employees of the studios of their money, mobile […]

STELLENBOSCH University approved a new language policy this week, a move which Afriforum has described as “a genuflection to anarchy”.

Here’s what to watch for at the men’s gymnastics Olympic trials.

Scientists have produced data for the first time that shows huge sections of California land rising and sinking around the San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault is California’s longest earthquake fault and also one of the state’s most dangerous Stress has been building up along the San Andreas fault for over a century and scientists say that the result of seismic strain will ultimately be released in a large and long overdue earthquake When all that stress is finally released, we could be looking... Читать дальше...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Republican lawyer and lobbyist Richard Graber has been named CEO and president of the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

Ray’s in therapy, Abby’s facing a medical crisis, Bridget’s not living in the Donovan home, Mickey has been banished to Nevada, Bunchy and his wife are preparing to become new parents, and brother Terry — after surviving a gunshot wound that came, of course, as a result of Mickey’s wheeling and dealing — is trying to take a much more active role with the church. None of those storylines will play out as simply as those descriptions might suggest, however (because, Donovans) as Terry portrayer Eddie... Читать дальше...

Ray’s in therapy, Abby’s facing a medical crisis, Bridget’s not living in the Donovan home, Mickey has been banished to Nevada, Bunchy and his wife are preparing to become new parents, and brother Terry — after surviving a gunshot wound that came, of course, as a result of Mickey’s wheeling and dealing — is trying to take a much more active role with the church. None of those storylines will play out as simply as those descriptions might suggest, however (because, Donovans) as Terry portrayer... Читать дальше...