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Dog attacks on mail carriers rise amid online sales boom WASHINGTON — Letter carrier James Solomon thought he knew all the tricks to prevent a dog attack: watch the pet’s mannerisms, use the mail satchel as a shield, pull out the emergency dog spray — it contains an extract of cayenne pepper. Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites. Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades... Читать дальше...

In 2012, President Obama now famously warned Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad that any use of chemical weapons would constitute the metaphorical crossing of a “red line” and would be met with military action.

DENVER — The Baltimore Orioles have acquired right-handed reliever Miguel Castro from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named or cash. The deal was made Friday. Colorado designated Castro for assignment on Sunday in order to make room for local kid Kyle Freeland, who started the Rockies’ home opener against the Los Angeles

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are both Republicans. They both represent Kentucky. And they are once again divided, this time over U.S. military intervention in Syria. How does a … Click to Continue »

Adam Silver might not like one of his owners cursing out a fan, but he isn’t going to get involved, either. The NBA commissioner said the league has no plans to step in regarding the latest Jim Dolan dustup, when he called Knicks fan James Hamersky an “a–hole” and got in his face for shouting...

Ethiopia has declared an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, also known as AWD, in the country's Somali region, where people are already struggling to cope with a persistent drought. Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the World Health Organization representative to Ethiopia, told VOA on Friday that 16,000 cases of AWD had been recorded in the region since January. The total number of deaths is uncertain. Regional President Abdi Mohammed Omar said Friday that 19 children had died of AWD in Dollo zone, an area near the southern border with Somalia. Читать дальше...

DENVER (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have acquired right-handed reliever Miguel Castro from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named or cash.

A pro baseball ballpark in Seattle is serving up crispy fried grasshoppers — calling it a food trend that’s sure to have legs. Safeco Field, where the Mariners play, hired popular Seattle Chef Ethan Stowell to create a trendy new menu , the local news site Mynorthwest.com reported. Aside from traditional treats like popcorn, it...

Langerlo NV, de uitbater van de omstreden biomassacentrale in Langerlo bij Genk, legt volgende week de boeken neer. Een honderdtal banen komt

Still, the state will retain some rules it placed on water use during the years-long drought. "This drought emergency is over," Brown said Friday, "but the next drought could be around the corner."

On fairly flat day for the stock market, these stocks fell sharply.

Oil traded higher on Friday after the United States airstrike on Syria, but John Kilduff doesn’t expect that to last.

Host Dwayne Johnson performs a dance number in this pool photo during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Reuters

President Donald Trump is planning to nominate a Tennessee legislator to be Army secretary.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The OneOrlando Fund is beginning a second and final round of payments to survivors of the Florida nightclub massacre and families of the victims. A news release says that on Friday the fund began distributing nearly $2.1 million in additional donations that had been received since the initial payments last fall. The

The Schalke starlet has been linked with clubs across Europe over the past few months, but Arsenal have yet to make contact

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Nina Dobrev shows off her comedy chops in this hilarious video for Funny or Die, titled “Overheard LA With Nina Dobrev.” In the video, the 28-year-old Vampire Diaries actress sits at a table with her friend while a man eavesdrops on everything she says, which are reportedly actual quotes the video creators overheard throughout Los [...]

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China’s President Xi Jinping and his delegation have left US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, concluding a 24-hour visit that defied expectations among some analysts that a meeting so soon into Trump’s tenure risked damaging relations between the world’s two largest countries.

While details on what the two sides discussed are thin, Trump would seem to have avoided the antagonistic stance he maintained towards China during and immediately after his presidential campaign. Читать дальше...

Pepsi pulls ad; Unilever, Volkswagen, WS Atkins, and 21st Century Fox in the news

Trump also intends to nominate Mark Green, a former Army doctor currently serving as a Tennessee state senator, as secretary of the Army.

In a story April 6 about sexual harassment in the workplace, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 69,000 former or current workers at the parent company of the Kay and Jared jewelry chains had alleged gender discrimination in pay and…

In a story April 6 about sexual harassment in the workplace, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 69,000 former or current workers at the parent company of the Kay and Jared jewelry chains had alleged gender discrimination in pay and…