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BOSTON — The CEO of a Boston ride-hailing company geared toward women is facing charges he defrauded the U.S. Virgin Islands’ government out of more than $2 million. The Boston Globe reports Syed Zain Gilani was arrested last week at Safr’s Boston headquarters and will face charges July 7 in the Virgin Islands. Law enforcement

Senate Majority Mitch McConnell aims to hold a vote on the health care bill before the July 4 recess

More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The warehouse had no sprinklers and an ad hoc electrical system of power strips and extension cords that drew "electricity from the body shop next door," Max Harris, the self-described "creative director" and second-in-command of the Ghost Ship, told investigators. Читать дальше...

Research regarding the impact of brain injuries in football and elsewhere will continue decades into the future, and one of the best defensive linemen in league history will be helping the effort. Hall of Famer Warren Sapp announced in a video posted by ThePlayersTribune.com that he’ll be donating his brain for research aimed at understanding…

Free agent cornerback Justin Gilbert has been suspended for a year by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

[...] the two presidents posed for photographs in the Oval Office and made brief remarks following Poroshenko’s more extensive meetings with Vice President Mike Pence and the administration’s top national security advisers. Trump has maintained that he hopes to establish better ties with Moscow, repairing ill will from the Obama era that resulted from Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region. The meeting began shortly after the Trump administration announced that it has imposed sanctions... Читать дальше...

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Scientists have captured video footage of DNA replicating for the first time. It's more chaotic than we realized.

Angelina Jolie's resume of humanitarian work once again proves to be one of the most extensive in Hollywood. The actress and director was named an ambassador for the United Nations...

For some players the end of their careers can be pinpointed to one moment, one crunching tackle or one unfortunate twist of a leg. Sportsmail looks at 10 who saw their time on the pitch end due to injury.

For some players the end of their careers can be pinpointed to one moment, one crunching tackle or one unfortunate twist of a leg. Sportsmail looks at 10 who saw their time on the pitch end due to injury.

"Heart Break" marks the country music trio's return after a nearly two-year hiatus

Advanced Micro Devices began selling a new generation of chips for the servers that drive computing in data centers, challenging Intel in that high-margin market for the first time in years.

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Watch as Bernard Tomic fires a one-handed backhand down the line at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle 2017.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican campaign to roll back Barack Obama's health care law is colliding with America's opioid epidemic. Medicaid cutbacks would hit hard in states deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner, according to state data and concerned lawmakers in both parties....

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran that passed the U.S. Senate nearly unanimously last week has run into a procedural problem that could prevent a quick vote in the House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Tuesday. The Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act, which also includes new sanctions against Russia, passed the Senate 98-2 last week, an overwhelming vote that looked like it might complicate President Donald Trump's desire for warmer relations with Moscow. Читать дальше...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran that passed the U.S. Senate nearly unanimously last week has run into a procedural problem that could prevent a quick vote in the House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Tuesday. The Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act, which also includes new sanctions against Russia, passed the Senate 98-2 last week, an overwhelming vote that looked like it might complicate President Donald Trump's desire for warmer relations with Moscow. Читать дальше...

[...] the two presidents posed for photographs in the Oval Office and made brief remarks following Poroshenko's more extensive meetings with Vice President Mike Pence and the administration's top national security advisers. Trump has maintained that he hopes to establish better ties with Moscow, repairing ill will from the Obama era that resulted from Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and its widely condemned support of Syria's President Bashar Assad, despite his attacks against civilians. Читать дальше...

George North should start the Lions first Test against New Zealand, but it may be his only chance, says All Blacks great John Kirwan.

A new investigation has revealed unsuspecting tourists in Bali have been served dog meat in their dinner instead of chicken.
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Two Republican senators from states hard hit by the opioid epidemic want $45 billion for drug treatment programs folded into the Senate’s Obamacare replacement bill that will be unveiled on … Click to Continue »