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President Signs Bills to Promote Women in Science

Women graduating in STEM subjects will be aided in taking up STEM careers in the worlds of both academia and industry. The INSPIRE Women Act, introduced by ...

The wall is a bee in Trump's bonnet

The White House has said Trump has a "buffet of options" to make Mexico to pay for the wall , including imposing a 20 percent tax on all imports from Mexic...

Bush jokes with Ellen about his poncho problems at inauguration

As Ellen DeGeneres said, "The poncho was a problem". Ellen DeGeneres gave President George W. Bush a poncho with clearer instructions. "Is that the first ti...

Gov. Cuomo Speaks At Albany's JCC Amid National Threats

Cuomo on Wednesday announced he will travel to the Jewish State to spur economic ties with NY and also provide a show of solidarity amid a wave of anti-Semitic ...

Kansas High Court Orders School Funding Increase

Sam Brownback. Last June, state legislators approved a $38 million funding boost for poor school districts - but only after the Kansas Supreme Court rejected ...

Deadly coal mine blast in western Ukraine

Of 172 miners on shift, 34 people were working at an emergency site. Although mine safety has improved in recent years, fatal accidents are still relatively c...

Asylum Seeker With Brain Tumor Granted Bond to Seek Care

They, along with Amnesty International, vehemently argued that her human rights were "being violated in ways that are shocking and outrageous". Sara Beltran H...

Georgia/Notre Dame game time set

We have seen teams ride the momentum wave of their scorching hot point guard or lethal shooter to Final Fours before, and the Irish have a weapon that can lead ...

1 of 3 slain teens had feuded with gang member

The murdered girl was allegedly killed as part of a satanic ritual, KTRK ABC13 reported. The teen tried to leave, but the men wouldn't allow it. The girl said...

Donald Trump set to make first speech to Congress

In his remarks to lawmakers, Trump disappointed anyone hoping he would take the lead on the Obamacare repeal and "replace" effort amid the increasingly hard p...

Charter school lobbying group blasts NYC for rejecting public space requests

In her denial letter, Harrington wrote "The charter schools initiative in New Jersey represents an exciting opportunity for parents, teachers and others to harn...

Loaded gun found in carry-on luggage at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers were called and questioned the men. The statement says each of the passengers has been charged with carrying a firearm o...

Senate confirms Ben Carson as HUD Secretary

Carson may have aspired to become a world-renowned pediatric surgeon and a presidential candidate, but he's never lost the human touch with people". "I know t...

Text exchange shows birth photographer shaming mother for having C-section

While it is not clear where they pair are based, the mother explains in the messages that she didn't "opt" for a C-section and accuses the photographer for "dis...

China to Punish Korea's Lotte for Missile Agreement

The U.S.is expected to demonstrate its force by sending powerful military assets on top of the almost 30,000 American troops already stationed on the peninsula....

Where Is Obamacare Bill? Republicans Hiding Secret Repeal Plan From Democrats, Public

While dollar amounts haven't been decided on, a leaked draft bill would divide $100 billion among the states over a decade to go to high-risk pools and other he...

This Is Where Last Night's Winning Lotto Ticket Was Sold

However, the shop's manager Ken O'Toole, has just done it for a second time. Tickets expire one year after the game's drawing. "Supervalu is Portloaise sold t...

Top Egyptian court acquits Mubarak over protester killings in final ruling

He had been sentenced to life in 2012 but an appeals court ordered a retrial, which dismissed the charges two years later. The ruling means Mubarak is expecte...

Duterte: 'Many will still die in drug war'

In its 117-page report License to Kill, Human Rights Watch said Duterte could be held liable in an worldwide court for his role in extrajudicial killings in the...

Now Senate Democrats are pushing to get Trump's tax returns

Democrats and other critics contend that the documents could show whether his global business empire poses any conflicts of interest as the president moves his ...

Outrage: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Skips Donald Trump's Speech

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan (left to right) ap...

Sweden reintroduces military draft amid 'deteriorating security environment'

Officials say it is because of what Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist calls a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden. "So we have chose t...

Miller family: Killers can now reflect on their horrific crimes in jail

David Miller's parents made a statement today to English broadcasting company ITV . "The appeal court upheld the death sentence for the two defendants", Nakh...

Syrian army says it has retaken Palmyra from IS

Palmyra's liberation by Russian-backed forces became a cause célèbre for Russian President Vladimir Putin - whose army held an open-air concert after retaking t...

Obama Officials 'Fought to Preserve Evidence' of Russian Election Meddling

I mean if this feels like insider Washington bureaucracy, it matters because of this issue of, should intelligence and military, the senior-most advisers in the...

US Customs asks software engineer to balance binary search tree

For this particular role, Omin had secured a short-term joint B1/B2 visa with a New York-based start-up called First Access . After repeated questioning, the t...

Ben Carson Confirmed as Housing Secretary

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who voted in favor Dr. Carson's candidacy in a Senate Banking Committee hearing and later made several public explanations explaining h...

Germany arrests Syrian national on war crimes, murder charges

One of the men taken into custody was Abdalfatah H.A., 35, who is suspected of overseeing the killing of 36 Syrian government employees amid its bloody civil wa...

Lebanon: UN halts services in Palestinian camp after clashes

Witnesses said a young boy was severely wounded in the head, apparently by a gunshot, and taken to hospital. One person was later reported dead, according to ...

Adrian Peterson with Raiders? One oddsmaker makes Oakland the favorite

Considering Peterson played in just three games last season while rushing for a total of 72 yards and no touchdowns, it's clear why the Vikings were never goi...

Illinois Man Killed In Storm Identified

News outlets in southern IL and eastern Missouri showed footage of rescue workers digging through destroyed homes and clearing debris from highways. The storms ...

UN, address xenophobic attacks in South Africa

We shall also make sure that all MTN masts and offices are brought down to naught. The former president said the latest development in South Africa betrayed t...

Bloodstained house and a missing family: French police launch murder investigation

Forensics officers have locked down a neighbourhood in western France, searching for traces of a family that disappeared, leaving behind a bloody mobile phone, ...

Ontario hydro cut means billions in interest costs

It's no secret rising hydro prices have continued to weigh heavily on the minds and wallets of ratepayers all over Ontario, after having doubled in the past 10 ...

Ramjas violence: security tightened following DUJNU protest march

Aditi Pandey from All India Students Association, Mumbai, however, retorted, "Not just Ram, but several teachers and students are also getting rape and death th...