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2 executive departs for United Airlines

Mr. Munoz, who is both chief executive and president, would cede the latter role to Mr. Kirby. "I am honored to be joining United at this important and exciti...

Comelec halts printing of ballots for barangay, SK polls

Genievieve Guevarra, head of the Comelec's printing committee, said the printing of ballots will resume if Congress will not be able to come out wit an amendato...

Scientists discover new exoplanet which could support life

The planet is about a third bigger than our own, but it has a much faster orbit at about 11 days due to being only 7 million miles from its host star. These two...

Tropical depression in Gulf expected to strengthen Monday

Slow strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours, and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm by tonight. Located about 195 miles west-so...

National Park Service turns 100-years-old

As the national parks system attracts greater numbers of visitors each year, the agency is facing key challenges ahead. There now is no fee. The National Park...

Tropical storm warning issued for North Carolina

A tropical storm watch or warning might be posted for the coast or just offshore, depending on exactly how close the storm gets. Tropical depression nine wil...

Attackers set fire to Belgian crime lab, sparking bomb scare

Around 2 a.m. local time, the perpetrators reportedly rammed a vehicle through barricades at Belgium's national crime institute and then set fire to a lab, Te...

'Destiny: Rise Of Iron' Solo Content Spotlighted By Popular 'Destiny' YouTuber

Yes, it is a multiplayer game at it's heart, but there are still plenty of things to do if you prefer to play a lone wolf the majority of the time. When you loo...

Hillary and the Clinton Foundation

It's not pay-to-play, unless somebody actually gave someone 50 cents to say, "I need a meeting'". While Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, interests, som...

New Earth-like habitable planet found orbiting nearest star

The newly discovered planet has been temporarily named Proxima B by its discoverers, an global team led by astronomer Guillem Anglada-Escudé at Queen Mary Uni...

New Trump ad says he will create millions of jobs

Priebus' counterpart at the Democratic National Committee, Donna Brazile, said there's no evidence of that. Clinton on Sunday was raising campaign money in th...

Aetna withdrawing from Pennsylvania ACA marketplace

On the other hand, will insurance giants that still operate within the exchanges be able to make larger and larger lobbying demands from a government that is fe...

Germany's Merkel in Poland for talks on EU future, migrants

Poland, the biggest recipient of funds from the European Union budget, wants to shore up the EU's external borders and tackle the migrant crisis through humanit...

Tropical depression 9 bringing rain to Florida

Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 115 miles per hour with higher gusts. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passe...

Iceland's Met Office: 2 earthquakes rock our largest volcano

Professor Pall Einarsson said: "Hekla is a unsafe volcano". Gudmundsson says "people have been waiting for an eruption for 50 years". Katla, named after an ...

Cal QB Davis Webb has the greatest ESPN headshot photo ever

The game is a Saturday nooner in Sydney, but stateside we'll get to watch tonight at 7:00pm PDT on ESPN. Wide receiver Chad Hansen caught 14 passes for 162 ya...

Galaxy Style New Nintendo 3DS XL Arrives In North America This Week

The Galaxy Style New 3DS XL will begin to ship to retail stores starting today - meaning you should be able to find them at local locations sometime this week. ...

Tropical Depression 9 continues moving into Gulf, expected to strengthen

After moving into the Gulf, it's forecast to turn north and northeast, potentially reaching the west coast of Florida on Thursday. "Enhanced showers and gusty...

Iran says "wards off" U.S. drone

It is indicated in the report that the plane originated from a military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan and infiltrated 20 kilometers inside the Iranian border ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 gets Marshmallow update too

If you've got a Samsung Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S5 Active on AT&T , your weekend is about to get a lot better. Customers can order their device for SAR 200 at an...

AT&T Begins Pushing Marshmallow To Galaxy S5 Owners

The update is now rolling out to the SM-T805 LTE variant of the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 in Germany via the OTA route. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 supports the proces...

Apple Releases Security Update iOS 9.3.5 Against Spyware

It can record phone calls and messages from WhatsApp and Viber, and access communication apps including iMessage, Gmail, Facebook, Skype, and Line. It's no secr...

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by double digits in new national poll

Meanwhile, Trump and Clinton also sparred over who would be a better advocate for African Americans and other minorities, and Trump hinted he could soften his h...

Clueless Pinoy fisherman kept world's biggest pearl under his bed for years

As for why the fisherman kept the pearl hidden, Maggay-Amurao said that he didn't know its value. The enormous pearl, which measures 30 centimeters (11.8 in...

Android Is Getting Better, Nexus Is Getting Worse

Following the launch of Android 7 Nougat this week, HTC has told us it'll be updating its two most recent flagship phones to the new Android software by the end...

Hubble Uncovers a Galaxy Pair Coming in From The Wilderness

Most of those blobs turned out to be gas clouds within our galaxy. The researchers used the WIYN telescope in Arizona to study 15 of the most promising candidat...

USA declares Zika health emergency in Puerto Rico

Rogers added: "As we've seen around the globe and now within our own borders, the Zika virus is a deadly and devastating epidemic that must be stopped in its tr...

Michael Phelps safely into 100m butterfly final

Two days after charging to the silver medal in the 100m event in his specialist stroke, Cameron Van der Burgh completed his heat over the longer distance in 2:1...

No Man's Sky exploit gives you unlimited items, ruins game

If you want to get the Carite Sheet you need for the Pulse Engine, for example, you're going to need to learn how to craft . However, you will eventually nee...

No Man's Sky responds to server issues, promises shared universe

While it's likely that a number of other PC gamers won't have any No Man's Sky PC issues while playing it, there are still a number of other reviews on the ga...

Govt Removes I-Day Video featuring Pakistani Fighter Jets with Tricolour

On this auspicious day of freedom, 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru became the first ever Prime Minister of India and hosted the prestigious ceremony by hoistin...

How to Restart the Game in 'No Man's Sky'

In a post on the game's official website , Hello Games head Sean Murray stated that the large number of players, plus the amount of time in their average play...

Sony Xperia X Performance owners can now beta test Android 7.0 Nougat

Sony says that only Xperia X Performance owners in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Netherland...

Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle, may be visible in Cincinnati

During the shower, the meteors emanate from the part of the sky that contains that constellation. "Under ideal conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per...

Travel Woes Continue to Mount for Delta Flyers

Bastian offered an apology and an assurance, saying, "I apologize for the challenges this has created for you with your travel experience". The company said i...