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More T-Storms On Tuesday

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Tropical depressions target Florida, North Carolina

The National Hurricane Center issued a new track for Tropical Depression #9 at 11 a.m. Monday. Eight is packing maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour, ...

Turkish air strikes 'kill at least 40 civilians in Syria'

Ankara is deeply suspicious of the Syrian Kurdish militia that dominates the US -backed Syria Democratic Forces, viewing it as an extension of the Kurdish insu...

BRICS tourism summit in Khajuraho from September 1

Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Mahesh Sharma, Madhya Pradesh's Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, Surendra Patwa, MP Tourism D...

Climate change may halve coffee-growing area

Overall there has been a 50 per cent decline there since the 1960s. Additionally, it juxtaposes the threats to long-term global supply with the incremental bu...

ISIS Killed 45 People in Yemen

Soldiers gather at the site of an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a auto laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the southern port c...

More Than 300 Reindeer Killed by Lightning in Norway

We've never seen anything like this on this scale", Knutsen said. It is the second time this month that a large group of animals was killed by lightning, The ...

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Season Pass Content Detailed

It isn't a ideal title by any means, and doesn't feel quite as ground-breaking as Human Revolution , but Deus Ex: Mankind Divided offers high-quality, engaging...

Malden Uber Driver Charged with Open and Gross Lewdness

The woman went to the Everett Police Station Sunday and gave officers the license plate number and a description of the suspect. Prosecutors said Griffin admi...

Scientists discover vast reef behind Great Barrier Reef

A good indication of the sheer size of this discovery is the fact it contains 'fields' of giant doughnut-shaped mounds, some of which are nearly 300 meters (100...

Chicago has started installing sensors that will monitor the city

The city of Chicago has partnered with researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Library, among several other corporations, on a project t...

European Union rebuffs German minister Gabriel over TTIP comments

The head of industry association BDI, Ulrich Grillo, said on Monday it was "astonishing" that Gabriel had declared the TTIP talks a failure when negotiations we...

Anadolu Agency sees PYD/PKK base in northern Syria

Turkey first sent tanks across the border last Wednesday as part of a operation against the Islamic State group, as well as Kurdish-led forces including P-Y-D a...

Hurricane Gaston Gains Strength in the Atlantic

A low pressure area moving through the southeastern Bahamas Thursday afternoon kept forecasters scratching their heads after the hurricane hunter aircraft retur...

Latest Trump Ad Focuses on Economic Prospects for the Middle Class

Bottom line: Would undocumented immigrants have to leave the United States? "All I can say is, Donald, dream on", she said during a speech Thursday in Nevada. "...

$300 BLU Pure XR smartphone has 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, FHD display

Called the Pure XR, this smartphone includes nearly flagship-level specs for a price under $300... In exchange for your hard-earned dollars, you'll get a Pur...

Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast

Migrants, majority from Eritrea, jump into the water from a crowded wooden boat as members of an NGO help them during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Se...

Tropical storm may pass near Big Island, Oahu

Tropical Storm Lester has developed an eye and is now a hurricane as it moved west in the Pacific Ocean away from the mainland of Mexico, the National Hurrican...

Monster Hunter Frontier Coming to PlayStation 4

Monster Hunter Frontier G was a PC spin-off of the series that originally launched in 2010. The very limited info I can find about the game says that PS3 and P...

Man-Made Warming May Have Started Decades Earlier

Much of what is known about Earth's climate history is based on instruments that have monitored temperatures from the 1880s onwards. Dr Nerilie Abram, lead re...

Canon EOS 5D Mark lV Launched in India for Rs. 254995

It is capable of shooting dynamic and fast moving subjects and scenes with a high speed continuous shooting at 7 frames per second (fps). Canon EOS 5D Mark I...

Fiat Chrysler CEO says approached by several suitors for Magneti Marelli

Mr. Marchionne is scheduled to meet Mr. "In the event that we would find a strategic alliance and a way of leveraging Magneti Marelli's strength going forward...

EpiPen Maker To Offer Generic Version for 50% Less

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Alphabet exec David Drummond leaves Uber's board amid overlap concerns

Alphabet and Uber, the newspaper noted, "are in a race to develop and commercialize self-driving cars". The relationship between the two companies dates back ...

Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka,' dead at 83

In their statement , they also mentioned that Wilder "simply couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world". In the years after "Willy Wonka and the ...

Overwatch: New map unveiled! Crash the castle in Eichenwalde

Speaking of the new map, it is no coincidence that Eichenwalde was revealed at Gamescon, so close to the animated short The Last Bastion also set in Germany. ...

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Hopefully, French is not a rebound for Iggy. Iggy and French pose for a picture together with their friends in front of the private jet. He later shared an im...

Actor Gene Wilder dead at age 83

Born in Milwaukee, Wilder got his break working with Mel Brooks in the '60s, which led to his starring in 1968's The Producers. "He blessed every film we did wi...

Clinton aide Huma Abedin separates from Anthony Weiner after new sexting scandal

The photos were part of a months-long exchange between Weiner and the woman and numerous messages were sexual in nature, according to the Post report. Follo...

Watch Dogs 2 gets 20 minutes of multiplayer gameplay

As you can also see in the video above, everything Marcus does has the chance to gain him all-important followers, fittingly functioning as Watch Dogs 2's XP ...

Distracted driving deaths double than impaired driving

While both of these driving behaviours are equally threatening to the safety of road users, this latest data has the OPP calling for a heightened awareness of t...

California lawmakers pass farmworker overtime after 8 hours

The bill passed the state senate with two-thirds vote Monday. "Giving kids access to after school and summer programs helps children escape poverty by caring ...

Cincinnati Zoo Twitter account gone amid Harambe comments

Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by Cincinnati Zoo. The incident sparked worldwide outr...

US alarm as Turkey warns Syrian Kurd militia of more strikes

Turkey sent tanks across the border to help Syrian opposition forces take the town of Jarablus from the Islamic State militants to halt the advance of Syrian Ku...

SpaceX erects historic rocket in front of headquarters

Check out the landing at at 32:25, during which everyone at SpaceX erupts into cheers. A crane lifted the towering Falcon 9 rocket into place at 1 Rocket Road...