U.S. President Donald Trump expressed sympathy Saturday for the victims and survivors of a crash involving a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team that killed 15 people late Friday. …
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Canadian Police: 14 Dead, 14 Injured in Semi-Hockey Bus Collision
A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players collided Friday with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen …
your ads here!Pakistani Girls Flocking to the Sport of Soccer
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. And in Pakistan where the sport is called football, there’s no shortage of fans. Although football is still considered a man’s …
your ads here!Workshop Teaches Ukrainian Art of Dyeing Easter Eggs
The Catholic Easter custom of hunting brightly colored eggs and chocolate bunnies may be over now, but in the Orthodox world, Easter comes one week later. And it brings with …
your ads here!Teacher Strikes Spread Across the US
Following the success of West Virginia teachers in securing a pay raise, educators in Oklahoma and Kentucky are walking out of their classrooms, demanding that lawmakers increase education spending in …
your ads here!Feds Seizing Backpage.com, Its Affiliates
Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as …
your ads here!Trump Administration Mulls Stiffer Rules for Auto Imports
The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S. carmakers, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Responding to the …
your ads here!Trump Dismisses Fears of Trade War With China as Threats Ramp Up
U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration said Friday that the United States was not engaged in a trade war with China, even as Trump threatened to impose tariffs on …
your ads here!Trade War Fears Send US Stocks Down Again
U.S. stocks plunged again Friday over increasing concerns about a trade war between the United States and China. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 572 points by the close, shedding …
your ads here!Rice Breeders Report Huge Productivity Gains
The science behind the grain that feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward. Scientists are reporting the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades. If the …
your ads here!Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 7
We’ve gathered the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 7, 2018. While we don’t get any newcomers this week, …
your ads here!Consumer Groups: Facebook’s Facial Recognition Violates Privacy Rights
Facebook violates its users’ privacy rights through the use of its facial recognition software, according to consumer groups led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Their complaint to the federal …
your ads here!Cardi B Caps Breakthrough Year with Debut Album Release
The anticipation around Cardi B’s debut album has been scorching hot, so when the breakthrough artist finally debuted the full album at a party late Thursday, she told the DJ …
your ads here!Broadway’s Lin-Manuel Miranda Has Shingles, Quarantined From Baby Son
Lin-Manuel Miranda thought he had a migraine. It turns out the Broadway star really had shingles. Miranda tweeted on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with shingles, saying he it …
your ads here!Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Stretches Into 5th Day
A teachers strike in Oklahoma stretched into a fifth day on Friday, and a state union leader said he doesn’t think pending proposals to increase revenue are enough to stop …
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Technology that once promised freedom from the confines of an office has, for many workers, become a ball and chain, blurring the lines between work hours and, well, any other …
your ads here!Trump to Skip Annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump, a constant critic of what he calls “fake news,” will skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for a second year in a row. White House Correspondents’ Association …
your ads here!March US Job Creation Dips, Jobless Rate Unchanged
The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday the unemployment rate in March remained at a 17-year-low of 4.1-percent for the sixth straight month. U.S. employers added 103,000 jobs in March, less …
your ads here!Facebook: Up to 2.7 Million EU Users Affected by Data-Mining
The European Union said Friday Facebook has told it that up to 2.7 million people in the 28-nation bloc may have been victim of improper data sharing involving political data-mining …
your ads here!As Trump Tweets, Amazon Seeks to Expand its Business Empire
Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come …
your ads here!New Service Robots Gaining Popularity in Europe
Robots are constantly adding new skills to their repertoire. In Italy, the first dedicated interactive service robot, “Robby the hotel concierge” and his brother, “Cayuki the car salesman,” are taking …
your ads here!Facebook Scandal May Impact China Overseas Surveillance Plans
China is turning artificial intelligence, face scanning, and other Big Data systems into new tools domestically to enhance the communist party’s command and control systems. The party’s methods of surveillance …
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