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ALMELO - Het hing al in de lucht en dinsdagavond werd het officieel; het parkeerplan van het college van burgemeester en wethouders is door de gemeenteraad definitief van tafel geveegd. Een ruime meerderheid steunde de motie, ingediend door tien partijen op initiatief van de VVD, waarin een streep gaat door de parkeerplannen. Alleen SP en CDA stemden tegen.

The tragic fatal shooting of a Florida church musician by a police officer may have been recorded.

[...] in its 10th season, the Metropolitan Opera’s series of live high-definition simulcasts has evolved to be one of the company’s most distinctive signature offerings. Even without the immediacy of an actual visit to the opera house — which, let’s face it, is prohibitive for most West Coast denizens — these broadcasts provide a way for opera lovers to keep abreast of the company’s doings. Tenor Johan Botha stars in the title role, with Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth, Michelle DeYoung as Venus and Peter Mattei as Wolfram.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Ronal Serpas, former police chief in New Orleans and Nashville, about FBI Director James Comey's remarks on the "Ferguson Effect" and the rise in crime in U.S. cities.

Cybersecurity researchers and others in the public have the right to tinker with software in vehicles for “good faith security research,” under a new exemption authorized by the Librarian of Congress Tuesday. The exemption, which was opposed by the auto industry, comes after the Volkswagen “defeat device” scandal and after two researchers proved it was possible to take remote control of a moving Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The fantasy sports industry, including top daily fantasy sports outlets DraftKings and FanDuel, have agreed to operate under a self-regulatory body that will assess internal protocol and standards, a news release said Tuesday. The organization’s creation was announced as federal and state officials probe whether daily fantasy sports contests are legal under current guidelines and if they should be subject to formal regulation.

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Kevin Harvick talked Tuesday about the end of Sunday's race, contact with Trevor Bayne, and what some drivers accused him of doing.

Ross County take the spoils in the Highland derby and clinch a place in their first ever League Cup semi-final.

Michael Witwer, who has written a book about game co-creator Gary Gygax, says D&D does something that online games don't: It brings players physically together to participate in group storytelling.

WASHINGTON — Iran has been invited to participate for the first time in international talks over Syria’s future, U.S. officials said Tuesday, a shift in strategy for the United States and its allies as they seek to halt the four-year civil war and eventually ease President Bashar Assad out of power. [...] all previous international mediation efforts have done nothing to stop the fighting, and Kerry is trying to unite all sides with influence in the Arab country around a common vision of a peaceful... Читать дальше...

"Blackhat" may have tanked, but it speaks to the respect Michael Mann has in the industry, not to mention the star power of Christian Bale, that the director's next movie has found a major studio distribution home. And today news has arrived for the project that is coming together to shoot next summer. THR reports that Noomi Rapace is in talks to join "Enzo Ferrari." Based on Brock Yates’ book “Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races” with a script by Troy Kennedy Martin (“The Italian Job”) and David Rayfield (“Out of Africa”)... Читать дальше...

Donald Wayne Hartung's mother and two stepbrothers were found with their throats slit and heads beaten with claw hammers, authorities said.

Sale is latest move by bank to reduce size of its empire

The comedy duo celebrate 25 years of their partnership with a new 'very funny' performance

About fifty contract employees working in the Quli Qutub Shahi Tombs, state that the museum and other wings of the archaeology department are mulling to go on strike for not receiving their salaries for the last six months.

An East Harlem-based crew of gun traffickers who brazenly sold 74 illegal firearms within throwing distance of where Police Officer Randolph Holder was murdered last week was dismantled on Tuesday

Whatever Jack Dorsey's plan to get more users on Twitter, it's not working yet.

Allegations of 'money laundering' in capital as Serious Fraud Office defends lack of action, writes Ben Rumsby

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths arrested a junior lineman of TS Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) for taking Rs 5,000 bribe from a man to fix a meter in Maheswaram.

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The Pentagon awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a huge contract to build new long-range bombers for the U.S. Air Force at an estimated cost of $80 billion.

RENO, Nevada - Attempts by rural Nevada counties, mining companies and others to block new U.S. policies intended to protect the greater sage grouse could backfire on the critics and ultimately force the reconsideration of a recent decision to keep the bird off the list of endangered species, federal land managers warn.