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(AP) — The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader's capture is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting rampage blamed on an Iraq war veteran. After Iraq, Piro moved on to top FBI counterterrorism jobs in Washington, including a White House position involving high-value detainee interrogation that works with various intelligence agencies. Since taking the top Miami FBI job, Piro has overseen work in more domestic areas such as health care fraud... Читать дальше...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Justin Jackson scored 21 points and No. 14 North Carolina ran off a 20-0 first-half run to blow Sunday’s game open and beat North Carolina State 107-56. Joel Berry II added 19 points for the Tar Heels (14-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who beat the Wolfpack for the 20th time in

Former New York Homeland Security Advisor Michael Balboni discusses the new video obtained by TMZ of the mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport.

Debris on the tracks and other weather-related issues were causing major delays on BART and Caltrain Sunday, officials said. BART halted service between Balboa Park and Colma just after 9:30 a.m., because of a tree blocking the eastbound track, which damaged the third rail. Power outages around the region were also affecting BART service, causing delays in the routing of trains, Allison said.

LOS ANGELES — Mariah Carey is blaming producers for her bungled performance on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” saying, “They foiled me.” Carey says on her Twitter page that the show’s production team had technical issues and her ear monitors didn’t work. Carey stopped singing during her live New Year’s Eve set as pre-recorded

Mexican officials say he was handed over to the attorney general.

(AP) — Authorities are investigating the possible presence of explosive materials in a truck parked outside a hospital. A man whose injuries looked like they were caused by an explosion left the truck outside MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup on Sunday and sought treatment.

Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to clarify her plans for getting Britain out of the European Union in a speech this month.

Some hope emerged late last week when Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner indicated that the Democrats who control the Senate have been negotiating with their GOP counterparts to broker a deal on the first annualized budget since Rauner was sworn in two years ago. The amount that was available for rape crisis centers to spend last fall after Rauner and legislative Democrats agreed to a six-month, stopgap budget that expired Dec. 31, according to Polly Poskin, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey is blaming producers for her bungled performance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," saying, "They foiled me."

Carey stopped singing during her live New Year's Eve set as pre-recorded vocals continued to play behind her. "[...] it turned into an opportunity to humiliate me and all those who were excited to ring in the new year with me," she says in the minute-and-a-half long audio statement posted Sunday with the hashtag #thefoilers.

The Pentagon chief has pledged to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile in case it is launched at the United States or its allies.

Police: 2 arrested in Minot shooting, attempted store holdup Police say a 24-year-old Minot man was arrested on suspicion of burglary, aggravated assault and attempted murder in the shooting.

The veteran has one year left on his contract at $6 million.

People will quit before they ask for what they want or tell you what is wrong. That’s why knowing what to look for is so powerful. Is it time to check in, before your top performers check out?

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Researchers have discovered a link between a brain protein and the recovery time of athletes suffering from sports-related concussions.

15 suicides suspected, four killed in action.

WORCESTER, Mass. — Nana Foulland had 17 points and eight rebounds in leading Bucknell to a 68-49 victory over Holy Cross on Sunday, the fourth straight win for the Bison. Zach Thomas added 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Kimbal Mackenzie and Nate Sestina, who made all five of his shots, scored 10 points

In the first half of today's AFC wildcard game between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh running back Le’Veon Bell rushed the ball 17 times for 99 yards and a touchdown. On the Steelers third touchdown drive, Bell carried the ball on every play of the team's 83 yard [...]

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It was barely two years ago that self-driving car companies were putting forth a Utopian vision of driverless cars whizzing through streets allowing passengers to sleep in steering-wheel-less cars.

That concept was particularly embodied by Google's "Koala" car — a simplistic pod without a steering wheel, brakes, or a gas pedal — that drove a blind passenger on public roads in Austin in 2015. 

Lyft co-founder John Zimmer boldly declared in September car... Читать дальше...

“Star Wars” continues to struggle for respect in China, the world’s second-largest movie market.

After the 49ers abruptly fired coach Chip Kelly, he made it clear wouldn’t rule out a return to college football. “I never looked at college because all those jobs are filled while NFL season is still going on,” Kelly told Bruce Feldman of FOX. In that same story, Feldman reported that multiple college teams would…

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Jordan Fox scored 14 points, John Emezie had 13 and Army ended a three-game losing streak with a 66-57 win over Loyola Maryland on Sunday. Fox had two free throws to cap a 13-0 run to give Army a 20-6 lead with 7:49 left in the first half. The Black Knights

They still were receiving money from the state as though she were alive.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — For many flight passengers arriving Friday in Fort Lauderdale, it was supposed to be the start of an idyllic week cruising the Caribbean. Then, the deadly shooting in baggage claim happened. Cruises have gone forward — but not without delays, arrangements for traumatized travelers and some dampening of the usual atmosphere.