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JPMorgan recommends Micron shares because new technology markets will generate more demand for its memory products

When humans are gone, these creatures will survive

Columbia University researchers have reversed age-related memory loss in mice by boosting blood levels of osteocalcin, a hormone produced by bone cells.

Everything I needed to make my new place feel like home

Everything I needed to make my new place feel like home

The City of Sydney is set to vote on whether to endorse a controversial public CBD artwork.

Former San Jose head coach Dominic Kinnear will be Sigi Schmid's assistant in Los Angeles.

Changes to funding formulas will force Victorian hospitals cut millions of dollars in costs.

UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger will meet representatives from GB Badminton this week, but will funding be restored?

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday called drug overdose deaths "the top lethal issue" in the US and urged law enforcement and social workers to "create and foster a culture that's hostile to drug use."

Sessions spoke to the annual conference of the National Alliance For Drug Endangered Children. He said preliminary data show nearly 60,000 overdose deaths in the US in 2016, the highest ever.

"Our current drug epidemic is indeed the deadliest in American history. Читать дальше...

The Pittsburgh Steelers acquired tight end Vance McDonald and a fifth-round selection in the 2018 draft from the San Francisco 49ers for a fourth-round pick in the same draft.

Apple and Samsung expect the sticker price, about as much as a new TV, will be worth it.

Moroccan authorities have arrested a man suspected of supplying gas canisters to a jihadist cell that carried out a double attack in Catalonia earlier this month that killed 16 people, a source from the Spanish investigation said. The cell accumulated around 120 canisters of butane gas at a house in a town south of Barcelona with which, police say, it planned to carry out a larger bomb attack. Police believe the cell accidentally ignited the explosives on Aug. 16, the eve of the Barcelona attack... Читать дальше...

The Air Force’s first ever female enlisted pilot is ready to take command of the controls. “I was shocked, but it’s a huge honor and humbling – excited to learn about our mission here at Beale (Air Force Base),” Tech Sgt. Courtney said of her trailblazing accomplishment. The Air Force does not release pilots’ full...

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Emails sent by members of President Donald Trump's inner circle during the election, which are now being examined by intelligence committees in Congress, reveal a consistent effort by Russia to infiltrate and secure leverage over the Trump campaign. 

On Sunday, The Washington Post reported that the Russian-born businessman Felix Sater, a real-estate adviser who began bringing Russian investors to Trump Tower in the early 2000s, wrote emails to Trump's personal lawyer... Читать дальше...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association is going to become president of the Lakewood, Colorado-based National Ski Areas Association, the trade association that represents ski resort owners and operators across the country.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The president of the Vermont Ski Areas Association is going to become president of the Lakewood, Colorado-based National Ski Areas Association, the trade association that represents ski resort owners and operators across the country.

Darshan Kang, the Liberal MP who is under investigation for alleged sexual harassment, spoke out Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence.

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August 29 marks the 12th anniversary of when Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans in 2005. Now Hurricane Harvey is advancing through Louisiana, 

Katrina, one of five of the deadliest storms in United States history, killed over 1,800 people as flood walls and levees failed. The hurricane started over the Bahamas on August 23. It then headed westward toward Mississippi, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and southeast Louisiana.

Over a decade later, Katrina has cost the country at least $100 billion... Читать дальше...

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Aug 29 (Reuters) - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Tuesday that a city police officer died in floodwaters over the weekend while driving to work.

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With thousands of flights into Texas canceled following Harvey, airlines are working with passengers to re-book