US judge rules against Virginia transgender toilet ban
A US appeals courts has ruled that a Virginia school policy that barred a transgender student from using the boys' toilet is discriminatory. Gavin Grimm filed the lawsuit after the school board adopted a policy that required students to use a private toilet or one that corresponds to the sex listed on their birth...
India still wants the UK to give the Kohinoor diamond back
The Indian government is making "all possible efforts" to retrieve the Kohinoor diamond contrary to reported comments from the country's Solicitor General that the rare historical stone was given as a gift to the United Kingdom and not stolen. Media reports said Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the Indian...
Despite Spotlight, Proving Flint Lead Damages No Slam Dunk
Luke Waid drives 20 miles each day to shower at a relative’s place, hauls bottled water back to his Flint, Michigan, home and worries about his 2-year-old daughter’s irritability. “I don’t know if that is a product of her being exposed to high lead levels, or her just being a child,” he said....
Princes William, Harry visit Star Wars set
PRINCES William and Harry have felt the force as they made a special visit to the set of Star Wars. William, who has just returned from a tour of India and Bhutan, and his brother Harry were shown around Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire by The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley, who plays heroine Rey. They also met Mark Hamill...
Member of the group «Lube», died after being beaten
He died the bass guitarist of "Lube" Paul Usanov, severely beaten in early April. The message of the death of the musician was published on the page of the "Lube" in Facebook: "Today there was Pasha Usanova, bass player" Lube ", a talented musician, a good guy, and our good friend This is a...
Photos Of Celebrities In The Morning (30 photos)
Celebrities also need sleep. And some of these stars are big fans to make some photos in their bed. Do you want to learn how to look like a star in the mornings and the evenings in their cozy beds? We'll show you!) Natalia Ionova. The singer Glucose Anastasia Volochkova Lady Gaga Ksenia Sobchak...
REVEALED: Britain is MOST IGNORED country in EU over Brussels’ laws, new study finds
BRITAIN’s lack of influence over Brussels laws has been laid bare after a new report revealed the UK is the most outvoted country in the EU. A study of voting records in the EU Council, made up of Government ministers from each member state, since 2004 has revealed Britain is increasingly on the losing side when it comes...
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Giant HAIRBALL removed from teenager girl’s stomach
A HAIRBALL weighing 2.2 pounds from the stomach of a teenager who had developed the habit of chewing her own locks. The 17-year-old unnamed girl arrived at Shree Hospital in Pune, western India with complaints of severe stomach ache on last Saturday. She was so ill that she could barely walk and had lost interest in eating...
Not 62? Deemed filing Social Security loophole has closed
Social Security claiming strategies are complicated, and those intricacies have offered some lucrative loopholes for savvy married couples. But if you turned 62 on or after Jan. 2, 2016, one of those loopholes — the restricted application — has closed. File and restrict, as the strategy is also known, lets a...
New rules allow more civilian casualties in air war against ISIL
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s fight against the Islamic State has grown increasingly aggressive since late fall and includes higher levels of allowable civilian casualties in the bombing campaign to target militants and their cash supplies, according to interviews with military officials and Pentagon data. Since last...
US election 2016: What’s New York’s state of mind?
How you doin'? The question is not only the quintessential New York greeting, but also the best way of gauging the state of mind of voters in the presidential primary. New York City may be so good that they named it twice, but believe it or not, there is more to the Empire State than the Big Apple. Millions of votes —...
Afghanistan violence: Deadly bomb and gun attack hits Kabul
At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say. A suicide attacker detonated a vehicle and a fierce gun battle followed. Officials say the attack is now over and the area has been cleared. A Taliban spokesman said the group carried out...