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Police switch to US-style baseball caps after 159 YEARS of traditional helmets
IT’S goodbye to the traditional police hat for a 159-year-old constabulary, with officers changing to US-style baseball caps. Cheshire’s force yesterday became the first in Britain to change its headgear. Even inspectors and chief inspectors will now be sporting the unisex baseball caps following a successful...
Two ministers nabbed in child-prostitution sting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two Knoxville-area ministers face felony charges for seeking sex with underage girls as part of an undercover sting operation targeting human trafficking and prostitution this week. Jason Kennedy, 46, of Knoxville was charged Thursday with felony human trafficking and patronizing prostitution and...
White House shooting: Secret Service stops armed man
The Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House, according to US officials. Police told ABC News that a man brandished a weapon at a security checkpoint near the building and was shot in the stomach. The White House was briefly placed on lockdown after the shooting on Friday. President Barack Obama was playing...
Obama pushes for more Zika funding in US
President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $1.9bn (£1.25bn) fund to combat the spreading Zika virus. He warned that the country could face "bigger problems" in the future. His comments come as the latest figures showed that there were nearly 300 pregnant women in...
San Francisco police chief quits amid racism row
San Francisco police chief quits amid racism rowSan Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman. The resignation was announced by Mayor Ed Lee, who had asked him to quit. The woman reportedly tried to drive off in a stolen car and ignored calls to stop...
Hillary Clinton says race against Bernie Sanders is ‘done’
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said her primary race against Bernie Sanders is effectively over. "I will be the nominee for my party," she told CNN in an interview. "That is already done, in effect. There is no way that I won't be." Mr Sanders has come under pressure to bow out...
The network got video of Shakira and her husband
The media reported that unknown person threatened Colombian singer Shakira and her husband, the Spanish national team football player Gerard Pique, to publish an intimate video with their participation. Availability of records is nothing confirmed, and a representative of the pair denied information about...
Google will stop you hitting backspace in Chrome by mistake
Have you ever filled out a form in Chrome, only to hit the backspace key accidentally? Suddenly you're catapulted to the previous page in your browsing history, losing everything you had just submitted. It's not a deal-breaker, but frustrating all the same. To help, Google is experimenting with a version of Chrome that...
Libya unity government calls on international community for arms to fight Daesh
The Libyan unity government on Thursday called on the international community to provide it with arms to help fight Daesh. The government’s call comes hours after 32 of its fighters were killed in battles with Daesh, west of the coastal city of Sirte. The Associated Press quoted a statement by the government published on...
Daughter of Angelina Jolie wants to be a boy
If Shiloh Nouvel will insist on her decision to change sex, star parents will not discourage her. Fans of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was shocked with the news: the daughter of the star couple, nine-year-old Shiloh Nouvel wants to change her sex. That Shiloh considers herself more a boy than a girl, it has long...
Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to outlaw abortion
Lawmakers in the US state of Oklahoma have passed a bill that would make the act of performing an abortion a crime. Under the bill, a doctor who performs an abortion could be sentenced to up to three years in prison and be barred from practising medicine in the state. Abortion is legal in the United States and abortion-rights...
Actors of «Santa Barbara». Then and now
American TV series "Santa Barbara" was first released in 1984 and immediately captured the audience. The most popular "soap opera" has allowed the creators of more than one year continuously shoot turbulent life story of Californians. The latest series of "Santa Barbara" was shown on...
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