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EU Charges Google With Abusing Android Market Dominance
The European Union charged Google on Wednesday with abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system, opening a second front against the U.S. technology giant that could lead to large fines. European Union antitrust regulators said that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and...
Pat Boone: ‘Saturday Night Live’ skit was anti-Christian
Pat Boone is calling out “Saturday Night Live” for a recent skit that parodied “God’s Not Dead 2.” Boone claims the skit – titled “God is a Boob Man”— is anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and “outright sacrilege.” In the skit, a woman is being forced by a...
Fidel Castro Gives Rare Speech Saying He’s Nearing the End
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive. "I'll be 90 years old soon," Castro said in his most extensive public...
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...
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....
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 —...
Australia politician mocks Depp and Heard apology video
The Australian politician who threatened to kill Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's dogs has made fun of the star couple's apology video. Ms Heard, 29, escaped conviction after pleading guilty to falsifying documents before a Queensland court on Monday. A video of the pair apologising for flying their dogs Pistol and...
Big name NFL coach will be introducing Trump tonight
#Bills coach Rex Ryan tells reporters that he'll introduce Donald Trump at his rally in Buffalo tonight. #asexpected — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) 18 апреля 2016...
US Defense Secretary in Iraq for Talks on Beefing Up IS Fight
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Iraq Monday to talk with his commanders and Iraqi leaders about ways the U.S. can ramp up the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. “The Iraqis are not shy about asking for what they need,” a senior defense official said. “Our generals, our...
This guy’s driving his Trump Truck all over Washington!
Like the candidate he supports, John Beavers of Belfair, Washington, is new to campaign politics. “I’ve never voted in 38 years. I’m not into politicians. I’ve never cared; this is my first year doing it,” said Beavers. Now, he’s showing support in a big way, from making thousands of Trump...