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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...
EgyptAir missing plane MS804: updates
Debris from EgyptAir Flight 804 — which crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people aboard on Thursday — has been found by Egyptian forces, the military says. Here's what we know so far: — Passenger belongings and aircraft parts were found 180 miles north of Alexandria, military says. — Plane swerved...
5 the most terrible secrets of the Soviet Union, which was concealed from us all
Communist Russia was an exemplar of openness and accountability in government. That’s not a sentence you’ll read these days—at least not outside of North Korea. (Although I suppose you’re reading it now, which makes my statement a little void. Unless you’re actually in North Korea, in which case...
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...
‘I hope he’s roasting in hell’: Deadliest school massacre remembered 89 years later
The passing of nearly nine decades hasn’t diminished a 104-year-old man’s view of Andrew Kehoe, the evil mastermind of the May 18, 1927, Bath School Disaster, a bombing that took the lives of 38 children as they attended class. George Baird, 104, now lives in an assisted living facility in Bath...
First combat amputee reaches top of Everest
A Marine Corps veteran who lost his leg in Iraq reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday to become the first combat amputee to conquer the world's highest mountain. Thomas Charles "Charlie" Linville, who served as a staff sergeant in the Marine Corps, told USA TODAY before his expedition began that reaching...
Apple Stores get major makeover
One of the most successful stores in the history of retail is getting a major makeover. Apple opened the 42-by-40-foot sliding glass doors to its new flagship store here Thursday, throwing the curtain back on a design that puts a premium on hanging out over shopping. Roughly 20% of the new store's space is dedicated to an...
Trump heads for summer showdown with Cameron as PM refuses to back down from ‘stupid’ jab
DAVID Cameron is in for an uncomfortable meeting this summer when US presidential hopeful Donald Trump visits the UK. The Prime Minister has refused to apologise to the tycoon after branding him “stupid” over his policy to ban Muslims from entering the US. But Downing Street has confirmed that Mr Cameron will...
Brexit bombshell: QUARTER of UK troops will miss vote as Ukip says soldiers are ‘gagged’
ONE in four British soldiers will miss out on the chance to vote in the upcoming European Union (EU) referendum, shocking new statistics have revealed. In what has been described as a "travesty for democracy", thousands of troops, military staff and veterans will not have their voices heard on June 23 despite risking...
Boris Johnson wins offensive poetry competition with prose on Turkey’s Erdogan and a GOAT
FORMER London Mayor and chief campaigner for Brexit Boris Johnson has won an offensive poetry competition with a limerick about a goat and the Turkish president. The competition was launched after Recep Tayyip Erdogan implemented new blasphemy laws in a bid to prevent himself from criticism in Turkey. Many critics in the...
‘WAR ON SMOKERS’ Tobacco firms lose legal battle against HUGE health warnings
TOBACCO giants have lost their High Court challenge over the Government’s new plain packaging rules — the day before the law comes into force. From tomorrow cigarettes will be sold in standardised green packaging bearing graphic warnings of the dangers of smoking from Friday under new rules designed to prevent young...
Maria Sharapova may not play again, says Russian official
Former world number one Maria Sharapova may never play again following her failed drugs test, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation says. The Russian, 29, tested positive for meldonium at January's Australian Open. When asked if Sharapova would play any more tournaments, Shamil Tarpishchev told R-Sport news agency...