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Hurricane Harvey was ‘almost certainly’ more devastating because of...
Climate change was not the cause of Hurricane Harvey, but there’s reason to think a warmer planet can make such storms more devastating. “Harvey was almost certainly more intense than it would have...
View ArticleHere’s why Gilead broke its dealmaking hiatus and splurged $12 billion on a...
For several years, investors of Gilead Sciences have clamored for the drug giant to jump back into the mergers-and-acquisitions game. Since its bombshell hepatitis C treatments hit the market in 2013,...
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The Air Force has made a big personnel move to address its ongoing pilot...
At the end of fiscal year 2016 in September that year, the Air Force was short 1,544 pilots, of whom 1,211 were fighter pilots. The service is also poised to lose 1,600 more fliers over the next four...
View ArticleTrump’s already proven he doesn’t need Steve Bannon to do Steve Bannon
If there’s anything we’ve learned in the last week or so it’s that losing Steve Bannon didn’t seem to mean anything for the Trump administration. The most dangerous parts of the former White House...
View ArticleTrump is reportedly going to pitch his massive tax plan as ‘unrigging the...
President Donald Trump’s fall push for the Republican tax reform effort kicks off on Wednesday in Springfield, Missouri. And according to Ben White and Tara Palmeri at Politico, Trump’s message will...
View ArticleThe US Justice Department is investigating whether Uber violated...
The US Department of Justice is looking into whether Uber violated laws involving the bribery of foreign officials, the company confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday. The DOJ is examining...
View ArticleKellyanne Conway shames CNN for interviewing a Hurricane Harvey victim
Kellyanne Conway criticized CNN on Tuesday for interviewing a distressed woman at a shelter during Hurricane Harvey. Though Conway praised Fox News’ interviews with hurricane victims, she chided CNN...
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Here’s everything that happened in the first new episode of ‘The Great...
On Tuesday night, “The Great British Bake Off” returned to our screens for its first episode on Channel 4. With new judge Prue Leith and presenters Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig in tow, here’s the...
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Harvey pummels Texas with ‘catastrophic’ rain, ‘unprecedented’ flooding and...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday night, with winds topping 130 mph. As of Tuesday evening, it was a tropical storm with winds up to 50 mph, and was poised to make a...
View ArticleMessaging app Kik is launching its own cryptocurrency to raise $125 million
Kik, the $1 billion Canadian messaging app operator, is planning to raise $125 million through an initial coin offering on September 12. Kik, which was founded by a group of college students in 2009,...
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Photos from the Army’s ‘Iron Brigade’ show how much power the M1 Abrams tank...
Members of the US Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team from the 4th Infantry Division deployed to Europe in January in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. As their time in Europe draws to a...
View ArticleA counterintelligence expert says asking yourself one question can help you...
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View ArticleHaalt het demissionaire kabinet Rutte-II de eindstreep? De PvdA wil meer tijd...
De PvdA heeft dinsdag tijdens het ingelaste coalitieoverleg over de begroting ,,meerdere oplossingen” op tafel gelegd voor de dreigende crisis in het demissionaire kabinet over de lerarensalarissen....
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Trump’s corporate tax cut will raise wages for some people — just not workers
There’s lies, there’s damn lies, and then there’s anything Donald Trump says about tax reform. This truth was on lurid display on Wednesday as the President laid out the broadest strokes of his...
View ArticleMind-boggling gambling odds show how much of a lock the Golden State Warriors...
With a record of 207-39 over the past three seasons, the Golden State Warriors are a virtual lock to make the NBA playoffs, and one Las Vegas sportsbook has set its odds accordingly. At the Westgate...
View ArticleAnn Coulter goes off on Trump over taxes, saying he delivered his ‘worst,...
Conservative author Ann Coulter rebuked President Donald Trump over his speech on Wednesday in which he rolled out the broad outline of his tax reform plan. In a slew of tweets on Wednesday, the...
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The ‘godfather’ of Mexico’s cartels has been sentenced for killing of a DEA...
A federal judge in Mexico’s Jalisco state on August 23 sentenced one-time Guadalajara cartel chief Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo to 37 years in prison for the 1985 killing of US Drug Enforcement...
View ArticleYoung reporter gets priceless response after asking Roger Federer why people...
Roger Federer is having another season to remember. At 36-years-old, he’s still one of the best tennis players in the world and won his eighth Wimbledon title earlier in the year. On Tuesday, Federer...
View ArticleDe PvdA gaat akkoord met een ‘substantiële’ verhoging van de lerarensalarissen
De PvdA en de VVD zijn tóch tot een akkoord gekomen over de begroting. De PvdA heeft genoegen genomen met de toezegging van de VVD dat er een onbekend maar ,,substantieel” bedrag komt voor de verhoging...
View ArticleHarvey is subsiding, but for the tens of thousands driven from their homes...
Tens of thousands of Texans have been driven from their homes after dangerous flooding from Harvey. Officials estimate up to 40,000 homes in the Houston area could be destroyed. Less than 20% have...
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