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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The body of a 14-year-old girl remains in the Milwaukee County morgue nearly two months after she died because of a dispute between her mother, who is charged in her death, and her father in Texas. Amina Krouser's mother, Azlyza Ababneh, is charged with abusing and neglecting her daughter, resulting in her death. She's opposed to a request by the girl's father, Michael Krouser, to have his daughter's body cremated and sent to him in San Antonio, Texas. Milwaukee County prosecutor... Читать дальше...

The US plan to deploy new low-yield nuclear weapons is aimed at convincing Russia to respect existing agreements on limiting the weapons, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Tuesday.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The St. Andrews University Men's & Women's Indoor Track and Field teams competed in their second invitational of the season on Sunday finishing with some good results at Christopher Newport University's Vince Brown Invitational in Virginia.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States may lift the suspicion of security aid to the government of Pakistan once it sees Islamabad take action to address its concerns, US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said during a Senate hearing.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf gave his 2018-19 budget address to the legislature in Harrisburg Tuesday morning.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts waited 22 days to make Josh McDaniels their coach. On Tuesday, they got it done. The team announced the hiring of New England's longtime offensive coordinator on its Twitter account. Word leaked last month that the sides were close to a deal. "We are excited to welcome Josh McDaniels, who has agreed to terms as our new head coach!" the post read. "Press conference scheduled for Wednesday." He succeeds Chuck Pagano, who was fired Dec. 31, and inherits a team... Читать дальше...

In what looks like an impulsive move, actress Jennifer Lawrence thought it was okay on Sunday while on a Delta flight from New Orleans to Los Angeles to take charge of the plane's loudspeaker and cheer on the Philadelphia Eagles.

A U.S. judge in Brooklyn has ruled that the identities of jurors expected to decide the fate of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at a trial this year will be kept secret. In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said jurors' names, addresses and places of employment will be shielded from Guzman, his lawyers, prosecutors and the press. Guzman's lawyer had argued that an anonymous jury would undermine the presumption that his client was innocent, create an "extremely... Читать дальше...

Check out footage of Hart cheering his Eagles on in Minnesota.

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• President Donald Trump tied a rising stock market to his administration.
• He mentioned rising stocks at every chance he got.
• Now he's silent on a rapidly sliding market.

There's been no more consistent theme over President Donald Trump's first year in office than his praising of a rising stock market and his efforts to tie it directly to his administration.

But after mentioning stock market gains roughly 200 times since... Читать дальше...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say the Islamic State extremist group still poses "a significant and evolving threat around the world" despite recent setbacks in Iraq, Syria and the southern Philippines that forced the militants to relinquish strongholds. The report to the Security Council circulated Tuesday said IS "has lost its focus on conquering and holding territory" but is continuing "to give prominence to external attacks." The experts said the extremist group is now organized "as a global... Читать дальше...

Gold prices declined Tuesday, despite a multiday decline in the U.S. stock market that has spilled over to global markets. Ordinarily volatile markets would support higher prices for gold, which draws haven demand. However, commodities experts cited a lack of fundamental reasons for the downturn in equities markets as taking some of the luster away from gold. February gold finished off $7, or 0.5%, at $1,329.50 an ounce.

Ksenia Sobchak, the Russian TV celebrity, socialite, and daughter of President Vladimir Putin's political mentor, brought her long-shot campaign for the presidency to Washington, saying that her political ambitions were genuine and long-term.

How a determined team of Stanford students and faculty developed a technology that could improve the odds for critically ill newborns.

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't expect to see "lady Doritos" on store shelves. The company behind the cheesy chips said Tuesday that it's not developing a line of Doritos designed specifically for women, despite widespread online speculation that it was. The phrase "lady Doritos" trended on social media after PepsiCo's longtime CEO Indra Nooyi said on a podcast that unlike men, women don't like to lick their fingers after eating a bag of Doritos. "Women would love to do the same, but they don't," Nooyi said in an interview on the Freakonomics podcast. Читать дальше...

Network functions virtualization (NFV) enables IT pros to modernize their networks with modular software running on standard server platforms.

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was among the figures at Old Trafford on Tuesday as the club held a ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Ferguson joined the likes of United great Bobby Charlton, a survivor of the crash, the current playing squad and boss Jose Mourinho at a special service at the club's stadium. Meanwhile, thousands of fans travelled to Germany to pay their respects at the site of the crash, in which 23 people, including eight players, were killed. Читать дальше...

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SEATTLE (AP) — The clothes, the hair, the confidence — the look of Korean pop music can feel like high fashion or just plain quirky. But that's what draws fans to South Korea's most famous musical export. As much as the music and lyrics themselves, the perfectly symmetrical stars and the meticulous choreography define K-pop for a country obsessed with image and beauty. And if you've managed to elude the beats and flash of its music and videos until now, rest assured it will be hard to bypass this cultural phenomenon during the Winter Games. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Congress is poised to deadlock on extending government funding two days before another possible federal shutdown. The Republican-led House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill that funds the U.S. military for the rest of the fiscal year but extends domestic funding for just six weeks — something Senate Democrats are pledging to block. Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, say national defense must come first with yearlong funding while negotiations continue on domestic spending levels. Читать дальше...

KITTERY, Maine — A Maine woman who prepared a salad says she realized after a couple of bites her fork was stuck in a 3-inch lizard, minus the tail. After vomiting and getting over her shock, Michelle Carr, a nurse from Kittery, Maine, said she feared she could have ingested harmful bacteria. A biologist friend...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would welcome another federal government shutdown if Congress cannot agree on stiffer immigration restrictions. "If we don't change the legislation, if we don't get rid of these loopholes where killers are allowed to come into our country and continue to kill ... if we don't change it, let's have a shutdown," Trump told a law enforcement panel at the White House that was discussing the violence carried out by the Hispanic criminal gang Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13. Читать дальше...

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Huawei has announced the Honor 9 Lite, a watered-down version of the Honor 9 from 2017, although it strangely has one or two extra features that the more premium model does not. While the company has released other Lite series phones in the past, they’ve mostly been limited to India and the Middle East. But the Lite 9 will be heading west, with a European release for £199.99 today.

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This flu season has been scary. The virus hit most of the U.S. simultaneously, and the severe H3N2 strain has put many in the hospital. And while we don’t know yet whether flu-related deaths are actually more common this year than average, we do know that 80 percent of the children who have died thus far weren’t vaccinated.

How do I know when to take my child to the hospital?

What can I do to keep my kid from getting sick?

Why are so many children dying from the flu this year? Читать дальше...