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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits. That was then. On Thursday, the Republican-led Congress was rounding up support for a bipartisan budget bill that would put the government on track for annual deficits topping $1 trillion. Such a gap was last seen during the 2008 recession. The projection for massive budget deficits has split Republicans. Dedicated fiscal conservatives criticized the plan. Читать дальше...

Scott Pruitt said humans flourish during warming trends and it may not be true that a warmer climate "necessarily is a bad thing."

A corruption case is drawing to a close in Baltimore after weeks of riveting testimony which has revealed stunning accounts of abuse by police in the troubled US city.

El Altar, a group of nine summits connected by the same base, is one of the most iconic mountains of Ecuador. For local climbers, its ascent represents the entry exam to the “real deal” league. This “little” range presents a spectacular combination of intimidating cliffs, long ice waterfalls, and broken glaciers - all surrounded by remote highlands and hidden lakes. It is no wonder the indigenous and spanish cultures always treated the mountain with a respect reserved for the divine. 

L'annonce, jeudi, du changement de nom du projet de REM, désormais rebaptisé Réseau express métropolitain, accompagné d'un changement du tracé et d'une hausse du budget, n'a pas fait que des heureux, ici comme ailleurs. Si plusieurs acteurs sociétaux se disent heureux des modifications, d'autres déplorent la précipitation des démarches et leur opacité .

Garoppolo's record likely won't last long, as other passers should surpass his salary in short order.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony from drug dealers, a crooked bail bondsman and disgraced Baltimore detectives who detailed astonishing levels of police misconduct. The two detectives on trial face robbery, extortion and racketeering charges that could land them up to life in prison if convicted. The trial in a federal courthouse has been dominated... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony from drug dealers, a crooked bail bondsman and disgraced Baltimore detectives who detailed astonishing levels of police misconduct. The two detectives on trial face robbery, extortion and racketeering charges that could land them up to life in prison if convicted. The trial in a federal courthouse has been dominated... Читать дальше...

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Adam Rippon doesn't want his monthlong dispute with Mike Pence over the vice president's record on gay rights to overshadow his long-awaited Olympic performance. Or those of the rest of the American team. One of two openly gay U.S. athletes at the Pyeongchang Games, Rippon criticized the White House last month for choosing Pence to lead its official delegation for Friday's opening ceremony. Pence has been considered an opponent of the LGBT community after the conservative... Читать дальше...

He’s an Olympic newbie at age 28 — and the very first openly gay U.S. athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics — but figure skater Adam Rippon doesn’t mind standing out from the crowd.

Police in Lucca, Italy arrested six people in connection with the death of Linas Rumsas, 21, the son of Lithuanian former professional Raimondas Rumsas.

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Isaac Protiva wanted to know who was behind the "Stop City-Funded Internet" campaign that was pouring a fortune into scuttling the plan to build a fast, efficient, low-cost city network in his hometown of West Plains, Missouri; after a lot of digging, he discovered that (naturally), the "collection of fiscally conservative Missourians" who were nominally behind the site was actually the local cable-monopoly, Fidelity Communications, who came clean (but never apologized). Читать дальше...

How safe is it to eat snow? A Romanian university study says it depends upon how fresh it is. A 2017 experiment showed it was safe to eat snow that was a half-day old, and safer to eat it in the colder months. But by two days old, the snow is not safe to eat, Istvan Mathe, a professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, told The Associated Press. Scientists collected snow from a park and from a roundabout in Miercurea Ciuc, central Romania, in January and February and placed it in hermetically sealed sterile containers. Читать дальше...

The sun never sets on technology’s ability to secretly track us. Police in China have started wearing sunglasses outfitted with facial recognition technology to spot suspected criminals. The sunglasses, which were designed to spot people in large crowds, are connected to a handheld device that scans an internal database of suspects. Chinese state media reports...

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• Some South Korean restaurants are resisting government requests to stop serving dishes that include dog meat during the Olympic Games.
• Local authorities in Pyeongchang county have offered subsidies to restaurants who comply, but only two of the 12 restaurants that serve dog meat have reportedly accepted the subsidies.
• Some South Koreans believe dog meat has special health benefits, but the country is gradually beginning to consider dogs as pets rather than food. Читать дальше...

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• Some ski jumpers have a unique way of coping with one of the most daunting sports in the Olympics — competing jet-lagged.
• According to one report, some ski jumpers feel they perform better if they're jet-lagged, therefore tired and not over-thinking their jumps.
• The method runs counter to what science suggests about rest and recovery, but some ski jumpers don't want to over-think launching hundreds of yards while 15 feet in the air.

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• Stocks have erased their gains for the year in a volatile week of trading.
• The S&P 500 fell by over 4% at its worst levels of this week's selloff on Monday.
• The Securities and Exchange Commission's so-called circuit breakers trigger if the index falls by 7%, 13%, or 20% from the previous session's closing price.

The stock market is getting rocked this week.

The Dow Jones industrial average on Monday had its biggest intraday... Читать дальше...

SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Mosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off more bugs that spread Zika and other viruses. Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control and Habitat Management Division is releasing non-biting male mosquitoes infected with naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria to mate with wild female mosquitoes. The bacteria are not harmful to humans... Читать дальше...

SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Mosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off more bugs that spread Zika and other viruses. Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control and Habitat Management Division is releasing non-biting male mosquitoes infected with naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria to mate with wild female mosquitoes. The bacteria are not harmful to humans... Читать дальше...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was headed sharply lower Thursday as selling gathered steam headed into the close of trade. The Dow was most recently off more than 744 points, or 3% at 24,148, with all 30 of its components trading firmly in negative territory, led by a sharp decline in Boeing Co. , the price-weighted benchmark's most influential component. The S&P 500 index declined by 2.7% to 2,610, while the Nasdaq Composite Index was off 2.8% on the session at 6,850. Fears about inflation... Читать дальше...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on a reprieve granted an Ohio killer scheduled to die next week (all times local): 3:35 p.m. The attorney for a condemned inmate granted a reprieve ahead of his execution next week says Ohio's governor acted in the interest of fairness and justice. Federal public defender Erin Barnhart says a juror's reconsideration of capital punishment for death row prisoner Raymond Tibbetts provides a compelling reason for the Ohio Parole Board to reconsider the inmate's clemency request. Читать дальше...

Now hiring: Trump whisperer?

Fox & Friends is now hiring for the most influential job in America: head writer for President Trump’s favorite TV show.

This is, quite literally, the most powerful job opening in the world https://t.co/pSJQoPKv2i pic.twitter.com/NIYDdexyXR

“Fox & Friends is looking for a dynamic Head Writer,” the job ad reads. “If you never get beat on a story, have an eye for catchy stories and a passion for current events, this is the job for you. Читать дальше...

If Stan Wawrinka was looking for a confidence booster, he definitely got one on Thursday.