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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company’s self-driving cars will create more jobs, not destroy them

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company’s self-driving cars will create more jobs, not destroy them

  Travis Kalanick says that Uber needs to move fast on self-driving cars or face an “existential threat” from foes like Google. But the CEO’s… Read More ›

Montpelier, VT – Sanders’ Wife Defends Non-disclosure, Vacation Home Buy

Montpelier, VT – Sanders’ Wife Defends Non-disclosure, Vacation Home Buy

  Montpelier, VT – Sen. Bernie Sanders has pushed hard for transparency on U.S. trade and campaign finance, but has been far less aggressive in… Read More ›

Washington – Hackers Targeted Trump Campaign, Republican Party Groups: Sources

Washington – Hackers Targeted Trump Campaign, Republican Party Groups: Sources

  Washington – Hackers targeted the computer systems of presidential candidate Donald Trump and Republican Party organizations as well as Democratic Party networks, sources familiar… Read More ›

Washington – AP: Trump Advisers Waged Covert Influence Campaign

Washington – AP: Trump Advisers Waged Covert Influence Campaign

  Washington –  A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party,… Read More ›

Ren Qian: 15-year-old “perfectionist” wins Olympic diving gold for China

Ren Qian: 15-year-old “perfectionist” wins Olympic diving gold for China

  She’s just 15 and already a world champion — but Ren Qian had a new shiny Olympic gold medal to show off Thursday. Ren,… Read More ›

Usain Bolt wins 200-meters gold to keep “triple-triple” dream alive in Rio

Usain Bolt wins 200-meters gold to keep “triple-triple” dream alive in Rio

He is the only Olympian who could have an entire stadium chanting his name. Usain Bolt’s position as the greatest sprinter in the world was… Read More ›

Lochte, Brazil police differ on robbery; 2 US swimmers heading home

Lochte, Brazil police differ on robbery; 2 US swimmers heading home

Rio de Janeiro – A decorated American Olympian says he and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint. Brazilian police say that’s not true.… Read More ›

US town under federal investigation for alleged blocking of Muslim cemetery plans

US town under federal investigation for alleged blocking of Muslim cemetery plans

Federal prosecutors are looking into whether a Massachusetts town violated the civil rights of an Islamic group when officials there rejected plans for a Muslim… Read More ›

The Czar, the Sultan – and the Shah

The Czar, the Sultan – and the Shah

Will a Russian, Turkish, Iranian strategic triangle emerge or is it all just short-term tactical?   Less than a year ago, coverage of Russia’s relations… Read More ›

China-based airlines are putting up lots of cash to recruit foreign pilots

China-based airlines are putting up lots of cash to recruit foreign pilots

  China is promising big paychecks in an effort to lure experienced foreign pilots to the country to meet skyrocketing air-travel demand. As the world’s… Read More ›

New report on the $400 million US payment to Iran says the money was not a ransom payment

New report on the $400 million US payment to Iran says the money was not a ransom payment

  New information about the exchange that freed several American hostages held in Iranearlier this year has emerged in a report from The Wall Street… Read More ›

This private investor document perfectly shows why people are sick and tired of hedge funds

This private investor document perfectly shows why people are sick and tired of hedge funds

  Hedge funds have been getting throttled since the beginning of 2016, and because of that people are starting to ask questions about their worth.… Read More ›

London – Giant Helium-filled Airship Airlander Takes Off For 1st Time

London – Giant Helium-filled Airship Airlander Takes Off For 1st Time

  London – A blimp-shaped, helium-filled airship considered the world’s largest aircraft flew for the first time Wednesday with a short but historic jaunt over… Read More ›

Washington – Making Extra Mortgage Payments Can Pay Off, But Should You?

Washington – Making Extra Mortgage Payments Can Pay Off, But Should You?

  Washington – It’s a strategy that crosses the mind of many borrowers when they take on a home loan: Make an extra mortgage payment… Read More ›

US: North Korea shrinks warning time for nuclear attack on America

US: North Korea shrinks warning time for nuclear attack on America

Washington- The US government is increasingly concerned that advances in North Korea’s weapons program have dramatically decreased the warning time for a nuclear attack on… Read More ›

India: Two children, man dead after sharp kite strings slit throats

India: Two children, man dead after sharp kite strings slit throats

  New Delhi – Sharp kite strings have killed three people in India in a single day, according to police. A 4-year-old boy had his… Read More ›

Two US swimmers in Rio removed from flight home

Two US swimmers in Rio removed from flight home

A 12-time Olympic medal winning swimmer wanted for questioning by Brazilian police returned to the United States before officers could seize his passport to ensure… Read More ›

Joseph Goebbels’ former secretary on Nazi Germany: “The whole country was as if under a kind of a spell”

Joseph Goebbels’ former secretary on Nazi Germany: “The whole country was as if under a kind of a spell”

Brunhilde Pomsel says working as secretary to Joseph Goebbels was “just another job”, and that those who say they would have stood up to the… Read More ›

July broke global heat record, NASA says

July broke global heat record, NASA says

Extreme temperatures across Middle East could cause parts of region to become uninhabitable, fan flames of conflict   Earth just broiled to its hottest month… Read More ›

Pennsylvania’s embattled attorney general is stepping down after perjury conviction

Pennsylvania’s embattled attorney general is stepping down after perjury conviction

  Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced on Tuesday that she is stepping down, Reuters reported, following her conviction in a perjury trial. “I have… Read More ›