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Meet Baffin and Willow: Names Chosen for Winnipeg Zoo's Newest Polar Bears

Two orphan polar bear cubs at a Winnipeg zoo have been named Willow and Baffin . The public is being invited to choose online between two names for each be...

Trump says Republicans will accept citizenship for Dreamers: CNBC interview

Last year Trump had ruled out the possibility of citizenship for the immigrants known as Dreamers. The White House's portrayal of the framework as a broad-bas...

Nikki Haley denies Trump affair rumors: 'It is absolutely not true'

USA ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley became the subject of rumors after Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff spilled some tea on HBO's Real T...

Cullinan Associates INC Increases Stake in Emerson Electric Company (EMR)

At one point in the past year, the shares traded as low as $56.77 but has recovered 28.03% since then. Emerson Electric Co . (NYSE: EMR ) has risen 18.47% sinc...

Trump declares America open for business under his tenure

He said: "Let us send our love and our gratitude to them, because they make our countries run, they make our country great". ISO 20121 provides a framework fo...

Deputies: Escaped inmate caught with home-cooked food, alcohol outside jail

On 25 January, officers witnessed a black vehicle pull up to a property near the prison grounds and drop off a large black duffel bag. The deputies said they ar...

Hawaii missile alert employee not cooperating in probe

The official who mistakenly sent a false missile alert in the Hawaiian Islands earlier this month is reportedly refusing to cooperate with investigators. The un...

Magnitude 4.3 Idaho quake felt in Utah, Wyoming

According to the US Geological Survey, the 4.3 magnitude quake struck around 8:32 p.m. MDT about 9 miles south east of Soda Springs. A 4.3 magnitude quake was...

Punjab: Two gangsters killed in encounter with police

His aide Prema Lahoria and one another named Budha also got killed in this encounter. Lakhwinder Singh Lakha was arrested. Meanwhile, the Rajasthan police also ...

Cruz Slams Path to Citizenship for 'Anybody Here Illegally'

The framework is, in effect, a bottom line for the president, one White House official said when asked if it was negotiable. "And the President wants to lead on...

Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan after deadly attack

The group's news agency Amaq said the operation involved a auto bomb and three other attacks that targeted British, Swedish, and Afghani government institut...

United States hits Ukraine separatists, Russian Federation officials with sanctions

Cherez is already under European Union sanctions for his role in transferring turbines to Crimea. The United States imposed economic sanctions in 2014 again...

Toronto police update at 1 pm on Barry and Honey Sherman investigation

Today's news conference, which will be the first formal update provided on the case, is scheduled for 1 p.m.at police headquarters on College Street. The Sher...

Hillary Clinton protected aide accused of sexual harassment in 2008

In a biography on the network's website , Strider is described as "best known as the Democratic Party's 'faith guru.'" He has acted as an adviser on more than ...

CSX report: Revenue down, profits up, more layoffs coming

CSX reporter higher-than-expected profit in its fourth quarter as its bottom line was boosted by a $3.6 billion benefit related to the recently passed tax leg...

EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel interests

The Natural Resources Defense Council slammed the move, saying it will cause the biggest increase in air pollution in United States history. EPA Assistant A...

Putin and Erdogan Discussed the Situation in Syria

From the point of view of the Turkish government, the YPG units are also terrorists. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the call. st...

Trump plan to offer citizenship to 1.8m immigrants

Donald Trump has backed down on his plan to deport so-called " Dreamers " by offering them the chance to become US citizens. Tell them not to worry about it. ...

Stephen Miller: the mastermind behind the rescission of DACA

But the White House and some Trump allies have dismissed the narrative that Kelly and Miller are immigration puppeteers, arguing that the two are merely articul...

Barça advance to Spanish Copa del Rey semifinals

Some players just have an aura about them, a mystique that lifts the play of everyone around them, whether or not they're on the pitch. Vidal's cross from the r...

SDF statement says Turkey falsely claimed Islamic State is in Afrin

Turkish-led forces began their assault in Syria's north-west on Saturday. The Kurdish-run city of Afrin has only four hospitals, now packed with "injured pe...

Twitter is using artificial intelligence for smarter image cropping

Twitter, on one hand, must process and crop every uploaded image without impacting real-time sharing. Up until now, Twitter automatically cropped an image wit...

Unusual Volume Spotted in Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGM) Stock

The company's stock had a trading volume of 5,120,073 shares, compared to its average volume of 759,956. Sigma Designs Inc (NASDAQ: SIGM ) has a market capita...

UK's Davis denies Brexit backtracking with transition period

But if May hoped to impress the Davos crowd with a talk that echoed the Forum's sub-theme of "shaping the agile governance of technology", she failed. "The PM...

Barcelona through to Cup semis as Coutinho makes debut

Barca join Real Madrid's conquerors Leganes, Valencia, who on Wednesday beat last season's runners-up Alaves on penalties, and Sevilla, who thrashed Atletico ...

Steve Bannon invited to speak at University of Chicago

More than 40 professors (including a few postdoctoral scholars) signed an open letter accusing the administration of endangering the black communities aroun...

Trump sells U.S. to Davos, declares 'America is open for business'

Ross insisted that the USA government is not protectionist and that the tariffs are meant to deal with what he termed "inappropriate behavior" by other countrie...

Death probe underway after body found in backyard of Alhambra home

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department , which was assisting Alhambra pol...

Fewer than half of businesses ready for GDPR, warns United Kingdom gov

That's one of the conclusions of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018, a finding so alarming that secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport (D...

Northeast states to sue feds over GOP's tax overhaul plan

Gov. Dannel Malloy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of NY and Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey say they have a strong argument to prove the tax legislation is unconstitutional....

3 teens charged with intentionally exposing classmate to pineapple despite allergy

The 14-year-old girl police say intentionally exposed her allergic classmate to pineapple residue has been charged with aggravated assault , criminal conspirac...

US, others launch new device to punish chemical weapons customers

While checking the skirmish site, militia forces found Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) propaganda materials, European-made electronic warfare equipment as wel...

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) Shares Sold by Westpac Banking Corp

About 1.26 million shares traded or 7.33% up from the average. It has underperformed by 16.97% the S&P500. Quantitative Investment Management Llc increased it...

Government shutdown: House would back short-term funding deal

Senate Democrats say they will not support a funding resolution that does not include protections for immigrants brought to the U.S.as children under the DAC...

Department of Justice has recovered missing texts between FBI employees

Trump weighed in on the missing texts in a tweet earlier this week, calling it "one of the biggest stories in a long time". "Maybe it should just be the first m...