Rome’s Colosseum burgled after key cut in warning sign
The Colosseum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Tourists have broken into Rome’s Colosseum and drunk beer in its marble halls after cutting a hole in a warning sign. They then fled down stairs…
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Which Democrat senator will face-off against a Republican in 2020?
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kamala Harris was riding high after her appearance on Sesame Street earlier this month Democrats are obsessed with handling the ethnic, gender and racial balance of the 2020…
Doctors are aiding doctors in ending patients’ lives
Like the patients in this story, Joseph Solomon of Arlington, Va., fell ill with ALS, a fatal illness, last year. He was 86 at the time. A decade earlier, at 69, he had walked…
Deere & Co. strike ends after four years
Farm equipment manufacturers are thankful that negotiations with striking workers at Deere & Co.’s Waterloo, Iowa, plant have been successful, after the two sides reached an agreement that extends the union’s collective bargaining agreement…
Man, 10 and 15-year-old shot to death in murder-suicide outside Maryland pizza restaurant
One of four people fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide outside a Maryland pizza restaurant early Saturday morning had worked there, police said. The occupants of a dark blue Prius – driver Gregory R….
What the Bank of Canada thinks about your money
This morning we heard from the Bank of Canada, which continues to expect that, while we could see more hikes, rates won’t necessarily go much higher. In short, the bank’s view isn’t good news…
This crumbling sidewalk has become a very hip tradition in Washington
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised when things like this happen on Washington’s sidewalks, as people say. It has happened to me five times over the past week, as a resident of downtown, where I…
EPA permits $1.5B logging of old-growth forest in Alaska
REXBURG, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a plan to eliminate an estimated 11,625 acres of old-growth old-growth forest in Alaska after determining that logging was not necessary to bolster its…
Australia cricket captain resigns after charge of ball-tampering
Australia cricket captain Steve Smith quit after the country’s one-day international captain David Warner was charged with two counts of ball-tampering. Smith, a 35-year-old opener, had previously been charged with a misconduct charge for…
Chinese tennis players vanish amid tightening censorship
A Chinese tennis pro named Gao Zhisheng vanished without a trace this week. Meng Qinghong, the 15-year-old who entered this year’s Wimbledon junior singles championship, is also missing. According to The China Daily, Deng…