USC names female engineer as interim president amid gynecologist scandal
2018-08-08 13:42:43The University of Southern California (USC) has appointed a female engineer as interim president, replacing C. L. Max Nikias who agreed to step down immediately Tuesday amid an ongoing school gynecologist scandal.
Feature: Cuba's "Dolphin of Football" a serial Guinness record setter
2018-08-08 06:01:05Cuba's Jhoen Lefont has just broken his own record for the fifth time, earning yet another entry in Guinness World Records for his unique ability to repeatedly bounce a soccer ball on his head while keeping afloat.
Heat wave hits Canada
2018-08-08 00:44:40Wildfire smoke blanketing California frightening to watch, even from space
2018-08-08 01:59:57Purdue University drops name of Papa John's founder from building
2018-08-07 11:45:46Purdue University in the United States has recently dropped the name of pizza chain Papa John's founder from a building at the school and offered to return the multi-million dollar funds associated with the naming, according to a statement.
U.S. passengers sue Aeromexico for plane crash
2018-08-07 05:54:51Eleven U.S. passengers who survived the crash of Aeromexico Flight 2431 filed separate lawsuits on Monday in Chicago against the Mexico-based airline.
Facebook removes U.S. conspiracy theorist's pages for hate speech
2018-08-07 05:49:48Pentagon bans GPS-enabled devices in deployed settings after secrets leaked
2018-08-07 03:44:08Weekend shooting in Chicago leaves 11 dead, dozens injured
2018-08-06 23:58:21The U.S. city of Chicago has just seen one of the most violent weekends this year, with at least 74 people being shot, 11 of them fatally.
San Francisco activists slash Osaka mayor's renewed demand to remove "comfort women" statue
2018-08-06 11:55:15Activists in San Francisco Sunday slashed the renewed demand of a Japanese mayor to remove a "comfort women" statue in the city.
Five people killed after small plane crashes in California
2018-08-06 05:14:12Mexico arrests regional leader of major drug cartel
2018-08-04 10:46:50Mexican police on Thursday arrested a former officer believed to be a regional leader of the criminal group Gulf Cartel, the National Security Commission said Friday.
Feature: Cuban concert band shows audience how to get up and dance
2018-08-03 09:56:54"Can you dance?" The conductor of a local concert band in Havana's southern Boyeros district asks each of her newly employed musicians this rather unexpected question.
Reports of child death in U.S. detention facility untrue: authorities
2018-08-02 12:31:52"Reports that a child died in ICE custody at Dilley are false," the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tweeted Wednesday.
Boeing to set up new aerospace center in Massachusetts
2018-08-02 11:41:41U.S. top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company announced Wednesday that it is planning to open the new Boeing Aerospace and Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for designing, building and flying autonomous aircraft and developing enabling technologies.
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