The Mississippi Delta has no shortage of museums, historic attractions and clubs devoted to the blues. But visitors will find the region has many other stories to tell, from the cotton plantations where African-American families worked and lived in desperate poverty to culinary traditions that reflect a surprising ethnic diversity. …
your ad hereWithout O’Reilly, Fox News Faces Its Toughest Test
Fox News Channel has thrived despite losing founding leader Roger Ailes and next-generation star Megyn Kelly within the past nine months. Wednesday’s firing of defining personality Bill O’Reilly will be its toughest test yet. Fox moved quickly to install a new lineup after announcing O’Reilly’s exit because of several harassment …
your ad hereUS Reviewing Venezuela’s Seizure of GM Assets
U.S. officials are reviewing Venezuela’s seizure of General Motors’ assets in the country, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Thursday. “We are reviewing the details of the case,” Toner said in a statement, saying the United States hoped to resolve the matter “rapidly and transparently.” GM said Wednesday that …
your ad hereWily Bald Underground Critter Uses Plant-like Survival Strategy
They are homely, buck-toothed, pink, nearly hairless and just plain weird, but one of the many odd traits of rodents called naked mole-rats that live in subterranean bliss in the deserts of East Africa could someday be of great benefit to people. Scientists said on Thursday the rodents, when deprived …
your ad hereTrump Orders National Security Probe of Steel Imports
President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into whether foreign steel imports are damaging U.S. national security, saying his administration would “fight for American workers and American-made steel.” The probe is authorized under a rarely used section of a 1962 trade law that allows a president to restrict imports in …
your ad hereFormer Brazil Minister Palocci Offers Details of Bribery Scheme
Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told a court hearing Thursday that he could provide details of a political kickback scheme, which could threaten former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chances of running in the 2018 election. In the video of the hearing released Thursday, Palocci made the offer …
your ad hereArgentina Hopes for Agreement on EU-Mercosur Trade Deal in 2017
Argentina hopes to have an agreement on a free-trade deal between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc by year’s end, its foreign minister said Thursday. The European Union and Mercosur launched trade negotiations in 1999, but they have faced multiple setbacks, partly because of the leftist rule …
your ad hereBacterial Product Can Lower Blood Sugar in Prediabetic People
Scientists have discovered that compounds derived from some bacteria can lower blood sugar levels in obese people with prediabetes, possibly preventing diabetes itself from developing. Scientists call the bacteria-derived compounds postbiotics. They are not like probiotics, which are whole, live bacteria people take to change the microbial environment of the …
your ad hereTrump to Canada: Stop Shielding Dairy Farmers from US Competition
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Canada on Thursday to stop shielding its dairy farmers from U.S. competition and reiterated his disdain for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), calling it “a disaster for our country.” “What they’ve done to our dairy farmers is a disgrace,” Trump told reporters Thursday …
your ad herePoll: More Americans Than Ever Want Marijuana Legalized
Marijuana enthusiasts in the United States celebrate April 20 — or 4/20 — as an informal holiday, but this year they have something else to get excited about: New polling data show support for legalization of the drug is at an all-time high. Sixty percent of Americans say they support …
your ad hereLagarde: IMF Can Cooperate With Trump Administration
The head of the International Monetary Fund says she “has every reason to believe” that the global lender can cooperate with the Trump Administration to support and improve global trade. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde spoke in Washington as economic and political officials gathered from around the world at this …
your ad hereNigerian Anti-graft Activists Want Further Action From Buhari
Anti-corruption activists in Nigeria say the president’s suspension of two top officials is only a first step and must be followed up with more action. On Wednesday, Buhari suspended national intelligence agency chief Ayo Oke, who was linked to more than $40 million found in an empty Lagos apartment, and …
your ad hereSport: Brady, Kaepernick Named to Time Most Influential List
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James were among seven sports figures named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people, which was announced Thursday. While Brady and James have ample championships on their resume, polarizing NFL free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick also …
your ad hereLead Poisons Children in LA Neighborhoods, Rich and Poor
With its century-old Spanish-style homes tucked behind immaculately trimmed hedges, San Marino, California, is among the most coveted spots to live in the Los Angeles area. Its public schools rank top in the state, attracting families affiliated with CalTech, the elite university blocks away. The city’s zoning rules promote a …
your ad hereOprah Winfrey Erupts in HBO’s Powerful ‘Henrietta Lacks’
Oprah Winfrey doesn’t scare easy and she wasn’t frightened here. “But I was unsure and uncertain of myself going into this role,” she says. “I did not want to do it. I never truly expected to do it. I had other people in mind to do it.” Instead, it’s Winfrey …
your ad hereAtlantic Salmon Farms Shift to Open Seas, Trying to Shake Off Lice
Atlantic salmon farming companies are designing huge pens to raise fish in the open seas in a radical shift from calm coastal waters where marine lice have slowed growth of the billion-dollar industry. The drive for new designs by Norway, producer of 54 percent of all farmed Atlantic salmon in …
your ad hereNew England Patriots Fire Back at NY Times Over White House Photo
There’s another kerfuffle about crowd size surrounding the president. On Wednesday, the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots visited the White House to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. As is the tradition, there were plenty of photo opps, including a group photo. The New York Times then tweeted the group shot …
your ad hereCockfighting in Cuba: Clandestine Venues, State Arenas
Cuban farmer Pascual Ferrel says his favorite fighting cock’s prowess was “off the charts,” so after it died of illness he had the black and red rooster preserved and displays it on his mantelpiece beside a television. “He fought six times and was invincible,” the 64-year old recalled fondly, talking …
your ad hereOnce Critical of Global Deals, Trump Slow to Pull Out of Any
The “America First” president who vowed to extricate America from onerous overseas commitments appears to be warming up to the view that when it comes to global agreements, a deal’s a deal. From NAFTA to the Iran nuclear agreement to the Paris climate accord, President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric …
your ad hereAutomation Could Slash Jobs in Developing Countries
World Bank President Jim Kim warns that two-thirds of jobs in developing nations could be wiped out by automation, a situation that could boost conflict and refugee flows. Kim spoke Thursday in Washington as economic and political leaders from around the world gathered for meetings of the World Bank …
your ad hereIn Zimbabwe, Boys Offered Boxing Instead of Despair
Zimbabwean boys as young as 10 hurry every weekend to a boxing ring whose nickname, Wafa Wafa, in the local Shona language suggests that whoever enters will be lucky to come out alive. No one has died in the ring, let alone suffered serious injury. But the exchanges can …
your ad hereJudge Blocks Sound Engineer’s Release of Prince Music
A federal judge has blocked a sound engineer from releasing unpublished music by Prince after the late superstar’s estate objected. George Ian Boxill worked with Prince on five tracks in 2006, and made at least one recording — called “Deliverance” — available Wednesday for online sales. Prince’s estate and Paisley …
your ad hereIn CAR, Capoeira Works Wonders for Traumatized Teens
After fighting between armed Christian and Muslim groups displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014, five Christian and Muslim youths returned to their homeland late last year and brought back with them something new to the country – capoeira, a Brazilian martial …
your ad hereChina Launches its 1st Unmanned Cargo Spacecraft
China on Thursday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft on a mission to dock with the country’s space station, marking further progress in the ambitious Chinese space program. The Tianzhou 1 blasted off at 7:41 p.m. (1141 GMT) atop a latest-generation Long March 7 rocket from China’s newest spacecraft …
your ad hereDow Chemical Pushes Trump Administration to Scrap Pesticide Study
Dow Chemical is pushing the Trump administration to scrap the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species. Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO also heads a White House manufacturing working group, and two other makers …
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