Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2019 09:20:03 +0000
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) – At least five people were dead in West Texas after a man who was stopped by state troopers when his vehicle failed to signal a left turn opened fire and fled, shooting more than 20 people as he drove before he was killed by officers outside a movie theater, authorities said. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 06:08:25 +0000
A judge has ordered Air Canada to pay a six-figure fine to a French-speaking couple who claim the airline “violated their linguistic rights,” breaching the country’s bilingualism laws. The federal court in Ottawa found in favor of Michel and Lynda Thibodeau, an Ontario couple who filed 22 complaints in 2016, with 14 still outstanding. © […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:56:28 +0000
Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been “compromised” after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted. The tweets containing racial slurs and suggestions about a bomb showed up around 2000 GMT on the @jack account of the founder of the short messaging service before being deleted. Some of […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:53:48 +0000
A Vietnamese refugee who played the same lottery numbers since resettling in Canada 36 years ago won a Can$60 million jackpot, but kept it secret for 10 months. Bon Truong, 55, finally claimed his prize on Wednesday in Edmonton, Alberta. “I started to think about what this win would mean for my family,” he told […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 05:02:25 +0000
An Alabama man sentenced to life in prison for stealing $50.75 (P2,645) will have his time cut short after being re-sentenced to time served. News outlets report 58-year-old Alvin Kennard was ordered to be released from prison Wednesday after serving 36 years and is set to be processed out by the Alabama Department of Corrections. […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:54:33 +0000
Like size or intelligence, sexual attraction isn’t defined by one gene alone, but is instead the result of the complex interplay between multiple regions of the genome and hard to pin environmental factors. That’s the conclusion of an analysis conducted on half a million DNA profiles as part of a giant study by researchers in […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:38:29 +0000
Two Filipino seamen who were on a port stop in Vera Cruz, Mexico died when the bar where they were in was attacked by a gang, the Philippine Embassy said yesterday. In a report, Philippine Ambassador to Mexico Demetrio Tuazon said the two Filipino seafarers and 26 others were killed in an arson attack by […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:59:39 +0000
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sparked fury among pro-Europeans and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit by forcing the suspension of parliament weeks before Britain’s EU departure date. The pound slid on the surprise news Wednesday, which opponents branded a “coup” and a “declaration of war” but Johnson claimed was necessary to allow him to […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:51:57 +0000
Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs, known by fans as the “fastest woman on four wheels,” has died in a crash in Oregon’s Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record, local authorities said Wednesday. Combs, 39, died Tuesday afternoon while racing in a dry lake bed in a desert in remote Harney County, sheriff’s […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:36:28 +0000
China rotated troops in its People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong on Thursday, days before protesters planned to hold a march calling for full democracy for the Chinese-ruled city after three months of sometimes violent demonstrations. Chinese state media described the troop movement in the early hours as routine and Asian and Western diplomats […]
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